by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 19, 2009 | for Fun
I've always been a sucker for anything romantic. When my husband and I were dating, I baked up a luscious mustard chicken in a bread bowl, packed up a big picnic basket, and surprised him with a lunch in the park on a blanket. (It seems to have worked. That was over...
by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 19, 2009 | for Mind, Uncategorized
We have a legacy story in our house that I like to tell as often as possible. It goes like this: When children are young they have baby teeth. When they are about six the baby teeth start to fall out and, eventually—with a great deal of variation depending on the...
by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 17, 2009 | for Fun, Yea Big
Samuel (49): Well, honey, that's why you married me. Because I'm so good at narration.
by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 13, 2009 | for Home
Cooking is not my hobby, it's a necessary evil for survival. I don't want a bunch of gee-whiz gizmos in my kitchen. I want a few, high-quality, multi-purpose tools that are easy to use. When it comes to kitchen blenders that means something crafted for years of hard...
by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 11, 2009 | Design Your Own House, for Home
Custom kitchen and bathroom cabinets are gorgeous, but are going to take a chunk out of your homebuilding budget. And you're going to live with them for years. Make the most of it with these eight essential features. Designed with You in MindDon't rush in and let the...
by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 9, 2009 | for Good, for Spirit
While I'm no expert on any religion not even my own I have made a rudimentary observation. The Amish seem to have determined that it was best to stop time. The inventions of some specific time in the past (ties and wheels) may be used at will. But the more recent ones...
by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 7, 2009 | for Fun
When I was four-years-old, my neighbor friend, Chris Olsen, brought out the coolest thing I'd ever seen. It was a pair of wooden marble runs. You took a marble, put it at the top and watched it run down the little track about two feet, hit the end, turn the corner,...
by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 4, 2009 | for Spirit
Elder Neil Linden Andersen, 57, was named the newest apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints today during the morning session of the Church's 179th Annual General Conference. The announcement was made by Church President Thomas S. Monson to 21,000...
by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 2, 2009 | Design Your Own House, for Home
For the first many months of planning, we had determined that our new, custom home would have a real, wood-burning fireplace in the family room. We'd still use a gas fireplace for our master bedroom, but not in the main living area. Neither of us is terribly enamored...
by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 1, 2009 | for Fun, Yea Big
Backstory: We have a rule in our home. It states that if you come to the table and complain about the meal that someone else prepared for your edification, you are cordially invited to go complain in your room while the others eat the yucky food. For April Fool's Day...
