Category Archives: Musings

My musings ponderings, and pensées on things deep and spiritual.

Honoring and upholding the priesthood

Categories: Gospel, Musings

In my youth the lessons weren’t about how to “honor and uphold the priesthood,” they were lessons about how to “honor and uphold the priesthood holders.” There is a definite difference between the two. Keep reading

Otter Pops

Categories: Food, Health, Musings, Random

A while back I read a post from a friend of mine about how her growing baby was made up of all the things she was eating. Which makes sense when you think about it… I sure hope there’s a lot of iodine and omega-3 in Otter Pops. Keep reading

I will not fear my dreams

Categories: Education, Exercise, Life, Musings

I have never let fear keep me from my dreams, no matter the source of that fear. I’m not going to start now. I refuse to let terrorists limit the fulness of my life. They don’t get to win. Keep reading

Lessons from the weeds – have good friends

Categories: Musings, Relationships

I don’t worry about making our yard immaculate, I just make sure it looks better than the neighbors’. But it also helps to have neighbors with good yards. Keep reading

Just need to choose a font

Categories: Education, Life, Musings

Five years ago today I moved to Tucson with a five-year plan to get a PhD. Turns out it is going to be exactly four months longer than five years. But pretty close. And now it’s time for a new five-year plan, once I pick the font for it of course. Keep reading

Dreams for 2013

Categories: Life, Musings

I was trying to think of what I want to get out of this year, what kind of year do I want it to be. So far this is what I have. … What do you hope to get out of this year? Keep reading

By small and simple things

Categories: Books, Exercise, Life, Musings, Quilting/Sewing/Knitting/Crafting

One thing I’ve noticed about the productive people I admire, it isn’t that they dedicate all of their time each day to what they do, it’s that they designate a portion of it, often no more than an hour a day. Keep reading