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Easy as pie? Is pie really easy? It's easy to eat, but not always easy to make. Excellence is easy to appreciate and enjoy, but getting there takes a while. Join me in my Pursuit In Excellence. It won't be quick , but it will be worth it!
For me excellence revolves around motherhood and grandmahood. It is central to my many interests which I use to help my children develop their talents and have fun.
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Category Archives: Family History
Slices of 2012
New year, new Smart goals! But first, it’s time to slice 2012. I did really well on some goals – not so much on others.
4 – Conferences attended this year – ANWA, evo ’12, Bloggy Boot Camp Vegas, and Time Out for Women. I’d love to go to that many or more this year!
11 – Pounds lost! That’s one more pound than my goal. (It would have been a couple of more, but Christmas got the better of me).
13 – Recipes added to our Real Food for Real People blog.
17 – Trips to the temple.
47 – Books read. I finished Jason F. Wright’s 13th Day of Christmas with a few hours to spare. My goal was 32 books. Smoked that one!
50 - States visited the blog. Top five are Arizona, Utah, California, Texas and Florida.
67 – Scrapbook layouts completed. I was hoping to finish scrapbooking 2011 but I only got about half way.
68 – Names researched on PAF (Personal Ancestral File). I exceeded my goal of 50!
73 – Articles written for Arizona Mama and The Homemaking Cottage.
94 – Countries visited Easy as PIE.
190 – Blog posts.
216 – New names added to PAF.
$450 – Value of prizes won – a Kaboo bag and Christian Dior make up. The downside is now I have a weakness for $70 foundation and $25 mascara!
10435 – Page views
Top Five Posts of 2012
- Book Theme Party Decorations
- Family Home Evening: Joseph Smith’s First Vision Revisited
- Raingutter Regatta
- Sweet Shop and Nerf Top Shot Invitations
- Thanksgiving Pack Meeting
What did you accomplish last year? Did you meet your goals?
Posted in Books, cooking, Cub Scouts, Family History, Sprituality, Writing
Tagged 2012, articles, books, Conference, PAF, prizes, Recipes, Top 5
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Slices of May
Was it just me or did May swoosh by for anyone else. There was so much going on I had a harder than usual time keeping up! Here’s how it sliced!
1 – Associate Degree for me! This has been a goal I’ve worked on for over two decades (yes, I’m slow)! It is definitely a part of this year’s word – Nurture.
2 – Recipes added to Real Food for Real People; one of them was even mine!
3.2 – Pounds lost!
4 – Books read, including Queen of Attolia, King of Attolia, Daughters of Jared and The Lost Conspiracy.
7 – Article written for The Homemaking Cottage and Arizona Mama, including my latest the Angry Birds Party.
9 – Flavors of cheesecake sampled from The Cheesecake Factory. What an excellent girls night out!
11 – Scrapbook layouts finished.
15 – Projects complete. I’ve never met the original goal, but 15 is good for me!
16 – Blog posts.
42 – Names added to my Personal Ancestral File.
624 – Page views.
I’d love to hear how your May sliced up!
Posted in Books, cooking, Education, Family History, Writing
Tagged AA degree, articles, books, Cheesecake, May, PAF, projects, Recipes, Scrapbooking
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Slices of April
April flew by in a breeze of activity. I’ve checked my focus on my word of the year – Nurture. I had to go look up which word I chose, and smiled at how appropriate that word is this year. Despite the busyness and challenges, I feel like I’m on the right path. Here’s how this month sliced!
1 – Book destroyed for our book theme party decorations.
1.2 – Pounds lost in March and another 1/4 inch in my waist!
3 – Recipes added to our Real Food for Real People blog, thanks to my daughter.
6 – Articles written for The Homemaking Cottage and Arizona Mama. Be sure to check out my latest, Book Theme Birthday Party and see how we used the awesome decorations.
7 – Books read! I’ve been a reading machine and I already finished one in May! Court Duel was my favorite for the month.
8 – Scrapbook layouts completed
12 – Projects finished
16 – Blog posts
21 – Days logging my food, 12 were logged on the calorie counting website.
33 – Names added to my PAF (Personal Ancestral File)
590 – Page views for April
How did you slice your month?
Posted in Arizona Mama, Books, Celebrations, cooking, Family History, Writing
Tagged April, Arizona Mama, Book theme party, Court Duel, Homemaking Cottage, Recipes, weight loss
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Slices of February
Even though the shortest month of the year was a day longer than usual, it still went by way too fast. I don’t know how I’m supposed to get everything done if the time flies by at such a high speed! I’m not ready to give up on my New Year’s goals; I may not have big changes, but I’m working on changes. Here’s my slices of February!
.2 – Pounds lost. I need another jump start, but at least I lost a little.
1 – Recipe added to Real Food for Real People.
2 – Books read, including Christmas Jars Reunion and Museum of Thieves.
4 – Scrapbook layouts.
6 – Articles written for the Homemaking Cottage and Arizona Mama, my latest article is Science Fair Book Club.
7 – Names checked for accuracy and completeness on my Personal Ancestral File (PAF).
8 – Projects completed, most of them involved Cub Scouts.
19 – Blog posts.
26 – Days of logging my food; ten of them actually were logged onto the website to calculate the number of calories.
36 – Names added to my PAF file.
37 – Mustache valentines made for family and friends.
642 – Page views.
How did you slice your February?
Posted in Arizona Mama, Books, cooking, Crafts, Cub Scouts, Family History, Writing
Tagged books, Cub Scouts, February, mustache valentines, PAF, SMART Goals
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