January 24, 2012

bubble beards & birthday

23:365Happy birthday to my awesome hubby! He wanted lasagna for dinner, and a quiet family night. I ran for carryout while he picked up The Bug and got her bath started. I got home just in time to hear the giggles in the bathroom, where she announced to him that she was successful in being "a boy and a girl at the same time." She accomplished this by giving herself "pigtails and a beard." We laughed, and that's when I knew we had given him the perfect birthday night. Love you sweet M. Here's to 40 more years of laughter!

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January 23, 2012

disorder

22:365Those of you who know how much I like order and organization, simplicity and calm, etc. know just how much my inner voice is screaming right now. Try as I might, I can't keep this house from looking like a tornado, hurricane, tsunami and earthquake struck simultaneously. I am dangerously close to hauling it all to the curb and starting over from scratch when the new house is done. One week left. One week, then we move. We'll live greatly scaled back for a few months, and I'm really looking forward to that after getting a startling view of just how much we own. Who knows…maybe when it comes time to move back I really will just chuck it all and start over!

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January 22, 2012

birthday boy

21:365Probably the biggest surprise tonight was that he wore the propeller beanie all night. Great night for a great guy. Love you, M!

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January 20, 2012

burned

19:365Today I used a candy thermometer for the first time in an attempt to make caramels for M's pending 40th birthday. It's a vintage Betty Furness candy thermometer. She is pictured on the front gleefully holding the thermometer and I imagined her saying, "Easy breezy!"Yeah. Not so much. Turns out that making caramel requires a skilled hand and dedicated attention. One can't, for instance, also handle a barrage of work emails and a ringing cell phone. Trust me. Two scalded pots. The smell of scorched sugar. And no caramels. M took it in stride and said that it's the thought that counts. Good man, M. Unlike that b*tch Betty Furness.

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January 17, 2012

socks

16:365Lots of good images today but this one is my favorite. My British boss (as opposed to my French boss and my American boss) always wears great socks. I have shot them many times before but today the light was finally right and he was sitting just this way. He's used to me trying to photograph his socks so he didn't move a muscle when I rounded the corner, pulled out my iPhone and dropped to a squat. He just laughed.

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