by Tracy Keeney | May 28, 2011 | for Love
I'm not lying. Not kidding. Not exaggerating. May a lightning bolt come down from the sky this very minute if I'm even treading near untruth. There's a girl at my local Kmart whose name is Marijuanna. I noticed it immediately as it was displayed for all to see on her...
by Alison Moore Smith | May 28, 2011 | for Home
Spring is (finally) upon us. If your neck of the woods is anything like mine, you've been mired in unusually cold, unusually precipitous weather…and you're pretty darn sick of it. Waiting for the sunshine and some outdoor living can't come soon enough! With spring...
by Alison Moore Smith | May 28, 2011 | for Home
Depending on where you live, home security can be a serious concern. We live in a generally lovely, crime-free neighborhood, but still had a very expensive package stolen right off our porch. Unfortunately, these days, most of us can use a good security system. The...
by Janiel Miller | May 24, 2011 | for Fun
When we lived in Indiana—waaaay back during the Cretaceous Period when my husband was in graduate school and I was a marketing rep for WordPerfect Corporation—we sublet our basement to LDS missionaries. The people before us had had an open door policy and let the...
by Darcee Yates | May 20, 2011 | for Mind
Rip Van Winkle got so tied up in what he was doing (not sure if it was sleeping, hunting, bowling, or just traipsing through the woods) that it caused him to lose track of time and re-enter his life years later, nearly forgotten by those he loved. Certain activities...
by Alison Moore Smith | May 16, 2011 | for Money
Credit scores can seem baffling. Indeed, the credit rating industry has a stranglehold on your financial life with some pretty nonsensical rules. With bad (r no) credit, it's next-to-impossible to get a mortgage, get an auto loan, or finance much of anything. You can...
by Alison Moore Smith | May 12, 2011 | for Love, Mormon Wedding
When preparing to address our wedding invitations, I looked up the prevailing wedding invitation address etiquette. It's appalling in it's complexity. If you ask me, the purpose of the address—getting the invitation to it's intended destination—has been entirely...
by Alison Moore Smith | May 11, 2011 | Design Your Own House, for Home
When people visit our new home, they are often surprised that we have concrete floors throughout the house. The main floor has polished concrete and the basement has acid washed concrete (the upstairs has dragon board (another post all together) and the stairs are...
by Alison Moore Smith | May 10, 2011 | for Body
The Holistic LDS LIving Conference has a mission: to help all people draw closer to Christ by discovering His hidden treasures of knowledge for the health and healing of the mind, body and spirit. If you'd like to enter to win a free admission to the conference (a $60...
by Alison Moore Smith | May 10, 2011 | for Love, Mormon Wedding
Finalizing the invitation for the wedding was, surprisingly, the most difficult part of the wedding planning. There are so many options with such cost variables that coming to a final decision was difficult for the bride and groom. (To be fair, the bride—with her...
