I get a lot of email forwards from family members warning us about looming danger, about the satanic properties of Doc Martin shoes, about the latest socialist uprising within our conspiracy filled government, etc.  Whenever I get one of these, I just head over to Snopes.com to validate it.  Guess what? Most of the time, they are false.

But what about all the Mormon myths that Snopes doesn’t care about?  You know, Steve Martin being a member, various miracles, the youth being generals in the war in heaven… Who will tell me if those are true?

Well, just head over to the new site HolyFetch.com .  The site debunks or validates all these and more.  I was able to clear up a lot of mysteries, but mostly I was able to learn that half the people in Hollywood come from "families that were LDS, but no longer are".

It is an entertaining waste of an hour, so make sure to do it when you are on the clock.

We live right in the heart of your average Utah ward.  We have our share of trials as a people, and we try to be a helpful family.

Recently we became in need of some of that service.  Not the "young women make cookies and leave them on your door kind" (which is good), but more like the "we will watch your kids for hours and hours several times over the course of a week" kind.  Bundle that with shoveling the snowy driveway a couple times, bringing in our garbage can, bringing over dinner once or twice, covering a sunday school lesson, giving a priesthood blessing, and more.  All from one family.

Our neighbors didn’t wait to be asked, they actively look for chances to serve.  And they didn’t treat us in any special way, it is just the people they are. 

I know my family has learned a lot from our little trial, but I think I have learned the most from the example of our neighbors.  I hope I can look for more ways to serve others in the future the way they always do.

You are a small group, but what you lack in numbers you make up for in dedication.  You faithfully practice each week (even fast sunday!) and share your talents about once a month.  No one can say you don’t try.

But here is the thing:  If there are only 12 of you, an arrangment with 8 parts doesnt work.  ‘Cause then that lone 1st alto thinks she has to sing twice as loud, which just makes her sound twice as loud.  And that bass gentleman you arbitrarily assigned to sing tenor?  He isn’t a tenor. So he just reaches for every note, usually at those critical times when he and the other guy (the actual tenor) are the only ones singing.

While I am on the topic, why is every hymn you sing arranged like this (unless you can find an 8-part arrangment): 

First verse, everyone in Unison
Second verse, 1st half men only (melody)
                        2nd half women only (melody)
Third verse, everyone, SATB

I wonder what would happen if you were to sing the hymn strait through, as written.  Or if the women sang the 1st half of the second verse first instead of the men.  Would the choir raise a mutiny?  No, no one wants to see that.

Our plan to take over the world is progressing nicely.  Here is a glimpse of our latest coverage, plus international sales this week to Ireland and England.

States Rocking the MollyGear.

Around the world, everyone is celebrating today.  December 31st is famous because its the day we ended our Ugliest Scripture Bag contest.  Millions are gathered in Times Square for the big event, which was weird because one only had a few hundred votes.  Dick Clark and that skinny version of Carson Daly will probably forget to announce it, but we won’t forget.

The ugliest scripture bag is:

Mary William’s Floral Medley:

As Mary points out, she is not, in fact, a 7 year old girl as this bag suggests. 

Well Mary, we can’t offer you the frills, the plush, or the limitless color palette, but we hope you will get by with one of our bags.

Thanks for everyone that posted or voted.  To those of you that didn’t bother to do either, your loss. 

Its exciting to see people writing about MollyGear and the MollyGear awesomeness.  Here are just a couple of people you should check out:

Family Goldman writing about all the cool stuff going on.

Magda Mondaca entered the Ugly Scripture Contest.

Jonnaraephilips wrote about the tote and even gave out a coupon. 

neilandnatalie loves the ugly scripture bag contest, too.

Hansens in the Hills digs the Sunbeam shirt, and some other cool products

and last but not least,

Seriously, So Blessed! included us in their December Giveaway.  Seriously so cool.

Thanks to everyone for the mentions.  You all rock, your blogs rock, MollyGear rocks, etc.

I think funny shirts are most funny when they are subtle.  Thats why we created the elephant shirt.  Some people get it right off, but others sit there for a moment with a confused look on their faces, then they ask for an explanation.

So how do you handle the people that don’t want to admit they don’t understand the shirt?  That is more of a challenge.  I suggest you explain it to them as if you think they understand it, even if they don’t.  Something like…

"When I saw this shirt I was like, Oh! I used to think the 13th article said that too!"

You see how it works?  Good.  Now you are prepared to buy and wear your own MollyGear Elephant Shirt.

Lindsey at The Daily Knack liked her tote so much she blogged about it.  We liked the blog post so much we are blogging about it.  See where this is going?  Lots of liking, and lots of blogging.

Read the Article

Amber shows off the MollyGear Tote, and why she designed it. 

The good news is, this only took 4 takes.  On this last one she finally remembered the word "binder".

Our new bags are now available.  We have 11 different patterns, and 4 bag styles:  the Mini, the Small Scripture Bag, the Medium Scripture and the All-New Tote.

Check them out in the catalog today.  They will make your wildest dreams come true.

We have also lauched out annual 99-cent shipping sale.  All orders big or small ship for $0.99.  So you can stock up on a year supply of scripture bags.