If you come to my house, this guy is waiting right by the door. But you might miss him, he's quite small, parked in the ficus tree pot. He kinda reminds me of David Sedaris.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
What's Growing in the Garden
Here are some things growing in the yard around my house. Some of them were here before, most were planted by me...
Crepe Myrtle, I would have picked a lilac variety, but this will do. The new buds are lovely...
Mexican Sage. A prolific perennial, I have it in several spots. I love the lavender flowers.
Bleeding Heart-via the south. This is different than the Bleeding Heart that grows most other places. This vines up my front porch and receives constant comments.
Lovely tomatoes. I believe these are the Roma grapes. Grow like the grapes, but bigger than the tiny ones. Good thing I planted these, huh?
Gee, can't remember the name, but believe it is a butterfly bush of some sort. Moved it around and found the perfect spot, it has shot up to almost 5 feet tall this year! Update: It's called Fire Bush- thanks Jen! Fire Bush, ha ha ha. A little late for that.
Age
Went to try on bathing suits a few weeks ago. Always an interesting experience, this time towing the two girls along. As I viewed myself in the mirror I said to myself "This one looks kind of old." Hazel asked me what I meant, I told her it made me look like an older person and I didn't want to look like that. So, kind girl that she is announced as I tried on the next suit "That one makes you look like you're 10!" After I laughed, she then she started gaging each one, "That one makes you look 50! That one makes you look 39!" It made a usually distressing outing very fun.
Monday, June 16, 2008
Finished!
I actually finished a book. In 3 days no less. It meant not getting a few things done around the house. But it was worth it. Had that feeling I used to get over the long summers as a kid when I would read a new book everyday, stay up all night reading, go back to the library to stock up on more. Thanks Mom for giving me a book that could bring that feeling back. And what a dreamy, heartbreaking book it is- worth every moment. Skylight Confessions by Alice Hoffman. Try not to read any descriptions, or you won't get to enjoy the surprises. It shocks me how much people give away in reviews sometimes! But be warned it can be a sad book.
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Monday, June 09, 2008
Bad Cat
Mickey the cat makes me very angry. Here he is all nonchalant while dirtying up our dining room table. Who knows what happens in the night. It can't be good.
We had a busy, busy weekend spending time with our great friends from Missouri. Time opens up in front of you endlessly when you first meet, then suddenly it's all over and back to everyday life. I have to start implementing some structure to our summer days or there are going to be 3 angry females at the end of each day.
Friday, June 06, 2008
Got my face back
Got my hair cut today after waiting for months. It was grown out and out of shape, it was just going to pasture on my head. I didn't realize how much my hair effects my whole body. I stand up straighter, I look people in the eye and my face looks different, I swear. It was like it was hidden before. And my grey hair is not nearly as noticeable. I don't even think I will color it, it almost looks like cool little highlights. Longer grey hair on me looks messy and sad. My extra cool hair dresser only charged me $25! He said I was the special of the day. He's very nice. And he's cut down on using the "f" word. He now just says "f". But he still calls me dude a lot. Which I find amusing. Rather be a dude than a ma'am!
Thursday, June 05, 2008
Bossa Nova Queen
Inspired by another blog, I'm bringing one of my favorite singers here for your listening pleasure -- Elis Regina singing "Águas de Março" circa early 1970's
I'm dedicating this to Kendra! Welcome Baby!
The Day After
The girls were supposed to let me sleep in. I guess they did by an hour. Finally rambled out of bed then was surprised by the ring of the doorbell. We all forgot about the life insurance nurse arriving to give an exam. Embarrassing pajama/bird's nest hair door-answering ensued. Of course I had also boycotted kitchen cleaning yesterday and the house was a bit of a mess.
Last night went out to eat very late. Decided to make it a tradition the last day of school to take the children out to dinner embarrassingly late- 9pm to be exact. We closed the restaurant down along with another family with a young child- embarrassment erased (we left before they did!) Out in the parking lot had an interesting experience. H. was dutifully waiting near the car-standing very still while I loaded up Little L. It took a while so I told H. to go around to the other side of the car with Daddy so the lady who was parked right next to us could back out. I motioned for the lady that it was clear. She then rolled down her window and yelled at me with a very mean voice "Maybe you should keep an eye on your kid!" Apparently the irate lady had had a bad date- I had heard her walking to her car and turning to her date sarcastically saying "Thanks for the great dinner!" Gee whiz.
Yesterday had the sewing bug still, made this tablecloth and a toss pillow cover from fabric I've had for years. I've simply been throwing the unsewn fabric on the table as a cloth. Which was okay except it had to be folded to fit and it was all frayed at the edges from multiple washings. Now maybe I'll go around and hem up all the raw edges in the house!
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
The last day of school
Can't believe it's already here. The last day of first grade. Of course at the beginning of the year it seemed so far away. This school year turtles were sculpted, reading was perfected, math was a cinch, lots of friends were made. Her whole life is stretched out before her, the decisions are hers to make. Such a sweet, good little girl- I'm so happy to know her.
A gift
Finally got the two tote bags done for H.'s teachers. The only trouble I had was with my sewing machine and dropped thread. I wasted a lot of time trying to figure out what was wrong, scheming how I could get a new fancy machine if this one was broken. I finally realized that the thread had dropped out at the top. I was relieved as I was only halfway done with the first one. It took me a few hours to put together the first one. The second one took about an hour of assembly and sewing. I'm going to make some more and see if I can sell them! I hope the teacher's like them.
Monday, June 02, 2008
Fabric before
Maybe if I post my to-do list here I will be shamed into actually getting it done. Today I must finish 2 tote bags to give to H.'s teachers. This is the fabric, I hope they like it. If I can do two today, that would be awesome, then maybe I could start selling them. I also need to print up birthday invites for August! Must be done now so that can give to kids in class. FInish laundry-- put it away-- that's the trick. Keep house straight, super cleaned it the other day--keeping straight, another trick. Take care of Little L., that parts easy, she's a self entertainer. Off I go!!!
Sunday, June 01, 2008
Sunday Morning
Looking at the window I noticed the shadows . I've been obsessed with silhouettes for a while now. They have mystery and familiarity at once. I have had grand plans to create some to decorate the house. It's so sunny and bright in the morning. Mickey decided to check it out too. How do you like my un-hemmed curtains made from bed sheets? I should hem them.
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Space Shuttle
It was 5:00 p.m. went back outside to work on yard, not noticing time. Heard blast off noise on my handy outdoor radio. Ran inside grabbed H. You want to see the Space Shuttle? Ran back outside. Look! there it is! Ran back inside to get camera. We can see the shuttle take off from our backyard! They're taking a Japanese science station and potty repair tools. Neato!
Our backyard
With the newly excavated shady area and the super sonic sandbox, our yard is a must see destination!
Friday, May 30, 2008
Taco Night
Every time I make tacos I think of my dear friend Lori, who taught me how to put sour cream in a baggie, cut a tiny hole in the corner and voila! - a handy sour cream dispenser. We like to use the lazy susan to eat tacos. Who is Susan and why was she so lazy?
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