Purple Trees

Purple Trees
Originally uploaded by BeneathOurFeet.

Anja and I were walking to visit Axel on the farm a couple weeks ago. The color in this picture came out spot on for how we remembered seeing the trees. I think it is a picture of the tree's aura.

I love this picture. It is magic.

posted by Unknown at 1:51 pm | | 0 comment(s)

Where did this week go?

I just had one of those weeks. The kind where you look around you and realize that it is Saturday morning and you don't have to leave the house. One of those weeks where there were too many full speed runs to the bus in the morning. The kind where you fall asleep wherever you sit still for more than 10 minutes.

I started back to work this week. Not officially in my new job, but filling in while the person who does the job now is on holiday. Two more days next week and then I have the rest of the week off before starting in my official capacity on the 20th. This week has been a good practice run for our new routine. Next week the kids are on half term break (They get a week off every term half way through. I really like this part of the scheduling here.)so it should be a nice chance to settle in a bit more to the new house. They haven't had more than a weekend off since we moved into the new house. Oh, and valentines is next week. Not a big deal for me, but Dylan has her first sweetheart on v-day so it is quite the 'to-do' round these parts. Makes me realize what a cynic I have become. Ok, that I have always been. Adding it to my list of things to do The Work on. Yep, still loving Byron Katie!

Ah, yes... the housewarming party. It was a smashing success. Yes, I said smashing. They say that here, ya know. I have uploaded pictures, but I need to write clever titles and notes about them. The party itself will get its own entry in the very near future. All my fears were for nought and it was a blast! In the words of one of the guests (one of the very small minority of the guests who is actually is from England) "I have lived here most of my life and I have never been to a party like this!"

Yesssssssssss!

posted by Unknown at 7:57 am | | 0 comment(s)

Tomorrow we PARTY!

Tomorrow night is our housewarming party. And I admit it. I am nervous. For those of you who don't know me well, it is not my usual character to be nervous about a party. Stress out about the weirdest of minute detail, yes, I do that. But get nervous. Never. Not about a party. But here I am... nervous.

The past 48 hours have seen the majority of my waking time making a Party Mix (With Nutz!) playlist for the i-tunes. God I love i-tunes. The art of the mixed tape, only with an edit button. Better than making a mixed cd even. You can edit, add, subtract, and it all comes up in random order, or if you are totally anal (which I am er eh, not?) you can determine the order. If everything else goes horribly tomorrow night, at the very least I know I will be able to nurse a tall cold drink by the warm glow of my i-tunes. Comforting.

But like I said, I am nervous. Every one of the people coming will be someone we met in the past 6 months. Everyone. I have not really been at a party with any of them. Sure, there have been plenty of drunken times at the pub and one time we drank loads of wine in the BD building and sang songs while Pedro played the guitar. (note to self: make Dylan's guitar handy for late night hootenanny.) But never a party. So I don't know what they will find fun. I know, I know - beer and other spirits are a safe bet. Snacks and drinks for those not embibing too. But still... I am nervous.

I need to be careful not to be totally shitfaced before everyone shows up. No pre-party partaking. Well, maybe a bit. Well, maybe a bit more than a bit. But not too much. I still want to be standing, preferably not while bent over the toilet while the majority of the guests are still here.

Ugh. Better go tweak the party mix some more. I think it needs more nutz.

posted by Unknown at 5:36 pm | | 0 comment(s)