Saturday got off to a slow start, but we got lots done outside. I have the paint to finish up the porches, and we got all the final hardscaping done for the gardens. What a relief to have that finished! We used the leftover shingles from the house as weed barrier -- silly I know, […]

The kids and I went downtown today to do the newspaper's Itty Bitty City hunt. It was fun, but cost me $100! We ate in a sidewalk cafe and then found some bargains at a store that was going out of business. So the free family fun was anything but free. I don't feel badly […]

My kids are slobs. It's official. I'm a failure as a parent. Today was the first day the kids are out of school, and it rained all day (naturally). They played pretty well, but ate a whole box of cereal on my wool rug. I've been working on the website most of the afternoon. I've […]

I spent almost 4 hours on Amazon.com today buying workbooks for the kids to do over the summer. Nearly an hour of that I spent splitting the order into 3 parts so that I could save on the 4 for the price of 3 promo. I saved about $16.00. Yes, I'm that tight. But it […]

Larry A. Hiller, "A Century of Missionary Work," New Era, Jan. 2000, 28 The missionary message has not changed since the time of Joseph Smith. But missionaries and missionary life have changed a lot—especially in this century. Elder Scott DuVall, of Taylorsville, Utah, serves in Hyderabad, India. His maternal grandfather, Joseph Cummings, served in the […]

Barbara Jean Jones, "A Century of Aaronic Priesthood," New Era, Jan. 2000, 30 "It was quite a thrill to me when I was ordained a deacon and permitted to pass the sacrament," wrote Rendell Mabey of his ordination to the Aaronic Priesthood in the early 1900s. Rendell was a typical Aaronic Priesthood holder of his […]

It's been a day-with-the-church-friends kind of day today. Made phone calls this morning for random RS stuff, then did a little Mafia Wars (I'm almost up to 100 mafia members), went to the ward picnic, delivered treats from the picnic to Bertie (the dying sister), and then went to Emily's to play Catan. We invited […]

While I am creating a new theme for MormonShare -- one that will be easier to navigate -- the menus will be messed up. Please be patient! Something better is coming! I have improved several articles, brought back the more idiot proof sub-sub menus on the left side for RS and YW (Primary is yet […]

You know, I always think about Mary and Martha -- one was the cleaner and the other was the let-it-go kind of personality. I am definitely of the let-it-go persuasion. I think this puts me in the minority of women. The past few weeks have been let-it-go weeks. While I feel like I've accomplished good […]

http://www.businessinsider.com/box-office-preview-star-trek-set-to-beam-... "Not totally sucking" helps Star Trek. Awesome title!!! This pretty well sums it up for me -- for the past several years it's been hard to be a trek fan. Star Trek was smelling like a dirty sock (courtesy of Brian Braga imo). Since the movie, I have been thinking I should send JJ […]