Reclaiming My Inner Pioneer

1) Already smarter than Bush. (On an infant's shirt) 2) 1/20/09: End of an Error! 3) That's OK, I Wasn't Using My Civil Liberti...

My mother-in-law came to visit the new baby a few weeks ago and left us a bag of homemade cookies when she went home. One kind was a chocol...

Good common sense that is. Check out my brother's recent post: Shenpa Warrior and Global Warming

I tried to get a picture, but by the time I got the camera out, he was done smiling. Yesterday was the first day that the baby has smiled in...

Today was my "errand running" day. The kids were at kindergarten and play group, so it was just the baby and I (which always make...

Several weeks ago I got an email forward from my Mr's very sweet little grandfather telling us not to buy gas yesterday (the 15th) becau...

In today's Tribune (I guess the article was published on the 12th, but I read online...) there is an editorial titled Iraq is not worth ...

Mothers Day 2007 is nearly over. I was gifted with paper flowers and cards, and homemade corn bread muffins. I have been thinking for a we...

When we first got our dog, a boxer, five years ago, she was really good about staying around our yard. When she got to be full-grown, she d...

A year ago, Derek at A Liberal Mormon wrote a piece on Christian Conservatives and the appearance of religion versus the actions of religio...

Hello Mamas- after talking to dr. brian moench (founder of utah physicians for a health enviroment), i have a better sense of why wed's ...

Along the freeway in the Sacramento, CA area, there are beautiful flowering bushes. At least that is my memory from the yearly trips to the...

It's a start . Now I just hope that some changes happen. I thought his comment about everyone being covered currently was interesting....

I don't go downtown very often, so I don't have much of an emotional investment in what happens. I think that compared to the way t...

My parents are talking to a contractor about installing solar panels on their roof. They could power 75% of their energy usage that way. T...

From Jen's Green Journal : Did you know . . . The air quality in the Salt Lake Valley shaves off an average of two years per person...

A few months ago, after my Mr. turned 30, our health insurance premium went up by $70/month. Now it's going up another $70. It's r...

On the way home from visiting grandma and grandpa last night, the boys were singing primary songs. My three-year-old likes I love to see th...

I've always been a little skeptical when someone says that their child is lactose intolerant, so I say this with a little apprehension...

From today's Tribune: A sock-snatcher at a McDonald's playland in West Valley City holed himself up in a plastic treehouse when poli...