Subject: Women will be begging you to stay in your bed for another portion of love.

From: "Barney Calvert" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 10:27:12 -0800

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we gave the universe one out- if grant found a job he loved before springtime, we'd stay put. even though we wanted to go to cali really bad, and even though grant had been looking for a different job for a long time.
i bet that block is not nearly as big as i remember it being, but i remember it being quite a trip.
Buoy

seriously though, my closest friends are: fun, real and honest, good, entertaining, in love with life, a little crazy, down to earth, deep, and incapable of bs.
goal: peaceful nights, productive days

and i think i'm done cutting kits for a while.
me, 1982

ready to share the love. tao
valentine's day preparations

breakfast: i always have two eggs and salsa. always. i don't really get sick of it, and it would really stink if i did because there's not a lot out there for breakfast. actually, when you are at your ideal weight and ovulating regularly you can have any kind of whole grain hot cereal without a problem. you know, steel cut oats, etc. i am not quite there yet. berries and grapes are pretty low on the glycemic index and i have those, too. oh and i love cottage cheese with fruit.
lunch: whole wheat pita with tuna or deli meat or a big salad with grilled chicken. 

but let me tell you, that's not how it will really go. i imagine most kids will want to stay home and play computer games, but their moms will make them come and so they'll grudgingly put on a some church pants and skirts. so i was wondering if you could help me know how to bring the romance back into our modern life? it's not really that important, no matter the dress or the menu, we just want the kids to come to feel the spirit of the temple. but it's like you said, anne, when you don't use your imagination to make life beautiful, "how much you miss."
well, as it turns out, it was me who needed her the most. i think if the test of the greatest among us is the one who will be the servant, than penny wins in this house...ok, animal people...i get it. i really really get it.

i spent a few hours organizing my yarn and needles into that armoire. 
where are neighborhoods like that anymore? with bushes big enough to hide in? and kids that go around the block together all afternoon? and normal sized houses? and the old winkfields next door? ok, i don't need the winkfields. but i'd sure love to give my kids the rest.

i'm loving babies & mamas, sunshine, happy rooms, and cool colors
it transported me back in time to simpler, sunnier days, and it's been making really happy to stare at today.

i think they are so cute. i love her litte handwriting. and she is beyond excited to pass them out. some other projects she and i looked at but didn't get around to (of course) from martha (of course):
snacks: NUTS!!! i would die without nuts. i love roasted almonds, cashews, peanuts. i also love those roasted edamame. they taste like nuts even though they're not. and nuts taste really good with a few slices of swiss cheese also deli meat slices, celery with peanut butter on it, a few whole grain crackers with cheese, beef jerky, sugar free snack packs, stuffed mushrooms, hard boiled eggs, string cheese, protein bars, crudites, and more NUTS! 

and then i found myself a mother. funny, i thought i'd teach awhile longer and have grant all to myself and save some money.  is this MOLLO
but the main thing i love about this picture is tree cover you can see in the upper right corner. that's how it was all around the block. even on really hot days you could find a great place to play in some serious shade. everyone had a huge tree or trees somewhere on their property, and bushes, and ivy, and a great variety of things. the only reason we had those young trees on the corner was because my mom sold our big palm tree to some palm springs landscapers, ha!

again, happy things.
what a few hours on a sunny day can do for you...

hey my little family,
different boyfriends came and went through all this, some i thought i could marry, some i was mad at myself for hanging around, some that broke my heart. 

cate chose these pretty little traditional valentines cards from bunny cakes. i love them.
do you have to be obsessed with yarn and needles and hooks like i am to think that is the most inviting little space you've ever seen?