Look what Sonja found in World Market...hahaha

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Google it!

I dig GOOGLE'S page today :)

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After all that rain!

I thought the sky was so beautiful last night.

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Fish fact

@queencityvegan In the past 50 years,

fishers have exterminated 90 percent of large fish populations.

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I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind.

Some come from ahead and some come from behind.

But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready you see.

Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!

~Dr. Seuss

nom nom nom... the birthday boys!

The average american does more to reduce global warming emissions

by not eating meat, eggs, and dairy than by switching to a hybrid car.

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When we say things like "people don't change" it drives scientist crazy because change is literally the only constant in all of science. Energy. Matter. It's always changing, morphing, merging, growing, dying. It's the way people try not to change that's unnatural. The way we cling to what things were instead of letting things be what they are. The way we cling to old memories instead of forming new ones. The way we insist on believing despite every scientific indication that anything in this lifetime is permanent. Change is constant. How we experience change that's up to us. It can feel like death or it can feel like a second chance at life. If we open our fingers, loosen our grips, go with it, it can feel like pure adrenaline. Like at any moment we can have another chance at life. Like at any moment, we can be born all over again.

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"Don't waste your moments with people who don't deserve a moment of your time!" -@KanyeWest

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Left to Right: Charlie (6), Sonja (10) and Karly (13)

Blair Elementary School had a fundraiser at Rita's Italian Ice last night, so I took the kiddos :)

"What it all comes down to, Is that I haven't got it all figured out just yet, I've got one hand in my pocket, And the other one is giving the peace sign" -Alanis Morissette :)

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Life's not a bitch- life is a beautiful woman.

You only call her a bitch because she won't let you get that ____

Maybe she didn't feel y'all shared any similar interests,

Or maybe you're just an asshole who couldn't sweet talk the princess.

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Quotes

I may still not know what I want to be when I grow up, but I know that someday I want to live in a house filled with my books and travel souvenirs. And the walls that aren’t covered in bookshelves will be covered with photos of my family and friends. When I leave the house I will be going to a job I love, and I’ll return to a person I love. So, that’s the dream I’m working on...

to tell you the truth I don't have much to offer. But I'll still give you everything I've got, even if it's barely a thing at all. I'll give you late nights, long hugs. Someone to talk to, someone to care for, someone who will always be there. A hand to hold, somebody to lean on. And if that's not enough, just know you have all of me. I hope that's enough.

we live in a crazy world, and if you want to get through it with your body and soul even a little bit intact, you with your body and soul even a little bit intact, you might as well be crazy yourself. It couldn't hurt. And it just might help.

Being twenty- something is all about taking it in: eating it drinking it, and spitting out the about being fearless, and stupid, and dangerous, and unfocused, and abandoned. It's about being in it, not on top of it" --- Jodie Foster, Yale University, 1993

"There are some things that I'll never understand. I'll never understand the goosebumps I get when first stepping into hot water. I'll never understand the dreams I have with strangers in them, people I've never met or seen. I'll never understand how a person can keep going back to the ones who hurt them. But what do understand is that once we do understand everything, the world loses its shine. Curiosity killed the cat, but the cat had nine lives."

there will come a day when you'll feel like shit and you'll want to give up on this life and everything else when that day arrives save yourself some trouble and don't do a thing just take a nap.

there is an inner beauty about a woman who believes in herself who knows she is capable of anything that she puts her mind to There is a beauty in the strength and determination of a woman who follows her own path, who isn't thrown off by obstacles along the way. There is a beauty about a woman whose confidence comes from experiences; who knows she can fall, pick herself up, and move on. comes from experiences; who knows she can fall, pick herself up and move on.

I need someone who can keep up with me. I want someone aggressive, who pushes me to my breaking point where I just wanna scream. someone who will tell me that I'm not always right, and that sometimes I have to apologize for what I do wrong. I need someone who's gonna set me straight because no one has ever cared enough straight because no one has ever cared enough about me to try.

here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The trouble makers. The round heads in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules, and they have no respect for the status-quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify, or vilify them. But the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do." see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do."— Jack Kerouac

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If you can't laugh at yourself, life's gonna seem a whole lot longer than you'd like What do ya do? You What do ya do? You laugh, you know. I'm not saying I don't cry, but in between... I laugh between... I laugh-Garden State

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:)

Fall in love, or fall in hate Get inspired or be depressed. Ace a test or flunk a class. Speak the truth or lie & cheat. Dance on tables or sit in the corner, Life's divine chaos Embrace it. Breathe & enjoy the ride.

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Today, I'm 23. Gasp.

Today is my birthday. Doesn't really feel like it... but my license says it's trrruuue :)

Love this song

loveyyyy

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"But if all of these dreams might find their way into my day to day

scene I'd be under the impression, I was somewhere in between.

With only two, just me and you,

not so many things we got to do or places we got to be,

we'll sit beneath the mango tree now, yeah it's always better when we're together."

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"The standard diet of a meat-eater is blood, flesh, veins, muscles, tendons, cow secretions, hen periods and bee vomit. And once a year during a certain holiday in November, meat-eaters use the hollowed-out rectum of a dead bird as a pressure cooker for stuffing. And people think vegans are weird because we eat tofu?" - vegan bodybuilder Robert Cheeke

Change your diet, change the world.

VEGAN BAKED ZITI

DO YOU EAT FISH??? READ ABOUT THIS...

Sonja being goofy whenever we went to go pick strawberries @ Lewis Farms!

Flaming Amy's

in my opinion is a good place to eat... with kids too!

I get the "Big Ol' Bowl"

I honestly have gotten a different mixture everytime.

But I always get WITHOUT cheese/sour cream... WITH black beans.

Click here for Flaming Amy's Menu

Caroline Mulligan and I at the beach :)

CLICK HERE: LOVE THIS SONG

There's still enough of the good stuff to go around

^^Yumminess from Tidal^^

They have a salad bar type thing!

You can drop by and grab your lunch quick :)

M: "u yelled at me for no reason, & then u walked away. & now u show up here."

D: "Of course I showed up. Why wouldn't I? u don't trust me?"

M: "I do."

D: "Ok, well this is how it works. u fight sometimes & somebody apologizes."

M: "Well, how am I supposed to know that?"

D: "u've never done this before."

M: "No, I've never done this before."

D: "From now on, u can expect that I'm gonna show up. Even if I yell. Even if u yell. I'm always gonna show up. Ok?"

M: "Ok."

-Grey's Anatomy

I’m starting to realize, maybe the reason we live; is to change someone else's life.

"At some point during almost every romantic comedy, the female lead suddenly trips and falls, stumbling helplessly over something ridiculous like a leaf, and then some Matthew McConaughey type either whips around the corner just in the nick of time to save her or is clumsily pulled down along with her. That event predictably leads to the magical moment of their first kiss. Please. I fall ALL the time. You know who comes and gets me? The bouncer."

no matter how hard life is sometimes, u have to keep breathing, the sun will rise again tomorrow, & who knows what the tide will bring

A lotus is born in the muck and mud at the bottom of a swamp, but when it emerges on the surface of the water and opens it's petals a beautiful flower appears, unstained by the mud ... ♥

But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you. Matthew 5:44.

Don't pray to have a more easy life. Pray for being a stronger person.

Unless you're ready for your own judgment,

Don't do nothing before you judge yourself.

You see me around and everything that I do...

Guess what dawg - I've seen you too.

But I don't judge how you live your life

cuz I know we're all trying to get by

You see me around and everything that I do

Guess what dawg? Jah seen you, too.

~ S.O.J.A

"Truth is, everybody's going to hurt you.

You just gotta find the ones who are worth suffering for."

-Bob Marley

Start to think it could be fizzling out
Kinda shocked because I never really had any doubts
Look into your eyes imagine life with out ya
Imagine life with out ya
And the love kick starts again

come on lighten up, i'm only being a total asshole

"So just kiss me, and let my hair messy itself in your fingers. Let me steady myself in the arms of a man who won't ask me to be what he needs, but lets me exist as I am." -Jewel

clean all the things

"Stitching up boys is different that way / You fix a bird, you buy a cage / You fix a man and he flies away."


^I like this... it's weird but... I like it!

hahaha

I LOOOOVE THIS......




hahaha this makes me laugh.....

I'ma nut, you're a nut, we're all nuts! :)

"You ask people why they have deer heads on the wall. They always say, Because it's such a beautiful animal. There you go. I think my mother's attractive, but I have photographs of her."
-Ellen DeGeneres

"Of what use are all your sacrifices to Me? I have had enough of the roasted carcasses of rams and of the fat of fattened beasts. I take no pleasure in the blood of calves, lambs and goats . When you spread out your hands, I close My eyes to you; despite however much you pray, I will not listen. Your hands are full of blood! Wash yourselves clean! Put away your misdeeds from before My eyes and stop doing evil."
-Isaiah 1:11, 1:15-16

"An estimated 85 percent of all U.S agricultural land is used in the production of animal foods, which in turn is linked with deforestation, destruction of wildlife species, extinction of species, loss of soil productivity, mineral deletion and erosion, water pollution and depletion, overgrazing, and desertification." -Dr. Michael W. Fox, Agricide

"Vegetarianism is a way of living consciously on the planet." -Amy Smart

Wow, does anyone remember... TROLLS?!?!?!

Saw this on a site and thought was cute...

Relationship Maintenance.
One of the best things about a date is getting to know someone new. Since you already know your boyfriend or girlfriend, date night gives you the opportunity to learn more about each other, to learn what new opinions you’ve formed (or changed your mind on), or to tell each other new stories and ask new questions to find even more to love. A lot can happen in a week, and Friday or Saturday nights out are great way for David and I to reconnect after 5 days of mismatched work schedules. Chatting to each other face to face sometimes reminds us to tell a funny story or joke that we forgot about while we were catching up over cooking/cleaning/watching TV. Date night takes the focus away from all the other “stuff” going on in your life and puts it on just the two of you, and strengthening your bond

The whole... "article"


"She had great brains, you could tell she went to college." -The Situation (Jersey Shore)



Talk to the hand (puppet).
This week on Big Brother

Read more: http://jezebel.com/5629830/5-things-you-may-have-missed-on-tv-this-week/gallery/?skyline=true&s=i#ixzz0ybdmfKgx

Life’s tough. Get a helmet.

I found this funny...
I'm not sorry, I'm vegan



Put a raincoat on, and pop that pill. Also, get tested. Because like they say in The Hangover, “that sh*t will come back with you.”

College at my own pace - what's wrong with that?
^I agree, I always feel like I'm way behind everyone else... because people have either:
1. Already graduated college.
2. Started grad school.
3. Graduated from grad school.
4. Gotten pregnant. (married & unmarried)
5. Had their 3rd child. (married & unmarried)
6. Gotten engaged.
7. Gotten married.
8. Have their big boy/girl jobs
9. Moved away... and most have come back (because Wilmington, NC is that flippin' awesome... I know I'm bias, but who cares)
10. Just chilled and somehow have the money to just... well... CHILL!

BUT... oh well! That's life... we all take different paths, and some things aren't for everyone... but the only one that I'm truly jealous of... that I did NOT put on that list is... TRAVEL THE WORLD... :) I still would like to do that.

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Okay, random rant... Don't poke me on Facebookdotcom.......
I’ve come to the realization that poking someone either means A) You’re horny or B) Your horny and the poke button is closer than your Maxim magazine. It’s the oddest thing that it has come to that, but take the physical motion in consideration. It’s poking. Poking has only been “funny” in Superbad when ‘boop’ was birthed into pop culture. You can’t send that same message via Facebook. Poking it for people that want to get some. Don’t do it. Unless you want to get some, I guess.

first generation where children die before their parents

In the mid-to-late 1920s and '30s, the age group at which 20% of the population was obese was people in their mid 50s. By 1986, that group had become people in their early 20s. That was almost 25 years ago, and the age of the obese has continued its downward spiral, leading a UK House of Commons select committee to draw their conclusion in 2007 that "this will be the first generation where children die before their parents, as a consequence of childhood obesity." -Wrightsville Beach Magazine (Aug 2010; page 25) ( Click here to read the entire article pleeeease )

"Over the past three decades, childhood obesity rates in America have tripled, and today, nearly one in three children in America are overweight or obese. One third of all children born in 2000 or later will suffer from diabetes at some point in their lives; many others will face chronic obesity-related health problems like heart disease, high blood pressure, cancer, and asthma." -Click here for more GREAT info from "Let's Move"

A lot of people aren't sure if they're "overweight" or not... and some people think that they are overweight, but they're actually "normal" now... I have to admit, America's view of "normal" is not exactly what I would recommend as "normal" but here is a site for that... Click here

Now... please note that you shouldn't pay attention to only the scales... use your common sense... other things factor in as well.

Click here to use the BMI calculator for ADULTS

Click here to use the BMI calculator for teens/children

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YOU are what you eat.

RIVERFRONT FARMERS MARKET INFO (times/location/etc)

Do you want to start going to the Farmer's Market but you don't live in Wilmington... or you don't know if there is one that is closer to you? Check out this link...

Click here to find your Farmer's Market

Some of my Farmers Market findings...

My friend Zoey Zapple's son Jameson is a tree hugger ;)

SEE you can NEVER be too young ;) teeheehee

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Be my guest; rain on my parade.

But I have the biggest freaking umbrella you have ever seen.

To laugh often and love much; to win the respect of intellingent persons and the affection of children; to earn the approbation of honest citizens and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to give of one's self; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to have played and laughed with enthusiasm and sung with exultation; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived - this is to have succeeded. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

You know, some people say life is short and that you could get hit by a bus at any moment and that you have to live each day like it's your last. Bullshit. Life is long. You're probably not gonna get hit by a bus. And you're gonna have to live with the choices you make for the next fifty years. -I Think I Love My Wife

dinnnnner

Gluten free pasta, kale, red bell pepper, onion, zucchini, carrots

mmmm I think that's it? haha... Yummy!

Most Awesome - Good Dogs - Watch more Funny Videos

Only a few find the way, some don’t recognize it when they do; some… don’t ever want to. -The Cheshire Cat

Maybe it did take a crisis to get to know yourself; maybe you needed to get whacked hard by life before you understood what you wanted out of it. -Jodi Picoult, Handle With Care

All I ask is one thing, and I’m asking this particularly of young people: please don’t be cynical. I hate cynicism, for the record, it’s my least favorite quality and it doesn’t lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you’re kind, amazing things will happen. - Conan O'Brien

Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there someday. -Winnie the Pooh

A hundred years from now, it will not matter what kind of car I drove, what kind of house I lived in, how much money I had in the bank...but the world may be a better place because I made a difference in the life of a child.

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feeling old. really, not really.

This was Thursday 9/2/2010 when I picked up the kids from school to go to the doctor. They go to Blair (my elementary school) and Noble (my middle school) and being there always makes me feel so old.

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Craigslist, thanks for the laugh.

Click on this to read a hilarious Craigslist ad.

cute

"Now I lay me down to sleep I pray for a man who's not a creep, one who's faithfu smart & strong & not afraid to admit smart & strong & not afraid to admit he's wrong. One who thinks before he speaks, promises to call & doesn't wait a week. One who'll make love to my mind & know exactly what to say when I ask "How big is my behind?" One who'll love me 'till no end & never compare me to my best friend. Now Lord I'll just sit & wait because I know you will send him before it's too late AMEN!" Lord I'll just sit & wait because I know Lord I'll just sit & wait because I know you will send him before it's too late. AMEN!!!!"

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yep

"Never get tired of doing little things for others.

For sometimes, those little thing occupy the biggest part of their heart."

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True Life: I'm addicted to PostSecret.