blue i love you

i have been crushing on blue so much lately, mostly navy. i guess it's time to go back to my inner prep. some more blue love for you.
this photo. seriously.
time zero, probably the best blues ever invented.
the fact that this book has two covers, one blue one yellow. fantastic. thanks jen for the link.
nothing to do with blue, but this art project blows me away.

happy long weekend people.

99.9%

is a good number. eliot had a follow-up appointment with the orthopedic surgeon yesterday and he got a clean bill of health! well ok, so the tip of his finger will probably be a bit misshapen, that's where the 0.01% comes in, but i am quite alright with that number. so is eliot. he went to school today with his finger unwrapped. i think we are officially entering the "cool" phase. last night he told me some 4th grade boys asked him if he was "the boy who got bitten by a rattlesnake". after lots of nodding and playing it cool i think he is well established as "awesome" and maybe even "brave". so here we go, hello soccer season!

oh hello life, i just got back from vacation

i guess life doesn't take a vacation though, does it? that's probably a good thing. we got back into town on monday and eliot started FIRST GRADE (sheesh) on thursday. and what happened wednesday? oh our car broke down. and some medical bills came in the mail. awesome. that may sound like complaining, but it's not i promise. because even though my vacation is over, i still have rolls of film to pour over, and if i get even one more shot like this one, well then that just makes things a little sweeter. my spoonful of sugar so to speak. kansas city weather has been nice to me and my dad thinks he can fix the car (inexpensively being the key, i don't doubt he can fix it). fingers crossed. so here we go, jumping back into things. i'm going to be doing some childcare this school year for a friend of the family. eliot's best friend in fact, and when i told him, i swear to you his eyes nearly popped out of his head. "you mean he's coming over here four days???", it's like little kid heaven. and i'm thinking, i can't just wing this snack thing anymore. i've got to be ready four days a week. eep. so any afterschool snack ideas are most welcome. i know you are very smart about these things. very smart. and last but not least, david filmed a small video that a friend of his entered into a contest, if you have a few minutes, please vote for him. i know we can't compete with myspace voting onslaught, but i thought we might try. happy friday people!!

ten years

thank you everyone for all the well wishes for eliot. he is doing much much better. in fact i would say he is back to his old self. his finger still has a lot of healing to do, but that's not stopping him from much. even better, it gave david and i the peace of mind to take our long planned 10 year anniversary trip. it was perfect. quite and relaxing which was just where we needed to be.