-true like forever

i met the wyatts last week.
they're having a baby.
but that's not the cool thing about them.
the coolest thing about becky and cameron is how much they like each other.
novel concept right?
a married couple that doesn't just love each other but also like each other?!
so rad.

brandon's been taking me on dates lately, without the boys.
and guess what i've found-
i like him.
he laughs at all of my inappropriate jokes and doesn't mind if i burp on our way to the car.
(i sound like a 14 year old boy.)
i decided to tell him i liked him and he knew it was a bigger compliment than the usual "love you".
here's to us this february and our state of being madly in like with each other.

and here's to the wyatts- for their amazing chemistry and their female baby producing skills.
(how do they do it!!??)

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-BINGO

the bingo party this year was 1 part bingo, 3 parts photo booth and 17 parts food.
those 21 parts equal good times and plenty of tamale farts. (yooooou're welcome).
not much else to say about that.
enjoy the photo strips of some of my very favorite people:
(click to enlarge if you've misplaced your screen side magnifying glass)

us <3

the johnsons

the stanley's

kym and dave

the beavs

the greenes

the babysitters

the bowens

the cousins

ps- brandon just walked in here, looked at the pictures, and asked: "is the background suppose to camouflage the people?"
pps- i said yes. and then punched myself in the liver.

-we heart az

forecast for the weekend:
sunny and warm enough to play with the hose and an occasional cool breeze that'll keep you from going completely naked.
but a high chance you'll flirt with the idea.

-besty

i love still being best friends with the girl i pushed off a bench because she had her arms and knees tucked up into her cheer sweater, in front of a couple hundred people, during the football half time show, 16 years ago.
there was nothing to break her fall.
except for her right shoulder.
and maybe her face.
it was the greatest thing i've ever witnessed/played part in.
and worth getting in our one and only fight.
she didn't stay mad for long.
who could?
i was the happiest mustached, hefty 5'9, fellow cheerleader that gave her rides to lunch daily in my 1986 red chrysler laser (with T tops). that's the kinda friend you'll have for life.

love you mariah. thanks for the fun times in ktown. even if i was always toting around a ziploc bag full of skittles and rebelling against my 3D glasses.

-great gobs of goose shpoop!

every time i plan a trip home with the boys, i do it with the idea that brandon will stay home and work on all the projects he has that he complains he can never get to with all of us around.

and every time i plan a trip home with the boys, he ends up inviting himself and coming anyways.
he says it because he can't stand being without us for that long.
i think it's because he loves feeding the geese, ducks and seagulls at the duck pond.

my dad's a pro poultry feeder.
he makes sure everyone gets their fill and yells at the ones that don't play nice.
it's kinda my favorite thing to watch.

ps- although TOTALLY worth it- anyone got any suggestions for getting poop off my lamby boots?

-katniss and sticky buns.

i am an emotional reader eater.

notice the forming double chin.
it happened with angela's ashes, grapes of wrath, pillars of the earth and the road.
when i read stories where the characters are starving, i feed them. kind of.
i feed me- which makes me feel as though i'm feeding them.
and i feed them well.
katniss and peeta had a daily feast while i was reading the hunger games in kennewick.

enter the greatest pastry shop on the planet:

understated location.
the most incredibly decadent creations from the pastry planet gods.
the treats taste almost as sweet as this boy looks:

i want this little place to succeed.
so here's my glowing stamp of approval- as the unofficial sweets aficionado .
i'm giving it my highest rating on the scale of amazeballs.
ooooo
that's 5 amazeballs.

congrats.

1. sweet and tangy berry fruit bar.
2. my pecan sticky bun
3. my mom's pecan sticky bun
4. my dad's pecan sticky bun
(these are really hard to share)
5. a crusty/chewy/buttertastic croissant
6. a coconut macadamia nut bar on....shortbread

and

7. a warm peach turnover sprinkled with rock sugar

(so warm that the butter between the layers was still melty)

click here for directions

-suck my diabetes

diabetes blows.

since i've been home in kennewick with PLENTY of spare time, i've logged quite a few hours with my naughty Mac doing research on diabetes.

the disease that runs our home.

brandon's had so many "episodes" this past year and i'm needing some answers.

or support.

or maybe both.

ok- here's the deal.

on top of all the obvious medical stresses, i've been frustrated with brandon for what i thought were all undiabetic reasons:

-super crankiness

-constant lack of energy

-impossible to get out of bed in the morning

-rarely in a good mood in the morning

-lack of excitement

-refusal to grow his hair out

these, for the most part, are all symptoms that fellow Type 1 users experience.

so does this mean my cute little boyfriend that i met in a sociology class at UVSC 12 years ago that use to jump out of bed with a "cease the day" attitude is still in that body bound by the relentless disease?

yes!! i think so!! and i'm going to get to the bottom of it.

first thing to research: The Guardian Real Time Glucose Monitoring System.

will his insurance cover it?

will it actually help level out his highs and lows (unlike the pump)?

will he see how thick and amazing his dark hair is and try a longer style for a change?

all things to look into starting monday.

wish us luck.

i'm ready to scissor kick this thing in the knee cap.

ps- i'm dying to get to know ANYONE married to a diabetic.

if you are one, or know of someone, please let me know.

pps- don't you think 25 years with the same haircut is way too long?