.::still blinking::.

gone fishing

noreply@blogger.com (.::still blinking::.) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:42:00 +0000

Today is a good day. JJ is not here, which is pretty normal. He didn't go to work however. He went fishing with my brother and my brothers father-in-law. I love that he took a personal day all for himself.

noreply@blogger.com (.::still blinking::.) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 01:29:00 +0000

Being a customer of Veer has its perks. What kind of girl wants kerning sweaters and fonts for her birthday?

Look!

noreply@blogger.com (.::still blinking::.) — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:08:00 +0000

Do you see those potatoes! Who knew? My own potatoes make me so proud. Like they are my children and have accomplished something amazing. They were so good for dinner. JJ was sad that I had gone and dug them up without him. When I had scrubbed the dirt off them they were the color of lavender. And the taste was divine. Straight from the dirt. No one but me had ever handled them.

They felt like a gift.

noreply@blogger.com (.::still blinking::.) — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:51:00 +0000

The war had made fuel and lamp oil scarce, but necessity is indeed the mother of invention. Somehow in that dark time, our family, the March family, seemed to create its own light.

:: Jo March, Little Women the Movie ::

100 Things

noreply@blogger.com (.::still blinking::.) — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 23:13:00 +0000

I've found that a few people have, on their 100th blog, post 100 random things about themselves and their life. I found them rather interesting, and decided to do it as well. But, sad day, I've passed my 100th blog and in fact this blog post is about 515, not including the ones I deleted because they were to mean or snarky to be seen by the people I wrote them about. Yeah, I am bright. And yes I am that awful, I was working through some crap and by crap I mean, it was/is a mountain of horrible crap. And my bishops wife reads this and I just cannot bring myself to type the word, but I thought it.

So in honor of post 500 I will be doing 500/5=100 things about Makayla Christine Jeppson Robinson

1) I have a BFA in Graphic Design.
2) I will not eat barbecue sauce willingly.
3) I was homeless for 2 months while going to college.
4) I have lived in Magna, the water killed my fish. No joke.
5) I was once in a band called, "Makayla & the boys."
6) I would bath everyday if it was not so time consuming.
7) Am a True Aggie. But not with jj.
8) I used to cry at the end of every episode of "Full House."
9) My favorite books are The Red Tent, Maus, and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.
10) Have 2 sisters, 1 brother, 1 parent who stayed and 1 who quit.
11) Am super obsessed with zit picking.
12) Spent three summers dressed as a cowgirl to entertain European and Japanese tourists. Not that way.
13) I have played the piano, flute, and drums.
14) Want to be good.
15) Just ate peanut butter and chocolate chips for my afternoon snack.
16) I love sushi. Going for my birthday, without a broken arm and pain killer buzz this year.
17) I am still driving my first car.
18) I performed the ceremony for my sister to marry her sweet heart.
19) I am better at making friends now than I used to be.
20) Have repeating nightmares about Tabiona.
21) Have run 2 marathons.
22) Failed Accounting 2010 in college, on purpose.
23) Once threw my shoes at an ex after he broke up with me.
24) Hate applesauce.
25) Love sleeping with the winter windows open just a crack.
26) Am in love.
27) Worked at Priceline.com.
28) Once told a friend I needed to take off her pants in an elevator filled with people. I was wearing them, not her.
29) Am a bit too honest.
30) Almost killed a friend during a strange covered wagon accident.
31) Am a master champion of Clue. I will bring you down.
32) Once bounced a check on purpose so I could buy food. I was in college and knew the apples and yogurt would be worth it.
33) I wish my butt looked like Cameron Diaz butt.
34) One time got diarrhea on a date with jj and did not make it to the toilet. He is incredibly forgiving.
35) Wet the bed on my honeymoon. Again, jj is incredibly forgiving. I had a bladder infection and it was weird.
36) Was pissed at jj for getting up at 9 this morning. I am incredibly tolerant.
37) Once interviewed to be a model. I like food to much and am short.
38) Broke my arm last year in a freak dodge ball accident.
39) Have been working out consistently for 2 1/2 years straight.
40) Peanut butter and chocolate chips are my downfall.
41) Fell in love right after my freshman year of college. We never kissed or dated. We are still friends today.
42) My house is getting consistently cleaner by the year. Some year I may actually be on top of things.
43) Love the person I am today, strange butt and all.
44) Once worked at a foot doctors office. Had to label vials of bloody toe nails.
45) In college took a class on German Memorials to the Holocaust. Want to see them or the lack of them someday.
46) Daydreamer.
47) Am mean to people if they snore around me, even if I am awake.
48) My cousin was my best friend all growing up.
49) Had two really good friends in high school.
50) JJ is my best friend now, and sometimes I throw my food at him. What an honor.
51) I had a summer of broadway musicals. I checked them out from the video store and watched them non-stop.
52) Trust my dreams like they are a dear friend.
53) Things are going to get worse and than so much better.
54) Own personal least favorite feature- junk in the trunk.
55) Went to Day's of '47 parade and saw Thomas S. Monson. He looked like he had stepped right out of the '50s.
56) Once drove to Alabama and back with my siblings and parents. 18 days in a van is fun.
57) Favorite color- white.
58) Diet Coke. My other true love.
59) I once sneezed a huge booger onto the floor in front of company.
60) I love my first year college roommates. They are the best.
61) I wish Gentry wasn't so scared of everything.
62) Worked as a grocery store cashier.
63) Worked as a human resource manager for the computer labs at USU.
64) Am allergic to cats and spankings.
66) Won $50 at a Buzz game the other day.
67) I grew up at my cousins house. I know her neighbors better than any of my childhood neighbors.
68) Cannot dye my hair. Blond looks to fake and dark just doesn't show up. Am thinking about extensions. Possibly pink or red.
69) Do not like dogs unless they act like cats.
70) Once watched a neighbor kill a rabbit for dinner.
71) Was scared spitless by a sheep caught in a fence.
72) I love the X-Men movies and am so excited about the Wolverine Movies.
73) Have skinny dipped. A lot.
74) Will not be friends with people who lie.
75) When I die, I want wings. I don't care if angels are not supposed to have them. Also, I want to choose where I have body hair.
76) Love my first house.
77) Love soft squishy boy who will curl up with me.
78) Love my friends now.
79) Am so mouthy sometimes. I don't know where Gentry gets it from.
80) Remember going to see Ghostbusters as a child at the drive in.
81) Remember riding in the back of the possibly red truck on the way to Idaho.
82) Remember painting on the side walk with fingernail polish as a child. My mom says I was 3.
83) JJ got a new swim suit today that I am not embarrassed to see him in.
84) We are close to being out of debt.
85) Wonder if when I die I will know who killed JFK. And lot of other mysteries.
86) I know the words to almost all John Denver songs.
87) When I die, I am going to Disneyland.
88) I read the short story that Brokeback Mountain was based on. I get it.
89) Wish people knew the strength that is in them. I wish the same for me.
90) Once pushed my brother into the corner of the wall. He had to get stitches.
91) Was married in the Logan Temple on a brisk December morning.
92) Had Hammer Pants.
93) Had braces in college.
94) Am on retainers 7 & 8.
95) Lived next door to one of my college boyfriends.
96) Have done design work for international companies. Who knew feet were so pornographic.
97) Played Sally Ride in an Elementary School Play.
98) Have learned I am good and deserve good in my life.
99) Once hit a kid in the head with my flute case.
100) Totaled the family van.
101) Look a bonus, thanks for reading. My life is better than I would have imagined possible.

i love...

noreply@blogger.com (.::still blinking::.) — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 03:29:00 +0000

:: cute little pinatas ::

:: saving tons of money on groceries ::

:: simple beauty ::

:: galactic activity ::

:: lots of little tomatoes waiting to turn red in the sun ::

:: eating from my garden ::

:: teaching gentry to conserve ::

:: preschool about to start ::

:: lots of work plans ::

:: the prospects of the future ::

noreply@blogger.com (.::still blinking::.) — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:27:00 +0000

I love integrity.

Seeing my photo work on the web pleases me, I am so flattered to have been a photographer for H20Fun.

noreply@blogger.com (.::still blinking::.) — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:50:00 +0000

a typophiles dream come true

noreply@blogger.com (.::still blinking::.) — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:57:00 +0000

You can go to Wordle and make your own. I kind of want to print this out hang it in Gentry's room.

Also, here is a fun game.

Your first memory of me...

1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you. If you don't want to play on your blog, or if you don't have a blog, I'll leave my memory of you in my comments.

OK then.

noreply@blogger.com (.::still blinking::.) — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:10:00 +0000

Guess who is barfing at my house? And as a result, guess who has not brushed their teeth or shaved their legs today?

Man it makes me sad to see him struggle like that. But he should be better tomorrow. We went to the DR today and they gave him a penicillin shot since he would not be able to keep medicine down very well. He was almost immediately better. It was truly amazing. And then he asked for french fries and I knew that we were heading back up again.

i love...

noreply@blogger.com (.::still blinking::.) — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 02:07:00 +0000

:: fireworks + little guys ::

:: bbq's + buzz games with friends ::

:: photography by gentry ::

:: hanging out at the lake throwing rocks and looking at spiders :: little boy interests :: new discoveries ::

:: gentry entertaining little tiny guys with superheroes mad flying skills ::

:: afternoon thunder + rainstorms ::

:: finding nightime reusable waterproof training pants (that hopefully work) ::

:: lazy sunday afternoons :: watching hero movies + eating popsicles ::

noreply@blogger.com (.::still blinking::.) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:21:00 +0000

more later. but isn't this guy the cutest?

noreply@blogger.com (.::still blinking::.) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:28:00 +0000

I went to wake up Gentry this morning and this is what I found. Scrumptious little toes and a boy who did not want to wake up. I love his morning hair as well. All rumpled and smashed. The first thing he asked for, Iron Man underwear. I wish I had some Iron Man underwear as well.

fresh summer food

noreply@blogger.com (.::still blinking::.) — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:34:00 +0000

The garden is going well. These are blossoms from potato plants. I cut up the potatoes that were growing legs in my pantry and put them in the ground and this is what happened. Can you even believe it? It amazes me what will come out of the ground, and these burst out of the ground. It really was astonishing how a full bush rose out of the ground, complete with leaves and flowers. They didn't even start as little buds or sprouts.

Yesterday we went and pulled one zucchini and two yellow zucchinis off their plants and ate them for dinner. We grilled them with an onion and butter and BBQ3000. And well, it was so good. I love the summer fresh foods that I can harvest from my own garden. And aren't nectarines pretty much like candy growing on a tree? Oh my word, I love summer food.

noreply@blogger.com (.::still blinking::.) — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:29:00 +0000

I love my life. I know I whine incessantly about it, but really I would not have it any other way.

Being married to a man who understands me and laughs at my stupid jokes is one of the greatest blessings in my life. Also, he lets me talk about my digestional triumphs and still thinks I am sexy. What could be any better?

Having a baby who only hates me half the time makes me swell with joy. Watching him learn, laugh, and grow is amazing to me. I love that he tells me where to stick it and in return I tell him to sit in time out. But I love that he has the guts to tell it like it is. Honesty, above all else, is so key to me.

I love my little house. I love living in a beautiful valley. I love friends who don't criticize my inane personality.

Today I am thankful.

guardian

noreply@blogger.com (.::still blinking::.) — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:37:00 +0000

I saw this guy hanging out in Erin's garden today. He may actually be the same one she saw the other day. I wonder what he is guarding over there? Maybe her jalapeño.

i love...

noreply@blogger.com (.::still blinking::.) — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:24:00 +0000

:: miracles ::

:: friends ::

:: Cold Stone Creamery :: cake base ice cream with reese's peanut butter cups :: peanut butter :: and caramel or fudge, I cannot remember :: this is heavenly, if you are not allergic :: if you are allergic, than go suck a blueberry ::

:: rediscovering hot rollers :: they take the kinks out :: well, they hide them anyway ::

:: sweet sincerity ::

:: The Office ::

:: realizing somethings must change ::

:: moop ::

noreply@blogger.com (.::still blinking::.) — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:21:00 +0000

G: Mom! Your big bloody sore is almost gone!

M: (The thought in my little head) Are you referring to yourself?

noreply@blogger.com (.::still blinking::.) — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:04:00 +0000

Guess who did not wet the bed while wearing Iron Man underwear all night?

I know, I am so proud of myself.

Just kidding.

Go Gentry.

i love...

noreply@blogger.com (.::still blinking::.) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:37:00 +0000

:: these guys ::

:: these friends ::

:: a new ceiling fan in my room :: the gentle constant breeze ::

:: diet coke ::

:: direct honesty :: as opposed to a bunch of fluffy crap that you have to call up the Holmes to figure out ::

:: simplicity ::

:: getting things in order and working towards goals ::

:: Jari Love ::

:: lazy summer afternoons at the pool ::

noreply@blogger.com (.::still blinking::.) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 05:04:00 +0000

When I grow up, I want to be nice.

Or the Loch Ness Monster. Really I don't care much about being nice as much as honest and haunting old lakes.

And some days I really want to punch people in the face. Unsuspecting, smiley neighbors. You. Stupid drivers. Construction workers. Harmon's.

kiss and tell

noreply@blogger.com (.::still blinking::.) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 02:33:00 +0000

I would like to draw your attention here.

noreply@blogger.com (.::still blinking::.) — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:12:00 +0000

I would never spray your daughters hair blue while I was watching her.

sunny

noreply@blogger.com (.::still blinking::.) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:43:00 +0000

They opened a new pool in my neighborhood on Monday, and I am starting to think I am going to get spoiled. We have been to the pool everyday this week and we are about to head to the little kiddie pool that is closer to my house. Gentry has a little white bum and a tan little back. I am slowly turning brown as well, even though I do pretty well keeping covered.

When JJ and I were in Hawaii we talked about how he would never look like a native. Being a tall, skinny, blindingly white, red head does really lead someone to fit in where everyone looks like they hang out in the sun all day everyday. Kind of like a flamingo in the crocodile house. I, on the other hand, after about a week in the sand and surf had turned brown, learned I didn't need to do my hair or wear makeup to fit in. Also, you don't have to be stick skinny in Hawaii, in fact the skinny folk are the ones who look like they don't belong. Natural is what looked natural there and I appreciated that. Anyway.

The two of us that are prone to tanning in my house are soaking up the warm rays. The other guy, he is under an umbrella, fully clothed, with a hat and knee socks, a bottle of sunscreen and his iphone.

a few words about ligatures

noreply@blogger.com (.::still blinking::.) — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:07:00 +0000

In writing and typography, a ligature occurs where two or more letter-forms are joined as a single glyph. Ligatures usually replace consecutive characters sharing common components, and are part of a more general class of glyphs called "contextual forms" where the specific shape of a letter depends on context such as surrounding letters or proximity to the end of a line. from wikipedia

In other words, it is the orgasm of type. They make a girl happy while editing pages of techy-computerized nerd documents. Aren't those forms sexy?