Read What I Want Month My friend raved about James Dashner's dystopian young adult novel The Maze Runner . I've enjoyed several o...

I felt so honored and humbled to be invited to sing with the choir at the General Relief Society Conference. We've been practicing for m...

"Read What I Want Month" I devoured Laura Esquirel's novel Like Water for Chocolate --a love song to food. Mouth watering an...

Utah Dad and I are celebrating our 15th wedding anniversary today. We had hoped to take a cruise this year and tried to plan one with his pa...

I took a little unplanned hiatus from the blog (and pretty much everything else) last week. I got a cold that mutated into a sinus infection...

I have been lucky enough to have read some great books for reviews lately. Even so, I have a book shelf on the wall opposite my bed filled w...

On Saturday night, I sat squirming on the hard chair during a marriage enhancement fireside (cleverly disguised as a "date night")...

Utah Dad and I were sleeping in that morning. Utah Dad didn’t have to be to work until 11 o’clock. Neal was just three months old and he had...

The winner of the $15 Amazon Gift Card in the Back to the Books Give-away Hop  is . . . LindsayWrites Congratulations! Please send me an...

As soon as I read a review that compared The Lantern by Deborah Lawrenson to Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier, I knew I would have to read The...

To celebrate the kids going back to school, I am participating in a "Back to the Books Give-away".   I am giving away one $15 ...

I had mixed emotions about the kids going back to school. We've had such a fun summer together and there are many more things we wanted ...

I confess, we love meat at our house. It's just true. We're carnivores. Nothing makes Utah Dad more angry than a wasted sausage. Let...

In 1842, Phineas T. Barnum purchased the Scudder Natural History Museum in New York City with plans to make it into a showcase of the world...

Yesterday was our last official day of summer vacation. Neal and his cousin spent the day bingeing on Mario, which will go in the closet for...

It used to be that most of the women that I admire were older. And by "older" I mean that they are older than I am, not necessaril...

August has been an interesting reading month for me. I've been running like crazy doing all kinds of fun stuff with the family. At the s...

I had only been to Lagoon once before. I must have been fairly young. I only have a vague memory of a fun house (that I believe no longer e...