all i really need to know...

All I really need to know I learned from kindergartners.

-Auntie Jenn lives in a great neighborhood. There is a library a block away, a park across that street, a bookstore and toy shop, and a gelato shop that has a TRAIN table. (oh, and good coffee around the corner)

-In the next five years, we have to go on every EL train, even the yellow line to Skokie. The Christmas train is awesome! But the bus is exciting too – you can grab the strap.

-Singing and dancing and playing is great. (taking mandolin lessons is even greater)

-We went to Kansas on American Airlines – an airplane for the first time is exciting. Pools are super fun. So are making new friends. And we love Auntie Grandma, so we give her lots of hugs.

-Grandpa Bill lives in a cool place, and we like to do puzzles with him. He’s going to play Santa this Christmas.

-Hippie Grandma (Grandma Donna) puts basil in the eggs, and we cook and bake and play dress-up at her house. We missed her when she went to Hawaii, but she brought back a cool hula outfit!

-The BEST restaurant in the world is Heaven on Seven, which is only a few blocks away from Auntie Jenn’s work (at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago).

-Hats are fun, especially when they are hand knitted. I can wear a fishbowl or a pumpkin or a pink elfin hat.

-We love daddy. He cheers us on at soccer games and reads us books and takes us to cool places, like Chicago. He still teaches other kids (3^rd grade), and is reading this crazy series that Auntie Jenn gave him (Game of Thrones). We got to go to the Brookfield Zoo twice this year!

-Auntie starts with A, like Ally. Jenn starts with J, like Josh.

We wish you a merry Christmas, we wish you a merry Christmas…and a happy new year.

We won’t go until we get some, we won’t go until we get some…so bring it right here.

mmmm...

wa ha ha ha. I needed to use this lovely M. for Musings. and Music. and much much more.




I wish I could remember on what I wanted to muse earlier tonight. I did see a lovely mustache with turned up edges this evening on the train, and then out of the restaurant as I was walking back from wc.

Now, time for masterpiece.

are I blog again? I am excited by this cool site, which a friend of mine posted on facebook. I guess she is letting people use her cool letters, which are updated daily. It makes for some fun alphabets. I do love fonts, so this is a lot of fun.

And when I look for fonts, the most important letter of all is

of course

gonna try...

I'm going to try posting more often this year...we'll see how that goes. I'm watching a little russell crowe in 3:10 to yuma, and it's not bad for a western. exciting, yes.

I'm hopeful for a bright 2011, and will muse on some knitting and baking and reading and other things as the year goes on. As I looked at some of my pictures from 2010, I realized there were some very bright moments that I will not soon forget. :)this is one...



as well as this...

back in the blog

Holy cow! It's been a year and a half since I last posted, and I thought that would never happen. Too much of letting work take over my life.

Well, that's the end of that.

Bush speaks

Ok, so I can't believe it, but I was impressed by Bush tonight. He actually sounded like he cared about the country and its people. I thought that he was succinct, articulate and caring. I had no idea. Actually, I did know -- I don't think anyone could be president who didn't love the country, even if his ideas are misguided and frustrating. So I was a little teary, almost. There are good people who are doing good things, and I need to remember that.

Where have I been?

Where have I been? I have been busy knitting like a crazy woman and reading, and becoming obsessed with shows such as the British show, "spooks," battlestar galatica, and homicide, my favorite show of all time. I have also been busy with various family things and playing in the orchestra. So, I will pontificate on something in the near future of some use, but for now...

I will sign off.