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

ten months after we were married i was a stay at home mom living the student life again while grant went back to school a few months later another unplanned event- my mom passed away suddenly

i love all the sweet artistically talented bloggers that offer free downloads around holidays for us readers

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

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

(but honestly i dont snack alot when you eat so much protein you dont get hungry as often through the day)

i bet that block is not nearly as big as i remember it being but i remember it being quite a trip

did anyone else sustain life with saltines from the ages of 13-17

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

how have you been surprised what can i say

we gave the universe one out- if grant found a job he loved before springtime wed stay put even though we wanted to go to cali really bad and even though grant had been looking for a different job for a long time

if you eat like this people will give you crap because its so not trendy anymore but if it will help a woman who would do anything to ovulate and conceive do that (and i know personally quite a few that this was the key for) then who cares what anyone says and jennifer aniston doesnt eat carbs so there

he is the perfect mix to me of blues and folk and funk and feeling

i went to the fabric store tonight in search of prints to make some new spring scarves with some will probably end up in the shop too i just love this look also i love toast (the catalog and the cooked bread)

let me explain Buoy

goal peaceful nights productive days

off to the kindergarten valentines day party

the deal with pcos and carbs

cate what did you play on the computer then

what do you look for in a best friend