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Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 16th, 2008
I was thinking about how to do a St. Patrick’s Day Family Home Evening and here’s what I’ve come up with… We’re not Catholic (obviously), but I think it’s fun to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. I was thinking about having a treasure hunt and explaining about the pot of gold at the end of the [...]
Posted in Cooking on Mar 16th, 2008
Colin and his mother were just discussing St. Patrick’s Day on the phone and she mentioned that they have corned beef and cabbage to celebrate. So, I asked for her recipe and she said “it’s the easiest thing in the world” and I paraphrase the rest with the following: Put water and the spices from [...]
Posted in Cooking on Mar 16th, 2008
Colin and his mother were just discussing St. Patrick’s Day on the phone and she mentioned that they have corned beef and cabbage to celebrate. So, I asked for her recipe and she said “it’s the easiest thing in the world” and I paraphrase the rest with the following: Put water and the spices from [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 14th, 2008
Happy Pi Day everyone! Emily just called me to tell me it’s Pi Day and I’m so excited! It’s 3/14, which is the date that corresponds to the number Pi (3.14159… and so on). She’s having a Pi party with some friends making pies…she’s saying something about strawberry rhubarb… Yum! I think I should celebrate [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 7th, 2008
After years and years of living in the mountains in Utah, today is our very first SNOW DAY! Colin gets to stay home from school today because it’s snowing (and expected to snow all day) and nothing is even sticking to the ground. I’m not totally clear on why people here freak out about a [...]
Yesterday was my birthday and I really had a great day. My family called and sang Happy Birthday to me on speakerphone in the morning, an indispensable part of any truly good birthday. Colin spent most of the day up north helping with the cleanup of the tornado disaster that happened a couple of weeks ago, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 14th, 2008
Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! I was talking to one of my sisters yesterday about Valentine’s Day and how some of our old roommates and single friends dislike it. They sequestered themselves miserably at home and called the holiday things like “Singles Awareness Day.” On the other hand, the girls in our family have always liked Valentines [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 14th, 2008
Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! I was talking to one of my sisters yesterday about Valentine’s Day and how some of our old roommates and single friends dislike it. They sequestered themselves miserably at home and called the holiday things like “Singles Awareness Day.” On the other hand, the girls in our family have always liked Valentines [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 7th, 2008
I’m always looking for a reason to celebrate, and today I noticed that Google has a special Chinese New Year logo up! Thanks, Google, for keeping me abreast of the holidays as they arrive. I’m going to wear red today in honor of the occasion, and I think I may make Chinese food for dinner [...]
I've been on a lot of road trips, with and without kids, and there are some things everyone need to know about how to make one successful. There are also some things I do that some people would hate. Here are some of my ideas on the subject (some of it applies to flying or [...]