• hand potato smasher
• cookware - pots/pans
• sewing machine
• cloth diapers-multi size snap on
• baby massage oil
• Britax car seat - advocate 70cs or boulevard 70 sale?
• baby safety gate
• deep dish casserole pan
• whisk
• cardigan wrap
• baking sheets
• cookie cooling rack
• subaru seat covers
• orchid plant
• casual knee high boots

~I think people tend to surround themselves with people that reflect who we'd like to be. this is a list of my people's qualities that I admire.~

• audrey: strength
• araceli: motivation
• bow: curious
• brittany: friendliness
• cali: inspiring
• corey: confidence
• dad: skill
• errick: loyalty
• fal: creativity
• grandma: contentment
• grandpa: focus
• isaac: humor
• jeremaih: thrift
• kenji: structured
• lacey: energy
• laken: courage
• laura: craft

March 2008

• Mako was driving my car changing lanes and we hit a car in our blind spot on Northern Lights blvd, at a whopping 20 mph! No damage to her car and I tiny scratch on mine. The lady then claimed "whiplash & injury on insurance". Bull Sh!$

March 2006

• Working at Fred Meyer Stephen dropped a 50lb boxed tv directly on top of my head. Re-injuring my whiplash body surfing injury. Workmen’s Compensation.

June 2005

• I had a body surfing injury at Virginia Beach; the wave literally folded me in half. The force of the wave smashed my head ...

• Pretend you've never met, then loudly try out lame pickup lines in a swanky bar. Act like they worked.
• Go on a walking journey and every fifteen feet draw a chalk arrow in the direction you're going. At the end of the trip, leave a big pile of chalk.
• Create photo evidence suggesting that you went on an adventure that didn't really happen
• Go for a drive. You can only make right-hand turns. When you finally get stuck, turn around and then you can only make left-hand turns. Repeat until you find something interesting. Take pictures along the way!
• Build forts out of furniture and blankets, and wage war with paper airplanes.
• Go to a major chain bookstore, and leave notes to future readers in copies of your favorite books

• Juneau
• Haines
• Maui
• Cordova
• Denver
• Oregon
• Salt Lake
• Montana
• Los Cabos
• La Paz
• Atlantis

• 1. Read a book by your favorite author. Take at least 15 minutes a day to just sit quietly and get some reading done.
• 2. Get up early to just breath. Relax. Pray. Take a few minutes to mentally prepare for your day.
• 3. Go to bed late. Relax. Pray. Mentally prepare for tomorrow!
• 4. Take a candle lit bath. Lock the bathroom door. This would be a good time to grab that book!
• 5. Tape your favorite show and watch it while the kids are napping or at bedtime.
• 6. Insist on a daily quiet time. Reward the kids for cooperation. Use the time to relax, read your book, paint your nails, whatever. Keep in mind, YOU are in charge and if you are parenting properly, the kids must comply to your daily quiet time.
• 7. Get a pedi or manicure. Better yet, ta...

• Holding my son
• Laughing with my siblings
• Getting butterflies
• The stars on a clear night
• A smile
• Curling up in a blanket & good pair of sweats on a cold day
• Feeling a hot drink as it goes down your throat
• Falling asleep in a warm bed in your cold room
• Sleeping with someone else :)
• Being called "sweetheart"
• Good Bear Hugs
• Singing loudly alone in my car
• Feeling comfortable
• Rainbows
• Sunset
• Holding hands
• Finding shapes in the clouds

• EG,Big E,Sweets
• I am a Subaru enthusiast at heart
• I believe in using organic & green products
• I am a mother of boy with down syndrome
• Oldest of four
• Bad stage fright
• A few natural red streaks in my hair
• I like working with my hands
• I can't live without mountains
• Cherry blossoms, Orchids, any tropical flowers
• I bought a $475 pair of boots for $100
• Road trips can fix anything
• I'm obsessed with Dansko & ShuzyQ shoes
• My love language is quality time and physical touch.
• An outdoorsy girl, thats loves to get glammed up
• I love volunteering
• I thoroughly enjoy being a homemaker & mo...

• Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got. -Janis Joplin, American singer
• Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes. -Jim Carrey
• If you educate a man you educate a person, but if you educate a woman, you educate a family. -Ruby Manikan
• That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves. -Thomas Jefferson
• It is not the function of our Government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the Government from falling into error. -Robert H. Jackson
• If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun. -Katharine Hepburn

• learn to fly fish
• Give birth naturally
• Coach a friend during labor
• Be a maid of honor
• See the intl ice sculptures
• Go on my honeymoon
• Go to a broadway play
• Plant a garden at our place
• Introduce my son to his great grandparents
• Go Geo-cashing
• Paint Pottery
• Ride the train to Seward
• Go to a drag race @ Knik
• Complete a multi-day raft trip
• Four-wheel camping
• Take a carpentry class
• Alaska Zoo
• Buy a new vehicle
• Explore the new museum expansion
• Make bath salts

• Wine
• Facial masks
• Lotions
• Soap
• Pottery
• Can fish
• Make jelly & jams
• Air freshener
• Canned powered meals
• Upholstery furniture
• Clothing
• Gardening
• Beauty products
• Skinning/tanning pelts
• Home remedies/herbal treatment (poultice)
• Bread baking from scratch
• Candle making
• Reloading ammo casings and shells
• Beer brewing
• Survival skills (filter water/build shelt...

• Making the best of basics
• ✔ Massaging your baby
• ✔ Encyclopedia of natural medicine
• ✔ Vaccinations deception & tragedy
• ✔ Itsy Bitsy Yoga
• Time travelers wife
• Crossing the rubicon
• ✔ Babies with down syndrome
• ✔ Men are from mars, women are from Venus.
• ✔ Your baby in pictures
• Smart medicine for a healthier child: a practical A-to-Z
• ✔ Speech and language development for infants with Down syndrome
• ✔ Speech and language development for children with Down syndrome
• ✔ Children with special needs
• ✔ Top 100 Baby Purees: 100 Quick and Easy Meals for a Healthy and Happy Baby
• How to raise a healthy child in spite of your doctor

• Being with my adorable sons
• The love of my life; Makoto
• Butterflies
• Children giggles & smiles
• Candy with hazlenut or peanut butter
• Subarus
• A good love song
• New york cheesecake
• Dansko shoes
• Fast & Furious dvd series
• Soft warm socks
• Someone playing with my hair
• Bubble baths
• Painting Pottery
• Orchids
• Soft fluffy blankets
• Puppies
• Planning events
• Massages
• Long drives for no reason

Hiked

• Eagle River Nature Center
• Winner Creek
• McHugh Creek
• South Fork
• Mt. Baldy
• Flat Top
• Coastal Trail
• Hatchers Pass
• Ptarmigan Lake
• Thunderbird Falls

Hike

• Gull Rock
• Bear Mt.
• Turnigan Arm
• Crow Creek
• Lost Mountain
• Pioneer Peak
• Archangel Valley
• Campbell Vreek Canyon Trail

• ✔ Rumrunners
• Double Musky
• Ginger
• ✔ Crow Nest
• ✔ Haute Quarter Grill
• Sullivans
• Wings & Things
• ✔ Northern China
• Seven Glaciers
• ✔ Sugar Spoon