Fish Guys

Tanner is the cutest, sweetest, best guy in the whole wide world. I feel lucky to be his gal! Malachi and Dominic are always excited to see him, especially at the pool where they can be "fish guys."

Venus Fly Trap

Early this summer Tanner brought home some Venus Fly Trap plants. I'd never seen a real one up close, so it's been fun caring for them. They really are a peculiar species and it's a strange concept to wrap one's head around, a carnivorous plant? Doesn't really make sense.

I worked from home the other day, attending meetings and completing paperwork. I noticed a movement out the corner of my eye and when I moved in closer, I saw the one of our plants had captured a victim and was in the act of eating dinner! Poor daddy long leg didn't know what he was getting into...

Tofu Cutlets

Tonight's Menu:
Tofu Marsala Cutlets and Seasoned Asparagus

Happiness. I am so proud of myself for cooking a yummy dinner and not messing up anything! Tanner gave the meal a thumbs up. Of course, asparagus is his favorite.


These are the tofu cutlets prior to being covered in a sumptuous sauce. Click on the picture for the recipe!

fresh flowers

Pretty, pretty flowers my sweet boy brought home from the farmers market this morning. <3

fashionable automobiles

Recently, my dad informed me that my car needed a new boot.

To which I replied, "I didn't know cars wore shoes?"

This statement was followed by a disapproving nod, "Alexandra."

After receiving the news that my car would be needing new "footwear" I took my car in to the new auto repair shop my family's been utilizing and had the work done. I failed to call around to receive estimates beforehand, however afterward I learned that this simply is not a cheap task.

A car shoe cost me $275.49. I nearly passed out when I heard the total.

I won't spend more than $50.00 on a pair of shoes for myself.

I think I'm going to invest in a bike.

Take Time to Smell the Roses

I love roses. Very much! Here is a late bloomer, strikingly beautiful!

are we there yet?

I have the worst sense of direction. At any given moment, I will not have the slightest idea of where I am spacially or geographically. One would think this condition would be frightening, and I suppose at times it can be, but I think I've grown accustomed to being lost that it no longer phases me. One would also think that after a certain period of time, I would gain some sort of spacial understanding. But, alas... here I am, somewhere over there.

Sometimes I will drive around in circles, aware that I have been in the exact same spot moments earlier, but uncertain of how I ended up back in the same spot or how to get away from that spot and to the desired spot.

And sometimes when I go places, everything just looks the same. I know I haven't been there before and that it is in fact a new location, but it just seems so familiar.

I'm at a fork in the road - so to speak - again. Trying to figure out which path to take. I don't really think there is a wrong choice, but for some reason, choosing is immensely challenging and at times overwhelming. I want to keep busy. I want to make people happy. And I want to invite change - to inspire a seemingly stagnant and apathetic generation.

I graduated college almost three years ago. I still haven't found a career and don't know what I want to "do" in the job sector. Except, maybe go back to school. But then if I go back to school, what exactly will I pursue? Is there training for a change-seeker?

I have to confess that it is extremely comforting to talk with an accomplished individual in an established career who still has no idea what it is they want to do... or where to find meaning in life. Even though it appears they are where they wanted to go. They took all the right turns and stopped at all the stop signs (I tend to ignore those with white rims, they're optional, right?) and made it into the nice parking lot where they were greeted by the friendly, soothing words "you have reached your destination" (I'm more familiar with the agitating "you are going the wrong direction, turn around" - and I'm often wishing that floating cloud from Mario carts will come and pick me up and point me in the right direction...).

I suppose no matter where we are in life, there will always be a yearning for something else. And no matter how well mapped out the directions are, we're bound to get a little lost along the way. And no matter how many times we circle that choice, we will still ponder as to how we got to that place to begin with. So, do we just sit back and enjoy the ride?

Have you ever ridden with me?

...just saying.

Grasshopper

I don't know what it is about this house I am living in, but the strangest critters find their way INSIDE. Last night I caught this guy flying around: