11 posts tagged “summer 09”
Seriously, mango avalanches in the Safeway produce department (My fault, not theirs, they slowly walked away like they didn't know me!), discovering falafel at Costco (I think I just about gave them a heartache the way I reacted when I saw it), discussing whether the side effects of Alli are worth it (Tori, Soph and I say no way!) and going to Target 3 different times because I forgot something and I had a coupon (Let's go again, I have a checkout coupon for Heinz 57!). That's what you miss when you decide to stay home and not come grocery shopping with me.
Lots of swimming, a nice walk with Ash and Soph, a big pot of goulash topped with parmesiano reggiano cheese, homemade chocolate sorbet, and an awesome halloween costume idea. I would tell you all, but then you might steal it. Heh.
Everyone is home now and life is back to normal. We took an impromptu visit to a local park for some hiking and fishing. Then followed it up with dinner at one of our favorite Mexican restaurants.
After a lovely Monday of visiting art galleries and eating late night falafel sandwiches, Tuesday was a lot of house projects. The new dishwasher was being delivered and installed, so we figured it was a good day to work on some painting that needed to be done.
Steve and I were planning on driving up to Quebec this year while the kids were gone. Well, until our air conditioner went up, oh, and the dishwasher finally gave up the ghost after months of fighting with it. Steve decided to just take a week off work and we'd chill out at home. And you know what? It was pretty nice!
It started out with a impromptu get-together at my house when Rob and Nicole arrived to pick up my nephew (I watched him while they were out of town) and Steve's brother, Rob and his wife, Kirsten showed up at the same time Sunday night. We all ended up sitting on the porch for awhile just visiting.
You know what's awesome? Going on business trips with Steve. We get to eat out, stay in a hotel with free breakfast (I love a good free breakfast), and most importantly, I can usually meet up with a Vox friend!
The kids are all getting ready for their summer trips with their dad/stepmom or mom/stepdad. Ok, I am getting them ready, either way, we are in the throes of packing/organizing, seeing who is missing what and whether everyone has a decent amount of underwear. The usual.
First, let's discuss the ridiculously cute chinchilla babies. They are getting so big. And cuter each day. And they are rotten. Rose loves to climb out of the cage whenever I open it. I have to catch her before she falls to the floor. I'm in shock over all the things they do at a little over a week old. They popcorn, run, climb. Poor ZuZu was trying to eat and Rose was climbing on her head. I guess even chinchilla mamas have to just deal and do what they've got to do. I've got video and stuff, but I'm on the deck and have no desire to go inside to grab the camera and upload stuff. They are just such blessings. I'm enjoying every day with them.
