by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 21, 2012 | for Home
A “singing bowl” is a type of bell, classified as a “standing bell.” It sits on the floor or counter or shelf and the side and rims vibrate to product sounds. Why would you want a singing bowl in your home? Well, they are used all around the...
by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 21, 2012 | for Mind
One year after our oldest daughter graduated from BYU, our son-in-law followed suit. Yesterday we watched him file in amongst the rest of the class of 2012 to Pomp and Circumstance and then, later, walk by the podium to receive his diploma. I sat thinking back about...
by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 21, 2012 | for Home
Self-reliance is important in my neck of the woods. While we aren't fanatics about emergency preparedness and self-sufficiency, we make an effort to be reasonably ready to deal with a moderate calamity. We have a one-year supply of food and water and a 72-hour kit for...
by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 21, 2012 | for Home
My sophomore year in high school, I made a very odd commitment for the 1980s. I swore to never wear denim again. I also set a goal to never wear my hair the same way twice in a given month. The loftiness (or lack thereof) of my goals aside, I did attain them. And it...
by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 18, 2012 | for Home
When I was a 12, I met a family from Sugar City, Idaho, who had survived the Teton damn break and resultant flooding. They came to Utah for a number of months to live with their cousins, who lived on my street. Hearing the things that caused the most stress and...
by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 17, 2012 | Design Your Own House, for Home
The rock wall is no more! Just before the driveway was poured, we discussed possibly sharing a fence with our soon-to-be neighbor. Since they were just contemplating digging their foundation, he didn't know how he wanted to manage it. But we were left with the problem...
by Tracy Polyak | Apr 15, 2012 | for Love, for Spirit
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. Ecclesiastes 3:1 Before I had children, I spent a lot of time working on my family history. I also served for many years in the Family History Center (now called FamilySearch Center) and...
by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 14, 2012 | for Home
One of the great features the city of Lindon, Utah, provides for homeowners is irrigation water. We had culinary water for cooking, drinking, and bathing, as usual, but we also have irrigation water that is used for yards and gardens. Because it requires less...
by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 13, 2012 | for Home
Spring is here. Truly we didn't have much winter to begin with—certainly an oddity in Utah—but after a winter with 300 percent of the typical snowfall, a dry winter was welcome to most of us. The city turned the water on this week and we're ready to begin getting the...
by Guest Author | Apr 13, 2012 | for Fun
Guest post written by Stacy White I've found that I've been inviting friends and loved ones over more often lately. But now that I have my own home and don't have to worry about them parking at some apartment complex I don't' think twice about having them over. I...
