by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 9, 2013 | 100 Day Challenge, Lifestyle Design
Recently I was bashed by a reader who didn't like politics injected into a post. I know the big social taboos are politics and religion. But in the course of discussing the truly significant, consequential things in our lives, how can we possibly remove those two...
by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 7, 2013 | 100 Day Challenge, Lifestyle Design
How you make money and how you spend it, all reflect your character. How You Make Money Reflects On Your Character I was going to start out this post with this sentence, “While most of us have consciously thought about the ethics and morality of how we make our...
by Angie Gardner | Mar 29, 2011 | Uncategorized
Several years ago, my grandma asked me to drop her off for some shopping at DI (Deseret Industries), with instructions to pick her up in two hours. When I arrived to pick her up, I could see that she had a shopping cart full of all kinds of things: clothing, blankets,...
by Alison Moore Smith | May 2, 2010 | for Good, for Money
Foreclosure rates have been skyrocketing and are expected to continue to rise through the end of the year. This is a tragedy. While I have never lost a home myself, some close relatives have. Just a few weeks ago the folks who lived across the street from our lot were...
by Alison Moore Smith | Sep 24, 2009 | for Money
Before we can dig the hole, we've got to secure a construction loan. No matter how good our credit is, no matter how big our down payment, no matter how secure our income, this step has always just been nerve-wracking to me. It keeps me up and night and gives me...
