[ the moment you've all been waiting for ]

[ groceries will cost 45% less... ]

If you want to see how far your money would go in another city, try out this Cost of Living calculator from CNN. Jessica... I'm moving to Houston. But seriously, housing, 70% less! And groceries!


But I suppose there is something to say for paying the extra.... and it looks something like this. Thanks Adam A. Palmer for taking awesome pictures :)

[ Happy Birthday to Me ]

Just in case you were wondering, this is what 30 looks like.
A fire hazard :) They actually put 30 candles on the cake. So thoughtful.

Some of my birthday loot.

Beautiful and delicious breakfast by doug. yum. jealous, aren't you?
And thanks for my sun dress grama (as modeled in the picture)

I think i got them all... i wonder if i'll get my birthday wish...

[ happy birthday alli! ]

and hope you liked your's your present... might be the best one yet :)

[ old to you... new to me! ]

I finally got a new car! I've been searching and searching and I have been wasting soo much time (and doug's too and he's about had it) and looked at about 40 cars and i finally found one i felt ready to buy. here she is. a 1999 honda accord. she's practically brand new inside, even with the new car smell :) it's automatic, so that's a bit strange, but i'm sure i'll get used to it. And there are some scratches on the outside, but that's ok with me. Only 63K, one owner and it has a sunroof! Yeah! Can you tell i'm a little excited? Mahalo James in Hawaii Kai for wanting a brand new one :)

[ five of us ]

my new desktop image. it makes me smile every time i see it. because i remember that cassie and alli were fighting over whose arm goes where. and even jake is smiling.

[ butter ]

this is part of doug's magic diet plan. it must be magic because i don't know anyone else who can do this on a regular basis and still get skinnier. he goes very heavy on the butter on everything. like it has to seep through his toast. he's started dipping his chocolate chips into it. what? who does that? he also drink a lot of salad dressing from the bottle. a lot of it. like it's juice. and he's so slim and trim. i think maybe he should market this new found magic diet.