+i have to share this blog, where the lovely things are. there's so much good stuff here.


+ martín azúa's beautiful gold house, which inflates from body heat or the heat of the sun. it also fits in your pocket. wish we could bring this on our next picnic.

from frolic,via lolita. photo from here.

+this paint chip diy from a beautiful mess is making me want to hit home depot this weekend.


photo from a beautiful mess.

happy weekend!

thursday good fun stuff

+ today i wrapped up a project i've been working on for the last week. yeah!

+ i also went to swim lessons with my boy. he followed a little girl around the pool. his first love.

+ i took myself out for a huge bowl of pho today while i was in sf.

good fun thing(s) day(s) 10, 11 and 12

pretty sunset

friday

+ g had a show with the orange peels at the make-out room in sf. one of the teachers from ollie's school watched him. i raced home, made them dinner, made myself something to eat, paid my fastrak bill (since my debit card was hacked i had to get a new card, which meant that fastrak freaked out), washed my face, changed and bolted out the door. of course, i had no gas, so i stopped for gas. and i tried to get money out to pay the sitter and i forgot my new pin number. i was a little frantic. by this time gabe was 10 minutes away from playing. i raced to the freeway and got off in emeryville like a dork. then i circled the mission for EVER looking for parking. i finally made it and saw three songs. they sounded great!

+ after the show we joined john and suzie for dinner at dosa. dinner number two for me. i couldn't help myself.

saturday

- in the middle of the night ollie woke up and i went in to get him and bring him back to our room. he was burning up. we went back to sleep for a while and when we woke up, he was still warm. we played for a while and then, at around 10, he fell asleep on the couch. this is very unlike ollie. we tried to move him to the bedroom and it didn't work. i took his temp and it was 101.3. we would not be joining daddy in the city for lunch. ollie and i spent the day in front of the tv. we napped in my bed for a couple of hours and watched a shit-ton of thomas the train. daddy and i loathe thomas the train.

+ by the time gabe got home, ollie's temp was gone and he was asking to eat at "the restaurant." we went to tacubaya. i'm in LOVE with their tortilla soup. LOVE.



little boy feels better

sunday

+ today was all about hanging at home, chores, and naps. i went and got my hair cut and then we went to little star for kyle's birthday. i think they're better than zachary's. their pizza and their salads are both so GOOD!



little star, i love your cornmeal crust.



i love summer. i love long days, lots of daylight and sandle weather. don't end summer.



happy boy, purple horse.

+ my youngest brother's girlfriend is having a baby in september. we're throwing the shower next saturday. i asked ollie if he wanted to come see uncle chris. he said he did. "and his baby?" he asked. i told him that the baby would come a few weeks before his birthday. he said, "dadda, uncle chris is having a baby for my birthday." yeah ollie, something like that. i asked him what kind of birthday party he wanted this year. ollie said, "a pink one." whatever you say little guy.

once a week i take myself out for sushi. it's become a weekly ritual that i love. i get a diet coke, and sit and read google reader. i'm all about salmon nigiri. today at around 3:30 i realized i still hadn't had lunch and i was feeling dizzy. sushi it was.

also, louie is on thursdays and that's a really good thing. if you haven't seen it you're missing out. very funny.

pacing the panic room has long been a favorite read. you have to read this about fart salad. it's incredibly sweet and funny.

good fun thing day 10

often i'll get ollie down, then hang out for a few hours until i go to bed. tonight i fell asleep in ollie's room room until gabe woke me up at 9:15. then i came out to the couch and fell asleep until 11. it's now after midnight and i'm wide awake. go me!

i'm a pessimist and this good fun thing is making me change my thinking. so i guess that's good, right?

+ this afternoon as i was leaving the city, i got a phone call from a former colleague. she happened to be in berkeley and wanted to know if i wanted to meet for coffee. we went to guerilla cafe. i really look up to this person and it was nice to catch up. i left feeling like i had things more in perspective.

++ also, i am sorry if ollie is hogging this blog lately, but i have to share. hand dimples make me happy. they just do.



+++ this morning, before work and daycare, my dad called and said he was coming to say hi to ollie. it was an unexpected (10 minute) visit.

++++ link. beth spotswood makes me laugh.


-
today while sitting in traffic on the bay bridge, thinking of changing this blogging thing into shitty bad things, i saw a car with 2 bumper stickers. one said redneck. the other said orgasm donor. i did a double take. there was no way i could take a picture because the car was in a lane that was actually moving. and i was driving. but i did want to share this. i'm sure that sticker gets the guy a lot of donor opportunities.