Jul
5
July 5, 2007
There is this episode of Blue’s Clues that I’ve seen about a million times—including twice today on the long drive back up from Oregon, thank god for laptop-based portable DVD entertainment but somebody please hand me an ice pick so I can gouge the “Now it’s time for so long . . . but we’ll sing just one more song . . .” part of the soundtrack from the depths of my skull where it is PERMANENTLY LODGED—where Steve makes a sock puppet and then he coaxes the invisible watching toddler audience to make their own puppets using their hands (this puppet is to be called, wait for it, “Handy”, which always makes me think helpless creepy thoughts about Handy the Children’s Puppet Which is Actually a Hand, Mommy I Don’t Like Handy), and then there’s a longish portion of the show where Steve repeatedly makes his hand open and close while saying “HELLO” while an invisible toddler’s voice repeats “HELLO” in a goofily deep tone, and anyway that’s sort of how I feel right now, like a probably-friendly but possibly-dirty hand puppet saying “HELLO”. So: hello!
We had a very good vacation, and I’m semi-tanned and mostly exhausted and my house is a total pigsty— I hate that about coming back home from a trip, how the floors are always gross and the fridge smells eerie and the entire house looks wrecked from our chaotic departure, and let’s not even discuss the incoming laundry situation—and I’m happy as hell to be sleeping in my own big comfortable bed tonight, and tending to my ablutions with some goddamn decent toilet paper (I will never, ever understand my in-laws’ preference for one-ply, why not wipe your ass with something more substantial, like a COBWEB?).
A few photos from the trip — the whole set is here:
Beautiful weather last week on the coast in Coos Bay.
Riley and JB splashing in the Umpqua River yesterday.
We spent a lot of time on this swing.
Toddlers don’t particularly care for lifejackets, I’ve learned.
The view from the cabin, which greatly helps make up for the travel time to get there.
So tell me, did you have a good week? What did you do for July 4, if you were celebrating?
Jun
27
June 27, 2007
Thank you, thank you, thank you for all your lovely comments! I have approximately eight million entries that I want to write, now that I’ve spilled the beans, but I’ve got to pack—we’re leaving for Oregon tomorrow, where we’re staying at JB’s family cabin throughout the week of July 4. This is one of those trips where I have to pack practically everything I own to cover the various weather possibilities, plus all the toddler accouterments, and don’t forget the Pregnancy Car Travel Snacks (first item: COOKIES), and the giant box of illegally obtained fireworks, and all I can say is once everything is Tetrised into the truck there is absolutely no room for a second child, so I don’t have a clue what we’re going to do next year. Maybe one kid can ride in the dog box.
I have a few entries scheduled to post over here, so come by and visit if you get a chance. Have a fantastic week, and I’ll talk to you when I get back!
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