Monthly Archives: December 2008

Favorite Gift

Categories: Family, Happy Things

I didn’t specify any gift as a favorite I received as a child in my last post, but I do have a favorite gift. Except it wasn’t a gift I received and I wasn’t a child. When I was in … Keep reading

Christmas Gift Tags

Categories: Family, Happy Things

Kika tagged me for these Christmas questions. 1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Bags. They are reusable, and they get through airport security easier. And the corners don’t tear. 2. Real tree or Artificial? Artificial. And you buy them after … Keep reading

Things I wonder about?

Categories: Learn Something

Why does an iron work? I can understand the steam I think. So maybe a dry iron is similar. Why do people say you look familiar when you know darn well that they’ve never met you before in their life? … Keep reading

Christmas Music Box Party

Categories: Happy Things, Relationships

The story goes that when my family moved to our new house in 1982, there was a shelf above a staircase that my parents didn’t know what to put on when Christmas came around. So they decided to put a … Keep reading

Statistical Nightmares

Categories: Education, Learn Something

Ever wonder what happens when you spend 8 hours working on a statistics test until one in the morning (after working on it for four hours previously and still spending another six hours on it later) and then go right … Keep reading

Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin (1917-2008)

Categories: Gospel

Elder Wirthlin passed away on Monday night. (news release, his life). A little over a year ago he spoke on The Great Commandment at the October 2007 General Conference. It is a talk I hope not to soon forget. It … Keep reading

Tagless

Categories: Books, Education, Exercise, Family, Folks, Gospel, Health, Life, Meme, Quilting/Sewing/Knitting/Crafting, Relationships, Science & Tech

I think memes are interesting just from the folklore aspect of them. Over the last month or so I’ve seen several on friends’ blogs. And I was even tagged in one of them. So I’ll give a few of them … Keep reading