Promises Promises...

Yeah Yeah, I said all that stuff about posting oodles of photos about this that and the other...old news now...oops!

But...I have some fun photos of Lillian...
Jeff's co-worker Kip came over on Sunday and did a little photo shoot of Lil...
Jeff says "She was funny!" and of course, very cute...






I'm happy, free photos with a big fancy camera...I take it any day...and one day she might even be on his website... http://www.kipgerenda.com/

xo -ag

It's my birthday

Hooray it's my birthday...
I have had a great day...
My students were great and kind...I even got a hug!
My teacher friends got me gifts, flowers, cake, and lovin',
I had many silly singing messages from friends and family,
My sister Maja made me an amazing new purse,
My husband, lillian, and I enjoyed a wonderful dinner out.

Good times, good times! Thanks everyone...Brownie is feeling the love!

And just so I don't feel so old...I found In the Club or sorry...that's In Da Club by 50 cent on our itunes...go shorty, it's your birthday, we gonna party like it's your birthday...

xo - ag

ps....In Browntown...today is everyone's special day, so I hope you, too, are celebrating!

I have so much energy...

I have so much energy,
I have so much energy,
I have so much energy.
Yahoo, I have so much energy!

I can't get it out of my brain!
Salsa dancing and girls night out was awesome!
And thanks to Kevin (who happens to work at prAna)
I have the following quote stuck in my brain
I have so much energy...
try it, it kinda works...

I promise I will be back soon with photos of
the new countertops...love them!
Lil's new haircut...she was too shaggy!
Salsa dancing funniness...I was an excellent dance...
some pirate fun...arrrgh! from Harbor Days!

Until then, just say it with me...I have so much energy, I have so much energy, I have so much energy! xo -ag

I wonder...

I just found this article and was completely fascinated by it. Would I recognize beauty when it was right in front of me, out of context, interfering with my life? Or would I just continue marching along because what I had to do was so important?



I would like to imagine that if I were in that situation that I would stop and listen, maybe even sit down and enjoy the show, but who knows really...it is just so interesting to me to ponder. Hopefully, you will ponder it to, and maybe we will all slow down and see the beauty in the day to day...recognize excellent art, natural wonders, excellent music...maybe...



xo -ag

This, that, and some crafty fun

I am trying to get back into the swing of things...
Summer is over...and I am back to work. I increased my teaching load to 60%, so I am teaching 3 class periods on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. Same as I was planning to do when I was only 20%, but now I work all day. I am happy about it and I gladly accepted the increase, except for some reason I just feel like I am running about, out of sorts, all the time. I am just feeling unorganized...which is not at all my style...

We did spend some time cleaning our house this weekend, which makes me feel good. And I even found some time to complete a couple small project...now I just need to deliver my creations to their recipients...maybe tomorrow...

A frame from Greta's summer fun playdate, and two freezer paper stencil onesies

Close up of the flower onesie LOVE onesie
Lilly rockin' the same hairstyle I wore in the 7th grade...and I am not kidding

Ok, I am off to Bunco tonight...Hooray for the $10 therapy...
or maybe it's the wine I am excited about...
xoxo -agatha

Tent Mahal

So, Jeff picked up a tent at work the other day. When we went camping, we realized the tent that went with the van was rotten...holy mildew batman, it was bad. We had to borrow a tent from the silly boys dad to successfully complete our Carlsbad camping mission...which made us realize that we needed a new tent. It was in the back of Jeff's mind for weeks...he mentioned it occasionally, and then on Friday he brought a tent home. Tod, one of Jeff's coworkers, purchased the tent with a pro-form, so it could not be returned...and apparently it was too big for Tod's family of 4. Apparently, too big meant nothing to Jeff, he realized what a great deal it was and how convenient it would be, so Jeff paid Tod cash and ran with the tent...Kelty Pavilion 6...um, it's frickin' HUGE...it took up the entire 2nd level in our backyard...it really is the Taj Mahal of tents...the thing will take up an entire campsite, no joke...here are the photos...

These are the tent itself, very open and airy...
With the fly cover and vestibule
ok...just kidding
Playing Camp...in our backyard

So, do you want to go camping with us?? xo -ag

Our New Kitchen

At the encouragement of my sister Greta, I am posting some pictures of my new kitchen...it really isn't done yet, we still have countertops, backsplash, and new door on our to do list...but here are some photos to hold you over until the project is completed...hopefully within the next 2 weeks...xo -ag

ps...don't you just love my plywood countertops...they are all the rage

Lillian's first day of preschool

My little girl is growing up so quickly...

Today we dropped her off for her first day of preschool...

She did some deep breathing in the car as we got close...she told me she was "nerbous"...

But she did great, no tears...she happily ran from toy to toy, she had to touch everything...

She stayed for nap time and actually slept a bit...not quite enough, but sleep none the less...

Her favorite part of the day was playing in the castle...and of course, having her Finny Finn there for moral support. It's great when you have someone in your corner...

And although Greta and I thought that Lillian would do all the talking and Finn would be the quiet shy one...the opposite turned out to be true, Lillian didn't really start talking until about 5:30pm tonight.

Hooray for school...xo -ag