139/366

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in
moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of
challenge and controversy."
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

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"A tree is known by its fruit, a man by his deeds.
A good deed is never lost, he who sows courtesy, reaps
friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love."
- St. Basil
Today my husband bought my this dwarf peach tree!

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"A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step."
- Lao Tzu

...I started therapy today...

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"Progress, however, of the best kind, is comparatively slow.
Great results cannot be achieved at once; and we must be
satisfied to advance in life as we walk, step by step."
- Samuel Smiles
just a few short months ago, this looked like this.

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"Speak your mind, even if your voice shakes."
- Maggie Kuhn

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"Hunger: One of the few cravings that cannot be appeased with another solution."
- Irwin Van Grove

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"Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding
through the ruts, don't complicate your mind. Flee from hate,
mischief and jealousy. Don't bury your thoughts, put
your vision to reality . Wake Up and Live!"
- Bob Marley

132/366

"All that I am or hope to be, I owe to my mother."
- Abraham Lincoln

Happy Mother's Day, mom

This is a snap shot of a page of a scrapbook that I made for my mom. This is her, 39 years ago.

131/366

"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're
on your own.And you know what you know. You are the guy
who'll decide where to go."
- Dr. Seuss
My husband and his sister, Sarah at her college graduation.

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Broke into the old apartment
This is where we used to live
Broken glass, broke and hungry
Broken hearts and broken bones
This is where we used to live

-Old Apartment by Barenaked Ladies

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That I would be good even if I did nothing
That I would be good even if I got the thumbs down
That I would be good if I got and stayed sick
That I would be good even if I gained ten pounds

That I would be fine even even if I went bankrupt
That I would be good if I lost my hair and my youth
That I would be great if I was no longer queen
That I would be grand if I was not all knowing

That I would be loved even when I numb myself
That I would be good even when I am overwhelmed
That I would be loved even when I was fuming
That I would be good even if I was clingy

That I would be good even if I lost sanity
That I would be good
Whether with or without you

- That I Would Be Good by Alanis Morissette
(yes, that's my hand.)

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"One of the very nicest things about life is the way we
must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote
our attention to eating."
- William Wright

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"When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it,
it's your world for the moment. I want to give that world to
someone else. Most people in the city rush around so, they
have no time to look at a flower. I want them to see it
whether they want to or not."
- Georgia O'Keeffe
Cheating again today! Another photo taken on May 9, 2008. This is my homage to my hero, Georgia O'Keefe.

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"Happiness is a Butterfly, which when pursued is always
just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down
quietly, may alight upon you."
- Nathaniel Hawthrone
Cheating today! I actually took this picture on May 9, 2008. I was behind on my photos and I also took too many really cool photos that day, so that is why I am cheating. Whatever!

125/366

"If you are bitter at heart, sugar in the mouth will not help you."
- Yiddish Proverb

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"What does not destroy me makes me stronger."
- Friedrich Nietzsche

No, this was not an accident I was in. Just saw it on the side of the road.

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"If you really want to live you'd better start at once
to try. If you don't it really doesn't matter, but you'd
better start to die."
- W. H. Auden

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"Every miracle is preceded by the ache and agony of need."
- Author Unknown

April retrospective

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"The big secret in life is that there is no big secret.
Whatever your goal, you can get there if you're willing to work."
- Oprah Winfrey

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"On this our anniversary, we may not have wealth,
but we do have each other and that is worth more
than all the money in the world."
- Catherine Pulsifer
I posted this photo for the same day last year. That is because today, it has been 14 years since Chris and I started dating. It's "dating day." This photo was taken a few weeks after we started dating, so it is also 14 years old. How cute, innocent and young we looked!

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"A new baby is like the beginning of all things -
wonder, hope, a dream of possibilities."
- Eda J LeShan

Welcome to the world, Colbie.

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"Sisters function as safety nets in a chaotic
world simply by being there for each other."
- Carol Saline

Happy Birthday, sister

since I cannot post of photo of her, I did the next best thing...

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What a day for a daydream
What a day for a daydreamin' boy
And I'm lost in a daydream
Dreamin' bout my bundle of joy

And even if time ain't really on my side
It's one of those days for takin' a walk outside
I'm blowin' the day to take a walk in the sun
And fall on my face on somebody's new-mowed lawn

I been havin' a sweet dream
I been dreamin' since I woke up today
It's starring me and my sweet dream
'Cause she's the one that makes me feel this way

And you can be sure that if you're feelin' right
A daydream will last 'til long into the night
Tomorrow at breakfast you may prick up your ears
Or you may be daydreamin' for a thousand years
- Daydream by Lovin Spoonful

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"When women are depressed they either eat or go shopping.
Men invade another country. It's a whole different way of thinking."
- Elayne Bossler
Who takes photos in the dressing room? Me, apparently. I bought both of these tops. I am all about the faux layered look.

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"Beauty endures only for as long as it can be seen;
goodness, beautiful today, will remain so tomorrow."
- Sappho
did you know that cilantro has flowers? I didn't either.

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"The world needs dreamers and the world needs doers.
But above all, the world needs dreamers who do"
- Sarah Ban Breathnach
This is what I do all day at work. While people are complaining in my ear, I just color.

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"We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing,
while others judge us by what we have already done."
- Henry W. Longfellow
Horray for me. But, I just got this at work today. A little late, seeing as its 2nd quarter 2008. But hey, it's nice to be recognized.

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"The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of all pleasures."
- Marquis de Vauvenargues

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"All our progress is an unfolding, like the vegetable
bud, you have first an instinct, then an opinion, then
a knowledge, as the plant has root, bud and fruit.
Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
our cherry tomato plant!

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"It takes courage to grow up and turn out to be who you really are."
- e.e. cummings

self portrait with messy hair & no glasses

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The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad
for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.
- Isaiah 35:1

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"I've learned from experience that the greater part of
our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions
and not on our circumstances."
- Martha Washington

107/366

"The idol of today pushes the hero of yesterday out
of our recollection; and will, in turn, be supplanted
by his successor of tomorrow."
- Washington Irving

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no quote needed for this one...

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"In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous."
- Aristotle

104/366

"The decision to have a child is to accept that
your heart will forever walk about outside your body."
- Katherine Hadley

bonus photo:

These photos are from my cousin's baby shower today. See more here.

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"Scrapbooking fills my days - not to mention my
living room, bedroom and closets!"
- Author Unknown
This is the card I made today for my cousin's baby shower.

102/366

"It's good to have money and the things that money can buy,
but it's good, too, to check up once in a while and make
sure that you haven't lost the things that money can't buy."
- George Horace Lorimer

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"Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful.
But not knowing which to do is the worse kind of suffering."
- Paulo Coelho

100/366

"Life isn't always beautiful, but its a beautiful ride"
- Author Unknown
same tree, 2 months later

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"The older I grow, the more earnestly I feel that the few
joys of childhood are the best that life has to give."
- Ellen Glasgow

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"Masquerading as a normal person day after day is exhausting."
- Author Unknown

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"A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own.
A gang is where a coward goes to hide."
- Mickey Mantle

96/366

"Welcome anything that comes to you,
but do not long for anything else."
- Andre Gide

95/366

"Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored."
- Aldous Huxley

see more orange IKEA items here

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"The difficulties of life are intended to make us better, not bitter."
- Author Unknown

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For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy
shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
- Psalms 128:2
A blossom on one of our orange trees. We have 3 citrus trees. One lemon & two orange.

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"The one function that TV news performs very well is
that when there is no news we give it to you with
the same emphasis as if there were."
- David Brinkley
Gotta love breaking news in your own neighborhood!