call us crazy

but we're going camping this weekend to a place where it the daytime temp will be at least ninety degrees. i can't wait! not actually a big fan of heat as it makes me feel sluggy and sickish but i do love me a road trip and camping with the mister. since we're staying two nights i am bringing a tablecloth and some other happy, pretty things to make our camp look more a-go-go. there will be quilts involved and perhaps some happy pillows and most definitely the ukes and a deck of cards and some music.
we'll be frugaling it on he road which means we splurge on our usual campout/road trip snacks like peppered salmon and dried fruit and hot dogs from joe's. i'm making up a loaf of gingerbread as well and we have the fixins for s'mores and hot chocolate though this time around i didn't get my act in gear to make up our own chocolate mix. i'll do that for the next trip.when we a-go-gos go we like to leave super early and noodle along. sometimes i'll yelp out food places and look for points of interest by using flickr as a search tool. we often stop for photo ops and overall it is pretty easy going. the ipod is loaded up with audio books from both david and amy sedaris as well as oodles of podcasts from npr. when we travel through icky cities we listen to music and such when the scenery is pretty we drive along in quiet. it's a good thing we get along and balance each other out. we hit the hay early but we wake up before sunrise so we get to see all the pretty morning. when there is shade, we definitely nap and if there is water we take a plunge.
i can't wait! are there any tried and true traditions you have when you hit the road or camp out? the pics are from various road trips...just to make this look al ittle more interesting.

blogging for blogging's sake

sometimes i think that the grand moments in a day are so perfectly perfect that i will always remember them and then, a moment passes or a day or a month and i find that they slip through and fade away. i think i need to remind myself more often of the simple, everyday things that make my life sing. i'll be posting more moments like that here so that i won't forget.

for now i want to remember lazy sweet conversations with friends as we sit on slightly damp grass with our hair being tickled by the breeze. the sweet "slurp, slurp" sound of a tiny Bea drinking her pretend tea. the ultra bright renderings of breakdancing cupcakes, tree gnomes and roller skating fezzes of an eight year old genius, and the slightly manic, always amusing motions of everyday chores as executed by this lady who is a star in my book, a magnificent beglittered star complete with sparkly birds, green forest fauna and an apronful of laughter and smiles. i adore you.

adventures in bench monday

in which i take five pictures. one on an actual bench. nothing like having a loved one along. happy bench monday!

the week in review: may 18-24

what did i do the week after graduation? i ran errands, pretended to clean the casa, saw a movie, had a camera poked up my nose and worked a garage sale.

i had lunch with gelatog and our friend adam. while waiting for them to arrive, i met this lovely flickr user and her friend. i hit the ENT and had my throat numbed and polyps looked at and i more than made up for last week's coffee drought. this awesome lady took me to the movies where we delighted in caramel corn and yes, more coffee, we also went to this place for excellent waffles and then took her kidlet crew to this place for ice cream friday.

the weekend was spent prepping and hosting a garage sale for the mama-a-go-go where i wandered around taking polaroids of vintage dixie cups, barbie vans and sunkist crates. i made a most awesome picnic lunch for everyone and think i can have a career as a sandwich artist. happy end of may everyone! today, we are going bike shopping, just as soon as this l.a. marathon sort of ends and the streets are a bit more clear. for now we are neighborhood bound.

check me out over at Craftzine

Craftzine has a summer camp this summer and I have a post up on gluten-free clay beads for you and your kidlets. Hop on over to read more about it and don't forget to keep an eye out all summer for oodles of more fun projects.

how we jump

unless of course there is no timer involved then that is a whole different process!