Happy Weekend

Last night was a 40th birthday party for my friend Ashlyn. It was actually the second 40th birthday party for her, but the first was a surprise. She's the one in the middle wearing blue and Meisje is on the other end in purple. We used to all run together, before we got old and worn out.
Kurt took the kids all to beach volleyball this morning and I went in to school to get some prep work done. It is amazing how much easier it is to get things done when there is no one there to chat with. I've still got two more days to get everything ready, but orientation will be going on, so there will lots of people around.
I lounged by the pool and stitched binding while the kids swam after lunch and then went out for groceries with a quick pit stop at Hobby Lobby. I've got my eyes open for small scale prints that will work with the Midget Blocks. Then after the kids were settled all snug in their beds I started on block number 6. It is called Palm and seemed like a lot more work than it was worth for a design that isn't visually complex. There are 56 pieces and lots of sharp little points.



Maybe it would look better with three different greens in graduated shades? The seams are pretty bulky and it doesn't really want to lie flat, but maybe when the dissolvable paper goes away it will look a little better.

Long Lost Friends

My old college friend Grant was in the area this weekend to run the Disney Marathon. He's been pretty busy theme parking it, but we went over yesterday evening to have dinner and catch up on old times. We brought the kids along to meet everyone and ended up at a Chicago style pizza place. Oh how I miss true Chicago deep dish pizza. When we lived in Chicago we had our favorite place and were frequent visitors. We looked hard for something equivalent when we moved down here, but never found anything close.

Grant is so much the same as when we were in college. Despite his new found interest in running marathons, he is exactly the person I remember. I wonder if I have remained just as stable over time? My life seems so different from college, but I'm sure beyond all the outside changes I'm just as similar underneath. It all seems like so long ago, and at the same time, I remember it like it was yesterday. Time is such a funny thing. Kurt and I have been together over 20 years now and will celebrate 15 years of marriage this summer. I still see myself as the same person I was in college though. Sometimes I'm shocked to look in the mirror and see a middle aged lady looking back at me!

Sydney was a little tired I guess and passed out cold before we were done. I can't blame her, it was probably 8 by the time we finished eating, and that is bed time around here. I never get tired of taking pictures of the kids sleeping in odd places. Some day I'll make each of them a collage and have it framed.

I spent the afternoon prepping a forensic science lab for tomorrow. It is on toxicology and I spent forever trying to cobble together the right chemicals. Despite the vast warehouse of concoctions at my disposal, surprisingly few of them are actually toxic. I guess it is a good thing that it is so hard to find poison.

Weekly running summary

Miles for the week 20.98

Miles for the year 42.73