tongue cleaner

everywhere i go i leave a toothbrush. really, it is any toiletries. for some reason i always forget to check the bathroom the morning before i leave, things always get hectic with packing and goodbyes and the next thing i know, someone is calling me to ask whether i want my toothbrush and other forgotten items sent home. my mom has noticed this trend and called me out on it. i'm not sure i even noticed it until she pointed it out. regardless, because she is the world's most thoughtful and considerate human being, the other day she bought numerous toothbrushes and left them in the upstairs bathroom. since i was excited they were new and looked very modern, i took one on my current trip and have been utilizing its capabilities. one of which is a tongue cleaner on the back of the toothbrush head. so now the insides of my cheeks are exfoliated while i brush my teeth (two for the price of one) in addition to me having a handy little tool to scrape my tongue each night. totally hot. but what they don't tell you is that it tickles. my toothbrush tremendously tickled my tantalizing tongue this thursday. now try saying that 10 times fast.

these days are the worstest

i wasn't going to write because we are all so sad and our hearts are breaking and broken. but then i got mad because no one can take away good thoughts and feelings and, if there is one thing i think life is about, it is healing. so we're healing and growing and mourning together. there is beauty in that, not an easy beauty but a hard beauty - one that leaves us breathless and gasping because we have already been destroyed and need anything to hang on to, especially each other. so i'm trying to share it up and talk about my day.

sunday i went on an adventure to circuit city to purchase a new stereo. i was apprehensive about this endeavor for two reasons: 1. i just bought a new stereo two years ago and it's broken which seems wasteful 2. i didn't want to purchase another cheap thing only to have it break because i am not made of money. i picked out something i felt was reasonably priced but almost fainted when i got to the counter, heard the actual price with everything included, and then accused the cashier of "hidden charges." he alleged this was not true. sometimes a girl has to be a little feisty. hidden charges or not, my new pretty stereo was installed and i have been rocking out for the past few days since i have not only a cd player but can also hook up my ipod. wowza. yay for music in the car again!

You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.

~Mohandas K. Gandhi

it's all in the family

think george and nancy were the only ones to tackle guitar hero with a seriousness rivaled only by professional musicians?

think again, my friends.

(don't let my cousin's smile fool you)

we play nicely with (some) blood relatives

our cousin and her family came early the other night so chopin josephine had not yet been taken to the kennel where we decided she was better off with numerous little people about our house for the next few days. after three hours of pleading, i decided that i could get the dog from down the hill and, if i carefully held her, the kids could at least pet her because she really is so cute and soft. wonder of wonder, miracle of miracles, chopin came inside, sniffed the children while they stood quietly, then laid down sweetly and let everyone calmly pet her. i was shocked. after about 5 minutes she let out a quiet growl, without a nasty face, and was then escorted back outside after being lovely in every way.

since chopin was not at the house today, our attention turned to roxie. after being bribed with numerous carrots, apples, and alfalfa, roxie came out of her cage and played with everyone the majority of the day. and i can't imagine it is easy being petted by 6 hands all day long. my cousin's youngest baby is 2 and she and roxie had a lot of fun contemplating each other while the rest of us watched happy feet. roxie also very sweetly nibbled off travis's hang nail, which he decided really had been bothering him. what loving pets are in the bell house these days!

uno, dos, tres

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flowers for you

backlog

i have been sickity and doing a lot of this:


so i've not been posting but i have tons of lovely posts so i'm just going to post a ridiculous amount today. hooray.