Chick Flick and Comfort Food

Today we had no appointments and it really felt like a true Saturday. Tanya and I walked some nice miles in the rain and then stopped by the coffee shop before returning to the house where our families awaited.

Later in the afternoon we went for a chick flick (Music and Lyrics) with her daughter/my neice, Anna. Byron took the other kids to see Bridge to Terabithia and we met outside afterward. Heather held herself together during the sad ending of their film (I warned her it was going to be a sad one!) and then burst into tears when she saw me.

Auntie Tanya thought we should introduce her to the concept of Comfort Food so we went immediately next door and bought hot chocolate chip cookies at Cow Chips. Yum!

After this, Tanya insisted on buying me a pair of extremely cute and comfortable shoes. I have this big sister who likes to buy me presents so doesn't that make me the most fortunate little sister ever?

We came home to hot cups of tea while Trevor played around on the guitar.

A walk, a coffee break, a chick flick, comfort food, new shoes and tea with people I love...

A pretty good way to pass a day :-)

Mac-less in Seattle

Little Mac is in the shop (in Memphis apparently) and I am without. We leave for Seattle on Thursday so I get to say the "in Seatlle" bit.

Hhhhhmmm. I will be using Byron's computer parts of every day since I have work that has to be done, but in the mean time I might clean the house or write a snail mail letter on a real piece of paper or even open a book or something. Byron is NOT good at sharing his PowerBook but I love him anyway. That's the benefit he enjoys of being irresistible.

In Seattle I plan to drink gallons of tea with my sister and commiserate with her regarding the state of the world and perhaps cook up crack-pot plans of solution. We'd like to self-medicate with live music but since that always takes money we may just keep making more tea.

Happy Mood

Oh happiness of having come through a good but very busy weekend. What a lot of lovely people we met and hung out with.

And I am feeling particularly pleased with life because the cup of tea I just had was so very good and what can put you in a happy mood better then that?

Then, looking through the photos of Saturday night when we went out to a Christmas party, I had to crop and display this shot of Byron (even though it's a wee bit blurred) cuz look at him! He's so cute! This is my most favorite face that he makes.

I love this boy. And not just because he's so cute.

Heat Wave!

It was about 37c (close to 98 F) all last weekend here in Lisbon.

We took our afternoon tea while still immersed in the pool :-)

Caffeine-free

I'm trying to go caffeine-free for an undetermined length of time. I think my body will benefit from it. Right now, though, it's only suffering.

I don't even drink that much caffeine! No fully caffeinated coffee and somewhere between 2-4 cups of good black tea daily.

But it's 6pm on day two and I'm dragging badly. Tesugen. That's what I would say in Sweden. Not sure if it should be one word or two.... But it means something along the lines of tea-starved or craving tea.

That's me :-(