i need you to LOVE me

while we're on the topic of fleetwood mac, my brother- who can always be relied on to have the most hilarious everything at his fingertips- showed me this video last time i was visiting. no explanation needed, just watch it.



is it just me or would dave grohl totally be your best friend if he only had the chance to meet you?

one minute you're pregnant and wearing men's puffy vests....

...and the next thing you know there's a baby! in your house! all the time!

i'm really going to try to keep up with this blog again now that i'm a 'mom', which apparently means that you suddenly stop doing anything you previously considered 'productive' and begin a primitive sort of existence of feeding babies, changing babies and staring at babies! turns out that what i used to think was 'productive' was stupid and babies are awesome so there you go!

anyways, avery violet, the lovely, has a cold poor thing, so i'm trying to be quiet and help her sleep it better. while doing this i started listening to music online and remembered how much i love this song...its sad! another sad one! sheesh....i know you might be tempted to call me up in a fake cheery voice and suggest we go out and get some air and/or see a psychologist together, but i assure you i'm not depressed :):):) see?! no seriously- we have this on vinyl and it is about the prettiest thing to listen to EVER. and it doesn't necessarily have to be sad, it could be considered poignant!

simple things

the first frost arrived today and brought with it an incredibly gorgeous morning. while standing outside taking it all in, all i could think about was how if this was green lake, my nanny (grandma) would be super pissed that her peas had finally lost the battle. one of my favourite lake memories is waking up at 2am to the sounds of her dragging my bobby (grandpa) outside, into the garden to cover up all the plants to protect them from those relentless august frosts....the thought of her urgent whispers of 'jim! hurry! JIM!' crack me up.


speaking of the lake, i saw 'reign over me' the other night, which i kinda liked actually, but i think that was mostly due to the fact that they play this song in the intro, a fact that made me shush people and turn up the volume. its one of those songs you forget you know all the words to until you hear it years later. it brought me hurtling back to drives up to the lake with my friend amy after having hijacked her brother craig's CSN box set, again, and singing the whole way there (me badly, amy prettily). i LOVE this song- so sad- but i have a thing for sad, pretty songs. it is amazing how music makes a movie. wouldn't that be the best job- to make movie soundtracks?


and how about crosby and nash in that video- can ya dig it?! i love david crosby's super peaceful, casual entrance, full of hippy kindness, just wanting to jump in on some melodies with his friend. so cute.

i'm having one right now

you know those perfect days? the ones you sometimes stop in the middle of and realize you're half holding your breath? the ones that you think about during a bad week in february and wonder 'why can't i have MORE of those perfect days and less of these sucky ones?' well i've had a few recently....the fact that they're fleeting is what makes them perfect really isn't it? life is weird.

ps happy birthday johnnie

this is neat - BluePrint magazine has printable wrapping paper online.

also, the island of kauai is overrun with chickens and roosters (fyi) and some of them can even ride bikes. for real.

the foam that memories are made of

when you say the word 'foam' to people these days, you're likely to set them off on a tangent about this 'memory foam' phenomenon and how much they love their own 'memory foam' mattress topper. i've been amazed at the passion people have for the stuff- until our stiff and springy temporary bed was revolutionized by a thin piece of it. it is truly miraculous....but has one major downside, it sheds fuzz like the dickens- but when you're sleeping? you don't even care.

buttless chaps

we all know someone who this would be PERFECT for...why do the russells keep coming to mind?