June has been a busy month: It began with an Architects shin-dig in Indiana, then the farm share started, next I flew to New Jersey to orchestrate a girl's weekend for big sister Melanie's upcoming nuptials, flew back to Chicago, started a ballet class, then this past weekend we drove the chicken (i.e. our darling toddler) to the Lawyers party in Michigan.In between, we had dinners with friends, babysat a gorgeous child, celebrated Father's Day (we miss you, Ross), visited the pediatrician, dentist, & optometrist (not all on the same day), spent 340 hours at the playground, got the Honda's wheel thingy replaced....AND BECAME VEGETARIANS.
Did I mention that the car flooded? We shared a terrible cold? I spent 12 hours stuck at O'Hare airport with loads of people, including a girl who trimmed her toenails into my yogurt cup (same storm that flooded the car cancelled my flight and grounded plane #2 in Omaha), and have a receding gum line? But who cares...DID YOU HEAR THAT WE'RE VEGETARIANS?
The positives far out-weighed the minor annoyances: There was a gorgeous beach on Beverly Shores (M. squatting on it above), loads of laughter at every turn, a mind-blowing deep tissue massage at bliss spa Hoboken, Monty the 17 lb. cat (down from 27 lbs...good job Mel & Laike), Bambi the pony, Fred the horse, M.'s first swimming lesson, the warm leather smell of new ballet shoes, and VEGETABLES. Did I mention the radishes, garlic scapes, and delicious peas? Well, I should...BECAUSE WE'RE SUMMERTIME VEGETARIANS.
Now, I need to get to bed. Tomorrow is day number 2 without a car (that pesky flood ruined the carpet, which will take 4 days to replace). Let's rock & roll the stroller 2 miles to the nannyshare, M. It's good for us to exercise off all the ... um, peas.
Well Laurie you've dragged me into the blog-o-sphere with you...Yes, I have avoided it to now.
ReplyDeleteI hope that you had finished your yogurt before the toenail trimmings (non-vegetarian) where added!
Good luck with the veggie-quest.
The munchkin is beautiful and I miss you all.
Ross
I have followed you down the yellow brick road of blog-dom with a sense of surrender as well my dear.
ReplyDeleteVegetarian... oh my!
A word of caution, beware of fake food posing as vegetatrian. Remember, chemicals are not veggies.
Kudos on the veggie co-op! Farm fresh is best, by far.
Miss you & your chick, looking forward to seeing you soon in NJ.
Peace and Joy,
Mom
What a great picture of M! Love and miss you.
ReplyDeleteCarrie
I know you're amazing just becasue I know you, then I read this and becamse amazed times 100! How in the world did you do all that in just one month???? Do you sleep? And thank you again for enduring the 12 hours in O'Hare so you wouldn't miss the fabulous girls weekend you planned. (By the way, Montie is 22 lbs not 17 - but thanks for those extra 5 lbs, maybe by the time you all come for the wedding).
ReplyDeleteHope the veggies are still delish!
Love you, MaTickle, and Jacob.
Mel