When we were kids we went camping every year. It was a highlight of the summer that we looked forward to with great anticipation. After all these years, I still see the two years we camped in Kamas, Utah, as some of the best vacations every. Our folks found a campground right on the river. [...]
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Mom: Boys, your sister is bringing a friend over after their date to watch a movie tonight. So please be polite and no teasing. OK? Samson (11): Like not saying things like “boyfriend” or “marriage”? Mom: Yes. Caleb (8): Or what about whistling the “in love” song from Sims?
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Guest post written by Stacy White I’ve found that I’ve been inviting friends and loved ones over more often lately. But now that I have my own home and don’t have to worry about them parking at some apartment complex I don’t’ think twice about having them over. I think that they like it too [...]
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As I write, I’m sitting in the gorgeous Joseph Smith Memorial Building in Salt Lake City. I just finished speaking on “Monetizing a Blog” at the Story@Home Conference. Now that’s all well and good, but I’ll save that story for PopCre.net. What I want to tell you about is the cake. I’ve been dieting for…forever. [...]
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Guest post from: Bruno Smith I remember so clearly when I was a kid, one of our favorite family traditions was to watch all the different Charlie Brown episodes during the holidays on TV. I remember it was like this big deal where we would get to eat dinner in the living room on a blanket and [...]
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When I lived in England, an adult friend of ours collected pigs. She had pigs of just about any sort and material you can imagine. She said that wherever she went, people gave her pigs. Not because they were extremely close friends, but because every time they saw any kind of pig, they thought of [...]
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[Sitting with mom, in the wee hours of the morning, guiltily watching the train wreck known as Toddlers & Tiaras.] Belinda (21): You know what’s scary about this? Mom: What? Belinda: These people can vote.
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[Looking up requirements for various Boy Scout merit badges online.] Samson (11): Mom, all of these require explaining. Mom: Yea. Samson: Well, I don’t really like explaining.
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[Overhearing the TV in the other room while studying.] Belinda (21): It’s not even 1:00 am. Why do they have psychic commercial on?
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Monica (14): Mom, who’s Eddy Murphy and Freddie Mac?
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Guest post written by Deborah Cook I love to always have a plethora of holiday cookies in our home for whenever we just want some cookies or when we have a guest in our home to offer to them. Maybe it’s just the inner hostess in me to do that. But that also means that [...]
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When we moved to Eagle Mountain, we thought we were going to do the farm thing. Not a full-fledged, up before dawn, milking the cows kind of farm, just a little gentleman’s ranchette. With a couple of horses, a goat or two, maybe a few mini-cows (OK, so maybe a little milking), and some chickens. [...]
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If you are a fellow American, “letting a flat” might sound like gibberish. Or needing replacement tires. But it’s very simple. In British parlance letting is renting and a flat is an apartment. When we lived in England in 1983, we let a flat in a row of townhouses. Compared to our American digs, it [...]
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When I was 19, my dad took a sabbatical form his professorial duties and he and my mother headed to Europe. The final destination was to be a flat in Leeds, England, but before that would be a whirlwind tour of Germany (where they would pick up a VW Jetta (with American specs)), Portugal, Italy, [...]
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I’m totally into interior decoration. But it’s not what you think. In the context of my life, being “into” home decorating it more like wishing I were into it and realizing I’m clueless. I know what I like when I see it, but I have no idea how to recreate it with my own space, [...]
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People say you shouldn’t buy timeshares. I’m not so sure. When I was a tween, my parents bought two. One in Snowbird, Utah — a ski resort packing some of the greatest snow on earth — the other smack dab on the beach in San Diego. All these decades later, our family still uses them. [...]
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I married a geek. Or is it a nerd? I can never remember. One of them is supposed to be cool and the other one not so much. My husband is definitely on the cool end of science genius. My dad also has a scientific PhD. And my brother-in-law. My sister, a master’s degree. Our [...]
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Alana (18): Caleb, get me a spoon. [Caleb (8) rolls his eyes.] Alana: Where did you learn to do that? Caleb: From yooooooou! Alana: Um. No. Caleb: Yeeeeees! I saw you do it. At the dinner table. At the Harmon’s house! [We rented Harmon's house when Caleb was six.]
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Black Friday has come and gone. (We slept in, decorated the house, and went to a movie.) Cyber Monday is history. (I spent a couple of hours using some of my very best online deals.) But if you think the bargains are gone, you’re wrong. They’ve just begun! I’ve gathered some of the very best, [...]
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Alana (18): Mom, is it true that most college papers are eight to ten pages long? Mom: Sometimes. Some of my blog posts are that long. Alana: Yea, but they’re about things you like to write about! Like, “Hey, I hate cooking. Let’s talk about it.”
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