Despite my great love for making dessert, we really do try to eat healthy at our house. We also like to shave a few dollars off the grocery budget whenever we can. Those two goals aren’t always compatible, so when I find a recipe that is both healthy–and cheap–and that my family actually loves, I [...]
I got my piano tuned last week. I know; you’re thinking big deal. Pianos everywhere get tuned. Well, it was a big deal. My piano was last tuned about 1998. No, that’s not a typo. Not only has my piano gone un-tuned since the last millennium, it was moved from California to new Mexico in [...]
Sunday is Mother’s Day. In the past, we’ve shared various essays and thoughts from different Mollies on the ups and downs on Mother’s Day. For some it is a hard day they’d rather skip and for some it is a wonderful day of joy, celebration and reflection. And for others still it falls somewhere in [...]
So I did. It was a good thing the Prophet did not command us to GROW a garden, or to EAT from a garden, because if he had, I’d have felt like a failure some years. He just commanded us to TRY. The cool thing is, that every year I tried, SOMETHING grew that was [...]
Breakfast at our house is a crazy time. With five people leaving in the mornings at four different times between 1:30 and 6:45 a.m., I am just not inclined to spend my morning cooking breakfast and then cleaning up the mess. I want my family to have a good breakfast–and a hot breakfast especially when [...]
I got my piano tuned last week. I know; you’re thinking big deal. Pianos everywhere get tuned. Well, it was a big deal. My piano was last tuned about 1998. No, that’s not a typo. Not only has my piano gone un-tuned since the last millennium, it was moved from California to new Mexico in [...]
This morning I’m writing thank-you notes. It’s something I don’t do nearly enough, but I’ve been inspired by a new friend who writes lots of thank-you notes. I know this, not because my friend tells me, but because I’ve been the recipient of a few–and for things I would not have thought to write a [...]
Sunday is Mother’s Day. In the past, we’ve shared various essays and thoughts from different Mollies on the ups and downs on Mother’s Day. For some it is a hard day they’d rather skip and for some it is a wonderful day of joy, celebration and reflection. And for others still it falls somewhere in [...]
Unless you live under a rock, you have undoubtedly heard by now that political strategist Hilary Rosen has not only put her foot in her mouth, but possibly her entire leg as well. In an interview on CNN Wednesday night she said that Ann Romney, wife of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, had “never worked [...]
I got my piano tuned last week. I know; you’re thinking big deal. Pianos everywhere get tuned. Well, it was a big deal. My piano was last tuned about 1998. No, that’s not a typo. Not only has my piano gone un-tuned since the last millennium, it was moved from California to new Mexico in [...]
Sunday is Mother’s Day. In the past, we’ve shared various essays and thoughts from different Mollies on the ups and downs on Mother’s Day. For some it is a hard day they’d rather skip and for some it is a wonderful day of joy, celebration and reflection. And for others still it falls somewhere in [...]
This morning I’m writing thank-you notes. It’s something I don’t do nearly enough, but I’ve been inspired by a new friend who writes lots of thank-you notes. I know this, not because my friend tells me, but because I’ve been the recipient of a few–and for things I would not have thought to write a [...]
I am a band geek. I’ve been a band geek since the ninth grade. I played the flute in the Granite Hills High School band. Most of my fondest high school memories involve band (most of the rest involve the school newspaper–probably no surprise there, but this is about music). Most of the friends from [...]
Despite my great love for making dessert, we really do try to eat healthy at our house. We also like to shave a few dollars off the grocery budget whenever we can. Those two goals aren’t always compatible, so when I find a recipe that is both healthy–and cheap–and that my family actually loves, I [...]
So I did. It was a good thing the Prophet did not command us to GROW a garden, or to EAT from a garden, because if he had, I’d have felt like a failure some years. He just commanded us to TRY. The cool thing is, that every year I tried, SOMETHING grew that was [...]
Despite my great love for making dessert, we really do try to eat healthy at our house. We also like to shave a few dollars off the grocery budget whenever we can. Those two goals aren’t always compatible, so when I find a recipe that is both healthy–and cheap–and that my family actually loves, I [...]
Breakfast at our house is a crazy time. With five people leaving in the mornings at four different times between 1:30 and 6:45 a.m., I am just not inclined to spend my morning cooking breakfast and then cleaning up the mess. I want my family to have a good breakfast–and a hot breakfast especially when [...]
I have what my family teasingly calls a “need to know.” I don’t do well with uncertainty and I really don’t do well with the unknown. As you can imagine, having a need to know can sometimes make faith problematic. Faith and my need to know sometimes collide head on. Sometimes I feel like I [...]
Tomorrow is “Poem In Your Pocket” day. This month is National Poetry Month. I think that goes rather well with last week being National Library Week as well. The idea here is that you take a favorite poem in your pocket to share with friends, co-workers, classmates or anyone you meet. While I have virtually [...]
I don’t know where you are, but where I live it is full-on spring here. Spring is the motivating season for me. When the weather gets warm and things start growing again, I come out of my state of semi-hibernation and start feeling the urge to get things done. We plow up the garden and [...]
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