Best SLC Thrift Stores?
I've driven past lots of garage sales, but never feel tempted to park my car in the tangle of traffic out front and rifle through someone's cast off stuff. I figure that there's a relatively small chance I'll find something amazing for a steal, and a relatively large chance that I'll feel guilty meeting the hopeful eyes of the sellers. So I stay away.Once when I was in college, I ventured into the Provo DI to hunt for clothes for an 80s dance. The place was huge, overwhelming, I couldn't tell which pieces of clothing were junky castoffs and which ones were diamonds in the rough. My roommates bought rocking outfits, I came home empty-handed and raided my closet instead.

Hiatus
One of the highlights of this summer was discovering the world's most perfect running trail in Millcreek Canyon. At least once each week I'd park the car at the Pipleline Trailhead parking lot, hike straight up for a mile, then run for six more until I looped back to the car. Once the kids went back to school, it got too dark in the mornings to get the run in and get back in time to get everyone out the door, so I tried to fit a run in on mornings when Eddie was around, or someone was home to watch Maren. Every week slipped into every couple of weeks, and then I started thinking my last run had already happened. I ran it about ten days ago and figured that was my last run for the season.

Book #68: The Actor and the Housewife
Title: The Actor and the HousewifeAuthor: Shannon HaleI stayed up late, late, late last night finishing The Actor and the Housewife. On the "keeps me reading late into the night factor" I guess I should give it a good rating. And barring that, Annie's looking over my shoulder, and her third-grade teacher is Hale's aunt, and Annie will be sure to tattle on me if I don't have

Book #67: Rift
Title: RiftAuthor: Todd Robert PetersenOriginally published at Blog Segullah.I'm a city girl. I grew up in the great Northeastern megalopolis where it's possible to drive for six or eight hours along Interstate 95 without seeing evidence of the existence of rural America. During my BYU years, I looked down my nose with derision at the wran

Book #66: The Angel's Game
Title: The Angel's GameAuthor: Carlos Ruiz ZafonI hate it when I break my own rules. One of my cardinal rules for reading books is that when I really fall in love with a book, I need to pace myself a little bit before reading another book by the same author, otherwis