by Alison Moore Smith | Nov 2, 2010 | for Good, for Mind, for Money
About 17 years ago, as an elected member of the School Advisory Council (SAC) for Sandpiper Shores Elementary in Boca Raton, Florida, I committed a huge social faux pas. Being only a year into parenting a public school child, I had no idea the political implications...
by Alison Moore Smith | Oct 31, 2010 | for Love, Lifestyle Design
The power of love and loyalty. John Wooden was not afraid to...
by Alison Moore Smith | Oct 27, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
Last June—after doing extensive research on central vacuum cleaners—we selected Al Nielsen to install our central vacuum. I'm so glad we did! Al is friendly, easy-going, polite, and professional. He shows up when he says he will and does what he says he'll do. And...
by Alison Moore Smith | Oct 26, 2010 | for Body, for Fun
When I was 19, I took a semester away from my university studies to travel with my parents in Europe. We settled for a semester in a flat on Grove Lane in Leeds, England, while my dad—a math professor at BYU—was on sabbatical at the university there. It was in England...
by Alison Moore Smith | Oct 25, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
If you're looking for gorgeous granite countertops, but looking to keep the granite costs down, I have just the thing for discount granite countertops: granite remnants. On our first house, the granite fabricator required us to purchase entire slabs of granite. When...
by Alison Moore Smith | Oct 24, 2010 | for Mind, Lifestyle Design
Forget the stereotypical you-are-amazing-with-unlimited-potential-go-get-em-tiger commencement speeches. This is truth that cuts to the core. Life is amazing, all the way...
by Alison Moore Smith | Oct 21, 2010 | for Fun, Yea Big
Alana (17): Mom, I have to marry someone of a different ethnicity so my children will be beautiful. Mom: OK. Alana: But I never wanted to be the white parent because that would be lame.
by Alison Moore Smith | Oct 17, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
In May of 2006 we put our giant Eagle Mountain home on the market. We sold that home in January of 2007. We leased back the house until August of 2008 when we moved to the American Fork rental property. In August of 2009 we moved half our stuff to a storage unit and...
by Alison Moore Smith | Oct 15, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
Yes, it's true! After a disappointing morning yesterday with a failed inspection, the inspector came back this morning and checked off the remaining items. We have passed the building inspection and are cleared to move in. The occupancy permit will be issued on...
by Alison Moore Smith | Oct 14, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
The Lindon City inspector just completed the final inspection for occupancy permit. The house did not pass. There were a number of minor electrical issues, a few plumbing issues, and the step under the island was still bare wood having not yet been skinned. To be...
