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Age: 24 (almost 25)

Bed Size: Queen. Thanks Meg and Quinn!!

Chore you hate: cleaning the blinds. WORST.

Dogs: Lizzies.

Essential start of your day: stretch and fuzzy

Favorite Color: Purple..Blue.. Orange... Rainbow?

Gold or silver: Silver

Height: 5'7

Instruments I play (or have played): Tried to play piano. FAIL.

Job Title: Porting Specialist/ SIP Relay Local Number Team Leader

Kids: I like other peoples kids until they scream or shit themselves.

Live: SLC, always
Mom's Name: Paula

Nickname: Candy, Candyass, Cand, The Great One (I made that up)

Overnight hospital stays: None! I've been lucky

Pet Peeve: Chewing with mouth open, lying, negative perspectives

Quote from a movie: You taste like a burger, I don't like you anymore.

Right: Wrong-o

Siblings: two beautiful older sisters and one handsome younger brother

Time you wake up: 6-7

Underwear: My mom makes me wear it.

Vegetables you dislike: Onion. Damn the onion!!!

What makes you run late: Kitten snuggles.

X-rays you've had done: None that I remember?

Yummy food you make: sandwiches. I make sandwiches. people seem to like them. also my potato salad.

Zoo animal: Monkeys are bad ass.


YOUR TURN!

OMG!!!

HE'S COMING HOME!!
I can't believe its been two years already. Some parts of it felt like they were passing painfully slow. Now that we've reached the end I feel like it went by so fast! I wonder if he is ready to come home. I hope he isn't too weird for too long.... I love you little brother boy.

what my dreams look like pt 2

Someday.
Yesterday my mother was showing me all the magical things she acquired when she and her sisters were cleaning out part of Grandmas sewing room. Zippers, lace, ric rac, fabrics, patterns, buttons, needles, beads, and doo dads of all sorts. My Grandma made everything at home! I know she sewed most of my aunts clothes and taught them how to sew too. I'm so grateful that my mom has tried to pass that on to me. I'm terrible at it but I can do straight lines and I want to learn more! I would love to make my own clothes and be as handy as my mom and her mom are.
Someday.

Want.

This is what my dreams are made of.

this too shall pass

If you followed the link in my last post to my mothers blog then I'm sure you read all about my Grandma Jean passing away. I was feeling too messy to write about it but my mom is stronger and braver and she wrote it all down, honestly and sincerely. The past month has been intense and emotional and overwhelming. But we made it through! I have the most incredible family and friends. I felt so much lighter and peaceful once my sisters got here. I need them so much more than they know. I am extremely fortunate. I miss Jean. She made things so simple, I want to be more like her. I could talk forever about the funeral and all the people who supported us and all my memories of Jean but it's still a little too tender and I'm going to keep it to myself for a while still.

Mom and I at the funeral luncheon.

The cats and I have moved out of my tiny one bedroom apartment at the Oxford Place. We are setting up shop and getting cozy in a big (bigger than I've ever lived in besides my parents) blue house by the capitol. I have my own freaking backyard with space to plant vegetables. The house has great potential and I'm excited to fix it up and make it beautiful. My life long friend Mikayle is going to move in with me pretty soon here. We lived together once before and it seemed to work out pretty well and I think we'll make a good team again. The house needs work but I've got permission to paint pretty much anything I want (turquoise kitchen here I come) and since the landlord is my best friends husband, I think any projects I want to do will be approved. Moving was stressful and emotional (why am I such a baby?) but with my mom and dad and my amazing boyfriends (curtis I adore you) help we got it all done. Lisa is a saint and helped me sanitize the kitchen. I do not know what I would do without her, she is a fabulous friend indeed. Did I mention I have a white picket fence now? Dreamy.

Quinn and Megan- Making my new house possible for me. I love them so much. So blessed to have her as my sister soul mate. You can kinda see the white picket fence way back in the background!

Elton and Coop stepping outside into their new yard. I hope they are brave and earn some street cred.

More to come, hopefully.

words

There are certain things I just can't find words for.
Head on over to my moms blog to read about my Grandma, if you want.

http://pollywog-jensenfamily.blogspot.com/

Caturday

I have a million things to do today.

But first, a nice yummy breakfast with Lisa. Sometimes I call her at 9am and wake her up and make her walk to my house so I can make tofu scramble and not eat it all alone. I won't say I never bribe her.

Green Tea, pancakes, and tofu scramble with bok choy.

Today is going to rule.