Wife Like Me

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!This morning at two Degen came into our room panicked (we've been getting him to bed too late so he woke up and couldn't get back to sleep) and we let him crawl into bed with us to help […]

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Last night we watched The Pursuit of Happyness with Will Smith. It's the story of a man who is trying to take care of his family financially, but keeps on running into obstacle after obstacle until he's pretty much as bottomed-out as he possibly could be. He and his son had to sleep in a […]

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Okay, I think Spring is really here to stay now.  The trees have leaves and blossoms and the flowers are starting to bloom and people are outside mowing their lawns.  The kids and I went for a little walk this morning and saw that some people had their vegetable gardens planted and even sprouting!  I think […]

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Here's my packing list for going to Kauai in three weeks.  Yikes, it's sneaking up on me! 
To wear there and back: 

Me: khaki skirt and red Jensen shirt (with sandals?)
Colin: tan pants, belt, red Jensen shirt, black socks, black shoes
Degen: red Jensen shirt, brown corduroy pants, Sunday shoes, socks
Maggie: red Jensen onesie, khaki pants?, pink shoes?

Stroller(s) (double […]

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This morning before Colin went to work we gave our financial situation a good stare.  As much as I hate to do it and avoid doing it, I have to admit that I always feel a little better when I do, even if I get bad news.  My uncle Brent (of marketsurfing.com fame) gave us […]

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In a couple of weeks I'll be teaching a combined Young Women lesson on family traditions, so I thought it would be useful to list some of my favorite family traditions (some of my parents' and some of the traditions Colin and I have, too). 

Having a Passover Seder every year
Easter baskets
Christmas: cinnamon rolls for […]

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Saturday Maggie learned to roll from her tummy back onto her back (she'd accomplished the other direction a few months ago).  Yesterday she got up on her hands and knees by herself for the first time.  Any minute now she'll start crashing into the floor with her face in order to move forward a small […]

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Colin and I had a gift certificate to the movies, so on Friday we went and saw Believe.  It's a funny mockumentary about Multi-Level Marketing (MLM) companies.  The story follows four   families who are involved in an MLM called "Believe."  One of them finds success immediately while the others are jealous because they've been "doing the […]

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My aunt emailed me yesterday saying that she was searching for ideas for Relief Society and found my blog!  It's always neat to get in touch with someone in an unexpected way.  She discovered in her reading that I'm in Young Women now.  She's doing a project for her Stake's Young Women Camp where after Sacrament Meeting they spend […]

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This week I had a weird Qwest experience.  Sorry to anyone who tried to call us yesterday afternoon and discovered that our phone was disconnected.  There was a strange mix-up in our bills that resulted in our phone service being turned off for a few hours.  Here's what happened:
Monday I opened a bill from Quest […]

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