tuesday

dog beach

two men and their dogs


Danny never met a dog he doesn't like :)


Romeo fell in love with a tall blonde in a string bikini (who was male... but it didn't stop Romeo falling in love....)


the fastest dog on earth


Romeo didn't stand a chance of getting to the ball first so he chased Blackjack's tail instead :)

tuesday five things

we dismantled our targetto $100 pool today... it was somewhat heartwrenching to put all those memories away for another year. it was the best $100 we spent this year :)

but in it's place, coming soon, our walmart tramp-oline! some huge metal piece got damaged but the company is sending it to us for free bless their hearts. i love good customer service and it makes my love of walmart soar to new heights!

i love my bed. it is squishy and cool and lovely like a soft shady cloud. today i watched desperate housewives in bed after my awful 100 degree 2 hour walk today with ice cold grapes and iced water. so sooooo good!!!

we had Paul Newman's Own spaghetti the past two nights. i overheard reports from the family that it was the best spaghetti ever :)

i absolutely dread reading the news everyday. so i don't... it's no solution but it's all too grim.

monday morning

monday five things

today in Southern California it has been thundering and raining for about 65 minutes.... i actually lay in bed stressing out about how on earth one gets children to school in this treacherous weather, and whether a cereal mercy dash to target is really wise. OMG... i think i became one of "them" :0 incidentally it is 12 years since i moved to America... maybe the weather is a test to see how british i still am ;)

my coffee tastes extra rich and dark today........ for someone who hates it, Aaron make damned fine coffee (and hot too!)

yesterday we took Romeo to Dog Beach for the first time... he has never been off the leash before (well apart from him escaping on day 2 at our home and causing the entire neighborhood to help us chase him) anyway, he L-O-V-E-D it and had fleeting love affairs with a million new doggiefriends (we don't call him Romeo for nothing).... and even came back when we yelled his name AND slept for the next 14 hours straight!

i am in the craziest craftiest mood since my trip to New England... i made beachy picture frames for all around our house, a wreath of perfect white shells (which is sooo not my style but i adore it!) and next on the list is curtains and pillow for the den. hmm... i must have brushed against Martha in the Christmas Tree Shop in Cape Cod because this just isn't normal....

i do NOT like Dr Phil's new theme song. AT ALL - is he being charitable to some whiny white christian "rock" band with soul patches and lame tattoos? i don't know (and i even looked on wikipedia:) but i don't like it... not one iota.

new york (*******) city!

yes! they have trader joes... but holy crap, the lines are longer than the JFK 1-94 line....


some fancy piece of art on park ave...


a waterfall thing... the whole city is positively teeming with art


we sat here for hours and did NOT see carrie bradshaw. or big for that matter :(


how on earth could they resist a little girl in a pink tutu??


at gordon ramsay's restaurant. i ordered a burger, very well done with copious amounts of ketchup, hoping he would come out and scream in my face and berate me for my culinary crime (and i would get to sniff his neck)... no such luck


the mall, central park

saturday

decided to ditch every last piece of equipment and revert to my trusty rebel and 50mm today.... even though i couldnt remember how to change iso, it was fun and refreshing to feel the bumps in the road again :)




isn't he a genius?? oprah... have us on the show!

note the bite marks in the book... just to prove who the wild thing really is ;)


a creative crop to hide the blubbering tears this book induces... stupid dumb dead dog book!

thursday

this week's pic with the boys... is it 2-0-0-9 yet??? i cannot quit a project but i am soooo over the weekly torture of taking a picture of me


danny and preschool buddies show me their "scary" faces :)


next Dr Eddie's for a checkup! he isn't scared of the dentist thanks to Dr Eddie :)




Sam tries to watch "Robots" too...


neeeeext.... the nature center to run off some energy

it's a wednesday morning thing...

my date with danny. we don't go anywhere fancy...we're just two crazy fools calling each other 'silly monkey'... 'no YOU'RE the silly monkey!'.... danny begging for matchbox cars... and shrieking "AWWW-WIGHT!!!" when i finally cave in.... buying all the pieces for some over-ambitious craft project in michaels then ditching it all at the last minute to go to mcdonalds instead.... singing to grace kelly in the car... wednesday is the new friday

looking for flowers in walmart... he chose purple and orange (what a surprise!)



home depot... we were looking for spooky pumpkin lamps. my bracelet/floatation device was yesterday's preschool craft. they are studying things that start with B this week :)


"i want a wamp vat wuks skawy like VIS, mama!!" we didn't find one yet :(


and we were so busy voguing in the mirror aisle we forgot the knobs we went for... dang it all to heck and back!


off to Joanns for a spooky pumpkin face lamp... the only spooky faces we saw ;)


he can make the grossest habit look adorable..... we spent the next hour playing hide and seek... it's really hard to look for someone who ALWAYS hides in the same place and giggles so loudly you can find them with your eyes closed... i should get an oscar for my acting skills!

tuesday

preschool drop-off


sam loves his new chalkboard door :)


Danny... oops i mean power ranger Danny ;)

the farm

i love cows... this one really really wanted his picture taken


who knew llamas were so good at following instructions.....


she really wanted her picture taken too :)


he had the BEST fur!!!!


awwwwwww.....


the three little pigs having breakfast


i know EXACTLY how she feels....


but I WANT ONE!!!!!!!!!

our first datenight as americans

first we tried on glasses.... i think he looks like the man from Bargain Hunt and i clearly am Sarah Palin (minus the lipstick :)


effing camera. this was us in the restaurant...


no eye contact from bart, s'typical


i think i once saw a CSI about this... furries or something... but let me tell you... that kiss was totally hot!