by Alison Moore Smith | Jun 29, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
We've got stucco going up on the exterior of our home and the interior as well. While exterior stucco is pretty common around here, we're also having stucco applied to the interior side of the exterior walls. This is actually less expensive than sheetrock, because the...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jun 25, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
There is just something about sheetrock. When lumber turns into walls and the spaces are all defined, it turns a construction site into a home. A sheetrock crew arrived Wednesday and it looks like they're going to finish the entire job today. Sounds of drills and...
by Michelle DeGraw | Jun 24, 2010 | for Love, for Spirit
Do y'all remember when I was asking for advice about my son going on a mission? And when I wrote this post about my tender feelings as we prepared for him to serve? Well, guess what today is? Hump Day! On June 24, 2009, DS entered the MTC. He has been serving for...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jun 24, 2010 | for Body
The first time I asked an eye doctor for my daughter's prescription, he balked. As if my own child's eyeglass requirements were some kind of trade secret that I had no right to see. The bottom line was that this was about his bottom line, not about what was best for...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jun 22, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
A big milestone in the building of our custom home has been reached! Yesterday we passed the 4-way inspection. This process brings a city inspector out to the house to inspect the rough framing, electrical, plumbing, and mechanical. Our first inspection was last...
