pass the cakes and jam please

so, this summer i've house-sat for my neighbor three times so far. i keep telling her it's my pleasure and do really mean it; she's just out my back yard and my kid adores her cat; it's easy. however, she keeps insisting on buying me stuff or bringing me stuff home from her trips and as much as i tell her it's not necessary, she does anyway. on her last trip to iowa she stopped at her favorite little store and picked up five jars of preserves and jams along with a cherry butter that i am dying to try--oh, and homemade noodles that look perfect to throw in a soup. i was so thankful, it was such a nice surprise :)

one of these days i'm gonna make five little pancakes and sit at my table with my five jars of jams and thouroughly enjoy each and every one of them.

there must be more than this provincial life...

(smoothies and popsicles ruled the day)

the day, as originally planned:
-crafty little boutique sale with one of my best friends.
-then, hopefully on to some antiquing.
-all of this while toting a camera in a not everyday boring kind of place.
-come home, do some laundry, straighten up a bit and chill a bottle of wine all in preparation of a night of rock band with another of my best friends.

the day, how it went:
-the kid got sick.
-the only time i left the house was to mow the grass.
-i ate too much food.
(don't get me wrong...i'm NOT complaining. i was so thankful to be able to be here with her...it was just so different from what i had intended on doing today...)

tomorrow, back to work for the week. yay. (this is the part that gets me.)

how do people just get used to this and not need more...? why do i feel like such a basket case and a train wreck for craving more...?

Look there she goes that girl is strange, no question
Dazed and distracted, can't you tell?
Never part of any crowd
'Cause her head's up on some cloud
No denying she's a funny girl that Belle
...
Look there she goes a girl who's strange but special
A most peculiar mad'moiselle
It's a pity and a sin
She doesn't quite fit in
'Cause she really is a funny girl
A beauty but a funny girl
She really is a funny girl

         

beep...

...i'm on the other tab.

i'll call ya back later...

peace on earth, good will to men....

ah yes...dandelion's...so much more peaceful than cops in riot gear with tear gas ready to be thrown into the crowd at any anarchy-ridden second.

so far tonight, i think there's only been like 72 arrests. i wanted to be down there...i know it's not that safe but for some reason i feel completely safe--in that, i'm-going-to-prove-freud-right kinda way that is. (it's that whole survival of the fittest thing...see, the way i figure it, in 100,000 more years, the gene that causes raccoons to run out in front of cars should be completly wiped out from the species. i should warn you, i'm not a scientist and i may be wrong on that theory...but i'm pretty sure.)

i had a friend down there tonight filming. he's doing like this st. paul before and after the rnc vs during the rnc filmy thing. i think he's still alive and i'm pretty sure he didn't get arrested...but i'm no more positive on that than i am the raccoon theory. can you believe freud's turtle is still alive? i can't. i wish he could talk...think they'de be slow words spoken with a whispery, raspy voice? i do. not that i've thought too much about the way an old turtle would talk though...really. i think the sea turtles in finding nemo talk the coolest though. anyway, my pics from yesterday's blog were used on a local news station's website...it was pretty cool.

in honor of voldemorts followers coming to town...

welcome...but please don't stay too long...

yeah...so i was planning to put up some weekend pics but then, the rnc happened. i mean, sure, it's been happening but today i actually got some pics. tomorrow, i probably will too. there's just so much happening around here and i'm right there. it's pretty cool. i've been seeing the protests, hearing the demonstrations and witnessing first hand the military-esqe state that has taken over the once quiet little city i call home.

all in all, things have been pretty peaceful...i mean sure, ya hear about the major arrests but for the most part, i think everyone in this blue state has been pretty welcoming to our red state friends...despite our personal views.

gotta love that minnesota nice :) hmmm...i feel like bringing mccain a tater tot hot dish all of a sudden...or something made with mayo...

see ya later summer

i'll write more tomorrow about my weekend...but right now, i'm a little bit more fixated on my kids first day of school tomorrow :)

i used to love it when kids went back to school. as an adult, i love taking my world back. i hate waiting behind groups of giggly middle school girls buying three different kinds of lip smackers at target just to buy my two different kinds of lip smackers. (whatever...they have more money than me. they can afford three. shut up.) but now, i feel a bit lonesome...