G's soul mate.

ahhh!!!

okay....

so here I am. haven't posted here much. nor anywhere. Once in a while I make an appearance on facebook but I lose interest too quickly and sign off. maybe I find it overwhelming. talking to so many people at once. 

I shut my website down today. Haven't' been working and it seemed silly to be "out there" when I am not. Not sure I want to be. I think I am taking my work in another direction. I'll let you know when I get there. 

so really I guess it's more of a,  here I am.. and here I am not. 

I love this

off to Boston... 

..

                       Photo of G, Aa and me with my shine new and very fancy Blackberry. 

                       I am slightly IN LOVE with it.  

I admit. I am the worse blogger ever.  though I stay away from NY resolutions I will promise to update this more. My excuse? This past month has been a blur. no time.. no time..

Off to a meeting about another book. how crazy is that? 

Happy New Years!

I have donated a photograph to Photo a go go. There a lot of good images this year. I especially like the one of Obama.  Not 100% crazy about how my image came out. I had it printed from a file rather than doing it myself.  you live you learn. 

I must admit, I have serious blackberry envy. 

aidan made me do it

they boys are enjoying this. I cannot get it out of my head so I thought I share my pain

Your welcome. 

Did you see this?

Tuesday night....

Even Aidan's gum was blue

I think she is pretty great. 

now this is odd news

last night

 Max as Frodo. notice the bare feet.  He insisted that he must stay in costume and walked around town all night like this.  Ignoring the protests of his mother. 

Aaron learned that creating fear does work very well. People were giving him extra candy just to go away. 

We all know that G is truly his mummy's boy.  

Be wary if this plumber shows up at your door. 

Part of Aidan's Halloween gang. Notice Bobby as Sarah P. He was hilarious!  K was McCain but he wasn't here when i took this photo. 

OMG

I had to post these... Luckily Frodo aka Max returned with far less loot. 

 

Karin posted this. heartbreaking.

this time last year....

 Aaron, my mom and I were hanging on  corners in Venice

Aaron was playing a sort of hopscotch game

Aaron was so inspired he was drawing everywhere (he was leaning his pad of paper against that wall)

Here are some images from Karin's 30th b'day party. We had to drive back to Maine before the party got going but we had a great time.

This is interesting.  Go to the links right above the map to see what the results were in past years. 

I have been a lousy blogger lately.  sorry.  

Chris and I celebrated our 18th wedding anniversary, went out to our favorite restaurant, The Green Elephant,  then to watch the debate in a bar.  I know that sounds goofy but it was really fun.  

other big birthday news...  Ziggy turned 3 yesterday !! 

Happy Birthday little Z

From the MANITOBA HERALD, Canada


A flood of American liberals sneaking across the border into Canada has intensified in the past week, sparking calls for increased patrols to stop the illegal immigration. The possibility of a McCain/Palin election is prompting the exodus among left-leaning citizens who fear they'll soon be required to hunt, pray, and agree with Bill O'Reilly.

Canadian border farmers say it's not uncommon to see dozens of sociology professors, animal rights activists and Unitarians crossing their fields at night."

I went out to milk the cows the other day, and there was a Hollywood producer huddled in the barn," said Manitoba farmer Red Greenfield, whose acreage borders North Dakota . The producer was cold, exhausted and hungry. He asked me if I could spare a latte and some free-range chicken. When I said I didn't have any, he left. Didn't even get a chance to show him my screenplay, eh?

In an effort to stop the illegal aliens, Greenfield erected higher fences, but the liberals scaled them. So he tried installing speakers that blare Rush Limbaugh across the fields. "Not real effective," he said. "The liberals still got through, and Rush annoyed the cows so much they wouldn't give milk."

Officials are particularly concerned about smugglers who meet liberals near the Canadian border, pack them into Volvo station wagons, drive them across the border and leave them to fend for themselves. "A lot of these people are not prepared for rugged conditions," an Ontario border patrolman said. "I found one carload without a drop of drinking water. "They did have a nice little Napa Valley cabernet, though."

When liberals are caught, they're sent back across the border, often wailing loudly that they fear retribution from conservatives. Rumors have been circulating about the McCain administration establishing re-education camps in which liberals will be forced to shoot wolves from airplanes, deny evolution, and act out drills preparing them for the Rapture.

In recent days, liberals have turned to sometimes-ingenious ways of crossing the border. Some have taken to posing as senior citizens on bus trips to buy cheap Canadian prescription drugs. After catching a half-dozen young vegans disguised in powdered wigs, Canadian immigration authorities began stopping buses and quizzing the supposed senior-citizen passengers on Perry Como and Rosemary Clooney hits to prove they were alive in the '50s."

If they can't identify the accordion player on The Lawrence Welk Show, we get suspicious about their age," an official said.Canadian citizens have complained that the illegal immigrants are creating an organic-broccoli shortage and renting all the good Susan Sarandon movies."I feel sorry for American liberals, but the Canadian economy just can't support them," an Ottawa resident said.

"How many art-history and English majors does one country need, Eh?

an election game

how many stereotypes can you find?

ouch

Happy Birthday Karin!!!!

30

I think that Karin turning 30 is stranger than even Max being 15. I really liked my 30's. It was a good time. Like Good Times.

Totally unrelated but I'm thinking of the theme to Good Times. Here are the lyrics. Sing along with me. To Karin... A new tradition... when you turn 30, people sing you Good Times instead of happy Birthday.