Unravelling

I am going out on a limb and taking an e-course. It looks lovely and I'm excited. A little nervous, too. But I feel strongly about getting out of my comfort zone more and more.

p.s. fun tweed ride pictures are a-coming.

our weekend

went like this, but not in this order:
san francisco
husband
deep-dish pizza
teardrop bud vases
baby clothes
yucky stomach bug
made-to-order cotton candy
makeshift high school reunion in our living room, UK style
ogling & criticizing homes on nytimes.com
dancing in our living room
oeufs (eggs) at 10 pm
new ipod playlists
watching it rain
knitting
cooking together
vacation planning
tormenting Brunie
cheerios with juicy strawberries
fort mason modern economy sample sale
wine
huddling at the laptop watching The Office
making lemongrass ginger granita
drinking my favorite tea two days in a row
laughing harder than I have all week talking on the phone with my sister lamb

May day birthday

May day, May day! Happy birthday to the one & only Mr. B. Hoodes. He is paving the way for me to turn 30 in style.

Wonder of wonders, Bag la Hoodle is thirty.

I still can't believe this is the little bug with huge ears whom we had to barricade in the kitchen with mattresses less than a week after we found him, for fear he would destroy the apartment while we were away. (Coincidentally, it was the same weekend Steve asked me to marry him.)


Oh Googlie. A middle child in every sense of the word.

He is the glue.

The second picture is our screensaver right now and one night we caught B. on the desk chair, absolutely mesmerized by it. It was pretty much one of the sweetest things I've ever seen.

This time, we're ready

I rearranged a dentist appointment and juggled my work schedule around to be there, but I've already said the most important thing--I'll be there.

We'll be there. My husband, in tweed! And argyle socks, and the most perfect beret. I'm so happy I just might burst.

Egypt

Three years ago, exactly. We had been married nearly 1 1/2 years and thought we were old hats at it by then. Alaska was ahead of us and I think if you looked closely, you could actually see stars in the greens and browns of our eyes.

I heart my bike

I had bought this bell (at Napa River Velo, although they sell them online at amazon) even before I bought la bicyclette. Just had to find the one to give my heart to.

Arizona

My parents are in Prescott, Arizona on a work-related trip. We've only been to Prescott once, canoeing in this awesome corner of the world called the Granite Dells and I wanted to show pictures of how pretty it is there--but for the life of me I cannot find those jpeg files. So instead of putting all of my energy into finding these pictures, I shall let it go and post one of a lovely cactus. Did you know that the more branches a cactus has, the older it is? I pay respects to this wise, ancient one.

I loved living in Arizona. It definitely has its share of haters and I, too, was skeptical at first but it worked its magic on me. On us. If only the ocean were closer.