they did a little news peice on us. check it out

http://www.wlbz2.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=65557

not sure where they got hte fresh food and flowers though.

Starts tomorrow... runs through 8/28.

update:

it went well... we had 11 vendors. 4 did not show which is sad since they paid. Seemed at the end of the day all the vendors were happy. we didn't' have loads of traffic but not bad for the first time. At least everyone made their space fee back. I heard from one person that most of her customers were tourists. I did have a good amount of people interested in being vendors and heard that the talk about the market was positive (hearsay of course but why would they lie). I do wish we started a bit later but i fear it is too late to change that.

on a different note. last night we were watching movies of the kids... they were SO cute. still are but it made me sad and want another baby. don't' worry... not happening, but still...

Right now Chris and Max are bring Henry to the vet emergency room. he is acting really off. scary off. fingers crossed.

I am not sure which image I should use for The Domaine Gallery & State House show.

I am thinking either this one



or this one




I am also COMPLETELY overwhelmed. The Saturday Markets starts this weekend. It runs from 9-2. Chris will be working, (hopefully) the store will be too busy for him or Stuart to leave, I have to pick Aidan up from his friends camping b'day party at Bradbury Mountain (1/2 an hour away) and get him for his 2:30 game. How am I going to do this? I am so behind in everything...we have no food...no money...the house is a mess... and... now the the book is done and the market happening I have no big project going on. breathe....

okay.. I needed to vent.

The book is now #1 on the best sellers. yahoo... I am hearing that people are confused by my using Goodfellow. Can't figure out who I am. sort of funny... Lisa and Bowe are both there also. it's like disguising yourself with a pair of glasses.

Our friend David now has a website for hoopleville.
not sure what we are going to do today... we all slept in.. Chris and Max are still sleeping.. love mornings like this. I sort of wish it was raining and we were going to spend the day reading, watching movies and eating. we may chase the sun and go to clay beach. update: only Max wandered further than our back yard today. We'll go see the fireworks in a bit though. I do not feel guilty at all. We needed this! I just started Joe Hill's 20th Century Ghost Stories. ohhhh...good stuff

these photo's are from a few weeks back.

G is such a good Daddy

not sure they should be playing catch with Tommy though

in case you weren't able to see just how cute Tommy is

I love Maine in the summer. Not sure why I would ever want to leave. Today we went with friends to a pond and then strawberry picking. it was such a carefree pleasant way to spend the afternoon.

We had a wonderful time at the museum. While the turnout was low compared to the winter event it was so much fun. I had only Ari and G with me, it was sweet to snuggle in Karin's bed with them and spend the day together. I guess together is a bad choice of words... we were in the same space but they spend most of the (8 hour day) doing origami. I think it's pretty amazing that we were there that long and they left happy and excited. My sun print event went well.... grownup's liked it as much a kids. the volunteers were having a great time with it! now that the museum event is over I am 100% focused on the Saturday Market. yikes... that's scary.

Ari doing origami

I liked this. there is a lot i like at this museum. much more than I thought I would. not sure why

some of the kids decided to use their hands for the prints.

a cute boy doing origami outside

that's me... helping a boy... I think he was doing his hand

Karin in her office

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We are all feeling pretty happy today.maybe because it's not so humid and we got a good nights sleep.. maybe because the rash on Aidan's arm wasn't a rare form of a skin eating disease (damn you... you brown moths)...maybe because my book # 5 on this weeks best sellers. maybe because the littles and I are going to see some of our peeps tonight.
dunno... but I'll take it.

Things are heating up

I am about to go to the final Saturday Market meeting...can't believe this is really happening... i hope of people come. The whole thing just makes me tired when I think about it.

The book is on sale right now at Longfellow's and Books Etc. the launch party on July 19th at Domaine Gallery. So far the feedback has been very positive. A local author extortioner bought the first copy then returned a day later to buy two more. I am taking this as a good omen.

This Saturday is the event at The Fuller Craft Museum... this is Karin's first event she that conceptualized and executed. I hope it is sunny so my event can happen ( i am doing a sun print workshop with the kids).

It's going to be hot today and our back door is broken. there will be no cooking in this kitchen.
Must figure out something fun to do with boys....

We have had a lovely time since i last updated. no more food fights, lot's of Maine summer fun. But the big story is the pet culture in our house. If you do not like to hear one tell their pet stories I recommend you stop reading now.

Tommy attacked Mica. Max and I are thinking that Tommy may be a bit on the stupid side.

Mica now needs extra attention.. Chris can often be found on the floor with Mica feeding her goodies. when she does venture into the house she cautiously walks around trying to avoid Tommy. If they are in the same room one of us need to be there in case a fight breaks out.

Henry has proven that he is the most mature of all beings under 5 feet in the house. The other day Mica and Tommy where having a face off in the dining room. Mica was hissing so (stupid) Tommy ran at her. Henry hit Tommy in the head and then stood between the two cats.

during another face off Henry started to play fight with Tommy. (he faux bites... never really shuts his jaw) Mica was jealous over this.. he usually does this with her. I think that it put Tommy in his place a bit. he ended up hiding under the radiator then scurrying from the room and peaking out to watch Henry behind the door frame.

yesterday there was another face off in the front hall. Chris, Max and I sat on the stairs in case we had to intervene. Henry joined us. I think he likes being the big bro.

Tommy is very curious.. we now have ot be careful when doing most basic household tasks... opening the fridge, he jumps in. going into he basement, he's been stuck down there a few times. getting eaten by the hungry dog, he likes to sit in Henry's food bowl.

Ta da....

I get really angry when people make assumptions about my house of boys. well... yesterday I did live in a house that those people imagine. After cleaning the kitchen I made A, A and G a simple lunch of pb&j, apple sauce and water then went in to straighten up the living room. I heard yelling and returned to a food fight. yes... a FOOD FIGHT. I was so mad that I just yelled out something like "I can't believe you'd do this" and ran upstairs and shut myself in my room (very mature, I know but I was really mad). by the time I came down the kitchen was cleaned up (meaning the applesauce was no longer in blobs on the floor but smeared all across the floor but I appreciated the effort). ah.... summer.

Mica still hates Tommy. She doesn't even want to come in the house. I was hoping that since was angry with us she would stop leaving us dead animals. no such luck. poor Chris began his day picking up one of her victims.

the first full week of summer vacation is in front of us! now that we/they have demonstrated our worse behavior I am visualizing 2.5 months of gloriously joyful times.

Tommy

Max caught this photo of Tommy, G's kitten. Papa, took G to get a kitten, it was love at first sight. G named him after Papa (i guess you could have figured that out)


Henry is afraid of him and Mica tried to kill him. great start.

cruel

I set my alarm for 5:30 so I could wake up and get a head start on all that I need to do today. Instead... I fell back asleep and dreamed that I accomplished everything . Needless to say when I woke I was annoyed that nothing was done and now I have to duplicate the work I did in my sleep. grrrr


We have had an emotional week. Aidan and Max have graduated. Two very large leaps. They both did great. It's all good, just a bitter sweet. I will post images later. Today we are having G's b'day party.

This past week was very hectic with the kids year end events and such. The weekend turned out pretty great though...I am really happy with the photo's from Saturday night... I hope the museum is too. this is my fav


It took us 5 hours to get home from the Cape Sunday night.. I felt like I was sleep walking all day Monday. Since it was Aidan's graduation on Monday I am feeling it may have been a good thing. I didn't cry. That morning when he mentioned that he was going to miss this friends (not all are going to king with him) and teachers I got a bit weepy. Not looking forward to Max's graduation tomorrow. high school....yikes

Michael showed us how to make sure he got hte biggest piece of cake.

Lucky for us G didn't try the same thing (G's cake was actually first so I guess it would have been impossible..unless he is psychic)

lovely faces
Here Dad was grilling up some lovely veggie kabob's that Georgia made... corn on the cob and asparagus. yum

sorta cool...

women in art

though I find it odd that they are only white women.

Baby G... no longer a baby

Does anyone know of any kittens in need of a loving home. G's b'day is coming up and he wants a kitten (or a pup or a hampster... he just loves animals) more than anything.

also.. we are putting together a baby book for G ( poor 4th child that he is). if you have any memories that you woudl like to share please e-mail them to me.

poor boy.. on his b'day Aidan has a 9:30 game...basketball... then we drive to boston.. him to the cape... then Michael's party. it's all good but he is counting down the days and there seems no time for him.

almost there

I am almost done with my web site. not sure if I love the front page.

also... if you know anyone who in intersted in throwing some green for a movie, Rival's, about football and class warfare let me know.

Getting ready for the big weekend of parties down south.

You may remember Gabriel. she worked in our store for a number of years. you also may remember that she left to help her family out on their farm in Georgia. This is her farm journal While always interesting what they have been going through with this drought has been heartbreaking.

Good People of Maine...

Today I will be at the International Festival in the Public Market from 1-8pm. I will have a table looking for vendors for the Saturday Market and The Market House's day tables. Drop by and say hello.

Aidan got the game ball this morning! woo hoo. Ari and G's game is @ 1. (not sure how I'm going to do this)

People of Boston... I wish you were here.

People of Italy... have a glass of wine for me.

last night Chris and I watched My House in Umbria.
All day I dreamed of sitting in a gorgeous flower garden while wearing a lovely linen dress, sipping grapa and smoking cigarettes. oh.. and eating a fresh salad and bread. instead... we're all too tired for art walk. max and Aidan aren't even home.

good thing I have a new book to read. Italian Fever by Valerie Martin!

just thought i'd share.

zombie part 3

have I ever posted about the same thing 3 times before? i think not. but... I had to share this .

watch the second movie. that is G (and yes...he's biting his fingernails) and Aaron.

Here are some photo's from zombie kickball's flickr page. If you look around you'll see some pretty great zombie action. there are a few images of young boys in bright orange. that would be mine.

edited to add these http://www.flickr.com/groups/61319076@N00/pool/page5/. aaron is in black not orange.

funny thing is... when karin opened the link the first thing she saw was a couple of her friends. what a small world!

Since I seem to take my camera almost anywhere you would think I would have had it when Gabriel learned to ride a 2 wheeler and the kids played a kick ball game with a bunch of zombies. But I did not. If i can find an image from someone else I will post it. Besides the fights with angry little league parents(a team of young players were having practice on the field. some of the kids were afraid of the zombies. parents got mad. zombies threatened to eat their brains. ya know normal stuff in the un-life of a zombie. I do understand why the parents were upset but they WAY over reacted. they called the police, the police were like, "Dude, there's nothing we can do about your kids being afraid of zombies. maybe you shouldn't have raised a bunch of scaredy cats" ) it was hilarious. I think Gabriel was a bit afraid but wouldn't' admit to it.

sick

the Saturday Market is going forward. I am both excited and terrified. why terrified? because it came from my brain, is mostly organized by me (I have received a great deal of help from some people who I will forever be thankful to. Especially allowing me to back off on the public communication aspect. Lord knows what I'd be quoted as *saying) and I am so very ADD.

There was a mention in the forecaster this week. We have a few vendors who look great. but no Vintage/antique vendors, I am feeling anxious about that. It was pointed out to me yesterday that on the application it states no vendor can be part of a store front. what I forgot to mention was that this does not apply to vintage/antique dealers! arg...

oh.... Jennifer and I are getting closer to a web page. woo hoo


* when being interviewed by a local paper when our house burnt down I was quoted as saying, "the kids lost all their Christmas presents". Like that was my biggest concern. My sophomore year social studies teacher read the article out loud to the class, I was so pissed and vowed to stay away from that side of the pen/lens.

Joelle, Sammy and Z are here. yipee!

I am a mean mommy... i had the boys go to school. i am feeling like they missed so much when we were away, aidan has track and we need to pick up K and S. guilt.

The other night Chris had a dream that we lived in a modern apartment. It got me thinking... I wonder what life would be like to live in a place where you didn't' risk blowing a fuse every time you vacuumed.

things i loved about yesterday:

-The boys met a friend at the Y

-Aaron played with a friend from school who also lives in the neighborhood. G played with them for a while too. then... the dad walked them home.

-G and Aidan played baseball on the western prom and I sat in the car knitting and listening to my book on tape.

-Aidan was a mothers helper for a few hours

-Max's friends came over and I had enough ice cream for everyone

-Max then went out with and was home exactly when we told him to be

-Aidan is happy he made the track team

- I loved living in Portland.

things I didn't love about yesterday:

-it rained

-I do not see any green coming up from out yard

-Max and I stayed up to watch Zach Braff on Saturday Night Live and it wasn't funny.

-I wanted to take a nap and couldn't

-the cleaning fairy didn't come. again.

-chris's arm hurts badly. we do not have pain medicine so i bought scotch (pain med of years gone by) and it was yucky.

-I really wanted to shoot and didn't have any film

today Aaron was told he no longer has to wear his splint. he still should not play sports but otherwise he can do anything.

so, dear blog reader. I think you are ready for the true story of how Ari broke his hand. you can see from the photo above that it looks much like the one sir potter received on his forehead. this household too received a visitor of the darker nature. Aaron, with help from Raccooni was able to fight off lord V. It was a tough battle, the rest of the family were held back by a curse and could not help. I won't go into details. I sent the info the Ms Rawlings (she was desperate for ideas) and she is using it for book 7. Needless to say, Aaron was victorious, he and Raccooni unharmed, except for this scar.

was so nice to go the Y with my ipod. much nicer walking the streets of Portland with a soundtrack. yesterday, on my way to the bookstore I was listening to the Lennon Covered cd that I got in Ireland. I love Elbows cover of Working Class Hero. If I can figure out how to post music I will. I am sad that we will have to quit the Y.

Looks like everyone got into King. Aidan is a happy boy.

my mothers day gift

except mine if pink. plus... a handmade clay vase & bowl, an origami bowl filled with tickets for massages and snuggles, a lovely drawing, flowers, magazines and a babysitting promise.

i used a massage coupon this evening. Ari and G have now decided to have a spa in the house. my coupon included a guest so chris got a foot massage also. we should ahve thought of this years ago!

Happy Birthday PaPa

on Saturday we met Papa, Michael, Karin and Asser in Portsmouth to celebrate. Had a great time. Portsmouth is such a cute little city. I felt but jealous of Portsmouth's cuteness.

Papa was wearing an H because he was HAPPY

fake mustaches are fun

ran into a state trooper from 1975

G aged quite a bit. he is now a very serious old man

Can you guess who this is?

Karin is NOT wearing a fake mustache. this is the real her DEAL WITH IT.

though it was only 3 of us standing in line we ordered 8 ice creams. it took a long time. I felt a bit bad for the people behind us.

Michael is SO nice giving the friendly giant a lift.

No comment.

We've been Hoopled

I will only bore you with a few of these images.

part of Susie's backyard

on the Dead River. this pretty little hidden beach looks ideal. yes?? no! there were so many gators and snakes here. SCARY

In North Carolina. This reminded me of a fairy tale.

Spanish moss is so pretty

animals

here are some animals we encountered:

aren't we brave. the hippo was called lou. short for lucifer. ooohhh

okay... so I hate the disney channel, disney marketing, most of disney movies. but I forgot how much I loved the park. I found that it was even more fun as an adult. why? because it's just plain ole fun AND you get to see the faces on your kids. sort of like these faces.

the castle was so pretty. my favorite memory was when the boys and I decided to ride Dumbo and it worked out that we were on Dumbo, in front of the beautiful castle, in the air as the fireworks were going off. besides Aaron's being terrified of being up so high and desperately trying to lower our elephant, it was absolutely magical. all we could see was the vast sky filled with exploding colors and a fantasy multihued castle.

after a long and wonderful day we waited for our boat ride back to the cabin. I was amazed by how many people brought babies. I can't image it was much fun for them

Gabriel was speechless after Space Mountain. but the wait almost was what put him over the edge.

because you deserve to smile today. :)

sorry it's taking me such a long time to write about the trip. We have returned to a very busy week. plus our friend David is staying with us until his opening! Once things slow down I will, I promise.