{9.29.08}

monday means

regrouping from a weekend road trip
cleaning out the car
unpacking the bags
endless amounts of laundry (from the week and weekend)
shopping for the week
uploading photos
smelling and feeling the brisk new autumn air
saying goodbye to seattle, we miss you already!

{9.24.08}

meet doug

my ginormic stress-induced zit! and you just thought i was exaggerating, didn't you?!

{9.23.08}

other duties as assigned

heather & i gearing up for our annual dinner, dance & auction.

p.s. the coconuts shown above are for display use only and will not, i repeat, will not be worn by any staff member of the redmond chamber of commerce. thank you.

{9.22.08}

home

last weekend we had a mini mooney family reunion at my parents house in john day, oregon.

my family rocks!

{9.18.08}

a question, some hurrahs, and huhs

this morning brenner asked me the most random question:

"mom, what would it look like if someone with only one eye…cried?"

um…ok.

this week’s hurrahs! and huhs?

1. twittering, faithfully. (hey, very important stuff.)


2. receiving flair.


3. the pressure in my head, is it from a sinus infection or stress?


4. brenner looking less like a vampire.


5. my dentist recommending i get braces, again, for the third time?


6. laughing instead of dwelling.


7. modeling shoes for timothy j. park.


8. increasing my core strength.


9. meeting financial goals.


10. my imagination, have you seen it?

{9.15.08}

dude, seriously

how sad is this?!

(yes, that's my bible...collecting dust!)

{9.14.08}

what 327 arcade tickets will buy

at sun mountain fun center.

{9.13.08}

how loose?

after many attempts to pull his tooth myself, bren thought he'd give it a go...


How Loose? from Mel on Vimeo.

{9.11.08}

thanks, but no thanks

so last night we demo'd this adorable 6 month old puggle. assisting was heidi's hound, wyatt.

i guess you could say that after watching the little guy run in circles for nearly an hour in our backyard, only to stop and pee on the sidewalk, our decision was...

thanks, but no thanks!

{9.8.08}

better late than never

brenner's first day of second grade. his must-have item this year: nike wristbands. rock on little buddy!

"i am struck by the fact that the more slowly trees grow at first, the sounder they are at the core, and i think that the same is true for human beings. we do not wish to see children "precocious," making great strides in their early years, like sprouts producing a soft and perishable timber, but rather, better, as if contending gradually with difficulties, they are solidified and gradually perfected. such trees continue to expand with nearly equal rapidity to an extreme old age."

-- from the journal of henry david thoreau

{9.6.08}

date night

last night adam and i went on a date, which was greatly needed and long overdue. we went to typhoon for dinner (omg yum!) and walked downtown bend for september's first friday art walk.

it was a perfect evening with my husband.

{9.3.08}

portland

we visited here, here, and spent too much money here.  and the reason we stood in line for over an hour "in the rain"


Rose-Tu and baby! from Mel on Vimeo

{9.2.08}

stalling

while i go through the million+ photos from our trip to portland, please allow me to share a blog entry from that's what she blogged.

i trust you'll enjoy the trip down memory lane almost as much as i did.

p.s. i believe a part of my heart (no pun intended) went with allison that summer. i also believe my mother made that puffy red plaid shirt.