It's All Gravy

San Francisco Symphony

Thats my girl all dressed up for her fieldtrip to the SF symphony. Looking way to grown up for her mamma not to get a little teary eyed but beautiful nonetheless. She got to wear a velvet cape that my mom bought before she was married so Lydia was completely thrilled to say the least. "So special Mom" she said and off we were to San Fran. Couldn't have picked a more gorgeous day-clear skies, suny 68 degrees with a light wind. Had the pleasure of riding with Andrea, one of Lydia's new classmates mother who drove us and 4 kids over the bridge and through no woods...

everyone seemed to have to go to the bathroom before we even entered the hall so i got some of the kids to pose against the wall for an impromptu pic-not an easy feat even for 5th graders!

waiting in our seats for the time to pass

the incredible pipe organ pipes, some as thick as the largest tree trunk

glad i took some pics while the orchestra was warming up since we weren't allowed to take any during the performance

all in black-i was loving the many patent leather black shoes that were worn by many musicians. yes, i was checking out the shoes (of course) it was the 100th year since formation of this symphony-pretty cool

amazing cant quite describe the talented men & women that we had the pleasure to listen to that day. I didn't realize that there was only school students in attendance. what a great idea! The conductor played up to the kids with humor, education and fun with instruments. the boy crowd went nuts when the french horn was introduced and the musician played some music from Star Wars. i cant believe with as much as my world revovles around music that i have never been to the symphony. so many wonderful emotions evoked in me. i felt giddy as a child on Christmas morning! definately a trip that i will take again very soon

lydia figured out that the hall was built in 1912-neato labido

we realized that the SF ballet where we saw the Nutcracker a few years ago was right across the street and also flanking the park where we ate lunch. gorgeous architecture in the city that i dont quite get to see as often anymore

UUUGGGHHHHH! Can't get rid of this nasty ICK!! I'm just glad i havent passed it on to the kids or jim. think i caught up on my sleep though so thats good. hoping to get some scrapping done today, clean the car since im driving for a fieldtrip tommorrow, and get outside and get physical, physical, i want to get physical, lets get into to physical...i think olivia newton john meant a little something else hee hee tired of being tired, need some sun on my face and wind on my back
happy presdents day- a job i would never want

goofy child

CHA photos

lots of cool stuff to see

great nights with friends

enjoy

House of Blues for Anne's b-day-happy birthday you carazy

my girl Nid~love her

Dyan Reavely of Ranger blew my mind with her style

dont let this sweet pic fool you-haha

mj & tonya-foe show

so cool so cool

whew what a whirlwind its been
many days and nights at cha
overwhelm but in a good way
still havent seen or ordered all we would have like
way over budget
everything is shipping too soon
here are some fun things we did with good friends & new friends
lots of fun with little sleep
its the cha way

cheers to the frickin weekend i drank to that yeah yeah

bare with me...
im digitally challenged i guess since the photos i keep uploading are mega huge and shrinking them has proved to be more than my firing synapses can handle
i do plan to prevail but when, i cannot say
cant let a little thing like technology get the better of me
again

so.......
im driving the kids to school this morning and while stopped at a red light, i glance over and notice the lady is schlepping down something in a small bottle and wincing after each swallow. now i think to myself, self-what could it be that is causing her such distress yet she keeps chugging away?
vodka? hopefully unlikely
wheat grass healthy crap concoction? yuck
Alice in Wonderland liquid? could be fun but not while driving
5 hour energy? probably

i started thinking about the torturous things we women put ourselves through
...we allow someone to put hot wax in our nether region and then rip it off
...braid, tease, dye, cut, fill with chemicals that would kill a herd of cattle, pay lots of money to do this at least monthly
...get our girls squeezed, smashed, and crushed for the sake of health and then they have to do double duty as husband play toys and a child's restaurant
...our cha-chinga gets the worst treatment-blood pours out of us and its a good thing? propped up and open like a 67 Chevy that needs a tire change and then lets stick sharp instruments in there and poke around while we are supposed to relax and stop clenching our but cheeks together in protest? then a 14" head is supposed to fit through there and take 12-24 hours to exit the building?
yep, our Lord is DEFINITELY a dude

just saying

it's about time

not looking back

moving forward

ready to start this journey up again

for me

cant wait to see whats in store

hope youll join me

its been a long long time

i have so much to share but you'll have to forgive me for being absent for so long & give me a little time to play catch up but for now check out Tim's blog

you might just see someone you recognize hee hee! i'll spill all my travels later on this week i promise!

xoxo