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And I really hope the rest of you are too.
Archives for August 2007
We are offline at home right now. Apparently the dental floss that DSL runs through is functioning so there must be a problem with our router, the one I bought just a month ago and then spent an hour on the phone to India to set up, but never mind.
Paul called the Phillipines and chit chatted for a couple of hours only to learn that everything coming into the house is fine. So I’m up. Paul has spent a week in India but if you counted up the hours I have spent on the phone there I think I could be a contender.
All that to say that hopefully I will be back soon.
Oh Internet I cannot get thee close enough!
The other night Paul fell asleep before I did and looking at him I began to feel all tender. I was thinking how great it is that despite the fact that we’ve been married almost fourteen years and that he is a 38 year old giant, he still looks sweet to me. I decided to take a quick picture.
As the Photo Booth counted down he awoke. This is a look with which, in our near fourteen years together, I have become familiar. It’s his, “WHAT are you doing” face. He thinks he looks like a Eastern European serial killer…who’s married.
I decided to take another picture in an attempt to turn that frown upside down and he delivered.
Gifts
Yesterday a box came in the mail. Christopher found it on the doorstep, “There is a box from Uncle Nathan, your brother, that is so sweet he has gotten a present for you.” I opened it right away and the excitement knew no bounds as we pulled out box after box, several for each of the big kids and one each for Eden and me.
Christopher received an long sleeve Einstein tee, a jazz CD and a door alarm which he is holding in the photo above. He was thrilled.
Lydia received two CD’s and a door alarm.
I received a beautiful book about Japan, with lovely illustrations and hand written observations by the author, an American, who spent a year there.
Eden received a kit for nail art which included several nail colors as well as a book showing how to make different creatures on her nails. This was great, but what stalled her was the fact that, “I didn’t want to get only one present.”
I set her up at the table and got her going with her one present and she was soon happily immersed. Later she offered to do my nails and I gave her my feet. The results are below.
She was pretty proud of the results. There were several thumbs up exchanged as well as some squinting and head nodding. She knows she’s good.
I was hoping to get a pedicure this weekend, but how am I going to justify erasing this artistry? Last night I showed off to Paul (in Eden’s hearing, of course) and today when Torey comes by I will make a big deal to her so that maybe, just maybe I can get something fresh. Or perhaps I’ll let her give me a manicure.
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Eden, at my bedside, snuffling her blanket and sucking her thumb is often the first thing I see when I open my eyes in the morning. Today I was fully awake by the time she was at her post and I was glad for that small degree of composure.
“Would you mind,” she began casually, “if I didn’t invite you to my birthday party this year?”
I just stared at her for a moment and then asked, “If I don’t come to your birthday party who is going to DO your party for you?”
“Aunt Torey could make my cake.” She said without pause. Since Aunt Torey has made her cake the last two years we both knew she was solid on this point. She continued, “You’ve been to all my other ones: one, two, three, four.” counting on her fingers, before popping her thumb back into her mouth.
We looked at each other for several seconds until I said, “Yes, I would mind not being invited to your party.”
She pulled her thumb out, “OK, OK, you can come,” she said much more cheerfully than I had expected.