The Deliciously Evil Benjamin Linus

I finally finished watching season four of LOST.
I can't believe I have to wait until Spring 2009 to watch more.
What would Ben say to that......"SO?"

What did Jennifer Bring Home to Play with Today?

Twenty of #2 tomatoes at the U_Disitrict"s Farmer's Market......the ones they banish to the back corner of the booth, waiting for you to come pick through them...some are overripe, some have deep cracks, and some just aren't gorgeous enough to earn a place on the display table. Thankfully, some plans I made for this evening fell through, and the boyfriend is in Dallas for the weekend, so I get to stay home and roast my friends for winter storage in my freezer.

I also bought 2# of raw peanuts in the shell to BOIL, Mississippi style. What I did NOT know is that this will take at least 4 HOURS!!!!
Guess I'll be up 'til midnight...........

Pretty Eggs

I got these today at the McLure Elementary Farmer's Market. They are from Biocento Eco farms in Yakima.
I can't wait to see how yellow the yolks are.........

Anna is Certainly up to No Good

This is Anna, my dear old friend Lori Haff's child. Lori is one of the sweetest, most genuine people you will ever meet in your life. Anna, however, has a bit of the devil in her, most likely procured from the seed of Gino, Lori's husbund. Don't let this face fool you. As you read this, she just might be rifling through your bag and stealing lipstick and licorice.

Home of the Free Lenny Scoop

A solo afternoon in Fremont took me to The Royal Grinders for Gelato once again.
This time I decided on Pumpkin Pie with a Hazelnut Lenny Scoop (the little scoop on top that acts as a cherry, but better.)
I wished I had gotten the reverse flavor combo. Visit them here:
http://www.royalgrinders.com/

Dan's 40th Birthday

Cissel and I teamed up to take some pictures for a card for Dan's 40th birthday.....
Happy Birthday, OLY!

Name that crayon!!!!!

I love this!!!! I am always looking at things in the world around me and describing them in my mind in "Crayola"
Burnt Sienna, Periwinkle, Sea Green, and of the ever perplexing "Green/Blue or Blue/Green" debate. it always bothered me that the "Blue/Green" crayon was more green, and the "Green/Blue" was more blue.

BUT.....WTF? They changed half of the color names!!! I still scored a 33 - beat that!

http://www.crayola.com/promos/64boxBirthday/colorQuizzer.cfm

Learning to Throw the Perfect Spiral

Tube top is trying to teach me how to throw a football. Not that Nerf, either, but a real honest to goodness pigskin.
I need a couple more lessons, but I have to say I am a fan.

I'm Back!

Because I bought my nephew a fabulous accordian for his birthday, Amazon.com decided I may be interested in this beauty. I would be lying if I said I wasn't tempted......
It is kinda sexy, kitten and all.....Also comes in Fuck Me Pink.

Sweet Mama Jane

"Thank You"

If the sun refused to shine, I would still be loving you.
When mountains crumble to the sea, there will still be you and me.

Kind woman, I give you my all, Kind woman, nothing more.

Little drops of rain whisper of the pain, tears of loves lost in the days gone by.
My love is strong, with you there is no wrong,
together we shall go until we die. My, my, my.
An inspiration is what you are to me, inspiration, look... see.

And so today, my world it smiles, your hand in mine, we walk the miles,
Thanks to you it will be done, for you to me are the only one.
Happiness, no more be sad, happiness....I'm glad.
If the sun refused to shine, I would still be loving you.
When mountains crumble to the sea, there will still be you and me.

The Bean

...Sleeping right through the unrest, as usual.

Violet Beauregard

Elise on Halloween...and a letter from her mother.

So this morning was Elise’s Halloween parade at school.

"I was really hoping she wouldn’t want to be a princess this year…I have been trying very hard to steer her away from such foof.

Much to my joy, she decided that she wanted to be Violet Beauregard from the new version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Theeennn, I realized that I would have to make the costume. No problem. Only took me ‘till 8:15 this morning.



Elise had a rough morning because she didn’t want to walk in the school parade. When we got to her classroom, she had a total meltdown, rolling on the floor, most of her blue face rubbed off on the carpet, etc. She refused to wear her blueberry suit. I said, “No problem, Dear, whatever makes you comfortable! “ smile, smile…

I went to the gym to wait for the parade, mildly fuming.



One of her teachers was able to convince her to dress up and helped Elise suit up.

Too bad for the teacher she didn’t quite know how the homemade contraption was supposed to look. Elise was a bit…off-center.

Not to mention her wig was itching, so she pushed it halfway back on her head.

It must have been itching her nose as well, since she made scrunch-nosed faces throughout the parade.



Back in her classroom it was time for a group photo.

Elise was standing up front and was blocking some of the other children. Her teacher asked her to sit down, and she fell/rolled!

Everyone laughed (including me…it was just so funny!) and she hid her head like a turtle. After some coaxing and coaching from her teacher, all was well.



Enjoy the photos. She was so cute, as was Miles, and I win for “worst (and I think “only”) homemade costume of the year”!



Hopefully tonight’s Trick-or-Treat performance will go better.



Betsy"

P-Patch Dinner

Here are some shots from the Longfellow Creek fundraiser dinner for our P-patch. Thanks to Justin and the SAM crew for the donations!~

Taking a "Natural"

I woke up at 4:00 AM this morning after some crazy dreams, and found myself wondering how racing cyclists relieve themselves. Thanks to the wonderful world wide web, I am able to bring you this photo. Well, here they are pausing for a natural. Cyclists who have to, well, go to the bathroom, stop on the side of the road. Some, like Christophe Moreau yesterday, do get fined. Moreau relieved himself in a town and was fined 100 Francs for indecent exposure. Usually, the natural is taken in the country. Sometimes an unsuspecting camera man will catch a rider in the act and while riding the bike (this happened today on stage 3 when the camera caught Robbie McEwen doing a natural while on the bike!). I will refrain from describing how cyclists like McEwen do that.

Do We Really Need to Drink Botted Water?

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/30/dining/30wate.html?ex=1181188800&en=33411e562c73037f&ei=5070&emc=eta1

Sweet Susanne

Enough said.
We miss you, friend.

Got Two Minutes?

Check out this new Sony commercial.
http://www.bravia-advert.com/commercial/braviaextcommhigh.html

The Big Dawg Ain't So Big Any More

Daniel, this one is for you.
I just can't believe it.

Use it or Lose it Latin Quote for the Day:
Cave canem, te necet lingendo
Beware of the dawg, he may lick you to death.

TF McGann

The year before he died, my Dad jumped out of an airplane with my brother, Sean. TF was 75 years old. I love this photo.

My New Best Friend from Italy

I finally did it. It should come by Wednesday, in all its loviliness with its nautical brass insides - a true classic that will grace our kitchen counter for years to come, and I am hopeful that it will pay for itself, or that the birthday fairy will help me pay for it.