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Ancestors 13 Feb 2011 | 05:20 pm
Today we drove the 2+ hours to Salt Lake City to worship our ancestors. Well, not really. However, that theme did come to mind. I’ve been doing some things with the kids recently about Chinese New Ye...
I Am Not a Perfect Person 17 Jan 2011 | 09:43 am
This disturbs me as a parent. How am I to model the best behavior to my children if I do not have the will power to do it myself? I was thinking about the phrase “will power” the other day. Everyone,...
Right Speech, or Lack Thereof 17 Nov 2009 | 04:43 pm
Today I fell victim to chose to succumb to the allure of gossiping and judgmental words. What I said was unnecessary, and potentially harmful, as I discovered a moment too late that the person I was s...
Pardon me while I sigh with contentment. 15 Nov 2009 | 08:50 am
This morning we woke up to a little bit of snow. The red apples still hanging on the tree out back looked like Christmas ornaments. We made pumpkin pancakes for breakfast, and immediately afterwards t...
Why Am I in This #$*)&(% Lifeboat? 3 Nov 2009 | 05:53 am
This morning in the car Anthropapa and I were having a discussion about affirmative action and the fact that there have only been 3 African American US senators since Reconstruction, and how maybe Pre...
Be It Ever So Humble… 11 Oct 2009 | 07:59 am
…We’ve Finally Got a Home. I’ve been feeling a bit too overwhelmed to create blog posts lately and have just been updating Facebook. Then I realized that not all of the people who read this blog are ...
Genealogy Mysteries 24 Sep 2009 | 03:52 pm
I’ve been doing family genealogy research for a few years now, though since the kids came it’s been only at odd moments here and there. Last night I came across this little gem while researching part ...
Busy Kids 19 Sep 2009 | 04:04 am
Here’s why SillyBilly has been busy lately: We struggled with the idea of him joining scouts for a long time: the discrimination issue, the selling of things, etc. But in the end we decided the benef...
Mid-hiatus Montana Mini-vacation 8 Sep 2009 | 02:01 pm
or…Geology 101. On the spur of the moment, we decided to drive to Montana this weekend. We had heard from another family about a fun destination not too far away (four hours or so), and with the long...
Pre-hiatus Update 20 Aug 2009 | 07:36 am
Dear Bloggy Friends, I must pause. Not to reflect, but to get everything else done. We plan to close on our house on Sept. 8. Of course this has meant numerous phone calls, meetings, and appointment...