pumpkin carving
Muah ha ha, I shall carve the pumpkin better than I anything I have carved before! *cackle* For some reason, I thought this was really cool.

freedom from vaccinating
“I believe that parents who don’t vaccinate their kids are denying their children essential medical care and should have them removed from their parent’s custody ASAP.” Can I just say that this is the stuff that scares me to death about having children? It’s not the pregnancy or the labor or the hard work or money, but it’s the thought of potentially having to fight to keep my children (or out of jail for that matter) everytime I make a decision that should be mine and my husband’s alone and absolutely no one else’s choice or even business. Here’s the thing. I don’t have much of a

quote on the “soul” of God
“If the universe is the artwork of God, it must tell us much about what kind of a “soul” God has and what this creation reflects of God’s inner life. I spent many hours trying to understand God from observing nature and humans’ sensitivity to it. One of my first observations was the colors in nature and our ability to perceive them. The universe could have been designed in black and white. On dreary, black-and-white days, we feel depressed. Places where there is little sunshine and long dreary rainy spells occasion more frequent incidents of severe depression. Even the birds respond to bright, sunny days. The trees outside my be

27th birthday!
Yesterday was my 27th birthday. I am now officially “late 20s”. !!! I had a wonderful day– lots of birthday wishes and a few phone calls and texts! I had already picked out my brithday presents a few weeks ago (Moleskine, Stabilo fineliners, and some makeup from E.L.F. and Coastal Scents) but my husband surprised me with some things anyway. He brought me fluorescent green daisies (how cool are these? and my favorite flower),

The Mystery of the Missing Trash Can Lid
(Or Why You Should Not Get a Stinky Husband) I go outside to check the mail, Stinky Puppy in hand to take for a walk, when I notice our trash can knocked over in the front yard, half on the sidewalk. It’s windy outside, so this makes perfect sense. (But really, what kind of story would this be without a setting?) However, there is no lid to be found. I look all around the front yard, the neighbors’ yards, and the parking lot, but the trash can remains elusive. I’m pretty annoyed at this point because Stinky Husband was supposed to take the trash can from the curb and put it into the backyard on Friday, but instead, put it on our front stoop. I check th