We went on a one night vacation.
It was so worth it.
Sydney was so excited because she got the V.I.D. treatment.
Next time I think a one night vacation isn’t worth it, I’m going to remind myself.
It is.
Sitting In The Rain
I started building some outdoor chairs with the Littlejohns this summer, but the completion of the project ended up getting postponed for various reasons. Unfortunately, this meant that the unfinished chairs were sitting in our garage taking up space that should have been occupied by a car (or some obscenely amazing outdoor gear). Thanks to some help from my Dad, and several weekends of painting later this isn’t the case anymore.
What would have taken a normal craftsman a weekend managed to take me about 3 months, but they’re finished. A pessimist might point out that it’s just in time for the rainy season, but I’m choosing to ignore that. I’m actually reasonably happy with them, and glad to have the garage back. One of these days the rain storms will hold off, and I’ll enjoy an outdoor fire while sitting in the new chairs. So what if it’s May by the time it happens.
Mixed For You By Lara
I got to spend the day with Lara yesterday and it was wonderful. I greeted her on my front step and we belly bumped and then instantly started cracking up. We went to a used baby gear sale, a local consignment shop for babies and a fancy-schmancy local boutique for babies. We looked at tons of gear, but neither of us made any life changing purchases. I turned down the cutest pair of cowboy boots, mostly because they were gender specific and I have yet to find out what I’m having. Sniffle, sniffle.
When we went to Australia Lara gave us a mixed CD and we listened to it countless times. When we loaded it on our iPod we just named the songs “Lara,” since they didn’t register on the computer. To this day, I love many of the songs but have no clue as to who the artist is or what the real name of song is.
Yesterday, after our belly bump, Lara pulled out of her purse another mixed CD for us to blast at HBHQ. Last night Barry and I burned through it and many of the songs we sang along to, but some are new to our ears. Again, I am excited to listen to this mix made specifically for us and maybe, just maybe, I’ll ask Lara for the details of who we’re listening to this time. I’m just glad that Lara thought of us again because we love our old mix dearly.