Go green

A couple of weeks ago mom sent me an email saying she thought it was a good idea to start recycling and composting.  WHAT?!  Holy shit! I was totally excited, then thought maybe she was fucking with me...  "mom are you serious?  If you are then let's do this shit!"  She was serious, thanks urbangardensolutions.com.  So that weekend we got online, found some cool ass recycling bins and started researching composters.  The recycling is a piece of cake; finish, rinse, recycle, bam you're done.  This composting thing is a bit trickier but I think we're making head way.  We took Rowen on his "special day out with grandma and aunt tiff" to Sam's, lucky kid, and we came across two composters.  One was 100 bucks and HUGE, maybe a bit too much for us, the other was $40 and perfect for the backyard. "So should I go ahead and put this one in the cart mom?"  Typical mom said, "I think I'll come back for it, I want to read about it some more." Oh for christ's (I'm showing ownership that's why there's a 's) sake.  Then she turned around and said, let's just get it.  YES!!!!  So excited, so excited! Happy happy dance. I pick up the box, wow it's a little heavy but nothing these guns can't handle, and the fucking bottom falls out, hits the floor with a loud crash.  My goodness, that's not the one we want as my face flushed bright red from causing attention.  I gently push the cardboard box back around it's inhabitants and grabbed another one, let's go mom.

I'm hoping today I can set it up and start reading the instructions, I'm a lesbian that reads instructions; if you want it done right, do it yourself AND read the instructions.

Wish us luck!  Go green.  

Queso!

Now I know what queso means!  As a vegan I've had a very difficult time saying good bye to the delicious chips and queso.  So my inner fat girl started thinking today...  and I came up with my very own recipe for vegan queso.  Oooh my --- you know, like Usher.   I used some cashew cream, added some daiya cheddar "cheese", and then threw in a little salsa.  I made a huge plate of nachos using soyrizo and my god, life was good.  My pregnant sister and her unborn daughter were in heaven.  Sari is going to be one huge vegan baby when she's born.  Muhahahahahahaa!  My plan is working!  

These are so cute!  They’re 9/16” peach button plugs with a 5/8” scarlet gum “flare” button on the front.  I’m quite excited about this pair!

Check out my etsy shop to find something you like for yourself or contact me if you have something in mind I can help you with.

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Changin'

Hey everyone!
   I just wanted to let you know that I've been doing a lot more of my blogging on tumblr.  It's more interactive and I can really get my plugs out there this way.  Please, please feel free to follow me there if you like.  Get one of your own too!  It's a lot of fun.


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I will come to post here from time to time though.  :)

Colorful Colorado

Rowen turned 2 on Saturday!  Hot damn!  So we pulled out Gabe's birthday decorations from last year, dusted them off and threw us a little party!  Friends and family came to celebrate the day, brought presents, and hung out for birthday brownies and vegan chocolate chip cookies.  Think there were any cookies left?  Of course not!  Vegan rules ALL!  I love love love my nephews.

On Tuesday I had the sisterly responsibility of following Mandy to the mechanic and driving her and the boys back after the new soccer mom van was fixed.  We packed up the boys and headed back to Aurora to wait it out.  Gabe was convinced that he needed a Happy Meal (which he hardly ever gets) just because the last time he was at the car place he got one.  Wow, now that's one hell of a memory for a 3 1/2 year old; we have a boy genius here.  So we stopped and got the boys happy meals; Mandy and I, however, preferred something a little more refined and opted for noodles, mmmm, noodles!  The noodles we were going to I had a little anxiety about.  I feared that a former middle school classmate, who has tried twice to befriend me on facebook and has been politely ignored, was in there. YIKES!  Fuck you Aurora, why is it that everyone who goes to school in Aurora stays in Aurora?!  I avoid places I know people from high school work still, is that terrible?  Well I don't give a fuck, we weren't friends then so why would we be now?  So Mandy went in and got the food while I hung with the boys, she came back and said it was clear, she wasn't in there.  Whew!  But that leaves me with still not knowing where she manages Noodles.  Ugh.  I shall continue to tread lightly. 

Best quote of Tuesday goes to Gabe.  While helping me pick up poop, he runs with the shovel of poop to the trash can, takes the lid off, and says "Bye, go be with your family" to the turds as they roll off into the trash can of "family".

Went out to spend some time with my friend AJ today.  We headed to Barr Lake, the fresh air, the 4 mile walk, and time with AJ were just the cure for the weird mood I had been in the past couple of days.  While out and about at the lake we found and watched 4 bald eagles and a butt ton of deer.  I knew I loved animals but I was filled with genuine excitement at each animal we came across.  I had a really great time.

Today is day one of my cleanse/detox.  Things are good so far, we'll see if it continues that way, as I'm quite afraid my inner fat girl is going to have an objection and soon.

Good day lads and ladesses.

Bad Jew Jew

Hahahahahaha!  That's just a play on words, it's supposed to be 'juju.'  Get it?  Please forgive me for that unless you thought it was funny then laugh on.  

So many people have so much hate in them, really, it's overwhelming the amount of hate and negativity around.  I'm not going to sit here and pretend that I'm a saint and I'm never hateful or negative but I try my hardest to stay in a good, positive space.  For anyone and everyone that knows me, knows that I speak in length about 'the pain body.'  I was introduced to the pain body in Eckhart Tolle's book 'A New Earth.'  In the book he talks at length about it and I want to share a few quotes from his book, "...it thrives on negative thinking as well as drama in relationships.  The pain body is an addiction to unhappiness"  Have that friendship or relationship with someone that is drama filled and you can't seem to get away from it?  Hello! It's your pain body fueling up, staying strong... it's toxic to your life and happiness.  "If there are other people around, preferably your partner or a close family member, the pain body will attempt to provoke them-push their buttons..."  Cut that shit out, do you recognize in yourself that you do this?  You just have to say that one tiny, passive aggressive comment, you just have to make sure you get that one little comment in?  You're giving your pain body strength and in return you are remaining unhappy even if you don't know it.  "Some people carry dense pain bodies that are never completely dormant.  They may be smiling and making polite conversation, but you do not need to be psychic to sense that seething ball of unhappy emotion in them just underneath the surface, waiting for the next event to react to, the next person to blame or confront, the next thing to be unhappy about.  ... They magnify the ego's need for enemies."  Wow, wow.  My point is, everyone has a pain body and everyone can relate to some of this in one way or another.  Either you like to give the pain, receive it, or both.  You can manage your pain body by recognizing it when it shows itself; recognize it everytime.  

Here's to being happy and fighting the pain body within me.  That's her beef, not yours; you're vegan.

The little engine that could...

Last week while farting around on etsy I stumbled across someone's shop and felt instantly inspired.  They make their own buttons with perfectly adorable pictures in them.  They are cast resin buttons...   that's right guys, I'm hopping on that boat! My mind was immediately running wild, I could come up with so many ideas, SO MANY!

So I've done my research, I went out and bought the new things I would need, I was just so excited, I dove in head first.  Instant gratification? Ugh no.  This part of the design process and crafting is incredibly disheartening.  You try so hard to nail it perfectly, you can see the end result in your head and it's just perfect, everything you wanted it to be... it's just a crock of shit kids.  It takes time, patience, and determination to get that end result.  At this point in time I'm still knee deep in it, I'm cautiously optimistic, and I'm going to keep swimming, just keep swimming.  

So these are my little minions so far, and by minions I mean buttons.  Am I taking on too much?  Have I lost my mind?  Am I dreaming too big?  Good god, I'm not sure.  Everyone, please, please, keep your fingers crossed that my process continues to move gayly forward otherwise be prepared for, well I'm not sure about that either.  

A little too Debbie Downer?  I'm reading you loud and clear... I have ordered my business cards and they are on their way!  Hot damn!  Everyone will be getting one and I don't really care if you don't want one.  :)   

I'm off to work a little bit on my 'old fashioned' button plugs.  Keep your eyes out for the new ones posted.  

Signing off,

 The little engine that could