Lauren

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Love starts with a toothbrush,
A BIC razor and a Dixie cup
A little splash of aftershave,
Before you leave for that first date
I see stars in both your eyes
After that long kiss goodnight

Forever starts with a suitcase,
Sneaking out the window to get away
To the car parked by the curb,
Gassed up for Gatlinburg
A little chapel and a couple rings
Will get you two toothbrushes by the bathroom sink

And everything that’s anything
Starts out as a little thing
Just needs a little time and room to grow
Step by step, day by day
It all adds up along the way
And the next thing that you know

Life starts with a little house,
A corner lot on the edge of town
A weed eater and a picket fence
You think it’s good as the getting gets
Then she wakes up feeling bad
You both wonder what’s up with that

Everything that’s anything
Starts out as a little thing
Just needs a little time and room to grow
Step by step, day by day
It all adds up along the way
And the next thing that you know

One night around eight o’clock
You scrub him down then you dry him off
You pick him up and put his little feet
On the stool by the bathroom sink
You grab the Crest and the Dixie cup
It all hits you as he opens up…
Love starts with a toothbrush

littleg:

(via other stuff my kid loves)

“Generally, by the time you are real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don’t matter at all, because once you are real you can’t be ugly, except to people who don’t understand.”

“The Velveteen Rabbit” by Margery Williams (via unboundeddomesticity)

(Source: julie911)

thebullbay:

The Bull Bay Gift Guide: Antique Textbooks

While I was a student at Auburn, I started reading some work from a pastor in England from the late 1800’s that I thoroughly enjoyed. In hopes of finding more of his works for less than I could purchase them online, I search on ebay and was startled to find that there were listings for early editions of his works for a reasonable price.

This was somewhat of a gateway for me into my collection of antique books. I fell in love with books that had character and carried the marks of many people that had gone before me. One of my most prized groupings of books were textbooks that belonged to a civil engineering student at Auburn in the 50’s (also my major).

These books now sit on a shelf behind my desk at work and occasionally provide me with information I need for work and images of how things were done many years ago. And the best part is that the six books that belonged to the former student cost less than $30 shipped.

I hadn’t thought about books as a gift until a couple of years ago. The first time my stepmother saw my collection (which now spans several topics), I explained to her why I appreciated all of the books. Each book not only carried a story in typeface and illustrations, but also told a story of the previous owners. When Christmas came around, my gift from her was a three volume set of botanical books for that portion of my collection.

My charge to you is to take a topic that you know will relate to the recipient and look for a book that will provide a glimpse back at how that topic was addressed years ago. Speaking for a number of my friends, we all place great value in our antique books, often times more so than our newer books.

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