missing you...

Missing the pink bars of soap and cereal with cream and sugar and brushing my hair in front of her vanity.



(photo courtesy of dusty kenyon)

little rascals

Just enjoying Sarah in the Salt Lake City while I can :)

And my cats of course.

life on mars

Puppy dog paws.

My quick jaunt to Arizona was awesome. Not nearly enough time to accomplish everything we wanted. I love my sister and her husband. Thanks for letting us stay!

in the eye....

So much beauty in the world.

We just view it differently.

word to the wise part two

I have the best family and friends ever. I know that I can call a long list of people at any given moment and all of them will be at my side right away.

Word to the wise. You mess with me, you mess with all of us! Ha!

for better

Today I am praying in my own special way for the following:

the ability to accept parts of my life that I can't change
patience
patience
patience
a calm heart
peaceful mind
happy thoughts
kind feelings for everyone around me
KC to be safe


Thats all.

thanks to my mother

I can sort of sew! Mostly straight lines and stuff but still... I make the machine go vroom and its really cool. My mother is a wealth of knowledge. Things that she learned from her mother, I am learning from her. Its the circle of life man! Maybe I will have a kid just so I can make it be really bad ass, like me.

I've made curtains for my bedroom and for my kitchen. I plan to do some in my living room as well. I received a sewing machine for Christmas and, like a true procrastinator, it remains in the box. I was waiting until a found the perfect table to set it up on because I didn't want to set it up on my kitchen table and have to take it down and set it up every time I wanted to use it. If anyone deserves a new one its my mom for sure. I'm pretty positive hers is from 1986.

Here are a few photos of what I've done with my moms help.

Meet my moms sewing machine. It gets the job done. That there is the fabric I used for my curtains. I believe it belonged to my grandma.


That there is Lisa, posing by the curtains. She helped me put them up... it was harder than you might think.


Crappy picture but those are my bedroom curtains. They have pretty elephants on them. Kitties approve.

Dont you love it when you catch them with their tongues out?

So.. if you know me, then you know that I collect cookbooks. Its a favorite hobby of mine for many reasons. Not only do I love to cook but I love to read, and I always read them cover to cover. I love finding slightly older cookbooks (like from the 60s, not that thats old... dad...) because I know that once upon a time, in land far far away, an old lady loved that book. I know this because they scribble notes in the margins and write down additions or suggestions for serving. I especially love it when they leave bookmarks or articles in the pages. Like this:

Its a gosh darn treasure guys.