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mrs. rayray maher

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About Me

i'm a mom living in the South Wedge with a couple o' kids (avi and ryan)... my husband britt calls me a hippie, random people i don't know have asked me if i'm "what 'they' call goth", and i've been called a punk. i'm not a big fan of labels, i like to do a little bit of everything. the only thing i am for sure is a wife, mama, and dorky craftster...
"It is a peculiar stupidity that allows me to become so easily discouraged. my usual order of things: (1) pray for God's guidance and wisdom (2) ignore or betray the convictions He gives me (3) charge or doubt Him because of the disorder and confusion in my life." -Aaron of mewithoutYou

^i love that quote. mewithoutYou is a great band :)

My Interests

Yeshua/Adonai/Ruach HaKodesh, britt, adventures with avi, music, tattoo's, piercings, homebirth, lactivism, ravelry, road trips, writing, chicago, poetry, reading, candles, biking, coffee, five iron frenzy! jewelry making, macreme, operating Hotel Maher (if you ever need a place to stay, email us), cooking, making clothes, making bags, making baby slings, sewing, cincinnati, coffee shops, book shops, travel, boston,

I'd like to meet:

people who can carry on an intelligent conversation.

Music:

five iron frenzy, mewithoutyou, brave saint saturn, the mars volta, spoken, my existence, staple, madison greene, dead poetic, sides of the north, from autumn to ashes, panic! at the disco, stavesacre, psalters,

Movies:

waiting..., office space, clerks, employee of the month, lord of the rings, star wars, matrix, the bourne trilogy, xmen,

Television:

all those tattoo shows, and a couple of those house renovating shows. :p

Books:

jacqueline carey, robin hobb, patrick rothfuss,....

Heroes:

my grandparents... they got married back when it was illegal, (he was black, she's white) now THAT is punk rock! and Jeff the Girl! we've named our 2nd daughter (ryan leanor) after jeff's real name, Leanor. w00t! we're nerds. :)

My Blog

one of the best things in the world

has got to be lying in bed with a grinning/laughing baby. :D(the pictures a little blurry. phooey.)...
Posted by mrs. rayray maher on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 05:07:00 PST

i didn’t write this

here's a blog (about homebirth) you should read, and if you don't want to follow the link, i pasted it below...ACOG statement contradictionsAmerican college of Obstetricians and Gynecologists statemen...
Posted by mrs. rayray maher on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 08:10:00 PST

i miss my dayton thrift store

we ran to the mall cause i was planning on buying some pants for britt's birthday dinner saturday... i went to the store (charlotte russe, how girly, i didn't even stop in hot topic...) and decided th...
Posted by mrs. rayray maher on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 07:08:00 PST

the only thing stopping me from cutting my hair right now

is this:knotty boy gallery
Posted by mrs. rayray maher on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 02:31:00 PST

i made a coffee shop map

because I am a dork. :)google maps...
Posted by mrs. rayray maher on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 09:57:00 PST

Ryan’s birth :)

I'm not so sure I'm so great at telling stories, but I'll try to write down the general birth story of Ryan Leanor... :) (for whoever is interested...)At 2:30am (saturday 1.5.08), I woke up with more ...
Posted by mrs. rayray maher on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 12:36:00 PST

aaaah mewithoutyou is playing on friday!!!!!!

i'm so excited!i've heard that this is their set list: 1. Messes of Men 2. The Dryness and the Rain 3. C-Minor 4. Son of a Widow 5. interlude 6. January 1979 7. O, Porcupine 8. In a Sw...
Posted by mrs. rayray maher on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 02:21:00 PST

the photo’s i want... crappy sketch included

so i finally took 5 minutes and sketched my photo idea.....we're getting our wedding tattoo's (stars of david w/hebrew inside of them...) and i wanna get a picture of the tattoo's once they're done. w...
Posted by mrs. rayray maher on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 04:53:00 PST

so i stencilled up a bunch of baby shirts...

my fingers hurt from using the X-acto knife. but i like the end result. :Dalrighty this is what i've been doing today and yesterday. i think i'm done making tshirts(onesies) but i might make duplicate...
Posted by mrs. rayray maher on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 08:47:00 PST

avi has officially weirded me out.

i know that this is just a fluke, i know avi is just 2 and she can't read, but this was just TOO weird. i was filling out a change of address form and i had best buy, geico, home depot, etc, flyers ly...
Posted by mrs. rayray maher on Sat, 27 Oct 2007 04:19:00 PST