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My cousin litters… INSIDE

My cousin litters… INSIDE

I’ve lived with a lot of people in my day and I’ve known messy people and have, at times, been a messy person. But I’ve never known anyone who littered IN THE HOUSE. Who could not be bothered to put their garbage and old food into the trash can. Its stunning. WARNING: these graphic images [...]

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Posted in My Life | Tagged Chorebuster, cousin, family, litter, messy, roommates, trash | 6 Responses

Other Things I Would Like to Do:

(besides watch movies) I would like to go to Costa Rica for two months and study Spanish and adventure around. I would like to go on a road trip to Utah with friends, stop by Zion and Mount Timpanogus, of course, and attend GA. And see all my Utah friends!! I would like to teach [...]

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Posted in My Life | Tagged adventure, family, New Zealand, Tonga, travel, wish list | 2 Responses

Merry Christmas! (if you’re po’ this year, this song’s for you!)

I hope you are having a rich, abundant, blessed Christmas.  However, I bet some of you are po’ like I am this year. Maybe this song will make you smile, or cry. :) Hopefully, you can find some other kinds of riches in your life today. I hope you all enjoy this song, it’s not actually a [...]

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Posted in Christmas/Winter Holiday Music | Tagged Christmas Music, Dolly Parton, family, love, lyrics, music, video, Wishes for you | Leave a response

My very own Honest to Goodness Christmas Letter, 2008

Short version: Dear Friends and Family, The truth is, I’ve done some cool things this year. I’ve accomplished some things I am proud of. I have people in my life I love. The other truth is, I’m kind of stuck on this wanting my own family thing, and the passing of time is making the [...]

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Posted in My Life | Tagged cat, Christmas Letters, family, friends, Granddad, holidays | 5 Responses

Advice to myself after Thanksgiving

I had one of those rolling around mornings where I woke up, laid in bed, started to think about getting up and then drifted back into dreaming. Rinse, repeat. Eventually when I was more awake, I started indulging in one of my bad habits which is imagining that I can go back in time and [...]

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Posted in Essays Epiphanies and Reviews | Tagged advice, art, exercise, family, food, friends, happiness, health, improv, love, mom, music, support, travel, traveling, yoga | 2 Responses

What I want in a guy/dude/man/luvva/hot potato (hot potato?)

What do I want in a guy? Respectful of other people’s space, property, feelings, thoughts- appropriate boundaries A willingness to work through problems and get over things An ability to be light and playful and funny A priority on relationships and family and friends, but mostly family, especially his girl Knows himself, what he likes, [...]

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Posted in My Life | Tagged family, kids, life, love, marriage, men, questions for you, romance | Leave a response

Home again, home again, jiggety jog

I’m back one day after three months on the road visiting relatives, and I already miss my family. Where are the people coming in and out of the house? Where are the animals looking so unbelievably cute? Where are the neighbors bringing over baskets of tomatoes from their gardens? What is this thin walled apartment [...]

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Posted in My Life | Tagged family, travel, vacation | 1 Response

I have lived with 101 people. How ’bout you? 102?

Dog sitting at my aunt’s house, I start wondering how many people I have lived with. I make a list… Families: Original mom and dad: 1.D 2. S Then we moved to Hawaii: 3. T (lived with my dad’s mom for awhile) Then my dad died and my mom moved back in with her parents [...]

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Posted in My Life | Tagged family, house mate, roommates | 1 Response

Bugger. Our cat has cancer

Bugger. Our cat has cancer

Suck. Our family cat has cancer. Euphrates has been looking too thin, and my mom took him to the vet. The vet said he had cancer, probably in his digestive system, and it is not very treatable. So… she’s going to let him sleep upstairs with them which he usually isn’t allowed to do. I [...]

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Posted in My Life | Tagged cancer, cats, Euphrates, family, health, natural remedies, pets | 1 Response

Much Love: This week shows why I love The Bachelor

Ok, when I started watching The Bachelor at the beginning of the season, I’m like, why am I watching this? And every time I watch, I feel like a sick, sick puppy who is only ingraining bad, bad ideas from this culture more firmly in my head. But then comes this one redeeming week. So, [...]

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Posted in Uplifting Media | Tagged dogs, family, love, popular culture, reviews, school, The bachelor, tv | Leave a response

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