Hydrangeas August 17, 2007
As long as I have known of them I have always loved hydrangeas. It wasn’t until we moved to Atlanta that I had any of my own. Despite the brutal heat and severe rain shortage the four bushes we planted this spring are holding their own.
Yesterday morning I tried to capture the blue blooms that have faded into beautiful clusters of pastel colors with the Canon. I was somewhat successful – at least you can see what I referring to………….I posted a few more on flickr.
Important Lesson Learned August 15, 2007
The majority of my maternity shirts have ties that hang down in the back. Today I learned, first hand, the importantance of bringing them around to the front when visiting the bathroom. ‘Nuff said.
Our first cars. August 14, 2007
One of the Dads at work, when asked how the first day of school went, mentioned that his daughter was complaining that she is the only Senior she knows who still takes the bus to school. This got us all reminiscing about our first cars. I actually didn’t have a car until after I graduated from High School. But Steph and Sara did and they were stories in and of themselves. Sara inherited a Ford Fairmont from her Grandparents. It was rust orange with red velour seating. (Insert 70s boom chicky wah waaaaaah sound effect here.) I shared this with Sara via e-mail today and she said “You forgot to mention that the orange Fairmont with the red interior also had a hole in the floor which would occasionally result in the driver being sprayed in the face by dirty puddle water.” I think that the only reason I forgot about this feature is that I was spared the spray. Otherwise I definitely would have remembered that!
Stephanie’s Dad bought a Plymouth Volare Station Wagon that looked a lot like this one – complete with faux wood panel – from some guy passing through Springville wanting to unload the car. (Steph – you may have to clear up if I am remembering wrong here.) It had this neat feature where if you turned the wheel too far in one direction, it would trip the horn. And the horn didn’t necessarily stop blaring when you turned the wheel the other way. Sweet car. We used to sing to Steph, “the Looooooooooove Volare, soon we’ll be making anooooother run.” At the time she would get pretty mad but we all can laugh about it now.
When I graduated from HS, my brother gave me the keys to his 1984 Nissan Pick-up. It looked a lot like the one shown here but it was powder blue. The nice feature on mine was that it backfired almost every time you pushed in the clutch. So we drove it around town intentionally revving out 2nd gear and shifting into 3rd right next to pedestrians on the sidewalk. Yes, we were mature. And bored.
Kitty curiosity begins…. August 13, 2007
We just got back from Charlotte a little while ago. Cindy’s store, as anticipated, kicks ass. It is in a very cool, pedestrian friendly village and she is surrounded by restaurants and other cool shops. I told many of you that I would take pictures this weekend so you could see it. And I did. Just not with my camera. Because I forgot it. (I KNEW when we left the house on Friday I was forgetting something!) So as soon as Jane sends them to me I will share with you and post on Flickr.
For Mother’s day, Matt, Cindy, Randy, and I gave Jane a family portrait. The only problem was we all needed to get together to have it taken. That finally happened this weekend. As many of you know it has been hot as hell here in the SE and Charlotte was no different. We had our pictures taken outside at 9am on Saturday morning and already there was little shade to be had. There are a few shots where we all couldn’t stop laughing because a certain family member (who shall remain nameless (but if somebody reading this wants to blow that persons cover in a comment I won’t stop them)) announced that sweat was rolling down his/her ass. I am pretty sure that the photographer was very impressed with us. If you want to see the proofs, e-mail me and I will tell you how to see them. But if you are looking for a good laugh you will be disappointed because all of the the really goofy ones have already been weeded out by the photographer.
We have inherited our first piece of furniture for the nursery. It is a medium sized chest of 4 drawers with a mini closet. Jane bought it for Randy. It was then used for Cindy. A while later it was used by Aunt Judy and Uncle Charlie for their three kids. It has been painted a few times and the most recent paint job was in primary colors for the Cabaniss twins. So it is now back with the Moore’s – awaiting its next paint job. We brought it in the house and kitties had to scope it out. They have no idea what is going to happen to their world in a few short months………..
OK – I have just spent the last 10 minutes fighting with WordPress to get a picture included in this post. Not happening. Just check out the kitties and the chest on Flickr.
Welcome Baby Nao August 3, 2007
My dear friend Chrissy who lives in Japan gave birth to a beautiful baby Girl on July 19th. Her name is Nao (Pronounced “Nah-oh”) and she is simply adorable. Chrissy, Katherine, Marianne, Rita, and I were suitemates my Junior year at University of Rochester. I remember Chrissy sitting on the couch in our suite carrying on a conversation, watching a movie, and studying Japanese all at the same time. She is one of the few people I know who could truly get work done sitting in front of the TV. She is also one of those friends with whom – no matter how long it has been since you last spoke – you can pick up right where you left off. On the rare occasions when I do get to hear her voice, her laughter brightens my day. I know that she and Eisichii will be wonderful parents. Congratulations across the many many miles Chrissy and E7 and welcome Nao!
