The Undertease clothing company has a great new line of maternity wear cleverly named the O Baby line.

The O Baby line features both a cap sleeved tee and a camisole, which come in a variety of different colors. The O Baby Collection was designed specifically for mothers-to-be and therefore is cut fuller in the bust and front of the shirt. The clothing line’s goal is to provide the same level of comfort and confidence from clothing that a woman enjoy’s when not pregnant.

The staff at Blend Fashions (retailer of the O Baby line) stated that women rave over this line of maternity clothing because of the comfort, cut, and durability of the shirts.

Recently we have been posting about companies that should be applauded for joining the modest clothing movement. One of the companies my wife likes to shop with is www.themodbod.com so I thought I would give them a shout out this morning.

The modbod produces a line of long camisoles, long tees, and other modest clothing. I have met the creator of the modbod clothing line and she is a lot of fun. She recently joined Twitter so if you like to Tweet you can follow her @ModBod.

I also found a 15% off modbod coupon that they are promoting via Google local. So, if you live nearby any of their retail locations bring in the coupon to save some cash.

I just received a message on Twitter that @blendfashions is offering a 15% off coupon via Google Maps.

So, I thought I would pass on the savings. Thanks Blend.

MyLDSDirect supports the modest clothes movement. We also understand that “modest” does not have to mean “old fashioned”. In fact, today there is a lot of modern clothing that is also modest clothing.

For example long camisoles have been an awesome accessory for the modest but modern woman.

Those readers who live in Utah county should really go check out the new Blend Fashions store on State Street in Pleasant Grove. Blend Fashions offers the definition of modern but modest clothing in a full line of undershirts, camisoles, dresses, skirts, jackets, swimwear, and denim. You can find clothing from modbod, Undertease, See thru Soul, David Kahn, Rock Revival, Devon Leigh, Pathway and more.

Blend Fashions is the brain child of three fashion conscious and dynamic women: Suzanne Broadbant, Shellie Slade, and Amanda Behrbom. MyLDSDirect wishes these women and their modest clothing movement all the best!

I found an amazing service on Twitter tonight called Bloggled and they offer a service that will allow me to print my blog.  I know all of my friends who run family blogs on the Blogger software (powered by Google) who worry all of the time about Google deleting their blog.  It actually happened to Google.  They deleted their own blog.  If they can accidentally delete their own blog, they can delete yours.

The reason I share this information about printing your blog though is because this service will do much more then just print your blog they will also help me archive my blog and so much more!

I was thinking it would be cool to print off my family blog and have a book that I can put on my coffee table for when family comes over.  These days the younger families don’t have picture albums anymore.  All of their pictures are digital and that is one thing that I miss - having something to hold and look at away from the computer.  Something that you can do with your kids for a family home evening.

I am glad I came across this site on Twitter and I just wanted to make sure all the readers of this blog were aware of Bloggled and the services they offer.  Thanks Bloggled - you guys rock!

Had another opportunity to go check out the lights at the Mesa Arizona Temple this year and wanted to share with everyone here:

I read a great post today asking the question (and analyzing) if drinking caffinated sodas as a Mormon was allowed, and I wanted to get reader feedback and their take on it.  What is your guys take on it?  Are you a Mormon that drinks caffinated sodas?  I use to, but sadly I did not stop because I felt I was breaking the Word of Wisdom, but rather because it gave me horrible headaches and I was addicted to it.  I sleep better at night because of it, and I am losing weight too.  These are obvious benefits, but I have many friends that are Mormons that drink caffinated sodas with zero effects (obvious to me or them anyway).

So I ask again - What is your take on the official policy, and do you drink caffinated sodas?  Do you have any negative effects from doing so?  I would love to hear and get this question answered finally.  Thanks guys!

Many of you may have recently received an email which I have pasted in part below. The question is: Is this legitimate or not? Read the email and then read the results of our investigation as to its legitimacy.

BEGINNING OF EMAIL

President Boyd K. Packer, President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
Speaking at the Forest Bend Ward, Salt Lake City UT
Sunday, October 12, 2008

“Even though I regularly have the opportunity to attend Fast and Testimony meeting, I don’t usually stand to speak. But today, I feel moved upon by the Spirit to share a message…

END OF EMAIL

One of our employees called the Church public affairs department to check on the legitimacy of this email. He was told that the Church is getting calls from all over the world inquiring as to the legitimacy of this email. Our employee was told:

“Elder Packer was at the meeting, he was inspired to stand and speak and did so. He did give a talk, but that the notes that are being sent around on the Internet are an attending member’s interpretation of the talk Elder Packer gave and that the notes should not be considered an official church notice or statement of any kind.”

This talk has been posted in its entirety on several “family blogs.” Initially, we had posted all of the email, but upon further consideration decided not to continue the furtherance of a non official church notice.

Another General Conference has come and gone, and once again we were bombarded (in a good way ) with the mantra to “stay out of unnecessary debt.” With each General Conference you can pretty much count on being counseled on staying away from three latter-day vices:

Avoiding debt
Avoiding pornography
Avoiding addictive substances

When discussing the avoidance of debt, our leaders generally suggest that debt is really “ok” in only 3 or 4 circumstances:

1. A mortgage for a modest home
2. Loan for a practical car or cars
3. Loans received for the pursuit of higher education
4. Emergencies, i.e. health related, etc.

Outside of the aforementioned areas, LDS people are strongly encouraged to live below their means and stay out of the grasp of debilitating money problems. Many people live by these words and are better off for it. However, I believe that there are many other well-intentioned individuals who cannot seem to avoid gathering debt, although they are truly trying.

One of the reasons many of us have such a hard time with this concept is we almost never receive any formal training in money management. High School curriculum is all but void of budgeting skills, colleges and universities rarely address the subject, which means you really have to be a self learner when it comes to finding and effectively using a budget online planning tool.

Fortunately, there are many types of household budget software systems out there. I have found that I am a real fan of the envelope budgeting system. In days of yesteryear, families would actually put a number of envelopes on the wall and label each for a different expense, i.e. mortgage, groceries, tithing, etc. Today, you can set up virtual envelopes and assign a budget to each of these spending areas. The software links up with your bank account so that every expenditure is automatically tracked via the envelopes. This makes it very easy to see where you are overspending on a daily basis. I find that this daily spot-checking allows my family to make spending adjustments before we completely blow the budget.

I will probably post on this subject again next April, after a friendly reminder from our Church leaders!

Have you ever read any of the circulating stories detailing situations where an over-zealous blogging woman accidentally erases the family blog. Of course, her first reaction is to call on her husband for some electronic heroics. Hence the title of this blog… if I imagine my family in this situation… I can just hear my wife screaming save my blog!

I’d assume most bloggers are fairly unaware that one of the risks of keeping the family journal via blog is that it could accidentally be erased. Or worse, the free hosting service you use becomes interrupted or canceled.

Last night I pointed these facts out to my blogging addicted wife and she quickly replied, “How can I archive my blog?” To appease the little lady, I did some research and found out about a few solutions. One of the more interesting options, probably because it is local, is the launch of a new product/service called Bloggled. Bloggled is a free service that allows families to easily archive their blog. Better yet, the archiving is automatic with each new post.

So, to my dear wife, and all other blog crazy readers go take a look at www.bloggled.com.