After a long a stressful week, I unfortunately came down with a bit of laryngitis.  However, this movie made me smile, so I’d like to share.  It’s called Validation:

Oh man, there is nothing quite as invigorating as finishing that last midterm and realizing you’re done! Tom and I were planning on going to New York this weekend to visit Adi, but Tom has come down with quite a cold and lost his voice and feels pretty sick, so I think we are going…

I worked with two different little boys during the opera. This one, Ben, is 6 and a real doll. We had a lot of fun together.This is the other little boy, Steve, who’s 8. He is the last of 7 children and has already been in 10 shows. He was very mature. His desire to…

Around this time of year I always start to feel anxious for change. The weather never changes as soon as I would like, and as a result, my choice of wardrobe doesn’t change- because I am stuck wearing the same sweaters and pants. After realizing that my feelings were caused by a need for change,…

So I mentioned I wasn’t sure what the plan was with the house next door. Well they have been gutting it all week. There is a group of about 6-10 guys working there all the time. I have really enjoyed “spying” on them this past week- checking in on their progress and guessing about their…

So the house has been on the back burner for a while- which is evident from the lack of posts on this side of the blog. However, this week I did do a few things. I hung a couple frames and some other decorations. I also primed the half bath. We had a bunch of…

As Brecklyn said in the post below, “little things can change your day.” This week Tom and I have delighted daily over the progress of our seed garden. Two weeks ago we planted a bunch of seeds for FHE: tomatoes, peppers, rosemary, impatiens, daisies, eggplant and others. I checked everyday afterwards for life, and as…

Brecklyn shared this story with me and Tom and I loved it so much, Tom suggested we post it on the blog. Here is the story in Brecklyn’s (my niece) words: “there was a funny talk at churchthat I think you would like .  there was a young mother and she had ahorrible day ,…

“The greatest and most important talent or capacity that any of the spirit children of the Father could gain is the talent of spirituality.”  -Bruce R. McConkie

So far I have been very happy with it. It’s easy to fix, dries much faster, and actually holds “body” (with plenty of product and ratting, but hey!)