Thursday, June 09, 2011
love note
Tuesday, June 07, 2011
may recap
To say that May was a busy month is the understatement of the century. All told, we were gone nearly 3 out of 4 weeks, and I'm looking forward to a little downtime around the casa.
I celebrated my 40th birthday in Cabo, where we spent 11 glorious hot and sun-filled days for Darren & Christy's wedding. On that trip, Rachel talked me into using Picasa for photo-sharing, which is a million times easier than any other sites/tools I've used and will save me the trouble of reposting all of the pics here. You can find the Cabo pictures here and here. There were so many I had to post them in two groups!
After a few days back in Bend, we packed up our passports again for a trip to the French Riviera with Reid's family. It was a whirlwind 9 days. After landing in Nice we hopped aboard a cruise ship, making stops in Portofino ITL, St. Tropez, and Monaco. Despite all of the picturesque seaside locations, I'm a city girl at heart, and our two days in Nice were the highlight of the trip for me. There was minor disappointment when the Michelin-star restaurant I'd planned to visit was closed (don't visit Nice on a Monday), but that was easily assuaged by an outrageous, delectable bottle of Bordeaux. Pictures can be found here.
It sure has been hard to get back to work.
I celebrated my 40th birthday in Cabo, where we spent 11 glorious hot and sun-filled days for Darren & Christy's wedding. On that trip, Rachel talked me into using Picasa for photo-sharing, which is a million times easier than any other sites/tools I've used and will save me the trouble of reposting all of the pics here. You can find the Cabo pictures here and here. There were so many I had to post them in two groups!
After a few days back in Bend, we packed up our passports again for a trip to the French Riviera with Reid's family. It was a whirlwind 9 days. After landing in Nice we hopped aboard a cruise ship, making stops in Portofino ITL, St. Tropez, and Monaco. Despite all of the picturesque seaside locations, I'm a city girl at heart, and our two days in Nice were the highlight of the trip for me. There was minor disappointment when the Michelin-star restaurant I'd planned to visit was closed (don't visit Nice on a Monday), but that was easily assuaged by an outrageous, delectable bottle of Bordeaux. Pictures can be found here.
It sure has been hard to get back to work.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
fish out of water
That's my little Aquarius for you---as uncomfortable IN the water as most fishies are out of it. Seriously, the kid would not even get her face wet in the bath. But that was 3 weeks ago, before we met Miss Mary.
This woman is nothing short of a miracle worker. She's a tough-love, hard-assed, no-BS drill sergeant of a swim teacher who, by god, WILL TEACH YOUR KID HOW TO SWIM. The first few lessons, there were a lot of tears and a lot of screaming. It was traumatic for everyone involved (except Miss Mary, who apparently sees such behavior on a regular basis and doesn't even bat an eye, just drags your child kicking and shrieking back into the pool). But let me tell you, they respond to this approach. Swim or die. It works.
I wish I had video of the first lesson when Sadie could barely be convinced to get her foot wet. But now, here's what she can do:
Backfloating:
Diving/Crawlstroke:
And diving in the Deep End!
This woman is nothing short of a miracle worker. She's a tough-love, hard-assed, no-BS drill sergeant of a swim teacher who, by god, WILL TEACH YOUR KID HOW TO SWIM. The first few lessons, there were a lot of tears and a lot of screaming. It was traumatic for everyone involved (except Miss Mary, who apparently sees such behavior on a regular basis and doesn't even bat an eye, just drags your child kicking and shrieking back into the pool). But let me tell you, they respond to this approach. Swim or die. It works.
I wish I had video of the first lesson when Sadie could barely be convinced to get her foot wet. But now, here's what she can do:
Backfloating:
Diving/Crawlstroke:
And diving in the Deep End!
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Monday, March 14, 2011
more warren miller
Here's Sadie and Ava rippin' it up on Dilly Dally Alley last Saturday. Check out those banked turns--I think they're ready for the halfpipe.
Tuesday, March 08, 2011
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