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Hello beautiful woman.

Nice stump.

Also, the mini arm is rather charming.

Does anyone want one of these? They are posters (13×19) I made for the wards in my stake and the laminating did not work out like I wanted. So they are in different stages of laminating distress, meaning the laminating peeled off of the front or the back or both. But they are still beautiful posters.

They have the yearly scriptural theme for the the Young Women on them.

If you live in the valley, you know who you are, we can meet and I can just give one to you. If you live somewhere else and want it delivered, would you, could you, possibly pay for shipping? We could figure it out using paypal.

I have five. I have one left.

If you are interested email me at makayla (at) makaylachristine (dot) com.

I know I am doing a decent job when Gentry pushes his friend off the stool, starts crying, puts himself in time out. Then when I go to see what has happened, he is telling the the friend not to talk to him, he was naughty and is now in time out.

My soul delighteth in the things of the Lord; and my heart pondereth continually upon the things which I have seen and heard.
2 Nephi 4:16

The photo is Count Me Downfrom rebeccamissing’s.

:: hearing my baby snore and knowing who he learned it from ::

:: little running shoes so a small guy can go faster ::

:: small friends to share the afternoons with ::

:: aunts who listen and really care ::

:: learning a little boy is not being naughty when he is just being a little boy :: also learning a little boy is not being naughty when he is just being spiderman ::

:: having spiderdman at my house to protect me ::

:: spending an hour in the toy section touching all the buttons ::

:: falling asleep while touching toes :: knowing he will always want to fall asleep with me, that way ::

Aren’t these gorgeous? They look like frozen hearts sitting on glass pedestals.

They are early inhabitants of an area near Antarctica that has been disturbed by an iceberg and are called tunicates. “Australia’s Aurora Australis and collaborating vessels L’Astrolabe (France) and Umitaka Maru (Japan) have returned from the Southern Ocean, their decks overflowing with a vast array of ocean life including a number of previously unknown species collected from the cold waters near the East Antarctic land mass.”

Read the entire article and view all the pictures here.

Isn’t this beautiful. It is the inside of a little crooked house. All angles, beautiful lighting and architectural detail, just a few of my favorite things. View the rest of the home at TNA.

As part of the greening up of my home, I have started switching to green products as I run out of their environmentally unfriendly counterparts. I have made several switches lately and am pretty happy and feeling the good karma of doing good for the Earth.

I think the turning point for me was when I finished watching the Planet Earth Series on DVD, which are gorgeous and amazing. At the end, there is a small documentary about protecting out Earth and the effects of the things we use everyday on the environment. Really, I had no idea what was going on. There was a total disconnect between the chemicals I use everyday and the way they wash out of my house, into rivers and finally into the oceans.

So, here are my latest attempts at saving the world.

I just switched to Wintree Laundry Deteregent, which you can get at Costco. It cleans my clothes spectacularly and smells like Heaven on a sunny day. I like it more than any other laundry detergent I have used, and I cannot keep my face out of the laundry while I am folding it.

I also recently found CleanWell via Ohdeedoh. CleanWell is an all-natural hand sanitizer with Ingenium – a formulation of essential herb plant oils that is renewable. There’s no alcohol in CleanWell but it kills 99.99% of germs naturally. It’s now a staple in our diaper bag – a squirt or two after a round on the playground when no soap and water is in sight. We like that CleanWell doesn’t make your skin feel dry and it has a great citrus herb scent. You can get it at Target. It also appeals to the little designer that lives inside of me, with its visually simple layout and package design.

As I try out other products I will let you know what I think.

For about 10 years I have been having dreams where I have to strategically run out of my house as fast as I can. I am being chased and I don’t want my follower to know where I am going. So I do a lot of running behind things, around houses, not corners.

I am always running from someone, not always the same someone. These dreams progress and end differently, but always are the same in that I am trying to escape, and I will do anything to get away.

I think I finally figured out who I am running from, it is not jj. I mean, obviously. In last nights dream this person came to my house and would not leave. I went to the neighbors after I was completely weirded out by the intruder and called the police.

In my everyday wakeful mind, I have played this out several times. What if the person comes over and wants to have the talk and I will not let them in? What if things get out of hand?

I would protect myself and my family.

I would.

My dreams have always been very repetitive and very true to life. I have dreamed things that have actually happened, I have dreamed things that have been little formulas to be worked on and figured out. But my dreams are always spot on. I trust my subconscious dreams as if they are a dear friend with only my best interest at heart.

I must be trying to work this one out as well, however, I think I have come to my conclusion. If the situation ever arises, I know what I will do.