Time to Yelp!

she is my best babysitter for cate she takes turns with me putting cate to bed and being her pillow

and i cheat like alot well usually i ease up on weekends but i feel so crappy and bloated again that i cant wait to start eating right on monday but i have kind of had to tell myself this is just the new lifestyle and if i want to indulge every now and again im going to cause id rather die than not be able to have some chips and guac or a slice of cake every now and again so if i eat like this 90% of the time then ive noticed that my body or the scale doesnt mind if i wander in my choices a bit the other 10% exercising everyday helps with this too i feel like its a great trade off- feeling great and a regular period for a little self control

it made me happy

just a phone call one night she had an aneurysm and although this was a surprise of the worst kind it was the most spiritual time of my life much good and understanding has come through that loss

i thought id live there forever one day when i was 12 my dad quit his job and we moved to lake tahoe it rocked my stable world

me um we didnt have computers in our homes then

cate (incredulously) what were you a child of adam and eve

but the main thing i love about this picture is tree cover you can see in the upper right corner thats how it was all around the block even on really hot days you could find a great place to play in some serious shade everyone had a huge tree or trees somewhere on their property and bushes and ivy and a great variety of things the only reason we had those young trees on the corner was because my mom sold our big palm tree to some palm springs landscapers ha

i was born in orange county where my parents had lived in the same house for like 20 years they had both lived in so cal all their lives

my problem dear anne is that it is 2009 kids dont like to get all fussied up anymore and i dont think they would go to the trouble of making up stories about lost broaches to be able to go to a silly church picnic in my mind the little girls are wearing spring dresses and holding parasols with their gloved hands while the boys are eating biscuits and drinking homemade rootbeer with their hats and suspenders on but i live in a dreamland where i want everything stylized i know you understand me anne

i had a really tumultuous teenager-hood i was a happy and smart little kid it was surprising when so much angst welled up inside me

snacks NUTS i would die without nuts i love roasted almonds cashews peanuts i also love those roasted edamame they taste like nuts even though theyre not and nuts taste really good with a few slices of swiss cheese also deli meat slices celery with peanut butter on it a few whole grain crackers with cheese beef jerky sugar free snack packs stuffed mushrooms hard boiled eggs string cheese protein bars crudites and more NUTS

they make me happy

like this one for instance my older brother uploaded it while reminiscing about the old buggie he rebuilt in the 80s

ready to share the love

from brora

and i think im done cutting kits for a while

let me explain Buoy

what an adventure it is

seriously though my closest friends are fun real and honest good entertaining in love with life a little crazy down to earth deep and incapable of bs