where i'm at

well, there's been a LOT of this.  like a real lot. 

and then this happened...

oh my.  this mama is a little heartbroken and a lot-of-bit proud.  xx

veggie eye candy

there's been lots and lots of veggies to get through every week now------and they are the yummy kind that we like!  long gone are the days of garlic scapes and kohlrabi.  and since our whole CSA share is paid if full now, every week we pickup it seems like we are getting "free" food! ;)  the melon is incredible..the kids fight over the cucumbers and tomatoes.  i had a killer eggplant parm, and every week we have scrambled eggs and the most delicious roasted potatoes you can imagine.  the kids gobble up the broccoli with pasta and olive oil at least once a week, too.  the corn....oh, the corn...seriously the best corn i've ever tasted!  we all sing the praises of our CSA now!  (thank goodness because i couldn't handle the joking and eye rolls that i was getting at the beginning of the season any more!)

ten more weeks to go, too!

ryan seacrest, and on being a teen

" because of the teen choice awards, i really want to see the 'twilight' movie----i know all the characters' names...like bella, and ryan seacrest.". -grace

energy shifts

lulu's driveway drawings...the first "people" that she's ever drawn!  we were ridiculously excited about this. 

 

the energy has definitely been shifting around these parts.  even though it's still super hot and humid and very much summery, in my mind i'm planning for the fall.  it's going to be all about transitions in the month of september (actually, the kids start in late august...right around the corner!)----getting the two big kids off to school and back into their routines.  joey will be in full day 1st grade...which is huge because he was only in K for like two hours a day.  there are bus routes to get comfortable with, lunches to make, forms to sign, fears to conquer.  and then it's just lulu and i, left to fill up the hours of the day with our own kind of fun (i suspect there will be lots of kitchen help and tops eaten off markers).  thinking about boosting up my massage business, maybe taking my show on the road and doing more in-home massage.  i am looking forward to the fall, but sad to see summer go.  really, it should go down in the books as one of the best, by far.

lately, i've been painting again.  and it feels good to get back to it.  and i've had to get really creative in the kitchen, too----making some new meals and challenging myself to use all our CSA veggies every week.  in my free time (when i'm not passing out at 7pm), i've been obsessed with the really bad abc family show 'bunheads', the hbo show 'girls', and the bravo show 'gallery girls'.  it's getting harder and harder to find time to watch inappropriate television because grace is like her daddy and could stay up until 1am if i let her.  there are lots of nights that i go to bed before her!  there's no way on earth i would ever let her watch 'girls'----it makes me blush and i have to shut the shades when i watch it.

i get some alone time this weekend.  john is away for a couple of days and the kids are away with their grandparents.  i can't decide what to do.  part of me wants to plan something elaborate for myself, and the other part of me wants to get my beach chair and a good book and sit on my ass and read, uninterrupted, for a couple of hours.  maybe take a swim in the ocean.  maybe take a nap on the beach.  maybe just sit and think about nothing, and everything. 

big love to you, and you, and you.  xx

summer polaroid

soaking up
every minute
of this
beautiful summer

what about you?  xx