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Freedom!

As the gray clouds gather over my city and the air is weighted heavily with the smell of sulfur and humidity, I find myself feeling quiet and thoughtful. It has […]

July 4, 2011 AKMPhoenix
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T’is the Season -or- If You’re so Smart, YOU Rig Up the Lights!

Three years ago at this time, the Salt Lake valley was a shimmering wonderland, all a-blaze with twinkling lights and blow-up, glowing Santas. It was disturbing, actually, the excess that […]

December 13, 2010 AKMPhoenix

A Christmas Giggle

Perusing YouTube just now and stumbled across this video that completely delighted me. Thought I would share: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7E-47VmFopE]

December 5, 2010 AKMPhoenix

Thanksgiving 2010

It’s a beautiful day here in Lava Hot Springs. Kait and I are spending Thanksgiving here with Jen’s family and our loved ones. It is a blessed event and we’re […]

November 25, 2010 AKMPhoenix

Appreciation #161/365

*My frighteningly beautiful Vampire Queen daughter. *Sleeping in and then waking up and realizing I have an hour jump on the day! *Hanging out with new friends who are becoming […]

November 1, 2009 AKMPhoenix

New Year’s Do-Over

Yep. It’s official. It’s 6:54pm and I am absolutely draggin’ my ass. My choice was well worth the exhaustion that is setting now, though. Karen and I chose into a […]

January 3, 2009 AKMPhoenix

Christmas Gifts…

Christmas, I know, is not about the store-bought gifts that are nicely wrapped and placed beneath the tree only to be torn open before the buttcrack of dawn on Christmas […]

December 25, 2008 AKMPhoenix

Christmas Shoes and A Glimpse of Tenderness

http://muzicons.com/musicon3.swf Press play for a special treat! Ha! One of my most all time hated songs is, “The Christmas Shoes” by NewSong. When the story behind this song first was […]

December 24, 2008 AKMPhoenix

Slow Moving

It’s Christmas Eve. Yesterday, Christmas Eve Eve, was spent mostly with my former husband, chaperoning him as he did Santa shopping for our daughter. While it was tiring and slow-going, […]

December 24, 2008 AKMPhoenix

Hippity-Hip

Sooo… It’s Easter. Apparently I should be posting some sort of ode to Peeps or hollow chocolate bunnies. However, I am feeling decidedly UN-Easterish. I am sitting here in my […]

March 23, 2008 AKMPhoenix

Update…

So I posted a blog a few weeks ago entitled, “Family Weirdness.” Since then, there have been tidbits that have materialized that explains it even further… Epilogue var googleSearchIframeName = […]

December 30, 2007 AKMPhoenix

Present Wrapping…

I learned something about my father tonight that made me giggle and surprised me a bit… When my father wraps presents, he does so very methodically. He is an engineer, […]

December 18, 2007 AKMPhoenix

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