I toyed with the idea of doing this challenge last year, but then opted not to sign up for any at all, so it stayed in the back of my mind.  I already did a post on my 2012 challenges and decided not to sign up for this one because it seemed too challenging, but [...]

Today is the opening day of the Utah State Legislature and for the first time in 10 years, I’m not going to be there for the session.  I thought I might be a tiny bit morose, but actually I’d completely forgotten about it until a friend asked me last night at a choir rehearsal if [...]

We got invited to a Jazz game in Scott’s company suite which was fun and classy, plus I got my name announced and on the big screen!  It’s all in who you know……

Today we replaced our microwave, the only one we’ve ever owned.  We purchased it in 1985, the second year of our marriage, when we were still students at BYU. In 27 years of service to our family it’s never given us one bit of trouble and cooked many a meal. It’s traveled with us all [...]

I read a lot of books last year and it was hard to narrow down to just a few favorites, so this is going to be long.  That’s a fair warning so brace yourselves and find something good to read! This is a re-telling of the Norwegian tale East of the Sun and West of [...]

I keep a book journal and here are my statistics for 2011: Books read: 132 Pages read: 39,641 Of the books read: * Non-fiction: 15 * New-to-me novelists: 42 * Continuing series books: 54 * Re-reads: 12 * Audio-books: 33 * Challenges completed: 0 of 0 * Ongoing tally of Newbery winners: 59 of 90 [...]

It’s time again to choose my word for the year.  It’s an attempt to choose a word that influences my state of mind throughout the year and creates a structure and framework for my life.  Here are my past choices: 2009-SERENE, 2010-CREATE, 2011-BALANCE. This year my word is….VARIETY, the state of being varied or diversified.  [...]

I didn’t sign up for any challenges in 2011, so it’s time to go crazy again!  Here are my goals for the year-wish me luck!   Between January 1 and December 31, 2012, read one book in each of the following categories: A book with a topographical feature (land formation) in the title A book [...]