February in Review

My Focuses for the Month

Continuing to walk or run as many days as possible.

Sleeping at least seven hours each night.

Identifying coping strategies for my upcoming "busy season" at work.

What I Read

In Print —

Strength and Stillness: A Message for Woman by Patricia T. Holland. (Inspiration for my #OneLittleWord2018 STRONG.)

Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson. (Winner of 2018 Newbery Honor and 2018 Coretta Scott King Award.)

At Home in the World: Reflections on Belonging While Wandering the Globe by Tsh Oxenreider. (The subtitle says it all.)

Not Becoming My Mother: And Other Things She Taught Me Along the Way by Ruth Reichl. (First pick for the reading group my sisters and our mom started this year.)

On My Kindle —

The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore. (Read for a Facebook book club I joined.)

Dear Martin by Nic Stone. (Absolutely terrific!)

Via Audio —

A Piece of the World by Christina Baker Kline. (Neighborhood book club pick.)

All the Crooked Saints by Maggie Stiefvater. (Strange but beautiful. I love me some Maggie!)

The Contrite Spirit: How the Temple Helps Us Apply Christ's Atonement by Bruce C. Hafen and Marie K. Hafen. (Several insights I'd like to explore further.)

Finishing nine books in February puts me just about on track for my goal of 104 books in the year.


What I Watched

Two episodes of Sherlock via NetFlix.

Four episodes of The Handmaid's Tale on Hulu.

One movie via NetFlix — Still Alice (2014).

One movie in the theater — The Last Jedi (2017).

Where I Traveled

Los Angeles for a three-day weekend (where I basked in the sunshine and enjoyed the sand between my toes)!


What I Saw

A preview of the Los Angeles production of the new musical Allegiance.

Four BYU Women's Basketball games at the Marriott Center.

Some Other Places I Went

The Salt Lake Temple.

The Draper Temple.

The Los Angeles Temple.

I have a goal to worship in twelve different temples during 2018. That makes three!


What I Read and/or Studied in the Bible

Ecclesiastes and part of Job.

Part of Exodus, with She Reads Truth's Lenten Study "See the Lord's Salvation."

What I Celebrated

My husband Dan's birthday. (Twice! With a third celebration planned for March 2.)

Biggest Expenditure of the Month

Hotel charges in Los Angeles.

What I'm Most Looking Forward to in March

March Madness.

Spring Equinox.