...cake for Jesus, I mean Joshua...
Happy Birthday o brother-in-law of mine! Here is wishing you the best year yet. I hope that this time next year, we can celebrate with you in person!
Have a great day with your family, and eat some of Julie's yummy food for me...well...don't eat lamb for me, 'cause I'm not sure if I will ever do that or not. Anyway...I hope all of your wishes come true. Take care.
love you much...
P.S. In un-related news, we found out Wednesday that Piper and Nick are having a boy! We get the instant gratification of having an older niece to play with and talk to, and now we get a nephew to know from the get go! I love being an Aunt!!!
Friday, December 24
Tuesday, December 21
...thanks due...
Yesterday was an exciting mail day...three packages and two cards and a card with cookies from our neighbors! I love getting mail!!!
Anyway, we are no-good at saving our packages to open at the appropriate holiday time. I was going to try to be good this year, but Jer said let's go for it.
Thank you Josh, Julie, and Morgan for the very cool gifts! I never knew a mini-Che existed. The cookies are very good...Jer went immediately for them...not that I didn't, but he got there first. Hope you all are having a nice holiday today. We will try to call at some point, but I am unexpectedly working most of today, and Jer has a tuning.
Thank you Joan! The tile is beautiful, and goes well with our collection. The kitchen gadgets will be definitely utilized. We hope you get your package in time...we sent it off Priority yesterday. Have safe travels and thank you again!
Thank you Rick for the gift last week! I know Jer spoke with you, but I didn't get to thank you yet. We love fiesta ware, so it was perfect! I have already enjoyed many cups of coffee in the mugs. We are slow on gathering your gift...we know what it is, it is just a matter of doing it. That's all I'm going to say. So...it is probably not going to arrive on time, but we still love you! :)
Alright! Thank you everybody!!! The best gift of all is having you folks as family.
We will talk with you at some point this week.
Happy Holidays of all kinds.
love.
Yesterday was an exciting mail day...three packages and two cards and a card with cookies from our neighbors! I love getting mail!!!
Anyway, we are no-good at saving our packages to open at the appropriate holiday time. I was going to try to be good this year, but Jer said let's go for it.
Thank you Josh, Julie, and Morgan for the very cool gifts! I never knew a mini-Che existed. The cookies are very good...Jer went immediately for them...not that I didn't, but he got there first. Hope you all are having a nice holiday today. We will try to call at some point, but I am unexpectedly working most of today, and Jer has a tuning.
Thank you Joan! The tile is beautiful, and goes well with our collection. The kitchen gadgets will be definitely utilized. We hope you get your package in time...we sent it off Priority yesterday. Have safe travels and thank you again!
Thank you Rick for the gift last week! I know Jer spoke with you, but I didn't get to thank you yet. We love fiesta ware, so it was perfect! I have already enjoyed many cups of coffee in the mugs. We are slow on gathering your gift...we know what it is, it is just a matter of doing it. That's all I'm going to say. So...it is probably not going to arrive on time, but we still love you! :)
Alright! Thank you everybody!!! The best gift of all is having you folks as family.
We will talk with you at some point this week.
Happy Holidays of all kinds.
love.
Saturday, December 18
...under pressure...
Man...people are getting a little too nutty out there. I really do not enjoy trying to get any sort of shopping done this time of year be it groceries or gifts. People are super-hyped up on consuming...I start to see them just as giant suck-holes bent on obtaining as much as they can in a short amount of time. Especially working retail you get to experience just how much the holidays can turn people into real jerks. Sigh. I just want to grab people and smack them...breathe damnit! Remember, it should not be about getting things. I would be perfectly happy just to have leisurely time with family and friends...no worrying about work, or bills...eating good food, and laughing. Presents are nice, but they don't have to exist.
Okay...just had to get that off of my chest, because I am starting to not want to leave the house!
In other news...things are pretty good. Jer's been getting a bunch of tunings, I am working more hours at Utrecht which is not a bad thing, it hasn't been too cold, we discovered a new favorite breakfast spot within walking distance from the house ('bout a mile,) I'm re-reading "The Red Tent," we have been eating well, Piper and Nick get to find out in a couple of days if they are having a boy or girl!, the kitties are snuggly and cute (though can be scratch-masters at night,)...I don't know...life is just moving on as it should.
If I don't get around to it again...Happy Holidays of all kinds to everyone.
P.S. Hey Josh and Julie...we got invited to a Solstice party for Tuesday night, so we will be celebrating too!
Man...people are getting a little too nutty out there. I really do not enjoy trying to get any sort of shopping done this time of year be it groceries or gifts. People are super-hyped up on consuming...I start to see them just as giant suck-holes bent on obtaining as much as they can in a short amount of time. Especially working retail you get to experience just how much the holidays can turn people into real jerks. Sigh. I just want to grab people and smack them...breathe damnit! Remember, it should not be about getting things. I would be perfectly happy just to have leisurely time with family and friends...no worrying about work, or bills...eating good food, and laughing. Presents are nice, but they don't have to exist.
Okay...just had to get that off of my chest, because I am starting to not want to leave the house!
In other news...things are pretty good. Jer's been getting a bunch of tunings, I am working more hours at Utrecht which is not a bad thing, it hasn't been too cold, we discovered a new favorite breakfast spot within walking distance from the house ('bout a mile,) I'm re-reading "The Red Tent," we have been eating well, Piper and Nick get to find out in a couple of days if they are having a boy or girl!, the kitties are snuggly and cute (though can be scratch-masters at night,)...I don't know...life is just moving on as it should.
If I don't get around to it again...Happy Holidays of all kinds to everyone.
P.S. Hey Josh and Julie...we got invited to a Solstice party for Tuesday night, so we will be celebrating too!
Thursday, December 9
...from Julie...
I really liked this listing idea...
things listed in no particular order
Twelve Good Books:
1.The Journey is the Destination by Dan Eldon
2.House of Spirits by Isabel Allende
3.Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
4.Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood
5.Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
6.A Cook's Tour by Anthony Bourdain
7.The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
8.The Year I Didn't Go To School by Giselle Potter
9.Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table by Ruth Reichl
10.The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
11.Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Alexander Brown
12.Half Asleep In Frog Pajamas by Tom Robbins
Eleven Good Bands/Artists:
1.Tool
2.Bjork
3.Pixies
4.Neurosis
5.Pink Floyd
6.Dead Prez
7.Mos Def
8.Garbanzo Brothers Music
9.Queen
10.Submission Hold
11.The Mountain Goats
Here is my list of eleven visual artists...though I think by artists they meant musically, but who cares!:
1.Remedios Varo
2.Yoshitomo Nara
3.Kara Walker
4.Vincent Van Gough
5.Frida Kahlo
6.Joseph Cornell
7.Fred Tomaselli
8.Alex Grey
9.Corrie Beth Hogg
10.Ann Hamilton
11.Kiki Smith
Ten Things You Want to Do In Your Life:
1.visit Iceland
2.have children
3.have an art show outside of the Kansas City area
4.visit every State that I have not yet been to
5.swim with whales and/or dolphins
6.learn to speak Spanish and/or French at least semi-fluently
7.have a party in which all my family/extended family is present
8.scuba dive
9.solve some sort of mystery
10.fully read "Gravity's Rainbow" and "Zen and the Brain" (they are both quite heavy, and awaiting me on our shelves)
Nine Things You Really Like:
1. snuggling in blankets on a cold day and reading
2.talking with/pretty much everything dealing with Jeremy
3.cooking/having a really tasty dinner with friends
4.walking around familiar and unfamiliar cities
5.being an Aunt!
6.sunshine on my flesh
7.my family
8.funny things that kids say
9.thinking about/working on art projects
Eight Things That Piss You Off:
1.people who don't pay attention to their surroundings
2.customers who are rude to me from the get go and for absolutely no reason
3.how utterly cruel people all over the world can be to each other
4.hitting (of children, wives, husbands, or other animals!)
5.crazy drivers...sometimes I'm included in that!
6.words intentionally spelled wrong (i.e. rite, nite, u save)
7.willful ignorance
8.stepping in dog poo
Seven Things You Do Daily:
1.drink coffee
2.hug/kiss/say I love you to Jeremy a bunch
3.make lists
4.eat
5.think about my Dad and Grandparents
6.wash my face
7.laugh
Six Memories:
1.all my firsts with Jeremy (meeting, date, kiss...you know)
2.emerging out of a three-hour hike through sub-tropical rainforest in the Blue Mountains outside of Sydney
3.driving through a blizzard in south-western Kansas, and looking out the window to see a HUGE tumbleweed rollin' on by
4.the shame I felt the first time I was caught lying by a friend (it was 2nd grade)
5.the night my Dad passed away
6.lying on the ground in Iowa, the night-sky splayed out before us, watching hundreds of shooting stars
Five Things You Thought About Today:
1.my health (I'm getting over a cold.)
2.gifts left to get for various folks
3.sewing circle tonight
4.what to do (it's my day off!)
5.frogs
Four Things You Like About Yourself:
1.sense of humor
2.my fine booty
3.creativity
4.approachability
Three Things You Don't Like About Yourself:
1.my apathy/indecision/lack of discipline about doing certain things
2.sometimes I say things before thinking about how they might hurt somebody
3.I can be a little too firey sometimes
Two People That You Confide In Most:
1.Jeremy
2.Piper
One Thing You Want But Don't Have:
1.the truth about all of the mysteries of the world
I really liked this listing idea...
things listed in no particular order
Twelve Good Books:
1.The Journey is the Destination by Dan Eldon
2.House of Spirits by Isabel Allende
3.Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
4.Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood
5.Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
6.A Cook's Tour by Anthony Bourdain
7.The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
8.The Year I Didn't Go To School by Giselle Potter
9.Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table by Ruth Reichl
10.The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
11.Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Alexander Brown
12.Half Asleep In Frog Pajamas by Tom Robbins
Eleven Good Bands/Artists:
1.Tool
2.Bjork
3.Pixies
4.Neurosis
5.Pink Floyd
6.Dead Prez
7.Mos Def
8.Garbanzo Brothers Music
9.Queen
10.Submission Hold
11.The Mountain Goats
Here is my list of eleven visual artists...though I think by artists they meant musically, but who cares!:
1.Remedios Varo
2.Yoshitomo Nara
3.Kara Walker
4.Vincent Van Gough
5.Frida Kahlo
6.Joseph Cornell
7.Fred Tomaselli
8.Alex Grey
9.Corrie Beth Hogg
10.Ann Hamilton
11.Kiki Smith
Ten Things You Want to Do In Your Life:
1.visit Iceland
2.have children
3.have an art show outside of the Kansas City area
4.visit every State that I have not yet been to
5.swim with whales and/or dolphins
6.learn to speak Spanish and/or French at least semi-fluently
7.have a party in which all my family/extended family is present
8.scuba dive
9.solve some sort of mystery
10.fully read "Gravity's Rainbow" and "Zen and the Brain" (they are both quite heavy, and awaiting me on our shelves)
Nine Things You Really Like:
1. snuggling in blankets on a cold day and reading
2.talking with/pretty much everything dealing with Jeremy
3.cooking/having a really tasty dinner with friends
4.walking around familiar and unfamiliar cities
5.being an Aunt!
6.sunshine on my flesh
7.my family
8.funny things that kids say
9.thinking about/working on art projects
Eight Things That Piss You Off:
1.people who don't pay attention to their surroundings
2.customers who are rude to me from the get go and for absolutely no reason
3.how utterly cruel people all over the world can be to each other
4.hitting (of children, wives, husbands, or other animals!)
5.crazy drivers...sometimes I'm included in that!
6.words intentionally spelled wrong (i.e. rite, nite, u save)
7.willful ignorance
8.stepping in dog poo
Seven Things You Do Daily:
1.drink coffee
2.hug/kiss/say I love you to Jeremy a bunch
3.make lists
4.eat
5.think about my Dad and Grandparents
6.wash my face
7.laugh
Six Memories:
1.all my firsts with Jeremy (meeting, date, kiss...you know)
2.emerging out of a three-hour hike through sub-tropical rainforest in the Blue Mountains outside of Sydney
3.driving through a blizzard in south-western Kansas, and looking out the window to see a HUGE tumbleweed rollin' on by
4.the shame I felt the first time I was caught lying by a friend (it was 2nd grade)
5.the night my Dad passed away
6.lying on the ground in Iowa, the night-sky splayed out before us, watching hundreds of shooting stars
Five Things You Thought About Today:
1.my health (I'm getting over a cold.)
2.gifts left to get for various folks
3.sewing circle tonight
4.what to do (it's my day off!)
5.frogs
Four Things You Like About Yourself:
1.sense of humor
2.my fine booty
3.creativity
4.approachability
Three Things You Don't Like About Yourself:
1.my apathy/indecision/lack of discipline about doing certain things
2.sometimes I say things before thinking about how they might hurt somebody
3.I can be a little too firey sometimes
Two People That You Confide In Most:
1.Jeremy
2.Piper
One Thing You Want But Don't Have:
1.the truth about all of the mysteries of the world