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by the end of this post, you are going to know almost all the least important things about me.

and that is pretty much a promise.

got the idea from my favorite blogger, emily...

but hers wasn't as obnoxious as mine is going to seem.

i found it best to start with my greatest fear.

don't judge me.

i know, they are small and supposedly more afraid of us than we are them, but i'll tell you now...

this theory has obviously not been tested on me.

i'd prove it wrong.

it's a little bit of an exaggeration when i say i could be watching tv in the living room and see a spider on the ceiling in the bathroom on the other side of the house...

but that just goes to tell you that i have an eye for spotting them, but i have to if i want to save myself from the dangerous, scary little shits... ick!

it only seems to make sense that i find my happy place after sharing my not so happy place.

i hate winter.

why i am still in iowa, well, i blame on my family. they are here and not leaving anytime soon... or ever.

and so i can't just up and leave.

but summer,

i love summer in iowa.

not too humid.

it's just right.

best part about summer is laying out, catching some sun.

and when i say lay out, i mean ONLY laying out. 

i will pay the $12 to get into king's pointe water park to just lay on a chair... no lie.

ok, sometimes, but very rare, do you find me on an inner tube on the lazy river, but still even then the most that gets wet are my legs, butt, and hands.

as much as i love summer
fall is my favorite time of the year.
a lot of it has to do with the changing colors of the leaves...

...but most of it has to do with the change in wardrobe.
and i think i can say that for every girl in iowa. 
i love when legging, boots, and scarves can be worn.
and its pretty much my outfit every day in the fall, winter, and beginning of spring.

ok i have a some minor major issue issues.

i like to call it collecting.

others might say it is hoarding to some degree.

but most people say i am a shopaholic.

i love those $5 bins at walmart.
oh, and black friday movies for $1.9?
movie heaven.
i'm going to have to say that all 171 movies came from walmart.
well, besides the select few that were gifts,
but they more than likely came from walmart as well.

willow tree dolls you can't judge me for. they really are just collectibles. (this is not all of them...) i have never spent a penny on one for myself. but i am rather obsessed with them. so, always the perfect gift for me no matter the occasion. clothing amazon.com malls they are all kind of the same thing. this was my closet at the beginning of the year. and this doesn't include the clothes in my dresser. i have added to it since. boy, is that the truth. and i'm not exaggerating when i say that in a six month period i have had 73 packages (that is not items, simply just packages) come in the mail from amazon alone. intervention? I'LL DO IT! i have yet to be diagnosed, but i'm pretty sure i have that binge eating disorder. (no, this is not a pregnancy picture) but no, really. people that don't know me, look at me and wouldn't believe that i have the stomach a five hundred pound man. well, no i don't really know that, but you get what i am saying... ...i can eat! and that is pretty much what i look like after eating, and i can guarantee that i was NOT even close to being full when i took this photo. oh the day my eating habits catch up to me... that won't be pleasant for anyone.  my idea of fun: #1 christmas 2012, keifer got me some sims 3 games, as well as, a wireless keyboard and mouse. so i hook my computer up to my tv and play sims on a 42" flat screen while sitting on the couch! i don't even play with sims characters, i just delete everything in the towns and rebuild it all. #2 ever since i was little, i've spent a lot of time at bowling alleys. my mom and dad used to bowl leagues and when i was eleven or twelve i was even on a league for a couple years. i sucked. so i stopped. but this last fall i got back into it. even got a new ball:) and just in case you were wondering what my high score is: 173. so i'm not amazing, but i'm working on it. plus that is a straight ball. few other "ideas of fun" without pictures: #3 sunday football with a drink in hand and some scratch tickets. #4 cleaning. #5 blogging! i don't care the time of day, breakfast food is thee best food. coffee is the best way to start any and every morning. whether it is with food or not, smart start to the day. but i do have to drown it with coffee creamer and twenty teaspoons of sugar. i can't eat them all the time, but pancakes are on the top of my list. but they have to have chocolate chips in them. otherwise i'm not a huge fan. i guess now is my chance to brag about how awesome my pancakes are. the twins say mine are so much better, so much fluffier than my mom's. when your children are against your cooking, that's saying something. and that is... my chocolate chip pancakes are better than yours mom! oh and keifer likes to mention how good they are to his friends from time to time. that also says something too, because i can't cook and when i try... it's close to being non-edible. i'm a girl so it should only seem normal, but it hasn't always been until my trip to texas this past december: my newly found obsession with nail polish. i never paint my finger nails, only my toe nails. the polish on my toe nails seems to last forever. but my nails, not even 20 minutes after applying the polish, i have a chip or smudge it. and as soon as i get a chip, i have a habit of picking it all off on ALL nails. so what was the point. when i graduated high school the plan was to attend hawkeye community college for the interior design program. i had the acceptance letter and an apartment lease signed. but i decided not to go and instead attend iowa central community college for absolutely nothing. this tv stand i designed first semester of my senior year in computer aided drafting. second semester i built it in  woods class. i had so much fun doing it, and i even enjoyed the complications that came with it. decorating, designing, organizing... that's my ideal career. i just don't want to do it every day and end up losing the fun and enjoyment i find in it. i hate needles. heads up... if you're going to stick a needle in me, you best be giving me a heads up. i don't want to see it. and i don't want to know when you are going to do it. but oddly enough, there is one needle i can't seem to get enough of. tattoos. how relaxing. and the sound of the gun is even better. i didn't start little or in the spot that would cause the least amount of pain. i started with 7 chinese symbols down my right side. been addicted ever since. and not that i have three or four (i added to one later), i can tell you i am not done getting them. i honestly can't see myself without a dog ever again. these two are my babies.  easton (left) and daisy (right). i got daisy for keifer when he graduated bvu almost 2 years ago. when he moved to des moines, he took her with him and i was rather lonely. so i got easton. got both of them from the same breeder. both chihuahuas. both runts of the litters. and boy, do we love them to pieces, even if easton is a little special in his own unique way;p and finally i will come to an end with what i have been living by for the last few months or so: definitely something i think a lot more people need to live by. my story is still in the very beginning.