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  • Give-away: fabulous personal-sized blender!!! [Contest closed]

    Exciting news! I’ve recently added two new features to my blog to make sure you never miss a post. You may now subscribe to receive an email notice of new posts: Or you can follow me on Bloglovin’: And just in case having immediate notice of my ramblings isn’t motivation enough to sign up, I…

  • Friday favorites: 18 years and counting

    Eighteen years is a long time; about a third of my life at this point. That’s how long Larry and I have been married now. Those of you who are friends with me on social media have heard ad nauseam about our anniversary celebration. I apologize in advance; here I go again. This is the last…

  • Kindness — a cure for the winter blues

    If you ask me (and let’s pretend you did), Utah actually has five seasons: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter Wonderland, and Winter Blahs. We are now deep in the heart of Winter Blahs—the time of year when it’s easy to get the blues and difficult to get motivated. After years of scientific research (or possibly just…

  • Friday favorites: accentuate the positive

    Here we are at Friday again. It’s been a challenging week, but the thing I love about Friday Favorites is it reminds me to look for the good things–and there are always good things. In the words of Baloo, the bear from Jungle Book, “You’ve got to accentuate the positive; eliminate the negative.” How could you…

  • Book recommendation: Broken for You

    My favorite part about flying (besides arriving at my destination) is guilt-free, uninterrupted reading time. You may have noticed that my vacation posts are often followed by book recommendations. My recent trip to Mexico is no exception. This time the book is the award-winning Broken for You by Stephanie Kallos. As depressing as the title…

  • Friday favorites: life’s little pleasures

    January can be a let-down. The holidays are over. The weather is cold. The days are short. But January is also a time of new beginnings, fresh starts. And life is full of little pleasures. Putting the tree away and cleaning the house after Christmas always feels good to me. The chaos is over. Order is…

  • Friday favorites: home sweet home

    While it was difficult to leave our good friends… The warm weather… And the beautiful sunsets… This Friday Favorites focuses on my favorite things about coming home. For example, good neighbors like the one who shoveled our walks, so we didn’t come home to this. (These photos were taken 36 hours later. It’s hard to believe just…

  • Life at El Sol La Vida

    Since I am officially on vacation, I won’t be writing my usual Tuesday post, but I couldn’t let the opportunity slip by to share some of my favorite photos from Nuevo Mazatlan. If you are looking for a place to go on your next vacation, I highly recommend El Sol La Vida! The view from…

  • Friday favorites: a picture a day

    Friday, December 23   Saturday, December 24   Sunday, December 25   Monday, December 26   Tuesday, December 27   Wednesday, December 28   Thursday, December 29   What was the highlight of your week?