But I want to fly

We’re seriously hoping that none of our friends call Child Social Services on us. We promise… we didn’t do it.
Last Sunday, we went over to Nosurfgirl’s house to enjoy a Father’s Day of games and food. Katherine loves it over there because they have two daughters close to her age (soon to be four daughters). [...]

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Chutes and Ladders

Our neighbors had a garage sale on Saturday, and I stopped by to be supportive and see what they had. They just happened to have a real old copy of Chutes and Ladders. I’ve been looking for that game for Katherine for about a year now, but I’m not willing to spend $15 for it. [...]

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Jon and Kate: I hate to say it

I have watched exactly 15 minutes of one episode of Jon and Kate Plus 8. People’s private lives just don’t interest me enough to care to watch.
The first thing I noticed was that Jon was always really rude and short with Kate and the kids. The second thing I noticed was that Kate was the [...]

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Thoughts on Obama at this point

I was having a mild political discussion with a friend today. I won’t necessarily talk about what she said, but she’s fairly anti-Obama. That’s fine. It’s a free country, and I largely agree with her on many issues.
That being said, I’m fairly neutral about Obama right now. I am frustrated with certain things (stimulus plan, [...]

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Mental Illness: Stress Management

As I mentioned earlier, I was invited to do a series on mental health for a Relief Society activity. I chose to do four 30-minute sessions on four different topics: Depression, Anxiety Disorders, Stress Management, and Gospel Discussons on Mental Illness. I thought it all went very well, though I had hoped to have a [...]

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Why I choose Allstate

Is there even such a thing as a company that I truly love? I think not. I prefer Wal-mart over Target. Okay, I hate Target. I prefer Lowe’s over Home Depot… Wait a minute… I hate Home Depot more than I hate Target. Unfortunatley, due to a non-disclosure agreement, I can’t explain that one. Let [...]

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Addictions: And Away We Go!

I’ve finally figured out how I want to present this little series on addictions, at least, I think I’ve figured it out.
The Church provides a 12-step program based on the program used by Alcoholics Anonymous. The program is outlined in a short book produced by the Church with each chapter emphasizing a specific step, and [...]

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Semdeus

I have to admit that every time I hear “I’m writing a book,” I just laugh inside. Really. I do.
I just don’t believe you.
Part of that is that it seems that everyone is writing a book, but most of that is because, as a professional writer for just shy of 8 years now, I know [...]

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Missing the Boo

I started noticing that I was getting annoyed and grumpy at little things all yesterday. Things were truly annoying this morning as I got ready for work, and every little anything just grated on me. I was trying to figure out why, and when I gave Katherine my standard Kiss, Hug, Bonk on my way [...]

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Dave’s WW of EU: Nouning the Verb

I haven’t posted in this category in almost a year, and the only reason I do now is because of a classic error I saw this morning.
I got an e-mail that used the term on board, as in get everyone to agree with something as a verb. This is a paraphrase, but the sentence roughly [...]

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