Month: August 2008

It may not surprise you to hear we're having a great time in Kauai. Beaches. Smoothies. Farmer's Markets. Running. Swimming. Fishing. Gardens. Chickens! Fish Tacos. Naps. Gorgeous Scenery. Lots of Fun. Giant Avocados.

The baby has become feral in a few short days. She wants to be “side” (outside) all the time. Yesterday she ran into the backyard, looked at the ocean, put her arms in the air and said “MINE!”

Today she pitched a huge fit because I (get this) tried to make her take a shower indoors. What the hell was I thinking??

This place is incredible and we are enjoying it immensely.

Today, Matt and I celebrate our sixth wedding anniversary. I hope it's a good sign that my husband thought it had been just 5 years since we got married.

Happy Anniversary, luv! here's to many many more great years.

We're here. The less that be said about our flight, the better. It could've been worse, I'm sure, but it wasn't easy. But Hawaii? Incredible. Our rental house? Amazing.

Ahh well … No rain. No rainbows.

It's been an exhausting race to the finish, but we leave for Hawaii tomorrow morning. We are 98% packed. Suitcases have been weighed. Loki is visiting at a friend's house. Our house is relatively clean. And we're all exhausted. And excited, I think, beneath all that exhaustion, anyhow.

We've been promised wi-fi at our accomodations, so hopefully I'll be catchin you on the flipside! Until then … Aloha!

Break it down, bullet style:
• Has anyone used one of those You Tube clip converters that actually worked??? I am trying to put some Sesame Street clips on my MP3 player for Tabby and am having NO LUCK.
• Got some of those elastic headbands everyone seems to wear these days and I'm quite a fan … the ball cap gets kind of hot on long runs in the summer.
• I sewed grosgrain ribbon through two of Tabby's binkies tonight. I don't want them rolling around while we're flying.
• I checked out Crafty Mama from the library. It is a really neat read … possibly even for non-moms.
• My friend asked me to run a race for Congolese women today. Sounds like a good time for a good cause. I'm in!
• There are babies popping up everywhere! I just bought a cute outfit for some friends of ours at Babystyle. LOVE that store.
• Tomorrow is my last full day of work before vacation! Friday I'm working a bit in the morning and then I'm going to spend the rest of the day running errands, doing laundry, packing and playing with Tabby. What? She loves to fold laundry. Honest.
• I've had 80 oz of water today. Is that too much?

I'm going to do it again. I'm going to stay up waaay past my bed time to watch The Olympics. Gymanstics. I love it. Can't get enough. Swimming too. I must be insane.

Dinner tonight came from the garden. Well half of it anyway. We made another mozzarella caprese salad (tomatoes, basil and mozzarella drizzled with balsamic). YUM. Our tomatoes have been pretty prolific, but we've only produced one zucchini. It was a big one (12+ inches long), but, seriously? Who can't grow zucchini.

I've scheduled a Paint Your Own Pottery night for my mom's group in September and I'm getting a pretty good response so far. I haven't done that in years and I'm really looking forward to it. It should be a good time!

I was really psyched with this picture of Loki. He's such a handsome boy, but sometimes his dark coloring makes him a bit hard to photograph, so I love to get a shot of his doggy cuteness.

Ahh, I must fly … Olympic fever is overcoming me again.

Did this weekend go extra fast or was it just me?? We mostly spent our time watching Olympics, hanging with friends and family, running errands, and doing household chores (gardening, cleaning, organizing).

I've been enjoying the heck out of the Olympics. No matter how you feel about China, this is about the athletes and how hard they've worked to get there and it's been amazing. I love the cool stories (like the 33 year old gymnast who's competing for Germany) and people overcoming the odds (like our men's fine performance in the 4×100 free relay last night – this morning?). I'm so glad I stayed up late to watch it (though I might not have been so happy about it this morning).

This week is set to go by in a blur of packing, to-do lists, and preparations both at work and at home. Tonight we ran an errand for the trip and while we were in a certain neighborhood, we went to this amazing Asian grocery store. It had every type of Asian grocery imaginable and I'm so excited to go back when I have more time to look around and some recipes to make. What a find!

Hope you all had lovely weekends.