So here we are again. “[I’ve] had a birthday, shout hooray….One year older, and one year older”… as my modified version of the Primary birthday song goes. The laughs, the tears, the “I seriously can’t believe that even happened” are now here for your review. Presenting… 33 Reasons Why I’m Still Single at Age 33 […]
One Year of Home Ownership
One year ago, I made the crazy, but fun, decision to buy my own home. I have always (and still) love to look at homes online. I’d been watching local homes for a few years while preparing myself to take the plunge and dive in to selling my soul to a mortgage company. As many […]
A Call Twelve Years Ago
Sometime life just hits with you with feelings. Like lessons in Church on preparing missionaries to serve. And two sisters leaving on their missions in my ward. And another whose call just came. And a gal I babysat getting home and another who just got her call and another who is serving with so much […]
Q2 2018 Books in Review
“All stories told have been told before. We tell them to ourselves, as did all men who ever were. And all men who ever will be. The only things new are the names.” “Words are where most change begins.” ―Brandon Sanderson, Words of Radiance This has been a good few months of reading. Enjoy the […]
Q1 2018 Books in Review
I did it! I wanted to try doing my book reviews on a quarterly basis this year and look! #ICanDoHardThings I had an interesting mix of bookses this time around (That’s how Gollum would say it. No, I didn’t re-read LOTR. Yes, I want to.) Children’s Book Good Morning Moroni By: Jed Nelson Platt I […]
Singing to the Messiah
Last night, I sang many of the chorus songs in George Frideric Handel’s Messiah. We have likely all heard the “Hallelujah” chorus, and I hope we have felt the exultant joy of “For Unto Us a Child is Born.” I, too, had heard the well-known pieces and loved them for a long time. But the entirety […]
2018 RootsTech in review
Did you know I’m into family history? Ok, so you’re not surprised that I take several days off work each year to go to a huge genealogical conference in Salt Lake City called RootsTech. It was held last week, February 28-March 3. Some people ask me why I keep going because they think I’m good […]
6 Months of Home Ownership
When I bought my home last September, I thought to myself, “Self, wouldn’t it be fun to do a blog once a month about the things I’m learning about home ownership?” Then it was six months later. So then I said to myself, “Self, what if we just did a blog, like, one time and […]
Tri 3 (September-December) 2017 Books in Review
I feel like every time I write my book review blog, I have to make some excuse (largely to myself) about why I didn’t read more. Two reasons. Winter didn’t really come until today, so I had no reason to cuddle up by the gas fireplace (that I won’t light because I’m afraid of it […]
Reflections on Thomas S. Monson
Over the past week and a half, I have read so many thoughts and memories from friends, Church leaders, and other organizations about the passing of President Thomas S. Monson, prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I shared some of my initial thoughts when I first saw the Mormon Newsroom article […]