Tuesday, September 28, 2010

time machine

We're redoing our kitchen and in taking tiles off the walls we started taking off some of the wall paper. It was really kind of cool to see the layers of different and ugly wall papers that were in the kitchen. It was a bit like looking back in time, I was wondering what lives the kitchen might have had and what times and people were responsible for all the wall paper choices.

Sunday, September 26, 2010

I am a part of one of the largest and oldest women's orginizations around, the Relief Society and last night was the annual meeting, it was such a wonderful meeting!

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

It's funny the ways that perspective can change; there was a time when the 6th grade seemed so grown up...some of it might have even been in 6th grade, highschool, college, on and on. I still say things like "when I grow up I want to..." sometimes it's in jest, a lot of times it's real. What is that makes you a grown up? Age would be one, but it's not always a gaurentee, I know men that are grandfathers that aren't grown ups.
I do sometimes feel like a grown up but not generally. I sometimes want to be a grown up, but sometimes I really don't. Sometimes I'd just like to go back to bed forever.

Sunday, September 19, 2010


I'm not a very big fan of Man of La Mancha, but I must admit that this song is just beautiful!

Thursday, September 16, 2010

lucky

Lately I've been coming to understand better just how lucky I am to live in the age and country that I do. I've been grateful, pretty much all my life that pants are everyday wear and that girls and women are no longer required to wear skirts; I've never liked skirts or dresses much and feel a bit baffeled when others tell me how much they love them, when I think about people wearing them because they want to, I'm taken aback. As I've grown and learned more about history, I've found more and more things to be grateful for, things that I've taken for granted: not wearing corsets, that I can have and choose my profession, that I was able and encouraged to get an education... the list goes on and on.
I have a feminist streak and no doubt about it. I believe my feminism was sparked by learning about the suffragette movement, Sojourner Truth, Elizabeth Caddy Stanton, and others who's names I can't think of. These women worked hard and suffered a lot to bring the vote to women. I always loved this song from Mary Poppins, it was years before I understood what it was about but now I do and I appreciate it all the more.
I recently watched a movie about Coco Chanel called Coco Avant Chanel (Coco Before Chanel) and I had no idea how much I ought to be grateful to her. Before Chanel women's clothes were lovely but restricting and impractical, Chanel got rid of her corset and made clothes that allowed women to breath and to do the things that men could do.
There are so many more things and women to be grateful for, but I'll stop there. Here's to the men and women who've worked towards equality.

Wednesday, September 15, 2010


It's a great and a beautiful place out there.

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Coldplay

Dear Coldplay, thank you for the music you write and preform that I love so much. Songs like this and this make my day. Thank you.

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;"
That's from the first amendment. I don't know that a mosque at ground zero was the best idea, but these people are within their rights. Being Muslim doesn't make someone a terrorist. Being a Christian doesn't make some one a good person. There are good and bad people withing any religion.

Saturday, September 4, 2010

Labor Day weekend, a holidy extra beloved because it means time off of school/work and probably a barbeque. I enjoy the holiday for these reasons but this year I can't help thinking about how these days it's too easy to take the enjoyment of a holiday and forget why we celebrate a holiday.
The importance and significance of Labor Day were really brought home to me earlier this year when I was reading a book about what life was like for those who worked in the factories and lived in tenements. We celebrate Labor Day because of striking factory workers who wanted better conditions and more rights. I'm pretty far removed from their situation in my life, these people were packed together in small rooms, they spent their days in factories where they had to work hard all day to make enough to support their families. Children either didn't go to school or didn't finish school so that they could work and help support their families. These people worked in sweat shops, underpaid because of all the people looking for work and all the profits that the higher ups were making off of them.
So remember why we celebrate Labor Day and remember that there are still people all over the world who are slaving away in sweat shops.