We spent the afternoon with friends – catching up, eating lots of tasty food, and celebrating Leo’s first birthday. It was an awesome way to spend an afternoon!
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Champ isn’t big on physical contact – doesn’t snuggle, doesn’t really care about getting pets, and is very skittish so it’s hard to even stand next to her. But the other day Pete grabbed a can of almonds for a snack, and suddenly Champ showed up at his feet. Then jumped onto the arm of the couch. Then Pete held up an almond for her to inspect, and she spent a loooooong time licking it and sniffing it and trying to figure out how to actually eat it. After a minute, Barley wanted to know what it was all about, but he had zero interest and left it for Champ.
Apparently the way to Champs heart is through her stomach.
Posted by Sarah G on November 24, 2011
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Rare Day
Today was the day of rare things.
I woke up before Pete: extremely rare. Unrelated: I took advantage of the situation to continue my Musical Movie Marathon and I put Oliver! on Netflix Instant. I think of all the musicals I watched this weekend, Gigi was my favorite and Oliver! was my second favorite – even if it did make me think of Newsies and I ended up with King of New York stuck in my head all afternoon. Imma wait here while you click through and watch that video……all done? Awesome, right!?! I love it.
Back to the matter at hand! I was up before Pete, which started the day on a rare note. Then after a few hours of lounging around, Pete came to me with an idea to get out of the house and he had a suggestion for something we both wanted to do! This is huge. HUGE. Doubly rare. It’s usually me that’s itching to get out of the house on the weekend (especially during football season. For the record, I had already set the Tivo to record the Green Bay game), and Pete rarely has any suggestions/opinions on what we should do on excursions.
So off we went, where it was a REE-diculously gorgeous 60 degree day out. Yet another rarity for late November! We got lunch, split up to check out a few stores (Guitar Center for him, West Elm for me) and then got some warm beverages (Dunkies for him, Starbucks for me) and went for a leisurely, scenic walk through Back Bay before hopping on the T and heading home.
We got home just before four and Pete settled in to watch the Green Bay game. I was trying to decide what to do with the rest of my afternoon and ended up making a last minute decision to go to a yoga class with one of my favorite instructors. When I say last minute, what I mean is that 15 minutes before the class was starting, I was jumping off the couch to change and get to the studio. Lucky for me, it’s two short blocks away and I made it with plenty of time.
Side note…hilarious things from the mouth of said yoga instructor, that when taken out of context are totally inappropriate (I know. I’m like a 13 year old boy. But come on!):
- Did everyone grab their balls?
- Okay, I’m right behind you. Ready? This is something you can only do with good friends, right?!
- Oh my goodness, you’re so tight! This is the tightest I’ve ever felt you!
I should reiterate that this is one of my favorite instructors, and that she’s absolutely not inappropriate in context. She’s awesome and you should go to her classes (her name is Jill and she teaches here, here, and here) – I just couldn’t get my mind out of the gutter, apparently.
Back to the point (again – I’m easily distracted today), my doing yoga these days is also rare and it’s especially rare that I do it when I haven’t planned it out in advance. I’m enjoying the climb back onto that wagon.
Nothing extraordinary today, but a lot of rare. And a lot of awesome, too.
Posted by Sarah G on November 21, 2011
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Cold Weather Camping
We spent Saturday night camping at Ponkapoag Pond with friends. I was a little nervous about camping when it was pretty chilly out (lows in the 30s overnight), but we had a great time and I can’t wait to do it again. I can’t recomend these cabins enough – close to home that you avoid spending half your weekend in the car, but it feels like it’s a milion miles away. The cabins are great, and with the wood stove you stay so warm that you barely need a sleeping bag.
I still can’t get over having grown up only a few miles away (I played soccer a zillion Saturday mornings on a field that is barely half a mile down the road from the gate to the access road), but never knowing what is there! I didn’t even know the cabins existed until a friend told me last year, and I’d never actually been on the trails around the pond until earlier this summer. Our running club runs the trails around the pond (4 miles, minimal elevation but a enough small inclines to make you work for it) every few weeks and joinging them a few months ago was the first time I’d ever been in that part of the Blue Hills Reservation – I wish I had known about it before.
Posted by Sarah G on November 14, 2011
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Uncle Meat
On Saturday Emily and I thought it would be really funny for her to just walk up to Pete and put Jackie in his lap, but our little surprise delivery never made it to fruition. Saturday night Pete did end up the last adult in the room with Jackie when the rest of us raced out to catch the ice cream truck before it left the neighborhood, but she was happily hanging out in her bouncy seat so he really just had to, you know, make sure the house didn’t burn down with her in it.
Sunday, as we were saying goodbye, Emily was determined to get Pete to hold his newest niece…she was nicer than I would have been and she actually asked him if he was ready before handing her over. I would have just put Jackie in his arms and walked away without saying anything, haha!
Posted by Sarah G on August 22, 2011
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