Poor little Monkey

My little girl in a cat suit had her teeth cleaned yesterday. I worried all day about little Monkey going under anesthesia. She came home sans tartar and with a clean bill of health, albeit whoozie and her paw wrapped in a traffic-direction orange bandage.

Reduce, Reuse….Reglove?

For those who want to refresh your wardrobe without adding more to your closet, Reknit has the perfect solution. Simply send your old sweater to the service and wait for it to be returned in the form of a new pair of fingerless gloves. So cute!

 

What type are you?

Ever wondered what type face you’d be if you could be a type face? Well, I did, and this very cool company helps decode it for you. Just plain cool.
www.pentagram.com/what-type-are-you
password: character

Ringing in the new year

We rang in the new year by spending lots of time with friends (Quelf, anyone?), a round of snowshoeing with the Flarks and Zellar, and serving our first ground beef wellington. Not a bad start to 2010! As for resolutions, I’m still working on my short list (where do I start!?) but Alec has his concise list finalized: Receive and place calls on his very own cell phone (I’ve retired as his secretary) and read each New Yorker cover to cover each week.

Surprise mountain trip

Alec surprised me this year with the trip to the mountain, complete with a new jacket, skiing, snowshoeing and a night at the Columbia Gorge Hotel. After fighting through some tear-inducing fear of heights on the ski lift, I was able to find my ski legs after 16 years and enjoy the day. I’m not going to lie, the panic was intense! Alec did his best to not all-out laugh at my fear (I recall dramatically pouting “I hate this!” at one point), but was rather full of encouragement*. We lucked out with great conditions for all snow-bound activities; fresh snow, blue skies and sun.

*Note: Once Alec had talked me off the ledge and realized that I was going to be okay, he updated the lyrics of all proceeding songs to include the words ‘tears’ and ’ski lift’. Nice.

United States of Pop

Although my pop-music-loathing husband would disagree, I believe 2009 was a darn fun year full of pop music. I think this creative mashup is proof. Enjoy!

Merry Christmas!

Reunion

My childhood girlfriends and our mothers gathered yesterday for a lovely brunch at my mom’s house. Some of us hadn’t seen each other in over a decade. Needless to say, we’ve all changed (and grown up) quite a bit. Cyreena is recently married and moving to China (or Boston), Jana recently earned her MBA and little Kira, who I held when she was just a newborn baby, is a college graduate and an honest-to-goodness interior designer. Time certainly does fly.

My systems

Among singing in harmony and dancing in unison, I also love discovering cool new ways to solve common problems. Alec calls them my “systems”.  One of my programs at work has to do with the concept of clean. In doing some research this afternoon, I came across instuctions for the most efficient way to fold a t-shirt and a fitted sheet. Genius.

Toys for Kids launches its new website!

After a long summer and fall of research, planning, writing and revisions, I am so excited to announce that the Toys for Kids website has launched. We are so very proud of this organization and tickled that we now have an official web presence. Please check the site out and let me know your thoughts. And, while you’re over there, would you kindly consider making a donation? : )