Rock To Wind A String Around

Lots to love about the last few days.  Our friends, Dan & Alex met their beautiful daughter last week and I was lucky enough to meet her tonight.  She is a vision, with the loveliest little ears–perfect little flower petals.    Lots of other friends have similar good news–referrals, court dates, embassy appointments (and labor soon, I hope, for Jill).  It really is raining babies (and 3 year old boys) around here.

We attended the 1st men’s gymnastics meet of the season.   We’ve gone for years, are stalwart fans, and are even more enamored now that Elliott has caught a tshirt!  This may well be the pinnacle of his year and he is even more committed to attending the rest of the meets.   This  is in spite of the fact that he is now a gluten free diner and can no longer enjoy any of the snacks at the gymnastics meet.  You can’t imagine how that particular fact pains him.  Still a gf Elliott is likely a good thing.  To help ease the pain of wheat withdrawal, I minimize his considerable debt to me by a dollar each day if he is a cooperative GF eater.  I don’t usually pay my children to eat, but I knew this would cut down on his grumbling  and  he’d have a hope of receiving allowance sometime in the year 2010.  Just remember kids, retainers and hotel rooms DON’T mix!

My dining room redo is almost complete–the golden walls are gorgeous and I’m almost finished with the various accent pieces (lots of painting and  fabric changes).  Pictures will follow, um, maybe.

And finally, my greatest love might be my new Cuisinart smart stick.  Smoothies are smooth, herbs get chopped, and all of the implements are submersible.  I’m almost glad I let the last one  fall to the floor.  This, this is the road to smoothie heaven!