Tristi is hosting another BIAM challenge, and I’m joining in. I haven’t touched Phoenix Princess since July, because I’ve been busy with other projects, including submitting Trust Mother’s Instinct and working on some personal history stuff. My goal is to write 600 words M-F, for a total of 12,000 words in the month. That gives [...]
Archive for September, 2008
October BIAM
Posted in My Writings, tagged BIAM, writing challenge on September 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Fall Into Reading
Posted in Books, tagged reading challenge on September 22, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Another reading challenge has started up at Callapidder Days. It runs from September 22 to December 20, and any size lists of any type of book are welcome. So, here’s my list:
1776 by David McCullough (read September 28)
Just Ella by Margaret Peterson Haddix (read October 10)
Decider by Dick Francis
Don’t You Marry the Mormon Boys by [...]
Summer Reading Thing Wrap-Up
Posted in Books, tagged reading challenge on September 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Summer has come to an end, and so has the Summer Reading Thing. From my original list of 9 books, I read 4 and added 5 new books. Some of the books I added were because I joined 2 book clubs this summer.
The book I enjoyed the most was Fablehaven. It was such a fun world, [...]
Award Winning White Chili
Posted in Life, tagged cooking, food on September 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday, our ward had a chili cookoff. Out of at least 15 chilis, I came in third and won the bronze wooden spoon! Following is the recipe and some commentary.
I’m a wimp when it comes to spice, and I don’t particularly care for tomatoes. So, I searched through all my cookbooks for a white chili. I couldn’t [...]
Lots of Messes!
Posted in Kids, Life, tagged baby on September 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Rachel has discovered that there’s lots of interesting things in cupboards and drawers. She especially likes playing with the cookie cutters, the sandwich bags, and her clothes. It’s made my workload double as I clean up mess after mess. Some I leave, but its no fun to accidentally step on a cookie cutter that’s sharp side up!
We [...]
How Do You Like to Blog?
Posted in Computing, Life, tagged blogging on September 11, 2008 | 8 Comments »
I volunteered to teach a class on how to blog in Enrichment next month. When I do so, I want to offer information about the different blogging sites available (blogger, livejournal, wordpress) and the different ways to congregate RSS feeds. So, I have a few questions for you, my readers, so I can learn why [...]
How Big Is Rachel?
Posted in Kids, Life, tagged baby on September 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Sooo big! (as the game goes that we play with her ) This week I’ve been going through pictures of the last nine months, and it’s hard to believe she used to be so little! As she was eating in her chair recently, I was thinking that she’s not so much of a baby [...]
Summer Reading Trek Wrap-Up
Posted in Books, tagged reading challenge on September 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Summer Reading Trek is now over. Out of the 10 original titles on my list, I read 5 and reviewed 3. I read and reviewed 2 additional books after I made my list. Now, to answer the questions posed by the host.
1. How many fiction books by LDS authors did you read?
7.
2. Did you [...]
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