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| Friday, September 05, 2008 |
| Happy Birthday to You! |
Happy 3rd birthday baby girl. I love you. You make me smile.
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| Wednesday, July 16, 2008 |
| Far overdue |
Yes, I am far overdue for a new post. With the nice weather, working full time in sales again, planning our wedding and just plain attempting to have a life, I have rather neglected my blog. So here is time for some updates.
We are getting married in 24 days. The planning is coming along quickly due to some procrastination on my part. The site is reserved, the rental tent/tables/chairs ordered, the food figured out mostly, my dress/shoes/veil purchased, Matt's boots bought, invites mailed with RSVPs flooding back in. Of course there are some things yet to be ironed out, but all in all, I think we're on track. I lined up the most crucial part of the food this morning, and now officially we are having one of these at our wedding:
 That's right, the deposit has been mailed. We're actually quite giddy about it. It's the one thing that we've really wanted to have from the very beginning of planning. There will be other food of course, this was just the hardest part to line up.
In non-wedding related news, my friends Chris and Kati welcomed their newest family member into the world just before the 4th of July. Her name is Ophelia and she's a beauty just like her big sister. Madame Ophelia is a big girl, weighing 10lbs 11oz at birth, born naturally, without any medication. Kati is my hero. I went down to visit just a day or two after they came home.
Way back when it was still cold, we started some seeds indoors for our potted garden. Well, they're outside now, the surviving plants having weathered a couple bad storms and some hail. Matt even bought us four huge heirloom tomato plants at a local organic gardening coop. Last week, we picked the first 5 beans from our garden. We ate them raw and shared them with our downstairs neighbors.
There are cucumbers, pea pods, more beans, lettuce, chard, herbs, and tomatos on their way. This is my first success with a potted garden and it makes me so happy. Some day we will have a place to live where we have a real garden plot to plant. We're also going to try our hand at hydroponics so we can grow our own veggies indoors all winter.
Well, I'm off, with more things to do before the day is out. Until later. - this girlLabels: baby girl, daily life, events, friends, summer |
| posted by Jen @ 11:47 AM |
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| Thursday, November 01, 2007 |
| Halloween: Porch-style |
Since Matt was working and didn't want to dress up for Halloween this year, I attended the Porch dinner/Mafia/Halloween party. I also didn't want to spend any money on a costume, so I pieced together my fairy garb from things I already owned. A pair of purple wings and false eyelashes purchased in the after-Halloween sales last year, two of my favorite shirts layered, my pink skirt, some flower print tights I've had since junior high and the black ballet slippers from my college ballet class.
The eyelashes were something else. I'd never worn false eyelashes before, and these were out of this world long and sparkly. It took me a few tries to get them positioned just right and to get the "glue" to stick well. And contrary to popular belief, they aren't uncomfortable. Once the "glue" gets really tacky, you hardly know they are there (except for the tips hitting your brow bone or brushing the inside of your nose). And yes, this photo is kinda a goofy perspective on my face. I did if for effect.
Dan and Rachel came as Team Zissou from "The Life Aquatic". Very creative. You can't see it, but Rachel had her iPod stuck under the strings of the guitar with a little speaker playing parts of the soundtrack from the movie.
Dinner was followed up by many rounds of the game Mafia (and variations on it) with sets of very cool Mafia specific cards created by Luke. I got a good laugh out of the antics of the new characters introduced to this game by my friends.
I started the night photographing with film and when the roll was finished shot digitally until my batteries gave out (which wasn't very many shots). Hopefully I'll be able to complete the purchase of my new digital SLR in the next week and be back in full digital swing before Thanksgiving. I may add a few more shots once the film photos are done tomorrow. Afterall, my scanner has been feeling lonely.Labels: food, friends, holidays, solomonsporch |
| posted by Jen @ 10:04 PM |
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| Welcome Keziah Charisma! |
 Yesterday, I had the distinct honor and joy of being present at the birth of my good friends' first child. She is a beauty. Just one quick photo snapped via cell phone in the dim light of the birthing room. More to come later (real actual photos from a real camera), but first I have to finish them and get them to her parents so they can make a brag book and show the world their pride and joy.Labels: children, events, friends |
| posted by Jen @ 12:00 AM |
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