Peaceful Snow

peaceful Snow

So I'm in a new place, almost a new world it seems. I'm in the land of deers in the middle of town, and snow that is so common that the locals groan loudly as the flakes begin to flurry happily outside the windows. They look at me strangely as I stare out the window like a child, excitedly seeing snow for the first time. My inner child leapt for joy as she considered sledding down the old hills I used to travel down so often as a child.

This place is beautiful...

But it is also a little lonely. I was so lost the first two weeks, even to start today, wondering if I'd made the right choice coming so far away from my mom and my brother and my dad, even if I was seeing other amazingly special people to me. But as I saw that snow that so many others dreaded, I felt that familiar pull that initially pulled me here in the first place. Snow and I somehow have a connection, a connection that started my love of Montana and helped my writing.

I remember the first time I stood in the snow by myself as twilight poured over the mountains and my snow-piled hill. I walked my sled back up to my house, and a new, fresh powder began to fall over the world around me. I can still see the way the street lamps casted a purplish blue, sparkling shadow on my street. The world was so quiet... so peaceful. That moment from so long ago has stuck with me in some of my hardest moments of my life. Why then did snow help my heart to calm? Because it reminded me that the ocean had started to heal me, but the snow would be my peace. I had to come where I had remembered feeling peace. So here I am.

I so look forward to seeing what God has in store for me here. I can't wait to see the amazing things He has coming. So many things fit so perfectly to get me here, and I know there was a purpose.

If I said I loved you

What if I were to say that I love you
    what would you do?
    would you laugh?
    Would you cry?
     Or would you ask why?

What if I were to say I love you?
     would you say "I knew"
     or would you push me away?
     Or pull me close and say
     that you love me too?

What if I were to say I love you?
     would you be thankful?
     Would you say I shouldn't?
      would you kiss me...
     Would you tell me that you wondered

What would happen if you were to say you loved me?
     and wondered what I'd do?
     And wondered if I'd say I loved you...

how funny that we both would wait
    and end up with someone else saying "I do"
If only we'd said, "I love you"

I am patient, but don't wait

I see you...
 waiting on the outskirts,
     afraid to show your face
don't be afraid....


I see you
   watching from the sidelines
         not sure if it is yet time
It might be time....

I see you
   jaunting up to me
       as if you were just anyone
You are someone.....

I see you...
   staring towards me hopefully
       not wishing to show your feelings
I feel something too...

I see you...
  seeing me and wanting me
       but you are waiting.
I am here...
    I'm patient

A stranger changed my heart

He was a stranger, someone I just spoke to on a silly chat room when I couldn't fall asleep, but the way we talked and the way our conversations meshed is stuck on repeat in my mind.

His tagline, or name, made me assume initially that he would be a creeper, but quickly we were talking about writing and about the world, and how we preferred optimism to pessimism. It's not often I meet someone with the same outlook on life that I have, and it was refreshing. For three hours we talked non-stop, surprising me as I realized the time had changed from 11:30 to 2:30... Even his humor, odd as it may seem to others, was hysterical to me. He made me smile and feel good about myself... it has been a long time since I felt this way, and though we exchanged emails... I forgot to write it down.

I searched the chat room all the next day, hoping and praying he would show up or our conversation would appear, but it didn't. Can one conversation really make such an impact that I would feel just a little bit lovesick over it? Silly perhaps, I'll admit, but I'm quite disappointed that I will probably never talk to him again... oh Mr. Cory, if only I had written it down... instead I am left remembering our brief conversation that just wasn't long enough.

Until next time then, I suppose.....

What do you do when...

So I haven't written in awhile, so I figure a good opener for such an occasion is a good story, so here ya go:

So I work at a kids store in a tourist town, and I've just had one of the longest, worst-people kind of days in retail. I was tired, my manager was tired, and we were ready to close three hours early because we couldn't stand another minute of the monotony or the rudeness of the people who inconsiderately kept destroying the store, or letting their kids do so.

A woman came in frantically and threw a girl's outfit on the counter and looked at me with a look of concern, "I am so sorry, but can  I leave this with you for a minute? I left my money in the car! I'll be right back. Like 5 minutes tops, ok?" she said, carting her mom-purse and 6-month-old daughter out of the store. I hold the outfit for awhile, practically forgetting about it when an amazingly gorgeous man... not man--Adonis-- walks into the store just as the sun hits the store windows perfectly. He looks around as if for a familiar or friendly face and finds me, walking over to me with hands full of bags, "Excuse me," he begins in an Irish accent, "Apparently I'm supposed to pay for something." He says with slight gruffness.

"Oh, um... the hold?" I giggle stupidly, "I mean, the little girl outfit?"
He nods as he tosses his bags onto the counter and pulls out his wallet. I can vaguely smell ocean water, and I realize he is completely wet. I try not to notice... "um, good day?"
"Oh, ya. 'Was gorgeous." He seriously shakes his hair and looks like a model. I look away as I start to blush, not able to look at a good looking man that is wet... in a kids store. *Breathe!*
I breathe, "Oh yes, very pretty out." I happily pat myself on the back mentally for speaking calmly. Then after he pays, and I think I'm safe from his gorgeousness and charm, he starts removing his shoes, and pulls out a shirt from one of his bags. He looks around and then back to me, "Hey do you mind terribly if I change really quick? I'm soaked." And then he proceeds to remove his shirt... I couldn't be kidding if I tried.

I could feel the redness fill my cheeks as I do my absolute best not to giggle like an idiot, or stare aimlessly at his perfectly chiseled body. And when I catch myself staring open-mouthed at the random Irish stranger de-clothing in front of me in the middle of a KIDS store, I quickly say, "Um, what's that Deena?" and I turn around, trying to look busy as he finishes putting his new clothes on. My boss comes up and stares at the man in confusion and then back to me.
"THanks!" The stranger says as he leaves.

My boss smiles with confusion, "Um, was that man just changing his shirt in front of you?"
"YUP..."
She nods, "And how did that happen? He just started removing his clothes?"
I nod, no longer able to contain the laughter or huge grin, "Just started removing his clothes."
She laughed, "Well that helps to end the day in a positive way."

This is a true story, by the way! :D Hope you enjoyed... I know I did. Hmmmmmmmm :)

Easy homemade supreme pizza under $5

So I keep meaning to post my recipes more often, but today I will begin again! So this is an easy recipe that I discovered one day when I was starving! :)

So my mom and I are kind of piggies when it comes to Totinos pizza, so we usually each have one of our own. So depending on how many people you are having, you can do multiple pizzas. I always end up making a lot of extra hamburger, so it would easily feed 2 more people!

So here is the list of things you need, but you can add or subtract anything you want: (this is suggested for 2 people, so add about an extra 1/4 of the veggies)


Cheese Totinos Pizza
1/2  cup chopped green pepper
1/3 cup chopped yellow onion
1-2 chopped
roma tomatoes
1 lb hamburger (you can make less if desired)
1 cup mozzarella cheese
pepper and garlic seasoning to taste


OPTIONAL: garlic clove

Preheat oven to 400.

Turn stove to medium-medium high heat to brown the hamburger. After it is initially separated and no longer pink, add about 1/2 cup water to the pan and add seasoning. This is where I cut up the garlic clove and let it simmer with the hamburger for about 15 minutes until water is totally gone.

While hamburger is simmering, start chopping veggies. I usually chop them very small so that it looks just like the supreme pizza on Totinos pizzas usually. put pizzas on a pizza pan and add veggies. Once the hamburger is done put on top of veggies and then add as much mozzarella as you wish on each pizza. Put in oven for about 20-25 minutes. I like my cheese a little browned so I keep it in a little longer than most people.

Then cut your pizza and enjoy! Because Totinos pizza has such a crispy crust, it makes for a perfectly crisp and delicious pizza that is roughly about $5 dollars to make! Hope you enjoy as much as we do!

To Mr. Right

Where are you? Whoever you are, I seriously am so ready to meet you.

To some of you I may seem crazy, but seriously after waiting a year after being with the wrong person for five years, I'm just so ready to meet Him! I see all these other people who are single moms like me, and they find good men, but for me I always use that as my excuse as to why I won't find someone... Because it scares men away, but obviously those aren't the good men I guess, or at least not the good ones ready for that kind of leap of faith. I know that when you enter into a relationship with a single parent that it means you are taking a risk... I get that. I just hope that when he comes along, that he doesn't pass me by. What I want so desperately is for him to love me, while also loving my daughter. I would love it if a man ended up meeting me when my daughter was with me, and fell so in love with her immediately...

I just feel like I'm waiting and waiting for my life to restart... I definitely know a man doesn't start your life, but I do miss having someone to love in that special way. I miss having someone to cuddle with that is taller than me instead of 3 feet shorter ;) And I miss kissing someone I love... I feel a little lost, because I feel like he is so close and I just keep missing him. I wish that he and I could just see each other and instantly know that we are meant to meet... but does it really work like that anymore? You hear about it happening every so often, but anymore? Not so much... but could it still?

I'm an overly romantic person, I always have been, and I just want someone else that is that way too, even if it is in a different way than I am. I want someone is unafraid of adventures, and someone who isn't afraid of being totally in love. I'm not afraid of being stupidly in love, I guess I'm more afraid that the person I fall for won't catch me once I really fall for him... because that's what happened before. But I believe in love, and I know that someday he and I will meet... I'm just a little too impatient for it.

But to whoever you are, not that you are reading this, but could you hurry and meet me already :D Thanks
  The woman who wants to love you

Still Waiting

I wait
Wondering what I'll hear
Wandering through my thoughts

I wait
Longing to know your feelings
Lingering to hear my hopes affirmed

I wait
desperately wishing I'll find out
Dancing through desires that you sill care

I stop
Reminding myself you may not
Restoring my once sound mind

I stop because...
even without you
I'm still waiting

the Thought of Loving you

When I think of loving you,
   my heart is overwhelmed with joy

When I think of loving you
   I remember how much I miss you

When I think of loving you
   I finally feel whole

When I think of loving you
  I forget you aren't what I'm supposed to want

When I think of loving you
   I don't worry about the future

So why can't I think of loving you?

Because when I think of loving you
   I remember you are hers...

And that I'm not allowed to love you like that...
  I wish that stopped me from thinking of loving you

Until Someday

by Mycheille Norvell

I feel for you
  your heart and your essence--
      they call to me

Over oceans
    over the roaring of rivers--
        I hear your oh so gentle voice call

Your tone is the only one
  I'd wait to hear--
   for my heart to dance to your melody

You are the one
     I'd wait forever to know--
         but I hope it is only minutes

For waiting for you
    Takes more patience
       than I knew I had

And waiting for you
   makes me remember why I'm waiting--
       but I don't know you... or do I?

Has my soul not spoken to yours?
     Have our spirits not already danced
         far beyond the night sky?

Have we not yearned?
Have we not prayed?
 Waiting yet knowing there was some extra reason
  you were on my mind

God has given us time
   not to worry or overthink--
     but to fall more in love

And I'm already in love with you--
  If only I knew your name
        and knew your smile by heart....

But that can wait until someday

I will remember

I will always remember you,
  for your kindness and your serenity

I will always remember you,
  for the laughter and your softness

I will always remember you,
  for the good times and for the troubling ones

I will always remember you,
  in the tears and in the rainbows

I will always remember you,
   because you are thinking of me
   and because I am always thinking of you

I will always remember you,
  for you and I are pulled towards each other,

I will always remember you,
  and I will be the one to help you
  no matter how many times you fall

And I will always remember you,
  even if I never know you

 Because though I don't know you yet,
  doesn't mean I won't remember you

Dangerous To Me

by Mycheille Norvell

You are Dangerous to me,
   my Kryptonite in human form;
tugging my heart,
   pulling me until I'm torn,

You are dangerous to me,
   A love and lust too strong;
Remembering our first kiss,
   but knowing more now is wrong;

You are dangerous to me;
   One question, one answer,
No denials from me to you;
   overwhelming me like cancer;

You are dangerous to me,
  Because you are the only one
Who could ask anything of me,
   And I'd be yours, no care of my own

You are dangerous to me,
   So I stay away,
   I hold my tongue,
   knowing that to hold you once is to hold you everyday;

You are dangerous to me,
    Because I know your impact,
But it doesn't stop the love and need...
   No, with you I lose myself and lose my tact;

That's why you are dangerous to me...