Chels and Rebel have been here for the last few days -- so fun!  Hung out in Windsor Saturday -- yummy breakfast, lakes, Loodles.  Then went to Denver for dinner at the Avenue Grill and Cirque du Soleil.  Big 'thank you!' to Rebel for that one!  Hadn't been in years, and it was breath-taking!  Another great breakfast Sunday, followed by hiking in ( Read more... )

I'm sitting on lil sister's couch with a scented neck warmer draped across my shoulders and my feet in an epsom salt bath.  Outside, the night is warm, and, if I look out the window, I can just see the surf breaking below the balcony.  Visiting Chels is sad and sweet and wonderful.  I love to see her world -- the new mixed with the old, the child ( Read more... )

 We've gotten hooked on Heroes.  Cousin Jessie brought season 1 to Easter brunch (which was very tasty -- Irish pancakes, seasoned organic sausages, blueberry muffins, strawberries, devilled eggs - it was like Thanksgiving with breakfast food!).  We watched 5 episodes on Sunday and another 3 last night.  Most of the characters are very likable, and ( Read more... )

 i promised to post a pic of a bed my dad made from an old deck he tore down for a friend.  he's making one for Jay too, on her request, though i assume it will have a different headboard  ;)  it's just so 'my dad'.


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Work's been really busy. I got to take a class on working with Asian countries, which was really cool. However, it meant working late to get real work done. Today's a mass of meetings and then we're off to DC to visit Big Sister! I haven't been to DC since I was 16 or 17, and I've never seen Jay's new place. Mom and Dad will be visiting too, ( Read more... )

I started reading the manuscript for Renee's book last night (she's Joel's sister). I had expected to like it, but not this much! Joel and I are practically fighting over it. I usually enjoy the creative work of people I know, but since I already know Renee's story and some of the things she learned through it, I kind of thought it'd be a "how ( Read more... )

---I have returned to LiveJournal! We'll see if I actually use it this time. Since my last post, a million things have happened. The biggest ones being that I got married and bought a house about a year ago. Life is good ( Read more... )