Posted on December 29, 2005 by Julia Shumko
An internet forum friend inspired me to make another entry in this blog when she mentioned that music is a big part of her life. Music has been a big part of my life also, but since I married Steve I haven’t listened to it much. It really hasn’t been a conscious decision. In the [...]
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Posted on December 24, 2005 by Julia Shumko
Steve and I were not planning on doing anything today, but the weather was so beautiful (53 degrees, sunny, and clear skies) that we decided to go out for lunch and then to Temple Square and see if we could sneak into the new movie Joseph Smith The Prophet of the Restoration. This film had [...]
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Posted on December 12, 2005 by Julia Shumko
The LDS Church created a DVD of most of the hymns in ASL. I had purchased a copy and then a couple of weeks later, the primary choruster gave me a copy. Since the hymns are in ASL, the signs are not the same as the words in the hymnbook. So in order for me [...]
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Posted on December 4, 2005 by Julia Shumko
One of the challenges my husband and I face on occasion is temple attendance. It isn’t quite as easy as for those who can hear, but the temples in our area are more than willing to accomodate. We usually go to the Bountiful Temple because they have the endowment on TV with closed caption or [...]
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