i ::

Ira. Ira Glass. He's intellectual, witty, quirky and Jewish. I. love. him.

For anyone who doesn't know Ira, he's the host NPR's radio-show This American Life. Every episode is thought-provoking and halarious at the same time. And I could listen to him speak forever.

h ::

Hell, I can't think of anything interesting that starts with H.

Help.

warning!! Ferocious DOg!

g ::

is for Garden Valley, Idaho, the idealic little mountain town where I grew up. It was, when we lived there, a very small community where everyone knew each other. Our home was a cabin on Alder Creek Road, and we spent our days playing in the creek ("crick"), picking wild strawberries and roaming the woods. In my mind it was and will forever be paradise.

g :: is for Ms. Gunn, my first grade teacher who (along with my mom) taught me to love to read and played guitar and sang songs like "What Do You Do With a Drunken Sailor" to her spell-bound (not to mention deeply concerned) 7 year old students.

g :: is for Game Warden, which was my dad's profession and passion. He taught me everything I know about birds, animals, plants and trees. It's also for those dorky Green pants he wore every day of his life, uniform or not. : )

g :: is for Gilligan's Island, my favorite childhood show. I was a latch-key kid and would come home, settle down a foot from the tv with a box of Fruit Loops and glass of Fruit Punch and would proceed to eat and drink my way into a sugar coma by dinner time. Every single day.

g :: is for Grapefruit and Geranium, my two favorite scents. Grapefruit soap and Geranium lotion are my daily staples.

g :: is for Gypsy, the coolest cruiser ever, Gifted to me by the coolest Guy ever. http://www.electrabike.com/06_new/flash_index.html

g :: is for Greta, what I wish I'd named my daughter.

g :: is for Girl, which I am so glad I have. Tonight when we got home, Anna decided that I needed a pedicure, a leg massage and back rub. I'm sorry, but boys just don't think that way.

g :: is for Guinness. My favorite beer, the only beer I drink, really.

g :: is for Grateful. I am so unbelievably lucky; my life is rich in ways I couldn't have imagined a few years ago.

g :: is for Good Night....

f ::

is for Fabric. Oh, how I love fabric. I've always been into textiles; it was my favorite class in college. And now I can't seem to stop buying it....but it makes me so happy.
















Now if only I could motivate myself to sit down and SEW! I'm anxious to try some of the project from Amy Karol's wonderful new book.

and also for FUNNY:
Last night Bug and I were hanging out on the front porch. She was busy "fixing" things (ie. taking measurements and writing them down...we all have remodeling on the brain) and we were talking about the pros and cons of having siblings or not....I was talking about how, as the youngest of 4 kids, I got picked on a lot (all in good "fun" of course, ahem) and she hesitated, and then said "Wow. It sucks to be the runt, doesn't it?"

b ::

Best friends.

I missed yesterday, day two of the August meme, because I took a day off from work (and computer) to take Anna to a water park. After a day in the sun and water, she came home and crashed, still in her swimming suit, with our sweet boy Moby.

August "meme"

One of my favorite bloggers, Cassie at Bella Dia ( http://belladia.typepad.com/ ), has come up with a cool idea for daily blog-entries, and I've decided to play along. So in addition to my random ramblings, each day I'll post something new, A-Z, about some aspect of my life. Because Cassie lives in and writes about S. Idaho, I think I'd kick this meme off with something appropriate.

A :: is for Aspens. As most of you know, I recently went down to Ketchum for a peaceful, quiet :) weekend with my girl-friends. Having grown up in S. Idaho, that area will always feel like home to me, despite not having lived there for over 20 years. I love smelling the sage-brush as we drive through the high-desert, the first glimpse of the snow-capped Sawtooth Mountains, watching for the occassional antelope...but one of the things I love most about the beautiful Wood River Valley is the abundant Aspen trees. If you've never been there, Ketchum/Sun Valley is known as a ski resort. But summer is by far my most favorite time of year there. The surrounding hills are lush and green, the air is unbelievably clean and fresh, and everywhere you walk, there are hundreds of beautiful Aspen trees with their leaves shimmering in the light summer breeze. Growing up, we had a large Aspen in our backyard, and I remember during a certain time in my life (puberty) when it felt like no one understood me and I didn't fit anywhere, I'd lay for hours under that Aspen tree, looking up at the blue sky through the fluttering leaves, and finally felt at peace. To this day, hearing the sound of those rustling leaves brings me a sense of calm that I just can't explain.

So tell me, all three of my dear readers, what does A mean to you? Or better yet, if you have a blog (Lala, Heather, Jodi), how 'bout participating?