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:: little boys learning to take pictures ::

:: relaxing weekends in logan ::

:: seeing anew :: warmth :: white :: light :: cleverness ::

:: new warm socks :: worn two days in a row :: don't tell ::

:: learning to knit :: thank you ::

:: falling into dream land almost instantly ::

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Well hello new favorite friend?

What is that?

You want to follow me around today as I do utterly mundane things.

You don't mind watching me scrub toilets and blow out my hair.

You will keep me energized while collecting masses of my hair from every corner of the bathroom, each and every bathroom?

And you aren't going to make any comments about how my butt looks nothing like Cameron Diaz butt?

You know, diet pepsi, you and I are going to be good friends.

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Today we had a new friend come over to play because the regular was not home, you know who you are.

Gentry and friend (I had two man cubs in the house) were so loud and wild. I was amazed. Gentry was good, for a while and then towards the end he turned into... Well a gelatinous ball of tears and stubborn buggers. He would not share. He would lay on his toys so the friend could not play with them. He was just a little meanie.

I started to threaten him that he needed to share or his friend was going to have to go home. The friend, not wanting to go home, started giving more toys to Gentry. He was bringing his sacrifice to the altar and the Gentry from on high was not happy with the offering.

To bad for Gentry the master of the house was not up for dealing with it. I slapped a pull-up on his little bottom and put him in bed.

Now I must go and shower and wash the grime off my body. I don't want these ladies to throw up this evening from the lovely waftings of B.O. and buggers and tears.

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Hello beautiful woman.

Nice stump.

Also, the mini arm is rather charming.

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Does anyone want one of these? They are posters (13x19) I made for the wards in my stake and the laminating did not work out like I wanted. So they are in different stages of laminating distress, meaning the laminating peeled off of the front or the back or both. But they are still beautiful posters.

They have the yearly scriptural theme for the the Young Women on them.

If you live in the valley, you know who you are, we can meet and I can just give one to you. If you live somewhere else and want it delivered, would you, could you, possibly pay for shipping? We could figure it out using paypal.

I have five. I have one left.

If you are interested email me at makayla (at) makaylachristine (dot) com.

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I know I am doing a decent job when Gentry pushes his friend off the stool, starts crying, puts himself in time out. Then when I go to see what has happened, he is telling the the friend not to talk to him, he was naughty and is now in time out.

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My soul delighteth in the things of the Lord; and my heart pondereth continually upon the things which I have seen and heard.
2 Nephi 4:16

The photo is Count Me Downfrom rebeccamissing's.

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:: hearing my baby snore and knowing who he learned it from ::

:: little running shoes so a small guy can go faster ::

:: small friends to share the afternoons with ::

:: aunts who listen and really care ::

:: learning a little boy is not being naughty when he is just being a little boy :: also learning a little boy is not being naughty when he is just being spiderman ::

:: having spiderdman at my house to protect me ::

:: spending an hour in the toy section touching all the buttons ::

:: falling asleep while touching toes :: knowing he will always want to fall asleep with me, that way ::

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Aren't these gorgeous? They look like frozen hearts sitting on glass pedestals.

They are early inhabitants of an area near Antarctica that has been disturbed by an iceberg and are called tunicates. "Australia's Aurora Australis and collaborating vessels L'Astrolabe (France) and Umitaka Maru (Japan) have returned from the Southern Ocean, their decks overflowing with a vast array of ocean life including a number of previously unknown species collected from the cold waters near the East Antarctic land mass."

Read the entire article and view all the pictures here.

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Isn't this beautiful. It is the inside of a little crooked house. All angles, beautiful lighting and architectural detail, just a few of my favorite things. View the rest of the home at TNA.

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As part of the greening up of my home, I have started switching to green products as I run out of their environmentally unfriendly counterparts. I have made several switches lately and am pretty happy and feeling the good karma of doing good for the Earth.

I think the turning point for me was when I finished watching the Planet Earth Series on DVD, which are gorgeous and amazing. At the end, there is a small documentary about protecting out Earth and the effects of the things we use everyday on the environment. Really, I had no idea what was going on. There was a total disconnect between the chemicals I use everyday and the way they wash out of my house, into rivers and finally into the oceans.

So, here are my latest attempts at saving the world.

I just switched to Wintree Laundry Deteregent, which you can get at Costco. It cleans my clothes spectacularly and smells like Heaven on a sunny day. I like it more than any other laundry detergent I have used, and I cannot keep my face out of the laundry while I am folding it.

I also recently found CleanWell via Ohdeedoh. CleanWell is an all-natural hand sanitizer with Ingenium - a formulation of essential herb plant oils that is renewable. There's no alcohol in CleanWell but it kills 99.99% of germs naturally. It's now a staple in our diaper bag - a squirt or two after a round on the playground when no soap and water is in sight. We like that CleanWell doesn't make your skin feel dry and it has a great citrus herb scent. You can get it at Target. It also appeals to the little designer that lives inside of me, with its visually simple layout and package design.

As I try out other products I will let you know what I think.

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For about 10 years I have been having dreams where I have to strategically run out of my house as fast as I can. I am being chased and I don't want my follower to know where I am going. So I do a lot of running behind things, around houses, not corners.

I am always running from someone, not always the same someone. These dreams progress and end differently, but always are the same in that I am trying to escape, and I will do anything to get away.

I think I finally figured out who I am running from, it is not jj. I mean, obviously. In last nights dream this person came to my house and would not leave. I went to the neighbors after I was completely weirded out by the intruder and called the police.

In my everyday wakeful mind, I have played this out several times. What if the person comes over and wants to have the talk and I will not let them in? What if things get out of hand?

I would protect myself and my family.

I would.

My dreams have always been very repetitive and very true to life. I have dreamed things that have actually happened, I have dreamed things that have been little formulas to be worked on and figured out. But my dreams are always spot on. I trust my subconscious dreams as if they are a dear friend with only my best interest at heart.

I must be trying to work this one out as well, however, I think I have come to my conclusion. If the situation ever arises, I know what I will do.

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:: mary poppins :: julie andrews beautiful voice :: her incredible ability to intrigue a toddler for a few hours so I could nap ::























:: the beautiful colors and cute styles of their clothing :: the cute scenery :: kind of like living in a land of cupcakes ::

















:: this cute illustration ::

:: reminders of childhood :: also of this blog, this blog, and this one ::

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jj loves me.

Happy Valentine's to you all. Thanks for reading!

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starting to look like this outside. sinister and feeling a little like the grinch.

yesterday was warm enough for us to go out and walk around the neighborhood. the boy stood on every miniature snow hill on one of the long stretches of road throwing wet snow into the road. today is blustery and cold.

glimpses of spring. warmth starts to sneak back in.

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1. Dino Toes 2. sisters. 3. untitled 4. untitled 5. Balance

I needed to be reminded of the magic. It took all my patience to be kind today.

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Pro bono work is some of the best. Because the client does not pay me they give me a lot more freedom to do things the way I like, which is the better way.

I am really starting to think this is the way to do a lot of things. Pay a professional, and give them guide lines, and see what they come up with. You could do this with practically anything. Find a baker and tell them you want a beautiful chocolate cake for your upcoming birthday. Tell a florist you need a bouquet that is red and white, let them choose the flowers and the other beautiful filler. I guess the most critical part would be knowing you have the same taste or that they understand yours.

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This morning Gentry wanted to make orange juice. He then wanted to take pictures of his creation. The juice was lovely, the oranges from our box of holiday oranges. They sure lasted a long while out in our cold garage. Gentry took the picture of me.

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Here are some more cuties. You can get your at Inside A Black Apple.

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Oh. I love these Valentine's. You may get your own at A Fanciful Twist.

Do you remember the stress of Valentine's boxes? Decorating a shoe box with construction paper and all the lust your 2nd grade heart could muster for little Jeremy, who sat a row away from you. Then wondering if the candy hearts he had selected for you were hand selected or just thrown into your little envelope from him. Did he put as much thought into his candy hearts as you had? Was he going to notice you told him you were going to love him the rest of your days.

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The true harvest of my daily life is somewhat as intangible and indescribably as the things of morning or evening. It is a little star-dust caught, a segment of the rainbow which I have clutched. Henry David Thoreau, Walden or Life in the Woods

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Everything had changed suddenly♦the tone, the moral climate; you didn't know what to think, whom to listen to. As if all your life you had been led by the hand like a small child and suddenly you were on your own, you had to learn to walk by yourself. There was no one around, neither family nor people whose judgment you respected. At such a time you felt the need of committing yourself to something absolute♦life or truth or beauty♦of bing ruled by it in place of the man-made rules that has been discarded. You needed to surrender to some such ultimate purpose more fully, more unreservedly than you had ever don in the old familiar, peaceful day, in the old life that was not abolished and gone for good. Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago

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Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth. I sat at a table where were rich food and wine in abundance, and obsequious attendance, but sincerity and truth were not; and I went away hungry from the inhospitably board. The hospitality was as cold as the ices. Henry David Thoreau, Walden or Life in the Woods

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I just finished Into the Wildas recommended by Annie. It is the story of the life and death of Chris McCandless. I don't know why this appealed to me. It was truly fascinating, though I never could see myself hitchhiking around the country and depending on the kindness of strangers. However, I did understand his search for something more. I understand the hunger to find the true depth and strength of my spirit and character. I struggle daily to be even close to the best I know is in me. I have linked myself irrevocably to truth. I feel that I can find it, here in my small and quiet life. I search for it. I continually ponder what it is and if I am living a life filled with it.

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a favorite thought. a gift to be given.

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:: watching youtube videos with a little one curled up on my lap ::

:: no more diapers :: going out with no accidents ::

:: early bedtimes ::

:: finding old notes :: creativity forgotten and found again ::

:: sun pouring into my bedroom window to wake me ::

:: decisions made together :: promises ::

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