This is my friend Michelle.
This is me being witty. We have been friends since 8th grade.
This sexy beast is her husband. He's Australian. Meow.
This is my butt, and my favorite person in the whole world, and mini-favorite-person-in-the-whole-world.
Michelle and David are visiting us from NY this week, and we are having a great time. We're all exhausted, and the time is flying. So off I go to rest before the next adventure. :-)
This is my favorite picture. Me love. It's the veil. I love the "posterize" effect. That, with the veil blowing out, magic. :)
I think this is the rings. Makes it feel like I'm peeking into a memory.
The bride, simplified. What a smile. :)
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We walked the gorge a ways for some stunning snaps. I'm happy with the way I was able to adjust the colors to make everything feel more alive.
The barrel effect. Just a little more dramatic I guess. Focuses on the two of them in their happy moment.
This is my second favorite photo. I'm pleased that I was able to erase the person walking behind M (sorry, person!), who was just an extra head coming out of her shoulder. It's a lovely family moment between the three of them.
I love that posterize effect. It was hard to resist over-using it. I really feel the motion of the water, the essence of her face, the greenness of the trees. It's so rich.
This is a very close third favorite photo. She's so happy, and the highlights in her hair really sparkle. I love the delicate curl of her hair at the nape of her neck, and the way her lashes are dark and full, and you can still see the hint of mirth. The pearls stand out and sort of frame it. I just love it.
Today we went to the Volunteer Park wading pool with some of our preschool friends.
We found a yogurt cup floating around, and what fun! So simple. It's the little things, I keep tellin' ya! ;-)
He had a good time, and so did I! It's nice to keep in touch with those wonderful ladies. Looks like tomorrow morning we're going to go see some dinosaurs with them. If I can drag my buttocks out of bed. ;)
And to facilitate that, I'm heading there right now. G'night.
-EJ
After I won the race on the windowsill. :-)
It was such a beautiful day for a drive. Wonderful.
Now, I realize I'm doing two things wrong in this photo. And it's not really a defense to say that I didn't know wearing headphones while driving is illegal, but I still didn't know. No excuse for clicking while driving though. Sorry.
I was uber-early, so I took a nap in the park. Worn out, you know, from all that flying all night long. It wasn't very restful, I was too excited, but it was lovely anyway.
My former coworker made the cake for Ro, from The Little Bakery.
I had some fun editing too. Here is the procession as they approached the altar. Melinda is visiting from Germany, and Karen from Indiana.
Duh duh duh duh... Here Comes The Bride...
The happy couple, the happy, married couple, that is. :-) Doesn't she look gorgeous? You'd never know she's normally wearing fatigues and boots. ;)
I can't say more now because EJ wants to play boom-crash-cars. But I'll regale you with stories of muddy wipe-outs and s'mores later. ;-)
Here I am in glorious Baltimore and I don't even get to see it! The airport is nice though, spacious and bright. Although the electrical could use a once-over. Took me half an hour to find an unoccupied outlet that worked. But now it's time for Stargate, ahh...
Next (and last) leg boards in a little over an hour. What an adventure! I'm so lucky we can do this sort of thing at all. I feel priviledged. See you on the other side.
(of the country)
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Here I am at Rochester. It doesn't feel like a homecoming though, cuz I'll just be renting a car and making a longish drive out of town.
I'm so relieved to be off the plane I could sing. My first overnight flight. Good. Done that. And done with that.
It's 10 am. It feels like 4. I need a chai.
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I'm at my gate in Chicago with 2 hours to kill at 3am. Should I sleep? Could I? Man, am I gonna be wiped. It's all good though, all part of my little mini adventure.
Yup. My mind stopped right there. I'm gonna slouch for a while. 'night.
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I'm sitting on my first plane. I got a window seat Woo! Get to watch the pretty lights if I can't fall asleep. I'm reading Angels and Demons for this flight, and watching SG-1 on my portable. I'm all set baby. Gotta rent a car when I hit the Roc, and drive down to Stonybrook.
EJ took it really well so far. He seemed to grasp that I'll be back soon. He got out of the car at Departures and raised his arms up for a hug, then kissed me on the cheek and replied in kind when I said "I'll miss you". He said "I'll play some games with Dada, even though I'm sad." (is your heart crumbling too? Wow).
He's asleep now. I'm excited about my little solo trip, but my heart is back there on the 14th floor. It'll be fun, but it's always more fun with my boys.
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Luckily everyone else remembered to bring toys.
He was a little hesitant. I think he heard my complaining when we arrived about it being early and cold and not wanting to get wet. But it warmed up and the water felt great! I'll try to keep my whining to myself next time.
Tuan took this. We saw a shrimp, and a crab, and some little green buggy things burrowing in the sand. It was awesome. I think I saw a geoduck spurting about 20 paces away at one point, but I couldn't get away to look for it.
He may not like the water or seaweed, but he certainly loves the mud!
He was soaked. He got fed up though, and started whimpering, wanting to go home. So we decided to go get some fish'n'chips!
Fish'n'chips acquired. That's Chato, Andrew-from-preschool's mom. :)
Today they're meeting at the wading pool, but I don't know. It feels kinda cold out there, and we're going to a derby tonight. I think we'll take it easy. There are a lot more things planned throughout the summer. I'm so glad we can still get together after school has ended. It provides some much-needed adult interaction for me.
Today there's a make it, race it racecar derby type-thing at the community center. I think EJ'll get a kick out of that. Pictures to follow. :-)
All three of us. :-)
It was a beautiful day.
We went to see the dinosaurs. Dinosaurs roar.
It was a wonderful Father's Day. We saw the butterflies.
We got to ride the monorail bicycle.
Both of us!
Then when we got home, we gave Dada his Father's Day present, the entire series on dvd.
It was a lovely day. Relaxing, exhausting, fun.
He's watching Go, Diego, Go!, a one-hour Dora crossover special about dinosaurs, for like the 10th time in 2 days. It's all he wants. We're taking him to the Pacific Science Center today to see they dinosaurs there, if he can stay calm this morning.
He's been having some temper tantrums lately. Really knock-down, drag-out stuff. Until he's red in the face with tears streaming from the effort, and exhausted. We don't know why either. He says he doesn't know. Half the time there's no obvious initiator. Just this morning we were tickling and laughing, and then I must have said or done something, and he lost it. Hopefully it'll pass soon.
It's Father's Day, and we're celebrating by first, letting Dada sleep in late, and then going to the museum for EJ. We'll probably have dinner out somewhere, Scott's choice. ;)
I wanted to wax philosophic on fathers, on Scott as a dad, but it's not in me right now. I'm just kind of blank and content. I'm just so happy. He's more than I ever hoped for when I was younger. I never dreamed that someone would love me so, especially someone so wonderful, and that we'd have this life together, a family, a son. This Father's Day I'm thinking about all he's given me, and how lucky EJ is to grow up looking up to this man.
I'm proud of him. I look up to him too.
Happy Father's Day, Sweety. We both love you so much. And never doubt that we both notice how hard you work. It's the kind of thing that EJ will carry with him all his life, all the time you spend with him and us, all your patience, affection, and understanding. Thank you.
"Dear Frank,
Tonight I was at Artomatic. On the metro ride home, there was a girl - quite beautiful - with dyed hair and heavy eye makeup but not enough to cover up that something was the matter. She was eying her wrists then looking around. I wish I knew her story. I wish I could help. So on a card I wrote
Dear Friend, Though this is cliche, it has helped me to think the night is darkest just before the dawn.
As she was getting off the metro she dropped a little PRIDE flag and as I picked it up, handed it to her and said, "I think you dropped something." I handed her the card."
~From http://postsecret.blogspot.com
So many times I have fantasized about this kind of human connection. This is a validation that we are all in this together. We should be, anyway. It's the little things, I always tell myself. It's one little thing, like what this man did, that can save lives, and transform us. It's not a new idea, but do we really do it? I don't, I'm too scared to reach out. I hope that thinking of this man's deed will help me find the courage to make the effort. To really look around me, to really see. Then perhaps he'll never know how many he might have helped with his one heartfelt gesture. Isn't that wonderful?
*Note: Nowhere is the gender of the writer mentioned.
"Sure indeed, in the basket." (in a chirpy, knowing sort of tone)
;-)
Outside Target in The Landing, Renton. I like the big circle thing they have out front.
Also, comfortable. ;-)
"Mama, in the real world there's no Imagination Movers."
Wow. My three-year-old set me straight. Right on, big guy, you know the score. ;-)
- Mood:proud
The credits start to roll, on August Rush, EJ on my lap. He stretches out his arms and exclaims:
"There wasn't any lions in that story!"
(he only woke up for the last ten minutes, so it's really an uninformed assessment)
But the man is right! Not one lion.
;-)
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"Mama all kinds of things are here. Even nothing!"
*giggle*
"There's not nothing here! There's something!"
/me blinks
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It was a little field trip at preschool. The fire station is half a block from the church where preschool is held. We walked over, and they showed us a few things, like their alarm, their gear and masks (the kids were real nervous about the mask), and the truck of course! EJ's ready to go. Just start the engine!
(That's a lovely fireman on the left, who really got a kick out of EJ's sense of humor, and Mischa our teacher on the right.)
Those tires are so big! (Okay, so I made him stand there, and said to raise his arms, and he indulged me, but the darn laser sun was in his eyes the whole time. What a nice guy. :)
(He's wearing a green pinney, all the kids wear them when we go outside during class.)
Then we played in the playground across the street, as we usually do at preschool, and hung out for a few minutes in the shade after class broke up. The daisies and buttercups are flourishing and beautiful amidst the soft grass, the sun is shining, it's so warm, and we've nowhere urgent to get to. Ahh... now that's how you rock a Monday, my friends. Yes.
There's this girl in EJ's class, Clementine, who kept asking for me, and wanted to hold only my hand to walk to the fire station and playground, despite the fact that both her mother and father accompanied the class the entire time. Huh? She kept saying to me as she would reach up and grasp my hand again, "I got you", or "It's just me and Jenny and EJ, just us three", something along those lines. The cutest thing in the world. She's darling. Insisted that my name was Jenny, not Jen and not Jenna. You go girl. Sure thing.
Unfortunately I gather today was her last day. :( Found out as we were leaving. What a sweetheart.
- Phineas of Phineas and Ferb
I love this show.
(Mom, if you want some of these, remember to click on the image, then click on it again to get the bigger size. Silly, but bigger.)
We cut through the Seattle U campus and rested at this fountain. He loves to "get the temperature" of the water. :-)
Scott's pointing out a bird perched on a boulder by the water's edge.
Bench! We sat down amongst a grove of bushes/trees with those glorious big flowers blooming everywhere around us.
Walking home as the sun sets.
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A shot from my phone of EJ playing in the sand on Alki Beach the other day. The shadow is coming from the boardwalk behind/above me (I'm crammed up against a barnacle-encrusted wall (it's low tide here) to get a non-backlit shot).
What an expression! He was so exasperated with all my consarned picture-taking, he just held this pose until I was done.
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omg how cute is he?! The outfit. So adorable. He's my little man. :)
We're just getting home (just a few minutes ago as a matter of fact) from an evening walk through the city and some gelato on the way. We went down past Westlake to Pike Place and back up the hill on the bus. I love this city.
"Bamming" the elevator button with style. ;)
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