in case you were wondering

This is what a 12 year boy looks like


This is what Aidan would look like if he was a monkey in a tree

This is what my silhouette would look like if I was really wearing giant bell bottoms

This is what a 14 year old boy looks like when he tells his girlfriend that she can dress him up

these are some shapes i liked at the playground

Happy Birthday Aidan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Summer

Can summer really be over? Really we have a few more weeks but with the school notices coming in and football starting it seems like it is time to hang up the bathing suits and bring out the sweaters.

I think that this year I am sadder than most. Maybe because I am no longer chasing a toddler, spending time with the boys is less like work. I look forward to working more (making $) but not ready for the daily gruel that school brings. I hate the idea of saying good-bye to my children for 6 hours a day. So many changes... Max, high school, Aidan, middle school, (Michael, so far away). In the words of Clyde from year ago... No Likey!

Memories

when you remember back do you see it as 3rd person or through your eyes?

Max and I were talking tonight about this. we both view our memories through 3rd person.

Harry Therapy

sorry for the late warning. on Thursday night (8/16) I am hosting a book 7 talk at the bookstore @ 7pm. Figure those of us who read the book need to talk. My friend Lisa C. and Phyllis came up with this when we were feeling sad about it being over. never mind all the questions we came up with.

the good:

-tonight Aidan and I saw Harry Potter. we both really enjoyed it...was just fun sitting in the theatre with him.
-Tomorrow we are meeting deb & co, Paula & co and my mom and Ethan in Harvard Square. we'll let the kids play a bit then deb and I are off to get some work done. why is the idea of work sound so luxurious to me?
-A friend of Max's family owns a few parking lot's and they worked the lot's for the baseball game and made some money.
-Max is learning some good skills at work study.. like how to strip, buffer and coat a wood floor. (can you hear what my brain is thinking?)
-Ari went to robotics camp and LOVED it. he was able to build and program a lego vehicle.
-G is in love with Tommy. he does need to learn some boundaries though...when my mom saw him licking Tommy she made him wash his mouth out with salt. he then asked if it was okay to lick him paws. ewww
-I took the boys and Ethan swimming the other day. as I began to go over the pool rules with ethan he yelled out, "i know the rules...don't drown". the lifeguards thought it was a very good rule.
-we had a nice time seeing Chris's family. chris was able to swim with the boys in favorite place in teh world, the saco river. Everyone was doing well.. Barbara and Carol are in Boston latin (would be one good reason to live in Boston)... bet Trisha will end up there too. smarties!
- Aidan is almost 12!!!!!

the ugly:

- Zachary had a seizure. they think it was a fever seizure and don't expect any long term issues. but still... it was scary and I hate it.
- Aidan retinas turned out okay but we are no closer to finding out why he is getting these flash headaches and seeing lightning out of the corner of his eyes. I hate this too.
-took the car in for the state inspection and it turned into a 750.00 ordeal. pretty major stuff too... like bad tires and brakes. If I was 5 I would have pulled a tantrum and ran to my room screaming how much I hated everyone. since that wouldn't' help I called my dad, am proud that wasn't' crying. (tada... dad to the rescue)
-Michael leaves for the national guard.

a few visual examples of our last few weeks.

how the boys spend the book release party (this photo is not offering you much... they ran up and down Exchange Street in the rain)


they were very excited to touch the books before 12:00 (where's Max?):

drawing on the windows during the HP party

Ari has been trying to raise money. This is just SO not goign to work

When Karin asked me to send some images for her museums juried member show I did so without much hope. I mean.. it's a museum... a museum that has some really great art in it. well... 2 of my photographs were selected. I am floored. I would have never imagined. And... Karin had nothing to do with the decision process (it was by a gallery owner who is not involved with the museum).
I now have to print, frame and price them. I bet there will be a party to go to also. After the book release party I have decided that when you are part of something but not the focus of attention a gathering can be loads of fun!
These are the two photographs that were chosen.

the heat is back. I thought is was going to rain this weekend and I don't think I was alone. last night I stood in line at videoport with many Portlander's preparing for staying in doors watching movies. Instead we are off to the beach.

Chris and I did watch Running with Scissors last night. wow....

I am determined to start taking photo's again. I am always taking photo's but to take photo's for me. I think I am freaked out at the prospect of hte next show here in Portland. I need to have an image from the book and then another Portland image. I am so bored with my past photographs I don't even want to look at them. that's my story of the day.

oh Harry!!!

i finished. will not post anything just in case. dying to talk about it though.

I think I am going to host a Harry Potter therapy session at the store next week. I just walk to talk about it!!

Had a great time at the book release party last night. Was so nice to see the photographs and photographers. Wish I had more time to talk to people Channel 8 showed up and was nice but took up a lot of time. Not complaining...

Maybe I'll post more later. feeling very tired right now.

funny story... we were in Target buying some stuff for Michael. G bit Karin's hand (in play) and we noticed that his teeth marks were odd looking. Karin mentioned that he may be grinding his teeth at night, she does and her bite looks like his. of course we all had to test it out... we all go so into the mark our teeth leaves we didnt' realize that we were standing in the middle of the aisle in target biting ourselves. My friend happened to call & when I looked up to answer the phone I saw that there were some people were standing there looking at us like we were nuts.

I like being around my family.

Talk about temptation

Today we revieved 30 boxes of the new Harry Potter book.

yup...all those books just sitting in the basement. bet they're lonely... just wanting someone to free them of their prison and hold them.

What a shitty day

I just talked to Susie and am told that Grandma passed free of pain, fully aware of what was happening and at peace. That is good... it is selfish that I am consumed by sadness. I should be with family (bad thing about living so far away) celebrating her life. we are Irish after all. maybe some alcohol is needed.

local online mag the bollard gave the book a mixed review. on which side the review leans depends on the reader I guess. While I do expect some negative press I did not expect it to be so snarky. besides disagreeing on the basic feel of the book (i feel this book is for the people of Portland...sort of doubt many tourists would be interested) a few truths are hit upon. But... I am really curious to how many kids the reviewer thinks I have. Seriously.... I must have the reputation of the biggest floozy in Portland. In truth, I asked the photographers to submit photo's from their portfolio's. I did the same for myself and I have a lot of kids in mine. not all my kids. maybe i am the mother of all Portland's children .. maybe I'll get a parade. there were many good comments but I am sad today so will only focus on the negative. Grandma's funeral is this weekend. will not make it down. So happy we went down in the spring.

With G this April

Grandma and Henry 2007

with a few grand and great-grand kids

Mary D. Goodfellow

i survived

thanks for David and John I survived the interview.

will post if I can figure out how.

I am such a bundle of nerves. Tonight I am on WMPG @ 8pm to talk about hte book. I do not speak well. if you know me, you know that. Luckily another photographer will join me. He is comfortable in such situations.

cross you fingers for me (please)

Aaron is in metal smith camp this week. a perfect fit. Aidan is doing summer fun again and Max, G and I are just chillin. not much to report. well... I guess there is a lot going on but I'd have to think about it to write about it and that's just too much work.

Last night went to movies in the park and that was really fun. sometimes all one needs is to sit out in the open a kids movie on a cool summer night.

here's the schedule:

July 16- The Incredibles (Family/Animated)
July 23- West Side Story (Musical)
July 30- Ghostbusters (Action/Adventure)
August 6- Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Comedy)
August 13- The Quiet Man (John Ford- Drama)

My friend Meg has a good link on her blog about how you can obtain happiness through cleanliness. check it out... it is life altering.

Book release party

is 7/19, 7pm at the Domaine Gallery in the Old Port.

poor henry

has been so sick. I think the docs at bracket street finally figured it out. he hurt his neck. we are giving him muscle relaxers and he should be on bed rest (how does one bed rest a dog?)

he is so sad and sweet, a bit on the clingy side. Understandable so, I think this was really scary for him. Max thinks that his visit to the emergency vet left him feeling scared and depressed. i know it has that effect on Chris and Max. sounded like a horrible place. plus they charged us lot's of money and misdiagnosed him.

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