• reticence over loquaciousness
• large words with simple meanings
• the smell of clean blankets right before bed
• the culdcept saga (video game)
• the soft sigh at the end of john wayne gacy, jr
• studio ghibli films
• 'arry potta (hufflepuff!)
• my best friend playing his guitar
• having everything organized just so
• christmas lights twined around headboards
• hot tea at any time of the day
• the nightmare before christmas
• warm days of wide open blue skies
• the legend of zelda: ocarina of time
• learning to master zero waste

but the two that always makes my day:

• a hot cup of loose leaf tea

• kaleidoscope with spin base
• the danish girl (movie)
• the king's speech
• anything studio ghibli

blogs i enjoy perusing:

• http://thebloggess.com/
• http://greenindyblog.com/
• https://zerowastechef.com/

in my car:

• stainless steel water bottle
• 16 ounce mason jar with cozy
• 32 ounce large glass jar
• small blanket
• cutlery set with chopsticks, knife, butter knife, fork, & spoon
• cloth napkins
• reusable grocery bags
• reusable produce and bulk bags
• wooden basket to keep it all in my car

in my bag:

• stainless steel tea thermos
• 16 ounce mason jar with cozy
• cutlery set with knife, straw, chopsticks, fork, & spoon
• cloth napkins & cloth hankies
• beeswax wraps
• a good book!
• a dark gray bag to keep it all near me

• everything is illuminated by jonathon safran foer
• looking for alaska by john green
• extremely loud & incredibly close by jonathon safran foer
• the memory keeper's daughter by kim edwards
• a heartbreaking work of staggering genius
• the rules of survival by nancy werlin
• the heart is deceitful above all things by jt leroy
• where the sidewalk ends by shel silverstein
• mysterious skin by scott heim
• go ask alice by anonymous
• the perks of being a wallflower by stephen chbosky
• the memory artists by jeffrey moore
• fear and loathing in las vegas by hunter s thompson

• june 6 2010 met
• dec 23 2010 married
• october 2011 pregnant
• june 1 2012 baby born
• feb 21 2013 moved states
• feb 22 2013 moved back
• aug 2014 began temp work at a printing press
• nov 2014 printing press hired me
• july 2015 received a $1 raise!
• january 2017 promoted to office
• august 23rd 2017 little one started full time kindergarten
• october 2017 started surrogacy
• june 12th 2018 transfer date
• september 21 2018 - identical twin boys!

• her space holiday - japanese gum
• bat for lashes - what's a girl to do
• imagine dragons - radioactive
• placebo - meds
• the weepies - gotta have you
• sufjan stevens - john waynce gacy jr
• slint - good morning captain
• her space holiday - my girlfriend's boyfriend
• placebo - song to say goodbye
• the kooks - seaside
• cake bake betty - song of the sea
• emily haines - bottom of the world
• folk implosion - wet stuff
• bat for lashes - daniel
• alela diane & alina hardin - matty groves (child 81)
• guano apes - quietly
• murder by death - shiola
• blackmore's night - cartouche
• tears for fears - head over heels