hello, hello- day 1 of 5

i'm back (with a vengeance?). i missed my blog. i didn't think i would... but i did.

the past 12 days have been busy and eventful.


my mother's day cards from isaac (l) and jacob. that's poison ivy from lego batman on isaac's card.

mother's day weekend

k and i set out on our adventure. not having to be back by any particular time induces a strange mixture of giddiness and guilt. we laughed, listened to music and ate an obscene amount of pita chips. or, i did. we also stopped at gap so that i could buy the same bag that k had just bought on clearance. my intention was to get one in a different color, but they only had the exact same one left. k said she didn't mind, so i picked it up even though the salesperson said that it made us "twinners". maybe it's that i have twins, and i like them. but i object to the non-word "twinners". let's make a pact to never use it unless we want to get smacked in the mouth.

we made it to stinson beach. we ate lunch at a cafe where i ordered a blt. this might seem strange, because i actually sort of avoid bacon, as a general rule. in fact, come to think of it, i'll order a bacon cheeseburger and then remove the bacon. what does that mean? i embrace wastefulness? i want to have my bacon and discard it, too? maybe. this time, though, i ate all the bacon. and it was delicious. after lunch, we sat in the sun and still managed to freeze. i was engrossed in a book that i'd brought, but would occasionally pause to notice that i was shivering. i looked over at k, who appeared to be wearing every layer that she'd brought with her. i made another mental note that i should strive to be as prepared as she is.

when we were thoroughly windburned, we tromped off the beach. i can't make walking in sand look good. i trip and stumble and sink into various spots. i laugh at myself and the wind sweeps sand into my teeth. my hair stands up all around my face, and curls away from it as if it doesn't want to be associated with me. i can't even pretend to be offended.

we zipped over to corte madera shopping center where i had spied the container store, earlier. we wandered the aisles and i imagined being organized and what that might feel like. i fingered wall hooks, spice jars, glass canisters and pill sorters. i contemplated my strategy if i were suddenly on that old game show that gave you a shopping cart and a time limit to fill it. i would have aced that game show.

we browsed some other shops and headed into san francisco for dinner. we ate ricotta gnocchi at a cute italian place called pelligrini. it must be said that ricotta anything is good. anything.

back at the hotel, we did our nails and rented a movie which i slept through. k says i didn't miss anything. before returning home from our getaway we: wandered around san francisco again, toured the william-sonoma flagship store (so good!!!! it almost brought tears to my eyes...), pondered the place of denim cutoffs in the universe, and ate an (accidentally) leisurely lunch at a restaurant called plant. our server was vacant-eyed and decidedly organic. we also stopped at the vacaville outlets where both converse and j. crew let us down. ikea finished our trip off on a good note. thanks for everything, k. i had a great time.

back at home, i was surprised by handmade cards, flowers, books made by isaac and jacob, some gifts and a very good dinner. officially, best mother's day weekend, ever. i hope everyone else had a wonderful mother's day, too!



excerpt from jacob's book. it says, "if mom could do anything she would because she likes to read." the book featured in the drawing appears to be titled, "mense". i guess he might have meant either 'mens' or 'menses'. i feel like i'm sort of covered on both those topics...but maybe not.




excerpt from isaac's book. it says, " if my mom could do anything she would eat a lopster because she was hundery. she would probably do this at red lodster." incidentally, i don't eat lobster, but if i did, it would be twice as large as i am and be served with a head-sized pat of butter.