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I grew up surrounded by lots of cats and few children, so the cats became my 2 year old self's role models. I ate cat food and grass with them and then explored more, finding ladybugs, small pebbles, and leaves; all of which I ate.

So I first got my period in 8th grade and from the very beginning it was very heavy and I of course started just wearing pads AND when it said 8 hour protection I expected it to not need to be changed for 8 hours. So I went to school expecting it to be this way . Well in 4th hour… Read More

Potato tacos are the best. There are tons of recipes online but I just grate a potato and make sure to wring out most of the water before I add some cooking oil, salt, pepper, and taco seasoning. Once all the potato is evenly coated I just fry it up in a skillet, just make sure to… Read More

"We screw up,we lose our way. Even the best of us have our off days. Still we move forward." -Meredith Grey

When I was younger I thought my parents met in the funniest way. My mom was a sorority girl and a bunch of them had gone out to some bar and got pretty drunk, at that time her friend introduced then. At this point her friend could not remember his name (he lived with a Jordan, James,… Read More

Iowa is known for the famous Hickory Park restaurant in Ames (the town where Iowa State University is). It's a casual restaurant that's affordable Barbeque and the best barbeque you've ever had. My favourite thing off their menu is their saucy southern pulled pork with their amazing… Read More

I'm a Des Moines, Iowa native and my go to is The Jenny Salad at the Flying Mango. The Flying Mango is a small restaurant just off the Drake campus (It was in Diners Drive-ins and Dines) and is very hipstery with kind of feel and great staff. They have some great food and anything… Read More

I write, whatever I feel like writing I do. I've written poetry, journaled, copied quotes, and right now I'm working on a book. I do this and then fall asleep with calming music on so if it's dead silent then my mind doesn't start thinking random things, and if it's super noisy (because… Read More

I grew up eating most of these dishes from a crock pot (with a family with 5 kids we're always busy) and i honestly didnt know there was a way to make them without a crock pot

My go to is a good movie and some movie snacks like popcorn and candy, and a pop or to or hot cocoa powder depending on the time of year in like a popcorn bin