by Darcee Yates | Mar 16, 2011 | for Body
Recently, time constraints had me going straight from work out to dinner with my husband and some friends. My fourteen-hour work day had me apologizing for how I looked. I joked that at least my fifty-year old eyes couldn't see the smudged eyeliner and flakes of...
by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 15, 2011 | for Home
This post brought to you by Pier 1. All opinions are 100% mine. A few years ago I dropped by a nearby Pier 1 while waiting for my brother. I hadn't been to one in years…and it took me by surprise. For some reason, I had mentally classified the store in an ethnic...
by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 15, 2011 | for Fun, for Money
During the 10 years we lived in Boca Raton, Florida, Sam went to Hawaii numerous times on business. Each time, he invited me along. We would pay for the airfare with frequent flier miles and I could fill the other half of his hotel room for free. The only real expense...
by Darcee Yates | Mar 12, 2011 | for Love, for Spirit
I just reread a nine year old post from an LDS woman contemplating marriage to an inactive LDS man. Aside from his loss of conviction (or rather, testimony) that the gospel was true, she described their relationship as very good. According to her, he treated her very...
by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 11, 2011 | for Body
For those of you working on the Why Can't I Sleep project with me—trying to develop better sleep habits and, perhaps, becoming an advanced early riser —I wanted to pass on Amazon's Gold Box deal. Today only, the Philips Wake-up Light Plus is being offered for 30% off...
by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 10, 2011 | for Love, Mormon Wedding
Ever since I was a young(er) mom, running around Boca Raton with four daughters in tow, I've heard about what I had coming. Most times we were in public I heard shrieks—from senior citizens with strong New York accents—directed at our little estrogen-heavy clan of,...
by Darcee Yates | Mar 10, 2011 | for Spirit
A couple of days ago I wrote Serendipitous Living, circumstances that fall into our path, whether by heavenly design or happenstance, that cause radical change…if only in the life of one. Us. I already shared my circumstance, now I'd like to share the help I received....
by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 9, 2011 | for Body
When I was in college, I was regularly appalled at the state of mothers with children. June Cleaver was long gone. No longer did women tidy up in housecoats and rollers so they could slip on their finger comb their “do,” button up a starched dress, and...
by Darcee Yates | Mar 8, 2011 | for Spirit
How much influence, if any, do you think those not of this world have with the living? Serendipitous things often happen in my life that leave me wondering. The following consequences of a certain set of miscellaneous circumstances, though not life-saving, were...
by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 8, 2011 | for Love
Sam and I have different versions about how we went from living in the same college apartment building to kneeling at the altar in 1985. Suffice it to say, mine is correct. The greatest point of contention loving difference of opinion is where and when Sam finally...
