The Garden of Schroeder

On some especially gray concrete Los Angeles days, I like to think about my parent's backyard in Lompoc. I know the flowers are blooming, bees are buzzing and the trees are making fruit. It's probably gray there this morning too as the summer is dissapating, but I'll just pretend :) This was what it looked like, the weekend we got married.

Oktober. FEST.

Guess who's hung over today?This birthday boy, that's who. We celebrated with beloved friends and family last night at Oktoberfest, and it was grand indeed. We ate bratworst and potatoes and saurkraut and pretzels, and liters and liters of Alpine Larger. Well, some of us did, I opted to drive David Michael so he could fully enjoy his night, and it was definatly worth it. The dancing, the stomping, the slamming of steins, the leaping over tables and the stickiness of beer and sweat that permeates everything, the mockfights and the singing words you don't know at the top of your lungs, the parade though the tables, the hoochie german maid outfits, chicken and peter pan hats, the white thigh highs, the braids and beards.



Christine's photos came out great, and they are here on her Flickr Page. Enjoy!

MMMmm mmmm mmmm

Taking a little break from some housecleaning to make myself a watermelon-mint-yogurt smoothie with my fancy shmancy blender that get this - actually blends instead of just moving the pieces around. YUMMMM! Taking a moment to pretend I'm back on the island, cooling off with sweet sweet melon.

Tiny Tea

Last night The Tiny finally finally had a day off work, and we got together for dinner. We ate burgers and beer at Father's Office, and then tottered over to La Dijionese to purchase treats from the pastry counter.What fun the Tinies have united! How much delicous food we eat until it hurts! We are bad bad influences on one another.

Tiny Lindsey: "Lets get 2 treats!"
Tiny Jessie: "No, Lets get three!"
Tiny Lindsey: "OK!"
Tiny Jessie: "Can we have four? Can we have the chocolate one too?"
Tiny Lindsey: "No!"

We brought them home and made a Tiny Tea party, complete with bee teapot, bee hive cozy, yellow birdie plate, and the ever beloved Kitten Creamer!!! Such lovely presents! We forced Tiny David Michael to come sit with us but he spurned our treats and made a large bowl of popcorn. Which he ate, entirely, and watched us.

I have to say, I'm really proud of myself this week because I have not been as lazy as usual. I've made it to the gym a couple times and I've cooked every night, decent meals, even when it means stopping at the grociery store for that one item I forgot before, when i'm so tired and just want to go home. I also scrubbed all the gunk of the kitchen floor this last weekend so I can walk on it happily barefoot without feeling disgusting, and I I dug out the acrylics and actually painted on Sat and Sun. I remembered all those beautiful wooden panals Warren made for me a couple of years ago, back in the time of Forest Steet, Inglewood, and I painted on one! It's going to be a present so I can't show it yet, but I want to paint again this weekend. It's been so long I felt really rusty at it, and I remembered how the hours deliciously slip by as you work the color together patiently. I've given up on the idea that I'll ever be a really great painter, and it helps me not be so inhibited to try.

Oct. 34th

I asked David to go to the corner market and buy some eggs, and he bought these specifically for the experation date. I can't quite decide if they've already expired, or if they never will.

Russins' Makin' Children

This weekend we went to Levan & Heather's baby shower. It was near his folks house in a little rumpus room very happily adorned with monkey decorations. The baby is coming soon, end of November I belive, and now they will be quite prepaired with tons of monkey presents to give him. It is quite lovely to see your friends celbrating such a happy event, and I can't wait to see if he is born with a tail.
I decided to drink a lot of wine, and took this guy's picture. I didn't meet him, but I was amply socially lubricated to think I was friends with everyone by the time David wheeled me out the door.Congradulations Monkey People!