by Kim Rader Whiting | Sep 2, 2009 | for Love, for Spirit
Ten years ago I went to visit my two grandmothers. This was about six months after I caught the family history bug. I had exhausted my PAF program with any name, place, and date that I could find in the verbal and physical information that had been given to me. Since...
by Alison Moore Smith | Aug 28, 2009 | Design Your Own House, for Home
Moving stinks. Seriously. It never ends. As soon as you think you're done, you find entire rooms you never knew existed that are full to the brim with furniture and things that you can't categorized. Not to mention things you can't pack. How do you pack a telescope?...
by Michelle DeGraw | Aug 27, 2009 | for Home, for Love
We recently moved. We had lived in our former location for 12 years. Our last two children were born there. Our four older children don't have many clear memories of living elsewhere, and most of their school years were spent there. For us, it was the perfect place; a...
by Alison Moore Smith | Aug 27, 2009 | for Good
Let me preface this post with the clear statement that I don't believe in granting sainthood to someone just because s/he dies. We are what we are and what we've done is done. Let's be honest about it even when we're gone. I was born just after John F. Kennedy was...
by Alison Moore Smith | Aug 24, 2009 | for Body, Losing Weight After Pregnancy
We generally take it very easy on Sundays, attending church and puttering around. But with the first moving truck coming on Tuesday, that's a luxury we can't afford. We packed most of the day and ate whatever we could find. I must say I'm liking the egg, turkey,...
by Alison Moore Smith | Aug 23, 2009 | for Body, Losing Weight After Pregnancy
It's tough to diet when your life is packed with good people and things to celebrate. With my dad's 80th birthday party looming large, we were compelled to celebrate with a big family BBQ when my uncle and aunt came to town to visit dad. They couldn't make the Monday...
by Alison Moore Smith | Aug 22, 2009 | for Body, Losing Weight After Pregnancy
With the move looming, and way too much to do, I decided to cut my trip a tad short and leave Friday night instead of Saturday morning. No cafeteria today. A morning run and a workout hefting my bags and cooler down all the stairs and to the car. That should count for...
by Alison Moore Smith | Aug 21, 2009 | for Money
Term life insurance. Say it again, louder. Term life insurance. In the life insurance industry, you basically have two choices: term: includes only life insurance other: includes life insurance and an investment vehicle Please, don't be fooled by the claims about...
by Alison Moore Smith | Aug 21, 2009 | for Body, Losing Weight After Pregnancy
Almost identical schedule to the day before, but I did eat with Jessica, my oldest daughter. (She's a student at BYU who works on campus.) I've also been exercising every morning. Just a brisk walk and a bit of plank. I'm certainly not sleeping well in this itty bitty...
by Alison Moore Smith | Aug 20, 2009 | for Spirit
In the Orlando temple, at least in the late 90's, there was a professional sign hanging in the cafeteria. Loudly it pronounced: The Food Has Already Been Blessed Every time I saw it, I imagined all the cafeteria workers, at the crack of dawn, circling the...
