"Nothing says "i love you" like cheap tacos." or cupcakes...

Valentines day cupcakes!

I send "i love you" text messages when I'm upset...

This week has and hasn't been particulalry interesting in the world of Maren (Its a small world after all who would've guessed?)  We had some large water maine break in Azle, thus leaving the town/suburb folk without useable (you can hardly call it a city) city water for some time. So without water to drink or flush with the school closed down good thing yes? (really yes and no) I enjoy waking up late and having time to exercise and relax, in general I like the feeling of not being at school and having to worry about school things (like the SAT *shudder*) but when left to my own devices or left alone in my head for too long things become self absorbed and the bigger picture or scheme of things gets lost. Bad Idea. So there I was driving home from practice feeling all absorbed in my self and my teenage problems thinking about how I completelty suck at interacting people. Thats just one of my main insecurities I just think I'm a ver socially awkward child and that people and I just don't mix together. As I'm sure you well know thinking of ones insecurities does not promote good feelings of any kind, infact I was becoming more and more distressed. Well when I feel this happening I try to think of all the good things in life (A.K.A puppys, rainbows, kittens, etc.)  and I thought of my sister Claire who never fails to make me smile and who is always shamazing me in many ways. Then I thought of all the silly things we've done or said and suddenly I was very distracted from myself. I appreciate my sister's existance, thanks heavenly father.

oh that i was born a free spirit

We got a new dishwasher today, our old one was leaking all over the floor. So mom and dad come home with this biiiiig box (it would totally make a sweet pirate ship or fort) and mom looks at me looking at it and she says to me "when you were a kid you would have loved playing in that box." or somthing along the lines of that and sadly i was thinking much the same thing...kind of...except for i still wanna play in the box...and I'm 17. Life is good.

Letters to Jack

Its a well known (or maybe not so well known) fact that Jack works at redcliff assent and while he can recieve e mails and text messages (I'm sure.) writing letters have become our choice of communication. It is a rather strange thing getting a letter in the mail thats not from a college, or a bill, or complete rubbish. Recieving good mail is actually really cool because its for you from somebody else wanting specifically to tell you somthing, like a secret message without a code. It makes you feel important ya know? At any rate... Jack may not show it or ask for it but at this point in his life he really needs love (specifically from his family.) It was strange to hear from him, opening up to us in a way he hadn't for years (or really ever twords me) and it was when i opend that first letter that my heart turned to complete mush. He expressed to me that he wanted to have a relationship with us again, a real legit family relationship and that he didnt trust himself to make good friends anymore. Who else did he have he asked. Writing letters really are one of the simplist forms of giving love and I think that matters alot, since we may not say it as often as we should. So ya know if by some odd miracle of chance you find a free minute i know Jack would like to hear from you even just a simple hello is awesome. ~~~~~~waves of love~~~~~~

Its not easy being tiger food...

The Life of tiger food is not an easy one...

for you see tigers are sneaky creatures and they know how to hide themselves, like ninjas! Also they strike fear into the hearts of many.

they have many disquises...

and you can never guess when or where they will strike!

             ...until its too late!

and by then not even grandma can help you.

tiger poachers, do not help.

There is nowhere to hide!

Human Sacrafice only works as long as you can catch your sacrafice, you have to be physically fit for this.

So kids if you see a man eating tiger of the sudabans, run for your life.

                                                                           ( p.s Don't carry potatoes )