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Quoteworthy: The Paris Wife
"What do you mean to do?" "Make literary history, I guess." {The conversation between Ernest Hemingway and his first wife, Hadley, when they met.} The Paris Wife, Paula McLain
View ArticleOrem writes: Blogger panel
Last night was the final panel for Orem Writes. They had three local bloggers come: Jaime Richardson (Sophistimom), Kerri "Suey" Jensen (All About Books) and Chris Kux. It was a good variety of writing...
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Here comes the sun
It's officially spring in Provo. The other morning Nate kissed me and said, "I think we've made it through another winter." Then there was a big sigh of relief--from both of us. I think we were meant...
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Hey Mr. Easter Bunny!
I can't believe Easter is this weekend. I'm not sure how it came so fast! Because we don't live close to our immediate family, I like to send fun treats for holidays. I found this idea on You Are My...
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Put a ring on it
I am so excited about how this shower turned out. This last weekend, my friend Ayumi and I threw a bridal shower for our friend Andrea. We all became friends my junior year of college. There's just...
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Say my name, say my name
Today I am blogging at the Feminist Mystique about one of my favorite things: my last name. Here's an excerpt:Growing up, I always worried about changing my last name when I married. It may seem like a...
View ArticleYou can't do this with an e-reader // No. 2
found via Write in Color This video is so adorable. I can't even begin to imagine how long this took to make. It's not just the general idea either--there are so many clever moments. There is something...
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Little girl, you're in the middle of the ride
Last Tuesday Nate and I went to our second appointment at a reproductive specialist. It seems my body has had a more difficult time recovering from miscarriage this time around. I had told my other...
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Quoteworthy: Eat, Pray, Love
"Faith is belief in what you cannot see or prove or touch. Faith is walking face-first and full-speed into the dark. If we truly knew all the answers in advance as to the meaning of life and the...
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BiblioFile: Books on editing
I wanted to share a few resources that I use when I edit. Whenever I mention I'm an editor, people always have a question they want to ask me. "Can you really not end a sentence with a preposition?"...
View ArticleWedded bliss
It seems like I've been having lots of discussions about marriage and relationships lately. I guess it's that time of year. So when I saw a link to The State of Our Unions report, I couldn't help but...
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All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
I have wanted a pair of Nikes for a while now and last week Nate found these. I was so excited that I actually fell asleep in them on Friday night. This Saturday we are planning on having a garage...
View ArticleSo you want to be an editor
Yesterday I received an email from a fellow blogger who had read my post on editing resources. She wanted to know how to get started in the field of editing. I was lucky because BYU has one of the best...
View ArticleUno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco, cinco, seis
To say that we like tacos in our house is a total understatement. We eat them a minimum of twice a week. I will take a taco over pretty much any other food. So last week Nate proposed that we eat tacos...
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Featured: Role/Reboot
Remember when I wrote the article about changing my last name? Well I just found out that Role/Reboot, an online magazine, republished it today here. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't just the teensiest...
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Quoteworthy: The Shallows
"Most of my library time, though, went to wandering the long, narrow corridors of the stacks. Despite being surrounded by tens of thousands of books, I don't remember feeling the anxiety that's...
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She will be loved
SourceWhen I was reading The Help, I about fell off my chair when I read the part where Aibileen tells Mae Mobley, "You is kind. You is smart. You is important." When I was growing up, my mom repeated...
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I left my heart in San Francisco
Nate and I spent last week playing tourists in San Francisco (we even rode the double-decker bus). We had been meaning to visit since my sister and brother-in-law moved there a couple years ago. It was...
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Sugar we're going down
A couple months ago Nate watched the documentary Sugar the Bitter Truth. He hadn't even made it all the way through before he announced that he was going to be doing a three-week sugar fast. I'm always...
View ArticleI only wanna be with you
Well Nate is at it again. Back in August Nate switched positions at his company which means that he hasn't been creating videos like he used to. While he loves his new work, he has definitely missed...
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Brighter than the sun
[Source] I feel like I've been bookmarking a lot of good links lately so I thought I'd share the love....Every year I want to participate in Nanowrimo, but it's always in November which isn't the ideal...
View ArticleHey there Delilah
I have been reading the Old Testament lately. I could've sworn I knew all the details of the classic Bible stories, but I find myself being surprised again and again as I'm reading them.Take Samson for...
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It's getting hot in here
Summer has officially arrived. The days are longer and I have made three visits to the sno cone shack. Life is good. This weekend I’m hoping to spend as much time in the sunshine as possible. Soak it...
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Long time no blog
We have been keeping ourselves busy the last few weeks. When we booked our tickets to California in May, we accidentally booked the flight home for June 13. Instead of rebooking the flight, we just...
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