Brian returned from the California Carlsbad Mission on Tuesday and we met him at the Salt Lake airport.  It was so great to see him, especially for Mark who hadn’t seen him since he left on his mission in May, 2008.  So happy to have him home for the holidays!           [...]

So I’ve been slightly stressed because I want to have Christmas all done before our missionary comes home THIS TUESDAY!  But in between all the stress, we’ve enjoyed some holiday fun.  We went to Celebration of Christmas by the BYU combined choirs & Philharmonic Orchestra at the beginning of December.  It’s always wonderful and is [...]

So I’ve recently become an unofficial reading mentor to some girls in my neighborhood and it has been fun and satisfying.  I posted earlier about my involvement with the Utah Women and Education Project, and one of the research outcomes showed that a young woman with a caring adult who is also a female college [...]

Finally started sewing my Thanksgiving quilt today.  Yeah, it was only two 9-patch blocks, and no, it won’t be done for this year,  but I got started.  I cut out the blocks a long time ago so it made me happy to finally start sewing!

Winter storms make me feel yucky and want to curl up and hibernate.  I experience a variety of symptoms every time a storm roars through and they’re not fun.  So with this storm and the incredibly busy weekend I just barely survived, I wanted to lay in bed and read “David Copperfield” today.  But alas, [...]

OK, this is my downer post-feel free to skip.  I’ve written it in my head several times over the past week and decided to keep waiting to get some perspective before blogging.  Not sure if I’ve been successful in gaining perspective, but maybe I’ve cut down on the invective and #$^%& words.  It all started [...]

Fall is here so that means our mailbox has been vandalized again.  This time it was a baseball bat but the pumpkin option is still a future possibility. And today was the first snow in Alpine-three weeks earlier than last year.  Although it was heavy and stuck to the ground and buildings, now that it’s [...]

My sister is having a boutique on Saturday at 73 E 1200 N in Pleasant Grove.  They are trying to raise money for adoption fees and have solicited craft items.  So I’ve been a crafting machine for the last couple weeks to get things done for Monday’s delivery date.  Thought I’d share what I managed [...]