me and maggie, a long time ago

Existential Angst at Bedtime

Last night Maggie learned that she was going to die some day. and me, too. she was very sad. I was very sleepy and so had been sort of dismissive - something along the lines of, 'look at my mom! how old she is! we'll have at least that long...zzzzzz...'. and then this morning, very weepy and clingy. I can't figure out if she's not feeling well or just having an existential crisis. :-)

Also, yesterday she told me about how much she loves her best friend Riley at school. "Riley makes me feel like I'm at home!" she said. Wouldn't that be nice to hear about yourself?

Anyway. I've arranged to leave work early today for a few hours of just me and her. Fun!

Carnival Hill

Eli Walks!

More fun with PhotoBooth

And then James, from Saturday.

Weekend Photos

Here are some pictures from the various doings this weekend. Little Brianna from the Curtis Farm celebrated her 2nd birthday with a big fun cookout on a gorgeous spring day.

p.s. Brianna got a black fly bite near her eye I guess? thats why her face is puffy. Cutie!

Now for some pretty pictures

Jeff and the kids went for a walk on Memorial day around the neighborhood, over by Carnival Hill. 

Me and Bob with Photo Booth

as I said, HIGHLY unflattering...





 LOL! look at my greasy hair!!! LOL LOL. If these pictures don't make you giggle, you are dead inside. 

Photo Booth brings on the LOLz

Whoo boy if you want to go LOL, and you have a Mac with an iSight camera, see if you have something called "Photo Booth". Check out these very silly, highly unflattering photos Maggie and James and I were just making... Last night our friend Bob was over and he and I discovered Photo Booth. We were peeing in our pants we were laughing so hard.

LOL! LOL! LOL!! LOOK AT MY ROCKY DENNIS JAY LENO CHIN!!!

Henry and Maggie last night

Hey, my scale is broken!

I was on the way to getting dressed this morning and happened to notice a change in the general topography of my body. Certain areas seemed smoother, less pronounced than before. Could it be?! Was it possible I'd actually been losing weight from all the junk food I've been eating?

The eternal optimist hops on the scale.

Not only had I not lost, I was actually about 5 pounds OVER the last personal baseline I'd set for when it'd be time to shut down the party and get moving and eating better. I think this means I've gained enough extra weight that my whole body is actually large enough for the fat to resettle in a new arrangement that tricked my eye into thinking I actually looked thinner! When in fact, I am, overall, LARGER!

That is all.

Crowds of Oregonians

Look at this picture of some of the 75,000 people at an Obama rally in Portland. WOW!



Are you in there somewhere, serah?

Some pics from Arizona

Lanie and Nora are visiting in Arizona, here are some very cute pictures of them visiting the Zoo in Tucson with Grammi and Pap. I like the one of Nora and the Giraffe best...

I spotted these in my photo library

From when Maggie was just a few months old and we were horsing around on the screen porch. Look at those feet!

Maggie and Nora

Papa took this of his two young granddaughters while up in Maine last week..

Jeff and Lanie, then and now.

This is too funny...

James plays with the big boys

Here is James playing with Riley and Scout, the two Standard Poodles who live at the farm. And what a beautiful evening I think this was, last Tuesday.

The Empire Strikes Barack

lol...

We watched Eli this weekend!

Look at this cute little video of Eli. Notice how his little face turns into a sweet little frown after Jeff (gently! kindly!) swats his hand from touching the hot light bulb... This baby is one cute pup! He was over at our house for a few hours on Saturday and his feelings would play out on his face like weather, it was very sweet. You could see him remembering his mom or realizing he wasn't at home or whatever, and his face would start to crumble and he'd get very sad for a couple seconds, then it would pass and he would be fine. SO. CUTE.