by Alison Moore Smith | Oct 19, 2011 | Design Your Own House, for Home
A year after the completion of our home, we still have a couple of minor projects left undone. One of those is completing our custom mailbox enclosure. The physical enclose was finished last fall, the mailbox securely embedded in the weatherproof material. But the...
by Alison Moore Smith | Oct 18, 2011 | Design Your Own House, for Home
When we moved from Florida to Utah, we had the grand idea that we were going to be gentleman farmers. We had purchased five acres of land with animal rights and were getting ready to make our way on our ranchette. We planned for horses, mini-cows, chickens, and goats....
by Alison Moore Smith | Oct 18, 2011 | for Money
Since my internet-bubble day-trading venture of the late 90s, I haven't spent much time in the stock market. Sure, I have the typical mutual fund retirement accounts. But I'm not a gambler…by nature or value system. Trading without doing serious company research isn't...
by Tracy Polyak | Oct 18, 2011 | for Spirit
A couple of years ago, we moved from a small city out to a more rural area. Our ward is very small, and there are few opportunities for my kids to make friends there. Knowing we would be homeschooling, I endeavored to make friends in our small town. We have managed to...
by Alison Moore Smith | Oct 17, 2011 | for Love
My mother died slowly, over years and years, bit by bit getting more lost in a cloud of dementia. She wasn't officially diagnosed with Alzheimer's, but the TIAs (transient ischemic attacks or mini-strokes—dozens and dozens of them) sure looked like it. It was her...
by Guest Blogger | Oct 13, 2011 | for Mind
By Mary Rubin Stuart The trouble came on Harriet Callahan slowly. As a high school freshman she had been placed in a science and math honors program and began the year enthusiastically. But after a few weeks in first-year algebra, Harriet felt confused and scared....
by Alison Moore Smith | Oct 10, 2011 | Design Your Own House, for Home
I realize I still haven't completed my final post on the landscape. With the end of summer and the cooler weather closing in, we're trying to wrap up all the final issues, replace plants that didn't survive the year (or the deer!) and get everything ready to sleep for...
by Alison Moore Smith | Oct 8, 2011 | for Mind
My first research paper—for my high school AP English class in 1982—still gives me nightmares. The process of typing out an enormous paper was foreign and intimidating. My topic: J.D. Salinger. I pulled an A, but not without pulling an all-nighter and much of my hair...
by Alison Moore Smith | Oct 8, 2011 | for Home
This afternoon I came across a website for Calgary apartment rentals. It's just another throwback to my college years. That's been kind of a theme today. This morning was the Brigham Young University homecoming parade with the big football game later tonight. Since...
by Alison Moore Smith | Oct 6, 2011 | Design Your Own House, for Home
Chaotic surroundings are stressful. Ordered surroundings allow peace, creativity, and all manner of good stuff to flow. For years, I've collected brochures showing fabulous garage storage systems and steel storage cabinets. Although I don't spend much time in the...
