Mnemonics Gone Wrong

Remember when you were memorizing stuff and you used those memory aids--like "Every Good Boy Does Fine" is the line notes of the staff EGBDF and the seven warning signs of cancer are CANCER--Change in bowel or bladder, A sore that does not heal. . . okay maybe I won't go there. But TONIGHT I found a paper on the floor and I was very perplexed. This is what it said:

My
Vet
Eat
My
Jumpy
Sucker
Us
Never
Pee

Any ideas? I was worried that Joseph was teaching Gideon a new code to use on the bus. But THEN I flipped it over, and lo and behold:

Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto

So next time you want to remember the order of the planets--try Joseph's mnemonics--even better than this one on Wired.

Being Pregnant

So I am. Yes. I put the disturbing baby ticker up on the blog without posting about it--I thought that way people could find out on their own time. I also didn't tell anyone in the ward (other than my relatives and the people in the primary presidency with me). And now, everyone in the ward knows, but they think it's supposed to be a secret so they don't say anything to me about it. So I'm thinking I kind of missed the boat on that one--no one comes to tell you congratulations when they think they're not supposed to know. My friend just found out she was pregnant last week, and she told the whole ward during Relief Society two days later--that way she got to shock everyone, and see their excitement/surprise. I think that may be the way to go. Maybe next time. ANYWAY, we are having a BABY in the end of April--just after my birthday. We're very excited, and we hope you are too. So now you know. You can all congratulate me. Oh wait, you did already!!!