...back, back, back...from halloween to 10/19
carved pumpkins with M&D and ellie was interested in the innards so she gave them a kiss...plus she dressed up as BatDog...halloween night at A's with L and the 5 [now bigger] munchkins...got ready at L's and G did my makeup, which he was actually quite serious about and he ended up being pretty creative...mummy hot dogs, vampire mouths made of sliced apples/peanut butter/candy corns, cake balls and other spooky treats...trick-or-treating with the little ghouls and remembered my brother and i running around, crazed with the thought of spreading that candy out on the floor once we got home.
L's 28th bday dinner homemade and on the patio with candlelight...fondue, cocktails and desserts - a boston creme pie (M's) and chocolate peanut butter semi-freddo (mine, and darn that martha stewart! i want to hate her but she makes it really hard)...
worst hail storm i have ever seen and did a lot of damage to cars, homes and other things...it left dents all over cars that made them look like they had been hit with tiny baseball bats, some cars even being totaled...my mom said it looked like ice cubes had been discarded onto the ground in the backyard...i hoped that no one was caught outside when it came down and wondered what the animals do in the desert when hail is that large and comes down hard enough to dent vehicles.
hit the farmers market nearby after a bike ride to an al fresco breakfast with A&B...always have my grandma in mind because of the jewish food and baked goods there.
babysat a 4-month old for several hours on a friday night...everything was cool and we were giggling and happy together until his mom left...i swear he realized she was gone, and i was a stranger and he did not like it...he cried really hard for over an hour, nothing soothed him and i had no idea how to make it better...made phone calls to friends and my mom and tried feeding him repeatedly, but he finally just tired himself out, took the bottle and fell asleep on me while eating...had to put him to sleep with only a diaper on since he had gotten so hot from crying, and had to go back later to put him in his sleep sack...our bodies must do some crazy things for us when we have little ones because i am not sure how i could have survived round 2...definitely up there with the hardest things i have ever done, and i am not afraid to admit it ;) also another new perspective into the world of motherhood/parenthood and all of the work it takes to raise a little human.
nice lunch with S & her mom, aunt B...nice to have conversations with them as an adult and in an instant remember looking at them with a child's eyes...sweet faces and perfect skin and angelic hearts and demeanors...thank you for lunch and for inviting me to celebrate your bday, aunt B...xxxxxx
ran in to BH at restaurant near home...met in 2000 at the college gym when it was 10pm-12am workouts for who knows what reason...hadn't seen him since about 2002 and crazy to think that so much has happened since we were younger...surprised to still recall certain moments and events from way back...nice to catch up and prayers for him as he faces the same job search in town.
dinner at K&K's with the two beautiful girls, laughs and of course good food since both Ks are masters...when K told A that i was coming, her eyes grew large and she quickly and emphatically uttered "cake!!!!"...all K could figure was that she linked me to cake because of the angel food cake/strawberries/cool whip i had brought the last time - and that was/is just fine with me!
had a father-daughter day of sorts that started with the farmers market and plenty of sampling including pickled veggies, cheese curds, mini-quiches, granolas...drove downtown for a first-time visit and some real bbq...and later in the afternoon, took his car for the first time to the recurring saturday night-parking lot-car show where my friends and i used to hang out in high school...we were there for about 5 hours and it was fun watching people, looking at other cars and being there to support my dad...felt special being there with him and having the opportunity to share it with him...something i will never forget, and i will never forget his face and how much he enjoyed it once he was no longer worried about someone scratching it. ;)
