Be cool and be trendy, be a man that looks like candy.

refined sugar will be your enemy till you die

but the pattern is still available

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

isnt life surprising i was laying awake thinking last night about how different my life has gone then what i thought (in a good way)

you love him too right

i do have one faithful companion who is braving the germs penny the pug russell

she follows me around all day just in case she might be needed for something anything cute little penny is just a wee dog but she feels strongly that part of her duty is to scare the crap out of anyone who gets near our house just so they know no one is going to mess with her family not on her watch she is undeterred by bigger animals and scary men- they all get yelled at to stay away

confession i miss saved by the bell

i really really need my bedroom to be simple and uncluttered and white for calming purposes you know what i mean

ready to share the love

hey my little family

remember when the weather was warm and we would go to the park when daddy got home from work and we would bring homemade bread and fruit to eat for dinner and we would be drenched in golden light and the cousins would come meet us for some wild rides down the slide

the girl loves a project i mean LOVES it was like so fun to her to print them off plan how she wanted to present them go to the store for candy sign and put them together she just bossed me around and made sure i tied the string right

feeling so inspired

well as it turns out it was me who needed her the most i think if the test of the greatest among us is the one who will be the servant than penny wins in this houseok animal peoplei get it i really really get it

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

guess what i finally put in the shop

i never thought life would then take me to utah to attend byu and then off to serve as a missionary for a year and a half but it did and it was hardest most surprising most rewarding experience of my life

and as ive been laying in my misery ive been thinking a lot about that penny and just how lonely id be if she wasnt there with me

remember how i was so proud that my room was clean and i was knitting well i still am