Will-Not Power

I will not eat the rest of the brownies.  I know there’s not a lot left.  But I won’t eat them.  No, I won’t.  No, I won’t!  NoIwon’tnoIwon’tnoIwon’t.
Well, maybe I’ll just have a small one.  That’s not all the brownies.  It’s just one part of one brownie.
Noooooooo.  If I eat one small part of one, [...]

Finding Myself

I am a 30-something now, and I remember when 30 seemed old.  Now that I’m here, I just don’t think of it as old anymore.  I honestly thought by the time I was in my 30’s I’d have my life figured out and I’d know exactly how I am.  Isn’t that what we tend to [...]

We Thank Thee, Oh God, For A Prophet

Gordon B. Hinckley
June 23, 1910 – January 27, 2008
We thank thee, O God, for a prophet
To guide us in these latter days.
We thank thee for sending the gospel
To lighten our minds with its rays.
We thank thee for every blessing
Bestowed by thy bounteous hand.
We feel it a pleasure to serve thee
And love to obey thy command.
–Hymn [...]

Friends Forever (at least online)

Hello, my name is Sariah and I am addicted to Facebook.  Not because it’s Facebook, but because you all know I’m actually addicted to Scrabulous.  I was questioning the validity of my having a Facebook account for a while until I played Scrabulous the first time (losing spectacularly to Karen, I might add).  I only [...]

You’ve Got Mail

I was just thinking about my freshman year of college.  At a certain time everyday you could find a large group of girls sitting around the mailboxes in the dorm lounge.  We waited as the RAs seperated the mail into the proper boxes.  Some girls had their little mailbox door open so as soon as [...]

Mmmmm, Foooooood

My kids have become picky eaters.  I don’t really know when it happened.  Aiden used to love vegetables so much that he surprised my friends one night when he asked for a salad.  My friends were watching him for the evening and had made tacos for dinner.  What two year old asks for salad?? 
One of [...]

It’s A Mystery To Me

My Phantom Book Benefactor has struck again.  Last time it was Twilight, and this time it is This is Your Brain on Musicby Daniel J. Levitin.  It looks really good.  I haven’t heard of it, but as soon as I’m done with the book I’m currently reading (The Secret Book of Grazia dei Rossi by [...]

Puffed With Pride

Monday was Aiden’s first day back to school after the holiday break.  Aiden did great getting up and dressed and eating and everything for school.  He was in a good mood and I knew he’d have a good day.  Aiden brought home some papers in his folder for me to sign.  His teacher (and another [...]

What a Girl Wants

In 2008, I resolve to…
1.  Go green.  Well, a little bit, anyway.  I want to be using my own canvas totes for groceries and shopping.  I already have a big, blue Ikea bag, so I’ll just have to use that for trips to Target and such for now.  I need to get some canvas bags, [...]

2007: A Year in Review in Pictures

Here it is, just like I promised!  I wanted to do a collage of 12 pictures, one representing each month of 2007, but I have no idea how you guys do those cool things, so I’m just going through our photos and picking out stuff.  Let me tell you, it was really hard [...]