the week in review: jan 25-31

crafting, cleaning,writing, visiting and spending time in the garden with the mister. it oddly feels like spring her at the tiny casa, there are wee birdies chirping and chattering and i'm not needing any socks...i love springy california weather! if all goes according to semi-plan, this is my last february in the tiny casa. aack!

today: january 31

spent the entire day at home. puttered about doing this and that. made breakfast of egg puffs and a fruity-liscious smoothie. mr. a-go-go cut his hair which i still have to check for flyaways and such.

we lunched in the garden and then i went back to my craft article work and he went back to building his cookie-tin dulcimer.

the coughing is almost gone. not quite, but almost. my ears are unclogged and i can hear as can the mister. he asked me to put ear drops in for him but he cringes up, flinches and laughs like a loon as they drippy-drip-drip into his ear. it gives me an asthma attack almost from all the laughing. then he lays with his head in my lap and we watch something on the tube. last night it was Up. such a sweet movie. and yes. i cried.

we talked of our trip and what kind of trip it may be, if we cannot get a new car or sponsorship, we have to pamper Rodney and take a shorter trip. we have no idea what we are doing really. where do we go? for how long? where do we end up? how will we pull it off? where will we live? where will we work? what will we DO? when there is so much up in the air, excitement can turn to worry. and if there is one thing we a-go-gos are really, really good at. it's the worrying. though after all that worry worry worry we can laugh and dance a polka and then get ice cream.

so here's to next week. may it bring goodness to everyone. may we laugh, smile, eat good things and listen to music that makes our hearts sing.

today: january 30

we had pancakes for breakfast...

and homemade soup in the garden...

mr. a-go-go picked all sorts of garden goodness.


we visited a crazy cramped and cluttered music shop and found mr. a-go-go dulcimer strings and tuning pegs.

we had ice cream from Fosselman's. he had horchata and i had my absolute favorite, chocolate dipped strawberry.

we picked up banh mi for dinner at home and we watched Up.

a simple day filled with happy normal things and inside jokes, hot chocolate and witch-baby poking.

make a mosaic

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birthday wishes: a list

my birthday is coming up in a few weeks and while i'm trying not to accumulate anything new in honor of the BIG road trip there are a few things I have my eye on especially for the trip. and no, i don't NEED need any of this but i think birthdays allow you to wish, don't they?

for starters, i think a nice big bag is in order and sure, i can make one myself, sort of but i could never make one as nifty as this one from fromnancy's etsy shop.

and since i'll be running around in the same dress or pair of jeans and handful of t-shirts. pantaloons or bloomers would add a little something extra plus keep my gifted legs happy and friction-free. this pair is from joyfulbydesign.

and to document all the amazing, nifty, quirky cool things we see, a girl can never have too many packs of fuji instax film, can she?

or maybe this little nifty 110 camera?

and especially this digital harinezumi which i am saving up for personally, along with a fancier camera with fancy whoozit whatsits. psst...anyone at Canon, Pentax or Nikon wanna sponsor me a camera for the non-techy type? please? i'll write all about it...;)

new tunes for the road, you can't have too many new tunes, right?

a new skill would be good. gotta keep crafty on the road. if only i knew how to crochet. i'm thinking maybe a class at Home Ec. is in order. wouldn't that be fun?

oh yeah, shoes. i have oodles of shoes but need that one perfect pair that will go with everything yet be super duper comfortable enough to hike all over and back again. i'm thinking i need to upgrade to an e pair of my favorite keens. this time, maybe in black and/or rust?

today: jan 28

i...

*felt much better(thank you stupid steroids!)
*heard a childhood tale from a woman born in Kentucky

*got to hang out with this lovely lady
*shook hands with a man down on his luck

*made hearts with hands
*was propositioned then hugged by another man down on his luck

*found faces in funny places
*bonded over feelings and fun with a "new" found, old friend

*wore yellow shoes
*ate peas from the garden

*made a brooch from a felty flower
*picked up an orange sweater for felting

*visited the secret "swiss" alps
*had an asthma attack, laughed way too much, was featured on the front page of CRAFT (2 mentions!) and generally had a wonderful day!