Segullah

Mormon women blogging about the peculiar and the treasured

Going For Goals (without the annoying drone of the vuvuzela)

When I was 24 my life changed forever. I wanted to be a poet. Well, a poet and a mother. And one of those things had finally come to fruition: I had a baby.

A new crown, no prospects of royalty and today’s a new day

Yesterday I sat in the dentist chair with the drill humming in the background and I made a resolve NEVER to eat sugar again. I promised myself that I’ll floss everyday. I swear I’ll be more vigilant with my kids’ teeth so that they don’t have to endure agony in the chair. I carried home [...]

Hi, My Name is Jennie and I’m Lazy

I just don’t feel like doing anything hard lately.  Or unpleasant. Or boring. My workouts have dwindled from enthusiastic walk/running on the treadmill to a trip upstairs a couple of times a day. My “diet”, begun in January, now features chips and salsa (because salsa is healthy—it’s vegetables after all.  And tortillas are corn—another vegetable) [...]

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