So You Think You Can Dance?

Yesterday was another jam-packed day. I really am not home that much during the day, and on the days I am I usually fill up the time. Yesterday's busy-ness was a blessing though because of some difficult news from a couple different places in my family....

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Routines

The school year is off to a great start and we are quickly getting back into our old routine. In our house the routine is "Whatever is on the lovely and orderly little schedule that I have in my head will change." Or in other words, "If you don't like...

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First Days

Here's all the first days that I could easily access in digital form. My how they grow.....

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Poem

I wrote this about 5 or 6 years ago, so I probably had, plus or minus, a first-grader, third-grader, fifth-grader, a home-schooled eighth grader and a tenth-grader. I'm pretty sure that's the scenario because that would have been my first year having...

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Anxiety Blogging and Paying it Forward

Now that Seminary is almost upon me, I'm in that mode of doing everything except getting ready for seminary. I still get butterflies in my stomach. I'm giving a talk on Sunday, subbing in Sunday School and then I have the seminary meeting. So what...

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spoon trick

Here is a silly bit of video that my seminary class found funny enough to wake up for. ...

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Cherishment

I am blessed with good women in my life. That's all there is to it. This week, my birthday afforded me an overflowing measure of time spent with some of the best folks in the world, so my heart is tender as I think about friendship.The best kind of...

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I love my name

I did this with both my maiden and married last names. This is my maiden name, Wixom, in honor of the fact that it is now my 41st birthday:HowManyOfMe.comtable width="100%" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" cellpadding="0" border="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color:...

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Time Flies

So, that would mean I've been having fun. For the most part, yes, I have. I am feeling better, which is a huge relief. I still have a bump in my face, but apparently it is nothing to worry about at this point-just some sort of cyst or growth. In looking...

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Money Makes the World go...Crazy?

I found this article from the NY Times sad. It absolutely astonishes me that these people are still worried about money. The focus on having more and the chase for something that is always just out of reach is unnerving. There is power in simplicity,...

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Becoming Jane

With my dear friend Elizabeth and my new friend Virgie, I rode down 29 to Silver Spring to see this lovely little gem of a film about the life of Jane Austen at the American Film Institute Silver Theater. I had never been there, so that was a fun adventure...

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Guitar Hero and Cousins

The obsession has spread to Arizona. My sis called me tonight to say that after experiencing GH at the family reunion, her husband has managed to acquire several versions of the game and at least two guitars. Her in-laws also got involved in the buying...

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Meme

So, here are two memes. Today's trivia of the day is the answer to the question "What the heck is a meme, anyway?" I'm sure everyone else already understood this word, but I did not and now I feel much better. I was thinking it was AIMspeak or a short...

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