Smoggy Top Ten

The weather is drabby and smoggy here in Utah.
Let us brighten up things with a top ten.

SUCCULENTS

i don't remember where i found this picture, but it is such a great representation of the variation found in succulent plants... so whimsical.

HOUSE BEAUTIFUL

My brother sends this to me every month. I'm busy carpooling, noisy kids in the car, reach into the mailbox, and there it is... steal a moment with a tall ice water and a bag of salt and vinegar chips and cuddle up to reading the house beautiful smorgasbord.

PICTURES

I love old pictures, but especially when they're of my ancestors. The clothes are awesome, the expressions timeless, and the rarity of that moment in time captured is priceless.

Boyack's

William Jairus Keith

A PLACE

A quiet place that is my own to create and be me.

REMOTE CONTROL

My favorite part about this remote...

the skip forward button.

I can watch shows in half the time.

A MOMENT

A surprise when I turn my head and see my wee baby pulling books out of the basket and reading with chubby legs and all.

FOODS OF INTEREST

silver sprinkles

chocolate chip cookies

veggie pizza

SHARPIE PENS

I am a spazz at taking notes. I have pages and pages of doodles, notes, names, important and non important info. I love these sharpie pens- they are bold, but not too thick... sturdy, yet soft, and always dependable... I sound like I'm describing Chris.

OLIVER'S WIT

"Mom, I can't believe I'm alive, and I can't believe that this is a real place."

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"If Tade goes to heaven, then we get a dog!"

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"Remember when mom used to not let us watch Spongebob?

That was a nightmare!"

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"Now, mother of mercy, now will you work?

It's working! Chinese apple here I come!"

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"Mom, it's really fun to be alive."

MUSIC

Among being a note taking spazz, I am also a music spazz. I love creating mixes to fit my mood. The following are the subdued mixes I created. I have some more upbeat jazzy music also in rotation, but these more mellow lists seem to fit the weather and time.

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Autumn Loudspeaker

Cibelle- Green Grass

Kings of Convenience- I Don't Know What I Can Save You From

Sarah McLachlan- Dirty Little Secrets

Death Cab- Summer Skin

Keren Ann- Lay Your Head Down

Aqualung- Pressure Suit

Natalie Walker- Crush

Ingrid Michaelson- Morning Lullabies

Melpo Mene- Jedi

Ivy- Edge of the Ocean

Radiohead- In Rainbows

Emily Jane White- Wild Tigers I Have Known

Psapp- Hill Of Our Home

Emilie Simon- Desert

Beirut- A Sunday Smile

Imogen Heap- Can't Take It In

Lykke Li- I'm Good, I'm Gone

Zero 7- Warm Sound

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Winter Loudspeaker

The Dandy Warhols- You Were the Last High

SiA- Breathe Me (Mylo Remix on Single)

Sebastien Tellier- Look

L.E.S.- Artistes

Bon Iver- Re: Stacks

Kate Havnevik- Sleepless

Joshua Radin- Only You

Jem- It's Amazing

Climber- Viper Pit

Zero 7- In The Waiting Line

Matthew Santos- Love Sick Fool

Azure Ray- No Signs of Pain

The Whitest Boy Alive- Golden Cage

Jeremy Larson- Immovable

Tori Amos- A Sorta Fairytale

Sigur Ros- Godan daginn

Glen Hansard- Everytime