October 13, 2007
Rapunzel in a Tornado
Zoe and I spent most of the morning downtown. We went to the Towers of America and wandered around up there for a few hours. I got Zoe some binoculars at Target and she was pointing everything out. The weather is getting cooler (80 vs. 90), so it makes exploring bearable. I love this time of year. More walking and bike riding. Hopefully it won't be Africa hot at soccer and we can all enjoy it.
Zoe loves the Tower. I do too. It's so breezy and cool up there, but we were wondering how these GIANT crickets got up 750 feet in the air. They were all about 2-3 inches long. Must have been stow-aways in the elevator. Then we went to lunch and came home to hang out.
Somewhere, in the middle of nowhere, my Godmother and her husband are on a train headed to SA to see us from California. I don't think I've seen her in about 25 years, but I think of her often. My mother drew a portrait of her when she was younger and it hangs on the wall outside of my bedroom. She also sent Zoe tons of Groovy Girl stuff for Christmas and sent me the Boston Legals that I had missed when I was in the hospital. I was kind of sad that all of my cousins live so far away (Hi Maui Cuz and Minnesota Cuz). I see how close our kids are to each other and it would have been nice to grow up with them. I can't wait to see her. Zoe's planning on wearing one of her "fancy" dresses to brunch.
WARNING: PUT YOUR COMPUTER ON MUTE AS THE WIND ON THIS VIDEO IS SOOOOO LOUD!!!
(I need to use my real camera. This phone doesn't work as well as the last one and the quality of the pictures aren't as sweet) But she and I had so much fun and I wanted to make sure I had some pictures.
Ok. Time to get cleaned up. We have soccer today too!
I can do this. The bird talker now has binoculars!
Your assignment today is to enjoy your Sunday. Hang out with family, enjoy a slow cup of coffee, take a nice walk or have a great workout. But it's Sunday - truly relax for a change!!
Someone recently said I was a big whiner. She was right. Lately I have been speaking way too much whinese. Not a good thing to do when you are a cancer ass kicker!
Posted by debutaunt at October 13, 2007 07:31 PMYou are the last person I would ever call a whiner.
The bird-talker is getting cuter by the day.
Glad you had fun on your outing.
Don't hate me but I love the hot weather 90 is OK by me.
Posted by: Claire at October 14, 2007 08:00 PMI took a nice walk. 13.1 miles. For a PR... I certainly enjoyed my Sunday... I'm glad you had a good time with Zoe!
Posted by: shayna at October 14, 2007 08:23 PMYou are an awesome cancer-ass-kicker. And you are allowed to whine from time to time :-)
Posted by: Missy at October 14, 2007 10:06 PMYou are most definitely NOT a whiner! Good lord, that pisses me off.
The pics are fabulous. Your bird talker is sure growing up!
Posted by: traci at October 15, 2007 10:19 AMOh.My.Goodness.
The lovey Zoe Is BEAUTIFUL. Look at that smile in the last picture. Oh. My. Goodness! Be still my heart.
Deb- Nothing, I repeat, NOTHING, that you write is whining.
If you ever want to come and play for a long weekend in Chicago,let me know. I have always thought that the lovely Zoe would like to hang with my beautiful granddaughter Scarlett. Oh, my, would they have fun!
Thinking of your both, often.
Deb
P.S. Tell your bird talker that Illinois Deb has 3 birds..a blue and gold McCaw named Mango, and 2 Blue Fronted Amazons ( Jessie and Hawk). I;ll send her pics if you think its a good idea.
She is so damn cute.
Pffft. We all whine at times. Shit.
Posted by: Kami at October 16, 2007 10:04 AMlove the pics I went up in that same tower over 30 years ago its really neat up there i grew up 75 miles south of san antonio david
Posted by: David at October 17, 2007 10:17 PMWow! Check that Zoe out!
Continue to kick ass, both of you! : )
Posted by: Michelle at November 8, 2007 03:15 PM