3 Reasons Im Glad I Wasnt Born In The Victorian Age1. Indoor Plumbing2. Central Air Conditioning3. LobotomiesThe first 2 seem reasonably self-explanatory, so Ill move on to #3.I have long contended t...
For Christmas last year, Timm and I decided to make the girls a dollhouse. A sweet dollhouse that would shape their dreams of domestic bliss, imprint indelibly in their memory, and later fight over a...
My red hair was quite the great divider- those who liked it were effervesent in their praise, and those that didnt studiously avoided the subject all together. My mom was one in the latter camp- one ...
HMeh.(My temporarily partially-paralyzed face) So between less-than-perfect BYU health insurance and my complete lack of insurance from Timms previous job, I estimate it had been at least 6 years sin...
What we have here is one of those good news/bad news situations.The kind where its hard to tell which is which.First, some background.Obviously I have been absent for a few months. Part of that was j...
Me: Wasnt it fun to have the Lees over for dinner last night?Bella (age 6): Yeah. Want to know what we played?Me: Sure.B: We acted out a scripture story!Me: Ohh, that sounds fun! (thinking. Oh my gos...
Sometimes in the hustle and bustle of costumes, candy, and everything else that goes on for Halloween, it is easy to forget the simple pleasures that nature can provide. I am pleased to announc...
** The following post was written by my husband, as he hijacked my blog last night while I slept. He was so sick of not seeing anything new on my blog he took it upon himself to write something. Henc...
Alright, alright- I know, I took a near summer-long blogging hiatus, but its coming to an end, I promise. I have stacks of titles of blogs to come, many photos, many projects both major and minor in ...
Hey guys, Odeedoh is featuring my Good Question today. Take a look at the link, and leave a comment on their site if you have a good suggestion!Thanks :)
When I die, let it be said that I have a respect for insecta of all kinds. My respect is primarily reserved to those who observe the unspoken edict that they remain out of doors, never crossing the t...
I dont have a lot of nice things. Dont get me wrong- I have cute things, theyre just not usually very high quality. Anything nice that I do have is almost certainly a gift or a hand-me-down from my m...
I think this last week might have been a first for us- we had an entire week together at home, with no work obligations whatever. We had nowhere to be, nothing to do. So, being an almost-agoraphobe, ...
Associated Press photo taken in St. George, Utah- April 2011"I think these turned out okay, honey", she says as she closely inspects a dish from the dishwasher, putting it away. Conscien...
(or, where Ive been for a month) Introduction: Summer Hits HardI. I turn 30.II. I continue my running careerIII. Timm gets a new jobIV. Summer FunIntroduction: Summer Hits Hard By way of explana...
With a new look:Funky hair and hair colors are nothing new to me. I have had almost every color, natural and otherwise. Ive been a bright blond, burgundy red, near black and every combination in betw...
Heres the thing: I am not naturally athletic. Not by any stretch of the imagination. In fact, I think my peak athleticism was in 6th grade when I was the girl to beat, among both sexes, in short spri...
I recently rekindled an on-again, off-again romance.We havent had any contact for about 6 months, and even then it was spotty, although our last encounter was also at its peak intensity. We had an ab...
Heres the thing: I have a lot of opinions about kids birthday parties.I dont do characters.I wont send kids home with a bunch of crappy trinkets their parents either have to find a place for or surre...
Yesterday we had Bellas Book Birthday Party, and I think it went very well. It was cute, anyway. I have loads of pictures and details of the whole event to come, so stay tuned!
Sigh.2 weeks ago this girl was almost 100% cute.Just last week she was cracking me up and melting my heart by calling out "Heavenly Father loves me, mom! Heavenly Father loves me, mom!" when ...
Friday was Bellas 6th birthday, and for the occasion I made her a birthday badge. I took pictures as I went and thought Id share them with you! Heres what youll need:a Crystal Light lid (or similarly...
Miranda (of Narrating Life) and Hannah (of Sherbet Blossom) asked me to participate in the kick-off of a new series theyre doing called Blog Hopping. Each month they will feature several different bl...
One of the best parts of this visit was time with Emily! (Or Llamaly, as those in the inner circle know her.)I have to say, Emily is just one of my all-time favorite people. (As are her mother Denise...
One of the best parts of vising Utah is reconnecting with friends.I was thrilled to be able to meet up with my book club girls (minus Hannah since she moved to the gluttonous Texas-) twice while I wa...
I am very critical.Mostly inwardly.I spend so much time analyzing and dissecting motives, outcomes and reasons it is exhausting. I can never just have a simple thought without trying to brain-map the...
I have 3 weeks of travel to blog about, but its always hard to know where to start with so many photos and so much time to cover. So I am going to start with the places we went. When I go back to Uta...
Here is a collection of random SPs taken while I was in Utah, with more detail on the trip to come:
A couple of months ago I was called to be one of the Primary choristers for our churchs childrens group. I opted to do Junior Primary (3-8 year olds) while my friend Karilee continued to do Senior, a...
What can I say? Im nearly 30 and battling acne more than ever in my life, so whats a girl to do?
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