holding back

this is what happiness looks like :)

my little niece bridgette

february 2011

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i can't seem to sit still

this is very confusing

p.s. thank you for warming my feet :)

and for allowing me to invade your personal space, it meant a lot...

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it's pretty cold here in sacramento

i just realized i forgot to cover our vegetable garden at school, i hope our vegetables will survive this frosty weekend

everytime i think about our broccoli i feel so bad (sorry sweet pea, chard and kale!!)

i was supposed to put a tarp over it on friday but my mind was somewhere else that i didn't realize it until tonight

like i said plants and nicole don't mix

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such witty lyrics

"when your lucid you are the sweetest thing

i would trade y mother to hear you sing"

sweetest thing, camera obscura

positivity

phuket

2010

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never underestimate the power of kiddie germs. i learned that lesson the hard way on wednesday when i found myself with a temperature of 100 degrees.

overheard last week:

"i had a bagel with a lot of butter

you'll explode if you had that much butter"

salvador, age 4

"my dentist would be mad if i had that kind of breakfast"

sofia, age 4

while waiting for his ride, rex (age 4) looks up at the sky and told me that he loves rain because rain makes the flowers grow.

everyday i hear something new :)

christmas in the philippines -- i can't wait

have a nice weekend.

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sayonara nostalgia

bittersweet
last walk of the year...
061710


buckets and buckets of tears
multiple hugs and "i will miss yous"
6 months from now i will just be a vague memory. miss a---? a teacher from the past that took them for walks, held their hands and read them stories.
"please keep in touch" an empty promise that i know too well.

on a happier note, i am excited for the big change in my life. i feel like the timing is just right. i am nervous and giddy with anticipation at the same time. slowly but surely i feel like i am back to where i was 5 years ago.

homeward bound in 12 days

on repeat: kings of leon and phoenix

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"i change shapes just to hide in this place but i am still an animal"
miike snow
animal

follow the arrow...

i have spent too much time worrying about trivial things, waiting for phone calls, second guessing myself and thinking that having someone "special" defines me as a person. this time i can truly say that i am happy with myself, i am satisfied with my life, i am surrounded by people who i love and who loves me back. their love is enough to last me a lifetime. what more could i ask for?

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dizzying heights
4//25/10
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fools
the don't know
what they're on about
those fools
don't get my dreams

and I want it, I want it, I want it
and I want it, I want it, I want it
all
when you can't wait
to watch me fall
-fools, the temper trap