by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 17, 2010 | for Fun, for Home
There’s no accounting for taste. A few months ago we saw one of those longish commercials, kind of like a mini-infomercial. It was advertising a silicone baking set that made a cake that looked like an enormous cupcake. Dumbest thing I ever saw. Who would ever...
by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 16, 2010 | for Fun
Happy St. Paddy’s Day! I just got this from my favorite blender company today. We might try this with some of the lower fat/lower sugar ice cream and skim milk and see how it comes out. It supposed to be 60 degrees tomorrow, so we’ll be feeling like...
by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 15, 2010 | for Body
When I was two-years-old I donned my first pair of eyeglasses and by the time I was in second grade, my prescription was for bifocals. Set aside the fact that I already had red hair and freckles and, as you can imagine, I was a walking “Kick me!” sign....
by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 11, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
The floor trusses are up and the plywood for the base of the main floor started going down yesterday. It’s supposed to be finished today. Since the new house plans have the garage in the basement with living space above (instead of the reverse in the old house...
by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 10, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
The fibrous concrete panels we are using to build the house—stacked up and secured with polyurethane before being filled with concrete—were something of an aesthetic mess. Bumpy, lumpy, and uneven, the walls didn’t much lend themselves to being easily stuccoed....
by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 9, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
When we finally closed the construction loan last November, I was sure we had missed the good-weather window and would be sitting around in our rental house watching the snow fall for a number of months. To my surprise, even the famous Utah snow doesn’t...
by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 8, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
There’s nothing better than driving up to the building site to see a raft of cars and a buzz of activity. Today the crew started installing the main floor trusses. We’re going to be pouring cement for the main floor surface, so these trusses are...
by Tracy Keeney | Mar 8, 2010 | for Fun, for Spirit
I have to admit, whining drives me nuts. Beyond nuts. I’m not sure there’s a word that satisfactorily describes the particular kind of psychosis I suffer on Fast and Testimony Sundays when my children are attempting to fast. “Can I have...
by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 4, 2010 | for Money
Auto repair is a sticky business. Most of us don’t know what we’re looking for and can get easily scammed. Haven’t we all seen the undercover recordings of unseemly auto repairmen cutting wires and breaking parts…just so they can fix them later? With...
by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 3, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
Yesterday the crew was out in force (love to see that!) framing up the interior walls in the basement. Seeing each room take shape makes it easier to visualize how everything fits in—and the kids can walk around in their own rooms for the first time. The walkout...
