A boy and his marmot friends – seriously….so amazingly cute. is this even real??

Bill Gates annual report for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation – it’s amazing how much they’ve been able to accomplish when running a charity like a business. inspiring!

findation – this website is so cool (for girls!)!!! it tells you what shade you are in other foundation brands if you tell it the shade you are in the brands you already know.

I’m not a look a like! – people who look like they could be twins or at least related…but are NOT!

Scammers write poorly worded emails to intentionally weed out smart people – oh that makes sense now

and a couple of videos…

Engaged: The Invitation (so funny if you’ve planned a wedding!)

Paperman – a sweet short story nominated for an Oscar. You’ll see why!

How blind people dream

In honor of my new age…I’ve come up with 3 goals. (because there’s no way I could accomplish 33 goals!)

1. Eat 101 salads. I love Mark Bittman and I’m so inspired by this list of salads. Each salad takes 20 minutes or less and offers enough variety that I won’t get bored. It will help me to eat healthier, bring my lunch to work more, and sort of cook since I’ve pretty much stopped cooking since having Emma. I also want to try buying the ingredients for my salad at the local farmer’s market each week.

tomato, watermelon, basil, goat cheese, and vinaigrette

2. Start a Project Life scrapbook. Watching the video is probably easier than having me explain it. I’ve been reading a lot of bloggers who do Project Life and love it and it really got me excited. Especially this blogger. Her PL spreads are so amazing! I really wanted a way to capture photos for Emma. I remember flipping through my family’s photo albums and how fun it is to reminisce. So much better than looking at photos on the computer! And this method of scrapbooking seems very straightforward and not as time consuming as a typical scrapbook. I’ve already ordered my binder and pocket protectors. I’m actually going to do one focused on Emma’s first year and if I like it a lot I may start another one in January focused more on our whole family. I would love to do an album for every year but that may be too ambitious. Anyways, I can’t wait to start!

3. Open an etsy store. I’ve had a lot of ideas of what to sell but I’ve never actually gone and tried to sell anything. Even if it’s just one product and nobody buys it, I would like to open up an Etsy shop before I turn 34.

Aside from these physical goals…I also want to remind myself to try to better myself always. I need to be more patient. To enjoy each moment in the present. To love and cherish boyrobot and babybot to the fullest. To appreciate my parents who are aging way too fast. To become braver and make new friends. And to be more genuine and thoughtful towards all relationships in my life.

And because these pics made my day…random photos of Emma!

I just love how he got everyone involved! Def brought tears to my eyes :)

My favorite ones were Dooce’s and Finslippy’s. These were laughing out loud funny to me. I also noticed that most birth stories contain a moment of wishing for death at some point. ugh!

This one from the blog Enjoying the Small Things is probably one of the most famous birth stories on the web. I remember reading it awhile ago and never has a blog post made me cry so much!

And I like this simple birth story by Design Mom just for the sheer fact that she says labor is not her favorite thing. And she has done it both with and without an epidural. I kind of feel like a lot of unmedicated births are made out to be this crazy life changing experience that every woman should have but actually it just sounds like a lot of pain. I think epidural or not, pushing a baby out of yourself is quite an accomplishment! Most women have told me that it’s more relaxing and enjoyable to have an epidural. I honestly don’t think I have the endurance to go for a long labor without an epidural so I’m pretty sure I will be getting one. I hope at least to labor at home for as long as possible before going in though but this is my first baby so I may get freaked at the first sign of a contraction!

I used to be so scared of labor to the point where I thought maybe I won’t have babies. I mean I’m the girl who still has all of her wisdom teeth because she’s scared of getting them removed. Hello! Removing a baby from my nether regions sounds about a million times worse! But here I am and there’s no turning back now. I have been trying to look on the bright side and remember that I can’t stop being pregnant until this day comes (I hate being pregnant!) and it’s been the light at the end of the tunnel for me. Oh and of course getting to meet little Emma ha ha. :) It’s so weird to want and dread something so much!!!!! Especially as the end keeps getting closer…

PS. I promise all of my posts won’t be about babies ;)

Beautiful wedding story

Father comes homes from Afganistan disguised as Captain America

And this made me lol:

Is it possible to run a marathon without training?

Wozniak on the death of Jobs

Steve Jobs was always kind to me – Brian Lam, former Gizmodo editor apologizes for the iPhone 4 prototype debacle

Steve Jobs narrates the crazy ones ad that never aired

Wired’s obituary by Steven Levy – very detailed and in depth

Steve Job’s Forgotten Life-Saving Legacy – had no idea he was responsible for the organ donor option on our driver’s licenses

four very small stories about steve jobs

Westboro Church announces protest of Steve Jobs funeral….an an iPhone

10 unusual things I didn’t know about steve jobs

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Girl gets bumped on her bike by a car – turns out she’s a cop and the guy who bumped her is a really dumb drug dealer. good read!
Okie noodling (fishing with your hands) – I had NO idea this was a pasttime in OK! random note: the blogger is the wife of my hs class president and she’s super famous in the blogging world! weird!
Transparent kayak – wow, this is so awesome. all kayaks should be transparent!!
Clockbusters (guess the movie based on 3 pictures) – pretty fun if you’re a movie buff
Best Oprah emails to Opera the browser – a little late but worth reading still!
Far side comics reenacted in real life – one of my favorite comics :)

Anybody else have this problem…???