1. My brother NungNung called today, just to chat.
2. Zeeb has the most musical, delightful laugh in the universe. I can’t help myself from tickling him every singe day, because he’s so ticklish, and he’s guaranteed to rip out continuous, glittering, precious jewels of giggles. If I could bottle the sound, I could bring the world universal peace.
3. A funny doll I acquired while in Mexico in 1980. It’s a girl in traditional dress. My kids have discovered the doll, and love her, so I use it as an opportunity to teach them some Spanish, using funny voices and requiring responses.
4. Rugs. I’m so glad I bought a bunch of area rugs at Target when we moved into this apartment. I’m pretty sure I don’t need to explain why.
5. Sheila. She drove 6 hours to visit me this weekend, and we went to the farmer’s market, the Wool Gathering, and house hunting, while she prepared her syllabus for her American Lit class that started yesterday.
6. Farmer’s markets. The one we went to on Saturday was in Yellow Springs. I bought garlic, green beans, eggplant, tomatoes, watermelon, apples, parsley, basil, potatoes, chinese lantern peppers, and a purple cabbage. I don’t think I spent $20.
7. The Simpsons. Yes, I know I’m a bad parent, because what morally responsible parent plunks her kids in front of the TV and turns on the Simpsons? But honestly, I think it makes them smarter. That’s why I do it. That’s the real reason. I swear.
8. Sunglasses. I can’t believe how painful it is to walk outside into a bright, sunny day. I must be getting old.
9. Jem. I admit my preferences in popular music are quirky at best, infantile at worst, but I really like this album right now. My kids love to dance to it.
10. Maytag Blue. Cheese. So fantastically good with the farmer’s market green beans, some pecans sautéed in butter, and the cheese cut into small chunks and added while everything was still warm. Oh my heck.
September 18, 2007 at 3:37 pm
Fun. And happy.
You are killing me with number ten though… it hurts on so many levels.
Lactose intolerant
Allergic to pecans
Weight Watchers
September 18, 2007 at 11:18 pm
MMMMMMMaytag.
I’m glad you found a farmer’s market.
September 19, 2007 at 11:12 am
I am with you on the song — I downloaded it from iTunes last night after you posted it here. LOVE it!
As for TV, our dark secret is that when Eliza was about 4 weeks old and waking up at 4 in the morning to partaaaaaay, Jim would take her downstairs and watch bad 1970s TV with her all the time, not to mention reruns of HBO shows. So if she shows an uncanny aptitude for navigating the prison system, I will know who to blame.
September 19, 2007 at 12:08 pm
Oh bon, my heart cries for you. I’m so glad I’m not lactose intolerant. I can live without milk, but cheese… CHEESE!
Azucar, I wish you lived here, so we could go a-marketing together.
Elizasmom, Calvin was born just before the Utah Winter Olympics, so we got to know curling and hockey like no other American. They would show reruns of the day’s women’s curling matches in the middle of the night, since I guess nobody wanted to watch them in the day, and not enough people were up to warrant the ice-skating. If only they had had netflix back then! I would’ve done like my SIL and gotten all 7 seasons of Buffy, Six Feet Under, Veronica Mars (except that came out the next year)…, anyway, I would have had much more fun.
September 19, 2007 at 3:10 pm
Oh, and I have to say that it’s like winning the lottery to have Elizasmom say she liked the song.
September 20, 2007 at 1:18 am
Love the song! Jealous of such a good farmer’s market…you’d think they’d have better ones around here.
And you’re making my mouth water. Stop it.