by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 6, 2013 | 100 Day Challenge, Lifestyle Design
In 1994 I started a homeschooling business. It included a subscription monthly newsletter and a small (and ever-growing) catalog of educational products. Within a couple of months I used a space on America OnLine's servers to create a very rudimentary web site for the...
by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 5, 2013 | 100 Day Challenge, Lifestyle Design
The old adage about eating an elephant—one bite at a time—applies perfectly to goal setting. You reach any large goal by breaking it down into manageable, doable actions Large goals and overwhelming tasks are only intimidating when you look at them in totality. While...
by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 4, 2013 | 100 Day Challenge, Lifestyle Design
Once every month, in college, all my voice teacher's students gathered together for a master class. We sang for each other and critiqued each other. It was always a nerve-wracking, challenging, high-growth experience. One girl I saw every month had a peculiar habit....
by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 3, 2013 | for Spirit
Yesterday one of our daughters chose to receive her patriarchal blessing. While that's obviously a very personal thing, I just wanted to write a quick note about the experience. The elderly husband and wife were beyond lovely. They met with our daughter earlier in the...
by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 3, 2013 | 100 Day Challenge, Lifestyle Design
Every Sunday my family attends church and sprinkled throughout the week are myriad other religious meetings. But the most spiritual place I have ever been in my life is the cannery. The LDS church has an elaborate welfare system in place. In stark contrast to most...
by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 2, 2013 | 100 Day Challenge, Lifestyle Design
Monica, our 15-year-old, is a member of Acting Up! (Scera Youth Theater's premier audition/competition musical theater performing group). The group consists of a large number of high school aged kids from all over the county. Every month they perform a religious...
by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 1, 2013 | for Body
I'm a serious hot chocolate lover and the older I get, the darker I like it. For years I've used no sugar added Nesquick. I like the flavor, but wasn't too keen on the long list of unidentifiable ingredients. No sugar added Nesquick ingredients: INGREDIENTS: COCOA...
by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 1, 2013 | for Body
When I was in high school, my best friend had a sauna in her house. It led out the back to a jacuzzi. Because of the unique features of her basement, it was a popular place for us to hang out, listening to Bob Marley for hours on end. Since then, the only time I've...
by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 1, 2013 | for Spirit
New scriptures are here! A summary of the “approved adjustments” has been published for your perusal along with a detailed description of general changes. Very cool! The buzz I'm hearing is mostly over the heading changes for Official Declaration...
by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 1, 2013 | 100 Day Challenge, Lifestyle Design
When I was in college, I participated in a number of pageants in the Miss America pageant system. When I competed in my first pageant, I had never even seen a pageant in my life, either live or on TV. Suffice it to see I was not from a family that valued such things....
