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