Change It Up Challenge

I’ll start out this post by saying this: I never in a million years thought I’d be the crazy coupon lady. You know the lady I’m talking about—with her two carts full of groceries and her stack of coupons as thick as a slice of Texas french toast who takes about an hour to check …

Some of you may be wondering how a book-a-holic like me hasn’t managed to try out audiobooks yet. Well, I’ll give you three reasons: (1) expensive, (2) I’m a faster reader than they are, and (3) I didn’t want to get so distracted by a thrilling story that I end up back-ending the car in front …

This is the story of how I almost got rabies on our honeymoon and how my pride was wounded by a mountain and then built up again by some Germans. This, my friends, is the story of how I took on Angel’s Landing in Zion National Park. If you look closely at the above photo, …

I know, I know–I’m about a month and a half late with this post. But you wanna know a secret? I’m about a month and a half behind in almost ALL my posts. So there :-P. Also, I realize that all of the Change It Ups I’ve posted lately have all had to do with …

It was the above picture at my former roommate’s wedding that finally did it–it was the last straw on the camel’s back, the last calorie to make me gain the pound, the last little shopping cart race that gets you kicked out of Walmart…basically, it was what made me say, “This hair’s history. Whether you …

Disclaimer: Before reading this post, I want you all to raise your right hand and repeat after me, “I, [insert name here], will not give Torrie a hard time for taking on this challenge. I know that she was perfectly knowledgeable about the future consequences before going to below-mentioned location and that she does not …

Before anything else, Happy Easter everyone! I’m grateful for the fact that we all have a Savior, even Jesus Christ, who died and was resurrected so that we might all live again. As we heard today in our stake conference, ‘If it weren’t for Easter, there wouldn’t be a Christmas.’ So very true! This week’s …

Okay, I’ll admit it–this week’s Change It Up started as a bit of a joke…you see, I was reading Mara’s blog the other day and came across her comment that she cries during The Biggest Loser every week. Now, I will admit, I maybe might have made fun of her a little bit (sorry Mara–you …