Year: 2009
Decking the Halls
Mormon Mommy Blogs is hosting a holiday home tour where we show how our homes are decorated for the holidays. So, I’m inviting you into my house to take a looky-loo at my own decorations. I would have gotten around to anyway at some point this holiday season, so the $50.00 gift card isn’t motivating me in…
Tender Mercies
I love how ever since Elder Bednar gave that talk in General Conference, it’s just part of the vernacular. I’m trying to do too many things at once. I tend to do this in my life. And then I become overwhelmed and go to bed. Anyway, today I’m trying to finish painting my bathroom. I…
Finnish Pannukakku Recipe
Lately, my husband and I have been doing our weekly date on Thursday mornings. Somewhat unconventional I realize, but it saves us the babysitter trouble, our three-year-old is in preschool and neither of us has to teach at that time. It has actually been wonderful and we can’t wait for Thursday to come around each…
Book Review: Saving Sammy
I’m excited to have another opportunity to review a book for TLC Book Tours. This time the book I am reviewing is Saving Sammy: Curing the Boy Who Caught OCD by Beth Maloney. Honestly, I kind of ignored the book for a while after TLC sent it to me, simply because I thought it would…
DIY Cruella Deville Halloween Costume
I didn’t dress up for the Friday night Treat Street thing. But I did dress up on Saturday for actual Halloween. Too bad hardly anyone saw my costume to appreciate all the work I did on my hair. It may have been easier to buy a wig. After the lovely Friday night weather, Saturday was…
Ginormica
My oldest daughter (age 9) has wanted to be Ginormica for Halloween for months. Monsters vs. Aliens has been her favorite movie ever since we saw it in the theaters this past spring. What with the big move and all, I just had a hard time with the whole Halloween costume prep (which is why…
Recast as an Evil Witch
When we first began planning for Halloween, my middle daughter (age 6) really wanted to be a cowgirl. Sometime a few weeks ago, all of that changed, and she became adamant about going as a witch. Cool with me. We had a witch costume that would fit her and we’d be all set. Then she…
The Pumpkin that turned into a Princess
My youngest was all set to be a pumpkin this Halloween. She was wearing the costume that I made for her oldest sister back when she was three years old and wanted to be “orange” for Halloween, so I figured a pumpkin would do. My middle daughter also wore the same costume when she was…
Soare Cu Dinti
“Soare cu dinti” is a Romanian phrase that means “sun with teeth.” They use it to describe one of those beautiful winter (or fall, or even spring) days where the sun is shining, the sky is blue, but you’ll still freeze to death if you go outside. We had one of those toothy days yesterday,…
Ten Lessons I Learned from Conference
(Conference Cinnamon Rolls, That Is)
1. If you want to have your cinnamon rolls ready to eat by the first session (which is now at NOON for me, are you jealous?), then you should probably not volunteer to help with the preschool rummage sale from 7:45 am until 11:00 am. No, you will not miss any of conference, but you will…
Book Review: The Curse of the Good Girl
Shortly before we moved from Utah to Michigan, TLC Book Tours contacted me about reviewing The Curse of the Good Girl by Rachel Simmons. My first inclination was to say, “No, thank you. Too much on my plate right now.” But then I read the book’s description and, as a mother of girls, I thought…