Things Ian has said…

in the last 24 hours:

“Why are your breasts sparkly?”

“Do you think you’d be a good mom? “

“You are very grumpy in the morning.  There is a lot of yelling.  Are you going to yell at kids that much?”

And some other things that are not appropriate to share but are extremely funny.

My answers:

Sunless tanner.  It’s not bonnie bell, so I don’t understand the glitter, it’s lancome.

He got punched.  Hard.

Here is my morning, you tell me if you’d yell:  as soon as my alarm goes off and I get up, Nate is crying incessantly.  He wants to go outside.  cry cry cry, paw at door.  Screaming ensues.  Then I relent, go outside, don’t run away.  I have to check on him incessantly, underdressed, and hope my neighbs aren’t outside.  When he DOES run away (which happens daily).  More yelling, because he is naughty, and then more crying because he has to come inside now.

He isn’t the only one that cries.  Noodles is crying for food, Champion is crying, and biting (I don’t yell at Champ or Nudes).  Kona is obnoxious, wont go outside.  She has to be YELLED at to go out.

There is a LOT OF YELLING before 8am.  A lot.

Quotes

I saw these quotes on another blog today, and I love all 3 three of them:

“Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don’t know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings.”

 - Anais Nin

“Love at first sight is easy to understand; it’s when two people have been looking at each other for a lifetime that it becomes a miracle.”

- Amy Bloom

“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”

John 13:34-35

Boobs & Clinical Trials

I’m going to be in a clinical trial for some fancy acne treatment.  Super proud accomplishment at 26 I tell ya.  But seriously, I get 4 free laser treatments, so I’ll take it.  

I’ve seen a lot of women breast-feeding their babies as of late.  I love this, and think, how wonderful to whip that sucker out and feed your offspring!  Here is my concern:  my boobs are bigger than their breast-feeding boobs.  I sometimes think about whipping one of mine out, and saying, WHAT AM I GOING TO DO HERE????  I think I would lose friends though.  But, if the occasion arises…

 

Yum Yum Bars

I’ve been sitting on this recipe for MONTHS, thinking these bars are too hard to make…what is date paste anyways?

I FINALLY made them, took all of 5 minutes and viola.  They are essentially Lara Bars!

1 C raw almonds, 1 cup date paste (just put ALL ingredients in food processor together) pinch of salt (I omitted), 3 Tablespoons goji berries (I used dried cherries), 1 T cocoa nibs (don’t know what that is, I put 2 squares of dark choc in), 1 teasp vanilla. Hope you have a decent food processor. Press in a pyrex dish and enjoy.

I used a whole thing of dates (about 40 dates), 2 1/2 cups of almonds and pecans, I didn’t measure the vanilla and tossed it all in the food processor.  IAN EVEN LIKES THEM!!!  I had to force him to try them, and he said, “I could eat the whole thing.”

I love dried blueberries and will do those next, and will chop some dark chocolate before I put it in the food proc.

NO BAKING, just process, press and enjoy!

 

Duh.

I think I NEED this.

Never seen Glee, but I may start watching…

Photo Update

FYI - budoir is currently under construction.  Curtains being revamped, pictures not hung, etc. etc.

Basket w/books

Basket with robe/or pillows depending on time of day

closet storage via baskets

If I felt like spending hundreds of dollars on baskets to organize, I could.  I could.

Ikea bed frame with underdresser ie)drawers underneath.

fabric pin board on canvas

Obviously needs more pictures.  I bought this as a tablecloth 4+ years ago from Home Goods.

Living room art

*Red sectional thing w/baskets currently undergoing a makeover.  Stay tuned.

The prints are from Tres Jolie.

Living room side view. Messy per the usual.

Kitchen.

The table was purchased in Feb.  Quite the ordeal.  The top is custom made by Ian, as the original was HUGE, and too big for the space.

Chair, $5 each/Craigslist.

I stained the table top and chairs w/the same stain, but they look very different.

Table base and frames, same color, granny smith apple green (not actual name).

Hawaii picture wall —ADORE.

O'ahu

*Monthly* Changes

Yes, PERIODS will be mentioned.

I have re-arranged my house, and need to photograph my new arrangements.  I invested in baskets (thrilling, I KNOW), which has brought some serious organizational power to the 1950′s closet.  

It’s been 80 degrees here, which has been GLORIOUS.

I decided today, that I need to wash my hair daily now…Dr. Bronner’s wash could go every other.  

THIS IS WILDLY EXCITING, I KNOW.

Which brings me to the monthly cycle.  I never had regular periods growing up, so I feel like, at 26, this is a little late for me to just be mind-boggled by this system, but holy smokers, my b’s are SO BIG every month that I am just horrified.  HORRIFIED.  LIke, you don’t even know.  Every month?!?!?

Kisses.