sisters and carrots.

firstly, some things that cracked me up:

hah. right.

who likes peeling and slicing [by hand; not food processor] carrots??
raise your hand. heh.

that girl enjoys pulling the smolder all too often. the second picture we took had us both smiling, but she wanted me to post this one instead. ;)
anyways, those carrots . . . are something you don't want to make more than twice a year.
butter, brown sugar, a dash of salt. carrots, with all the nutrients simmered out of them.
oh boy.

p.s. my laptop's power jack got fixed yesterday by my brilliant brother, ben. i'll have to post some pictures and the story sometime soon. ;)

i ♥ sisters. they're flippin' amazin'.

lyddie says she was thinking about flynn rider's smolder here. can't you tell. lol. :)

lyddie: what's the difference between mexico and new mexico?
me: ......let's google it.
lyddie: [huge smile] yeah! because i don't wanna go downstairs and find the meaning in the encyclopedias that weigh 100 pounds!
me: ...do we have any of those?
lyddie: of course. [wink] ...IF you piled them all together, i'm sure they'd amount to about 100 pounds.
me: or more than 100 pounds.
this is us at 11pm.
not too crazy.
yet.

lyddie, brushing my hair with water [because that's what siblings do when you've had a hat on all day because you didn't feel like putting hair crap [aka gel, wax, mousse, whatevs] in it, and now you've got hat hair and it's splendid]

me: ow, that hurts. i think you scraped my scalp over there. [gesture]
lyddie: oh, i'm sorry boss. i'll try not to do it again.
me: um...that's alright, [ahem] employee. just don't do it again.

lyddie: yeah, you don't look too good.
me: thanks.
lyddie: you're welcome.

lyddie: your hair! it looks exciting! [to you ignorant folk who haven't seen megamind, this is a quote from there that she uses often on me.]
me: um. sure.

rach, lyddie, me.

lyddie: i shouldn't be telling you this, but we [beka and me] had a very, ahem, personal talk. like, i'm saying so personal. . . . i almost cried.
rach: wow, personal, huh? [cracks joke about personalness] so personal...you can't even tell it to yourself. lol.
lyddie: hey, that wasn't a funny joke, rachel. beka's solemn. not laughing. so solemn, like a pig that doesn't get any food.

i love siblings.
have i said that before?
i love my siblings.
except for when i hear, after my hair has been mussed beyond all recognition of seeming like this-is-a-sane-person, such dreaded words . . .
lyddie: where's a camera?

lyddie, putting a pony tail --a tiny one-- in my bangs as i type, distracted from reality.
me, in pain: ow, that hurts! that hurts too much!
lyddie: it's ok. pain for beauty. [gets tiny mirror] wanna see how you look? beautiful. juuuuust beautiful. ;)
me: i can't even see me.

p.s. another blog that features siblings and their awesome hilarity is ladaisi. it's one of the things that got me hooked on her blog. :) :)

link love. and life.

simple ideas. elegance. but nix the cat. i'm not a cat person. lol.

hmmm. open shelving against a fresh wall of a wonderful color. rugged table. mismatched seats.

remember that snowy day to-do list from january 12? well, i did make those cookies . . . they were good.

how to be interesting [in 10 simple steps].

unfocused capture of me and a cousin's little guy. :)

in which [love looks like] a mess.
another emerging mummy post. it's all just gorgeous. and unique. and precious.
♥

coffee. little ones. yeah.

the link below sounds like something to try out . . . :)

homemade pop tarts.

love this song right now. on repeat.

sunday morning january roads. forgotten manual focus. freezing cold.

turning 27: stacey nicole.
a grounded, refreshing point of view.

yesterday, i woke up and it was blizzarding out. heh. i just invented a word, didn't i?
so i painted. and made green tea. [mostly because i was getting so tired of the too-dark espresso roast by st. arbucks. almost like brewing charcoal...] did my laundry. wore a comfy hoodie in the perfect color all day. and today i finished said canvas . . .
i'll have to update the canvas painting section of this web blog of mine someday soon . . . :)

i'm thankful for the building of trust in my Abba.
i'm thankful for breakfast blend that we picked up at the grocery last night.
i'm thankful for technology, even though freezing computers are not my idea of a fun half hour of time.

teahupoo. i'd like to know how to say that.

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just. breathtaking.
so stunning. 9/10 of the way through it, my mouth is just slowly falling open, involuntarily.  

eight days after christmas.

january 2.
the camera was finally picked up, once again; forgotten no more.
hah.

it was a monday.
cold, windy, and slightly nasty.
okay.
slightly is a nice little word i've been using a lot lately, mainly in favor of my love for sarcasm. ;)
but . . . we were nice and warm in the kitchen. because that's just how kitchen are.
right around 12 or 1, we went up town with mum and lyd; mum had something --a surprise-- to show us.
turns out, there's a hallway waiting for an experimental, awesome-for-experience mural by justin and me. :)
we're going to start on it one of the next times he comes to visit.
we're kinda excited. :)
so after we discussed it with mum, her friend flo, and flo's friend kelly, the owner of most of the building, i took justin and lyd on a walk down the street to get some hot coffee and show justin our town's cute little knick-knack, gifts, cards, kitchen stuff and wine-filled coffee shop.
we got to the doors, and beheld the most horrible, saddening sight.
brown paper in the windows, and on that, a dreary message sharpie marker:

closed until january 7. going out of business sale starts then.

even though it was windy and cold and we wanted to be warm, i stood there just staring for a minute.
i probably said "i can't believe this!" a dozen times.
eventually we started off to warm up in the library for a bit before heading out for the last 4 blocks home.
the library was closed. duh. january 2. only the day after new years. :P
so we walked home. freezing.
i brewed coffee right away, and we warmed up right nice after that . . . even though it was nearing 2 and justin and jacklyn were planning on leaving right around then because of the 6 hour drive home.

jacklyn the cutie was ready to go home to see her grandma [visiting over christmas, but lives in another state] and new puppies. :)
i have not a clue what time it was when this was taken . . . but after she took her bag out to the car, it was still probably an hour before they left.

 chillin' outside . . . literally.

 not quite so chilly.

awesome photographer of the weekend. ;)

his face in this picture makes me laugh every time. :)

another shot of the awesome photographer. heh. heh. :)

lyddie was trying to get something in the kitchen, and told us to move.
so we did. to the back door. hah.
many amusing things, looks, and words were said between us and the rest of whoever walked by us.
a lot of laughing went on. and that's the best way to say see you later. with lots of laughing.

yet another gift.
:)
they left around 3:30pm . . . and . . . cue my post: a few random things from today.

just a note:
my dell is in need of some fixing, therefore no more posts after this, at least i can't promise. lol. might be something random if i do. it might be a week before it's fixed. never know.