And it's about freaking time!
Monday, April 11, 2011
Saturday, April 9, 2011
morning messages
Thursday night I was feeling a little overworked and underappreciated on the home front, so the next morning I left a little message for Matt on the kitchen table before I left for work:
I came home to find he had left me a little message of his own:
I came home to find he had left me a little message of his own:
Friday, April 8, 2011
rody!
This weekend is the Half-Pint Resale, an awesome and huge children's consignment sale in our neighborhood that is held every spring and fall. How awesome and huge is it? Check it:
the line to get in the door
waiting for shoppers on the inside
If you volunteer at the sale you get to shop before everyone else. And if you are consigning things, you get to shop right after the volunteers and before the sale opens to the public. And when it opens to the public...WATCH OUT! A friend of mine has seen actual fights break out over items for sale. Apparently zen eastside Madison hippie moms DO lose their cool.
This was my first time consigning, and when I dropped off my stuff last night I took a peek around and saw this little guy. Can you see him hiding there?
IT'S A RODY!!
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Tf61ZRrvCg&w=480&h=390]
Ever since I learned about Rodys I've wanted one. I even put one on my baby registry. They're geared toward the three and up set but this Rody had a base on him to turn him into a rocking Rody, making him just about perfect for a certain soon-to-be one-year-old who likes to climb and jump on everything he can.
I tried not to get my hopes up. Rodys are so awesome some volunteer in the early bird group would undoubtedly snatch him up and there was no way I would get there in time to get him for Matteo. I tried to tell myself that it was okay, I could just order another Rody online, and I would certainly end up with lots of other awesome stuff from the sale. But it was too late, the damage was done. I thought about that Rody all night and even had a very sad dream that some other woman snatched him up right in front of me.
I got to the sale 45 minutes early and was third in line. I watched through a window as the volunteers, who were already shopping, snaked by me on their way to check out. No sign of the Rody! As soon as the doors opened I ran over to where I saw him last night and THERE HE WAS!
Now he's all ours!
He's currently downstairs in hiding. I'm going to put a big bow on him and give him to Matteo for his birthday. I can't wait to see them in action. I have a feeling they're going to be good friends.
(You know who else has a Rody? Mari, the Japanese baby in 'Babies'.)
the line to get in the door
waiting for shoppers on the inside
If you volunteer at the sale you get to shop before everyone else. And if you are consigning things, you get to shop right after the volunteers and before the sale opens to the public. And when it opens to the public...WATCH OUT! A friend of mine has seen actual fights break out over items for sale. Apparently zen eastside Madison hippie moms DO lose their cool.
This was my first time consigning, and when I dropped off my stuff last night I took a peek around and saw this little guy. Can you see him hiding there?
IT'S A RODY!!
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Tf61ZRrvCg&w=480&h=390]
Ever since I learned about Rodys I've wanted one. I even put one on my baby registry. They're geared toward the three and up set but this Rody had a base on him to turn him into a rocking Rody, making him just about perfect for a certain soon-to-be one-year-old who likes to climb and jump on everything he can.
I tried not to get my hopes up. Rodys are so awesome some volunteer in the early bird group would undoubtedly snatch him up and there was no way I would get there in time to get him for Matteo. I tried to tell myself that it was okay, I could just order another Rody online, and I would certainly end up with lots of other awesome stuff from the sale. But it was too late, the damage was done. I thought about that Rody all night and even had a very sad dream that some other woman snatched him up right in front of me.
I got to the sale 45 minutes early and was third in line. I watched through a window as the volunteers, who were already shopping, snaked by me on their way to check out. No sign of the Rody! As soon as the doors opened I ran over to where I saw him last night and THERE HE WAS!
Now he's all ours!
He's currently downstairs in hiding. I'm going to put a big bow on him and give him to Matteo for his birthday. I can't wait to see them in action. I have a feeling they're going to be good friends.
(You know who else has a Rody? Mari, the Japanese baby in 'Babies'.)
maps
I used to subscribe to Elle Decor and my favorite feature was always the little illustrated map in the "Elle Decor goes to..." section. I've been tearing them out and keeping them for years with the idea of framing a few cities where Matt and I have lived.
Lena Corwin, the illustrator, released a book this month of 40 of her personal favorites, which I just ordered. It include some of our cities - Baltimore, Washington D.C., Minneapolis and Portland - as well as 20 international destinations.
For some reason Anchorage and Milwaukee didn't make the cut this time around. Say what? If the Bronze Fonz isn't a top design attraction people, I don't know what is.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
at practice
Matt took Matteo to several basketball practices this season, which was good conditioning for him since I will have to take him to lacrosse practice every once in a while. Yesterday was the first day I brought him with me and he was great. He loved being outside and hanging out with the girls, and they helped make it easy for me by playing with him and keeping him occupied when I had to run around and do stuff that was much easier to do without a 20 lb. baby strapped to me.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
election day
Today is election day and Wisconsinites are eager to see if everything that has happened over the last two months will get voters to the polls in big numbers.
Matt and I voted at lunch. While we were there a class of elementary school kids came through on an election day themed scavenger hunt. I was identified as being 'a voter' by my sticker and several kids got to check me off their lists.
I've been slow with the updates, I know. Daily lacrosse practices after work began last week and I'm just now starting to figure out this crazy schedule I'm trying to keep. Did I mention we're also doing baby swimming classes on Tuesday nights now? And I'm baking cookies for the alumni basketball games on Saturday, and helping Matt with his end-of-season banquet on Sunday?
Life is a little nuts right now. But I keep saying that, so maybe I just have to finally accept that this is just the new reality.
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