by Alison Moore Smith | Oct 3, 2010 | Design Your Own House
Building a custom home has meant a constant stream of purchases. Almost daily I’m swamped with parts and pieces to select and order. After a while it loses its charm, but the goal has always been to get the most for our money. One of the ways we did this was to...
by Alison Moore Smith | Oct 2, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
The premature packing and move have put the construction updates way behind. There are a number of things to report. The back patio and walkway cement was poured months ago, but we still had lots of front yard concrete work to be done. A few weeks ago the driveway and...
by Alison Moore Smith | Oct 1, 2010 | for Mind, Lifestyle Design
Today marks the beginning of a new series of goals. Each month will have a theme that I will try to use as a catalyst for life change. October 2010’s theme is: Good Stuff. Good Stuff means that I will do my best to have all the things that come into me and all...
by Alison Moore Smith | Oct 1, 2010 | for Body
While I never intended to write about oral health, I just have to tell you about a product we found last week. Until a few years ago, I’d always been a floss purist. We used regular floss that you pull from a roll. Our dentist introduced us to floss picks a few...
by Alison Moore Smith | Sep 30, 2010 | for Fun
This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of PlayStation(R) Move. All opinions are 100% mine. If anything truly enhances family time, I’m completely on board. But as I’ve told you before, I’m not a huge advocate of “screen time.”...
by Alison Moore Smith | Sep 28, 2010 | for Love
The dating scene has changed since I was in college. Even at BYU. When I was there, dating was everything. Now maybe that was was just me, heh heh, but if I couldn’t score at least three dates a week it was a slow, sad situation. These days, no one dates. They...
by Alison Moore Smith | Sep 28, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
This blog began as a means to dig into the nitty gritty of building a custom home and to openly evaluate the pros and cons of those working on the project. You all know I’m not afraid to give an honest critique. But once in a while you run across a subcontractor...
by Alison Moore Smith | Sep 28, 2010 | for Body
This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Aladdin. All opinions are 100% mine. When I was in second grade, Mrs. Black talked to us about litter. This was back in the day of public service announcements featuring Smoky the Bear (“Only you can prevent...
by Alison Moore Smith | Sep 23, 2010 | for Home
Generally speaking, I’m an organizational freak. But living out of a suitcase—waiting for the house to be finished—is only heightening my desire to get my new house organized. I can’t wait to get out the containers and labeler and create order out of our...
by Alison Moore Smith | Sep 21, 2010 | for Home
When planning a custom home, you can incorporate all sorts of really cool things that are important to you. We have durable, easy to maintain surfaces, granite with fabulous details, a stainless steel kitchen sink, lots of storage space, and a simple design. But you...
