by Alison Moore Smith | May 11, 2010 | for Body
After breakfast one morning, when I was four, I went up to my bathroom to brush my teeth. Whilst making my teeth sparkle, I noticed that there was raspberry jam stuck on my jaw. I got a washcloth and wiped. Then I rubbed. Then I scrubbed. With tears running down my...
by Alison Moore Smith | May 9, 2010 | for Love
Today at church, the young women took over the callings of all the women in Primary and Young Women during the third hour. Monica taught five-year-olds and Alana directed the music in Primary. When I walked into the Primary room to get something out of my bag, Alana...
by Alison Moore Smith | May 8, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Body, for Home
Back in the day when the Farrah Fawcett hairdo was the only hair worth doing, it was imperative to have an unimpeded view of the entire back of head. If you can't see the back of your head, how can you be perfectly coifed? I grew up in a home that was built in 1968....
by Alison Moore Smith | May 8, 2010 | for Home, for Money
You'd love to own a home—and you can afford the payments—but going the traditional route isn't working out. Or maybe you'd just like to avoid the expense and hassle of dealing with banks and lending institutions in the incredibly difficult credit market. One way to...
by Alison Moore Smith | May 7, 2010 | for Good, for Spirit
In the quest for civility and a moderately refined society, I have come up with a three part plan of action for the senior editorial staff at the University of Utah student newspaper: Grow up. Get out of the boys' junior high locker room. Buy a thesaurus. When I was...
by Alison Moore Smith | May 6, 2010 | for Money, for Spirit
As the summer Young Women Camp season approaches, I am thrown back into my days as the ward/stake/universe camp director. (Better than scouting. But not by much.) While I served in Young Women the church policy changed to allow only one fundraiser per year for the...
by Alison Moore Smith | May 6, 2010 | for Home, for Money
In 1991, we moved thousands of miles away to Boca Raton, Florida. We had two little kids and—after years of college—were flat broke. Our first home was a three-bedroom townhouse in a development called Cypress Lakes. It was a huge step up from college apartment digs....
by Alison Moore Smith | May 6, 2010 | for Body
Half of my family of eight needs corrective eyewear. As of this writing, two wear glasses and the other two wear contacts. One other family member should be wearing glasses, but s/he is in denial about her/his age and is content to squint and hold that teeny, tiny...
by Alison Moore Smith | May 5, 2010 | for Home
When Sam and I married in 1985, the cutting edge way to find an apartment was to go to the university (we were both students) housing office and shuffle through a recipe card box of offerings. The trick was, then, to rush to the unit while beating other couples...
by Alison Moore Smith | May 4, 2010 | for Mind
Forget the commute. Forget bussing. For the past 16 years we've been homeschooling. For the past nine years our own businesses have been our sole means of support and for the past seven years all our businesses have been run from our home. And while we tend not to...
