“Bloggers are Gross, Obese, and Have Halitosis”

March 13, 2012

If you’ve been following along with this season’s episodes of The Office, you’ll recognize this post’s title as Dwight Schrute’s perspective on bloggers.  In an episode where Dwight and his assigned office team were prepping for a very “Celebrity Apprentice”-ish project of opening the Sabre store and selling new triangular-shaped ipads and smart phones, Dwight [...]

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Care.com Feature (“Who’s In Your Village”)

March 7, 2012

Have you heard of Care.com?  It’s a world-wide website used by mothers, especially those needing daycare of any form. 

They make it safe and easy with :

Mom-reviewed caregivers
FREE background checks
Recorded references
Ability to post jobs for sitters and nannies

For the working mother, you’re very familiar with the phrase “It takes a village to raise a child”.  Care.com [...]

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Story@Home Conference Update – March 9 – 10, 2012

March 1, 2012

I tell you what… Utah is the place to be for learning!  If you haven’t heard already, March 9 - 10, 2012 mark the days of the Story@Home Conference sponsored by CherishBound, and FamilySearch.  During these two days, you will have the opportunity to listen to keynote speakers and attend individual classes relating to blogging, storytelling, and Family History. 
Not only will [...]

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Around These Parts…

February 23, 2012

As with many other four-seasoned states, we’re experiencing some frigid and awesomely beautiful sights around these parts. The snow that falls leaves a fresh down comforter of purity on the Divine Creations that surround us.

That is, unless the snow falls vertically and in a 90 mph blizzard, stinging the skin and freezing eyelids shut which is [...]

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Chocolate Ganache Heart-Shaped Brownies

February 15, 2012

I’ve been trying so hard to put (somewhat) healthy foods in this aging body of mine.  However, once again, my sweet tooth took control, and convinced my mind to justify it – being the holiday and all… 

And I do have to admit… I’m glad my mouth finally gave in!
Chocolate Ganache Brownies
Mix the following ingredients together until [...]

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Groundhog Day – The Forgotten Holiday

February 4, 2012

“I don’t get no respect”. 
Automatically, you may think it was Rodney Dangerfield that coined that phrase… when in reality, it was actually Punxsutawney Phil.  Every year, on the second day of February, without fail, Phil emerges from his burrow in the old oak stump on Gobbler’s Knob to forecast the length of the year’s winter [...]

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Simply Domesticated: Homemade Bread

January 26, 2012

Growing up in a family of 8 kids, we lived a life short of the “luxuries” all my friends had experienced (according to my elementary-school-aged perspective at the time).   No store-bought wardrobes (Mom sewed the majority of our clothes), cereal was a delicacy (but only the bagged generic brand), and all food was homemade from scratch [...]

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Wordless Wednesday: A Timeless Classic

January 25, 2012
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“There Goes My Pride” and a GIVEAWAY (now closed)

January 17, 2012

If you think about it, we are intrigued by stories – whether real or fictional.  We flock to the theaters to be entertained, we pick up a novel to pass our free time, and how do we spend our time with friends and family?  …. telling stories!
Our lives are stories – just some are a [...]

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Eating = Weight Loss

January 7, 2012

Once upon a time, there was a young lady who was “somewhat happy” with the way she looked but wasn’t pleased with how her clothes fit. 

It may have had something to do with an overdose of cupcake intake, or it could have had something to do with her upcoming nuptials. Or maybe it was the [...]

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