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Deliriously happy wife, contented homeschooling mother of almost-five. I skirt the edges of almost any group or category I try to belong to; I'm an atypical LDS Christian; my passions include astrology, homeopathy & natural health care, classic books, and anything else that speaks to my starstruck Gemini self.

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February 07, 2024

Abridged. in My Story.

I know, I know. I haven’t written in forever. FOR-EV-ER. In some ways, you haven’t missed much. Same house, same car, same kids and husband, same day-to-day activities… Of course, we do have an...


I’m upstairs. In our new house. In my master suite. In my California King bed that we never had enough room for anywhere else. Scott is downstairs; Mikey is fighting with him over something an...


March 22, 2017

84108 in My Story.

It was January 20th when Scott picked up the keys to our apartment. On-campus family housing. West Village. Number 901. Three bedrooms. Cinderblock, basement, with huge windows that are at t...


Israel is down for a nap, and even though the girls are home on fall break, Jessie Embry has taken them to the Covey center, so I find myself with a few minutes of my very, very own. Kinda weird....


October 13, 2015

fall is not for me. in My Story.

I’ve started needing jackets as I walk the girls to school in the morning, and even turned the heat on for the first time. So autumn is definitely here. And let me unequivocally announce: I am ...


September 27, 2015

Sweets for Syria in My Story.

When pictures of Aylan Kurdi were about all you could see on Facebook, my heart broke. I decided I couldn’t face my God and tell him I’d been too busy to do anything about it. But money’s tight....


September 15, 2015

a funk in My Story.

Yesterday Janet Roach showed up on my doorstep with honey muffins. Had I not been on this cleanse, I would have kissed her right there at the doorstep. She said she’d worried about me. For a w...


I’m on a cleanse. A 21 day, fruits-and-veggies-only cleanse. This was not one of my bright ideas, although it does sound like one I’d have, doesn’t it? No, this was the work of Dr. Dawson’s off...


So, I'm working on my thyroid. A ton. Sean Croxton's is in the middle of hosting this 10 day thyroid conference, and I've been watching a ton of it, although I started working on things several...


May 12, 2014

Mother's Day in My Story.

Betsy was so sweet. She had "gift" after gift after gift for me. I've been hearing about these gifts for the past week or two, every single day. One (a picture) she finished last week, hid und...


I had an awkward encounter with Gabby a few weeks ago at church. I'm not bumbling and socially awkward in any sort of cute or endearing way, more in a "Who-even-SAYS-that?" kind of way. And I ...


Avie's present arrived today. I feel like such a flake for having to delay her entire special day on account of the present not arriving on time; but, to my credit, I did order it a week ago. I...


April 26, 2014

The Fights That Aren't in My Story.

I've been rather moody of late. Scott's term projects took him away for pretty much all-but-sleeping hours last week, and so I had the joy of doing everything child related (and pretty much hous...


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