worth it

right now,
my bathroom floor is wet from splashing,
there is toilet paper stuffed into my printer,
i’m missing jewelry,
there are some stains on the floor surrounding a highchair,
i’m also missing many tupperware lids,
and all the rubber stoppers for the door jams,
i routinely carry diapers in my purse,
someone drew on the wall,
there are tiny fingernail scratches on the [...]

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unrelated

i’m pretty sure it rained on the day i was born.
the sky spilt on the earth care-weathered and worn.
the clouds in their ache, did shudder and break,
but the rain was never forlorn.
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November is my favorite month
though full of rain and sleet,
for November is the only month
of my birthday–which is neat!
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Today I sipped at life’s sweet [...]

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things i wish i knew more about.

lots of things,
and: antique book appraisal.
Today I bought 12 first edition books ranging from zane grey to alfred tennyson mostly pre-1910. The easy part? Finding search engines advertising the value of similar books. The hard part? Figuring out what characteristics your book has. For example, a book can range from less than a hundred to [...]

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kissy face

Violet’s “kissy face” is fish lips. Fish lips on a baby are priceless–especially when they are accompanied by raised eyebrows and the leftovers of a smirk.

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whoopdydo

the yankees win the world series. again. yaaaaay.
Here’s the deal. I don’t particularly care who wins, but just today I was remembering how rude people in New York can be and with a home team like the Mariners I don’t really want to hear about how awesome the Yankees are.
We were in a library in [...]

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still holding out

that’s right, its the third of November and I still have yet to get more than a few pieces of Halloween candy. I’m just holding out in a battle of wits with Haggen grocery to see who folds first. Let me put it this way–I’m not paying any more than 70% off for Halloween candy [...]

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cold weather soul food

Today’s post is about one of my favorite fall meals. Pulled pork on yams. Simple. Amazing. Simply amazing. how’s that for cliche?
The Most Amazing Recipe That I Made Up
INGREDIENTS
1. Go to the store and buy a pork roast. Any kind, at least the size of your head.
2. Buy some yams (1 per person). You could [...]

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Let me put it to you this way…

AJ and I are getting our money’s worth out of our Costco membership. You know you’ve had enough samples for the day when the sample vendor points and laughs when you walk by. In my defense…it’s free food.
Also, I realized today how awkward lingering hugs are. Listen up people, if you go in for a [...]

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Happy Hallowhine

Here’s our night as told in pictures (with detailed captions.)

Yes, I know I said she was going as a skunk, but she never said any such thing. Next thing I know I’m upstairs sewing fifteen feet of tulle to make a tutu.

Even adding makeup and jewelry to the tutu getup, she was still as happy [...]

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wwpd? (what would peta do?)

Today’s post goes out to my brother Coloray who caught a king salmon the other day weighing twenty pounds dressed.
I wish I had a picture on me to show you how enormously huge this fish was; it reached from the ground to his hip and he’s 6 feet tall. gi-gan-tic. unfortunately, being pregnant I am [...]

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