Meet Giggles
I am an educator and PhD. I quilt, belly dance, run, read, and try to grow things. I am a Mormon. I am infertile. I am a daughter, sister, aunt, grand-daughter, friend, wife, and mom.
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Posts I’m Proud Of
What I’m Reading
- Living With Enthusiasm
by L. Tom Perry
131 pages
Started: 3 February 2014 - The Castle of Llyr
by Lloyd Alexander
206 pages
Started: 2 February 2014
- Living With Enthusiasm
Shared Thoughts
Brett L. Dennis - Popcorn on the Christmas Tree
Mama g - Popcorn on the Christmas Tree- Mama g - A Hebrew Alphabet Quiet Book
Giggles - A Hebrew Alphabet Quiet Book- Brett L. Dennis - A Hebrew Alphabet Quiet Book
AmandaStretch - Talent Show!- Mama g - Where Everybody Knows Your Name
Author Archives: Giggles
Olympics: The Victory Lap
Categories: Exercise, Olympics, Quilting/Sewing/Knitting/Crafting
Run at a dead sprint for 1, 3, 6, 26.2 miles so that when you cross the finish line you collapse and sprawl out on the track like someone hit a whole bunch of flies with a fly swatter (Did … Keep reading
1 Shared thought
Olympic emotions
Categories: Exercise, Family, Olympics, Quilting/Sewing/Knitting/Crafting
Saturday night I watched Phelps win his eighth gold medal. It was memorable. It was history. But I really enjoyed watching the women’s marathon. No, I will never race at their level (the winner went about a 5:30 or so … Keep reading
Olympic moments
Categories: Olympics
Last night Michael Phelps won his seventh gold medal of the Beijing Olympics, tying the previous record for gold medals in a single Olympic game. And he has one more race to go. And while that moment was certainly memorable, … Keep reading
Wednesday & Thursday at the Olympics
Categories: Family, Olympics, Quilting/Sewing/Knitting/Crafting
Beijing is 12 hours ahead of New York right now. That means when it is 8am in Beijing, it is 8pm in New York. So the New York prime time coverage is live. When looking at the schedule, that means … Keep reading
Tuesday Night at the Olympics
Categories: Olympics
Tonight you get Olympic commentary from Amanda and I as we “watched” them together via the internet. We watched them on the TV and chatted on the internet. And since she’s on the East coast, she is two hours ahead … Keep reading
More thoughts on the Olympics
Categories: Olympics, Quilting/Sewing/Knitting/Crafting
SUNDAY Every time I watch diving I think, and sometimes say, the line from the movie Peter Pan – “No splash!” And I try to say it like a not so intelligent pirate too. One of my students from last … Keep reading
Olympics and more quilting.
Categories: Family, Happy Things, Olympics, Quilting/Sewing/Knitting/Crafting
Thoughts watching the Olympics Saturday night: Artemev’s pommel horse last night elicited an audible “Wow!” from me. I didn’t need the commentators to know that his routine was amazing. I find myself correcting the commentators every time they mispronounce a … Keep reading
