The Quiet Life of Violet

(1 + 1 = 3) Our Second Shower (continued!)

 

 

 
 

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 (Credits: most of the photos were taken by Miss Leigh-Ann
& the red and white tape graphics are from Pugly Pixel)

While We Wait

In 52 days, we will have one more player.

Of course, he won't be allowed to pick up the letter tiles (choking hazard!), but he'll be there to root Mommy on.

We can't wait for our boy!

 (Watch the right-side of my belly. )

  

Giants, Song Birds *swoon*

If you know anything about or even follow base ball at all, you'll know that The Giants are on their way to winning the World Series. Last night, they played a game out here in San Francisco and the sense of SF pride was just amazing. To see a stadium full of people with a common love,  just come together and sing the same song.. it takes my breath away.

The crazy guy who is singing and flailing like a nerd on camera?  The one and only Steve Perry, lead singer of Journey, the band who sings the song that the crowd is singing.  Brings tears to my eyes!

Here's another video from earlier this week where agian, Steve Perry sings with the crowd. Not only is Don't Stop Believing one of my all time favorite songs,  but the whole "city-wide bonding" thing just toots my pretty little horn.

 

Northern California... I love you.

Flashback Fridays -- Summer is For Kids

Summer:

• Stick Stickley
• Doughboy pools
• Watching Nickeloden all day long.
• Donkey Kong on Super Nintendo.
• Pink Flamingo flavored Kool-Aid (anyone else remember this flavor?)
• Spending the night at my best friend's house THREE nights in a row (we got sick of each other by day 2.5.) 
• Playing with Hope, my next door neighbor. We played house, made mud pies, spent hours with her KILLER Barbie collection, tormented her brother, played Super Nintendo (She had Mario Paint, I was jealous), played board games...
• Chasing down the ice cream man. Sorry we begged for money almost EVERYDAY, Mom. I'm sure it wasn't cheap, with three kids and all. :)
• My birthday and how I never got to celebrate with my class (June 21st).
• Theme songs (I STILL know the words and notes. )
• Discovering the joy of riding my bike around the block by myself.
• Late night Summer walks with Mom.
• Getting terrible sunburns.
• Berenstain Bear books, over and over again.
• Pretending that my hand was a boy's mouth and imagining what kissing was like.
• Drawing a town with roads and shops and parking spots and bossing my siblings around. "You CAN'T walk on the store!" ... "You have to park THERE!" .. "Don't smear the lines!"
• Sticking to that big, brown Naugahyde chair my parents had on really hot days. Getting up was painful!
• Making mixed tapes off of the radio.
• Puppies! My parents bred Spring Spaniels and we almost always had a pudgy little littler of pups around.
• Spending hours and hours in my backyard.
• Dreading the first day of the new school year...

What do YOU remember from your childhood summers?

1,300 Things to be Thankful For (week 4)

76. Organic lemons in ice water.

77.  How excited Dustin gets when he gets a new xBox game (his current favorite).

78.  FINDING OUR NEW (rental) HOME!  Eeeeep!

79. Summer playlists. 

80.  Having good bangs.

81.  Eating hot soup on a hot day.

82. My FAVORITE pens.

83. The first cannon ball of the summer.

84. Handwriting "Thank You" notes to friends and family.

85. Grabbing Bubby's butt while he's sleeping.

86. A good game of War (cards).

87. Spoiling yourself with yummy breakfasts!

88. Playing episode of  Buffy all day on Hulu.com

89. Being gifted a handmade blanket.

90. Getting excited about Halloween in June.

91. Making home-made salad dressings with tamari, Dijon mustard, lemon juice, olive oil, agave and spices.

92. Cars with air conditioning.

93. Meeting nice people who work  at the DMV.

94. Sitting with scissors and trimming all visible split ends.

95. Garage sales.

96. Driving home, listening to Spencer Bell.

97. All of the boxes that Dustin gets from work = free moving boxes!

98. Cheesy special effects in shows from the late 90's.

99. Watching the seasons of 30 Rock on Netflix, with Bubby, during dinner time.

100. One dish meals.

1,300 Things to be Thankful For (week 2)

26.  A fresh pad of Post-It Notes.

27. The soggy gumball at the bottom of the sno-cones from the Ice Cream Man.

28. Freshly cut sunflowers in the house.

29. Peeling off the bandaid,  even though it hurts.

30. The smell of a brand new book (Yep, I sniff books).

31. Games of Ladder Golf  in the backyard.

32.  The sheer size of Drive-In movie screens.

33. The crisp smell of my Mother-In-Law's sun dried towels.

34. Bananas with a bit of green still on them.

35. Rainy days that were made for watching movies.

36. Finding money in a random pocket.

37. Tape-style lint rollers that really work well.

38. Boys who hug trees.

39. Venus Fly Trap plants.

40.  Cellphone/camera/electronic batteries that don't die after an hour.

41. Ice water on hot days.

42.  Water weeds in aquariums.

43. Having 10 fingers.

44. Backyard patios with tastefully draped Christmas lights.

45. Really good sneezes.

46.  Only sneezing once in a while.

47.  Plops of cookie dough on a parchment lined baking sheet.

48. Taking the time to make a really good salad.

49. Fireflies flitting here and there at dusk.

50.  How the dishes magically get taken care of when I throw a dinner party. (<3 Mom)