September 8, 2007
· Filed under Life in Peekskill, shopping, work
I’m thinking of this to house our plasma tv and most of the smattering of our DVDs that actually have jewel cases, have been thinking about it ever since the Crate & Barrel catalog came right after we bought the tv, and have begun thinking about it with greater abandon now that I have a job, doesn’t really matter since we don’t really have the do-re-mi right now, and it would make an absolutely fabulous Festivus present to my hubs.
We’ve just about decided on paint colors, although they change somewhat whenever we visit friends with nicely-painted walls. Like when we visited Jenn & Uli in Jersey and marveled at the almost-chartreuse walls in their dining room, and then today, when visiting my brother and his wife in Connecticut and I saw how lovely their dark red-brown their dining room was. I have to agree, it looked great, and we do get a lot of light in our dining room (four huge, tall windows with nine-foot ceilings and pocket doors leading to the other rooms), so that a dark shade might not totally suck the life out of me. I really thought that it might. I’ve already bought curtains that I like in a palish blue linen, so the walls will have to go with them, but dark won’t be bad. G, you win. It just needs to be a warm dark, not cold, okay?
September 8, 2007
· Filed under G, Léa, family, food
my delicious niece, had her second birthday party today. She is, quite possibly, the most beautiful child on the planet. Don’t believe me? Judge for yourself!
She didn’t seem to recognize her Tata Lysa and Oncle Gary at first, but then warmed right up to us, leading me into her playroom to show me her stereo and cds and toys (my goodness, the toys!). We all had a wonderful time, devouring a buttercream-and-chocolate-mousse gateau with three tiny blue candles on it. She actually blew out the last candle and was taken aback when we all applauded (“bravo!”). She was particularly interested in the Play-Doh she received as a gift, going back to it again and again until we snuck it away from her so she could open more cadeaux. My mother and father were there (Grand-mere et Pop-Pop), as well as her French babysitter, Marie-Laurence. She’s saying more and more things, (“eat” and “cake”, although not together) and it’s just a matter of time until we won’t be able to keep up with her. As a bilingual child, she’s somewhat slower to put words together, but when she finally does, it’ll be a torrent. In two languages.
We had a nice time talking with Sam and Priscille after Mademoiselle went up for her nap, and stopped for dinner in Pound Ridge at an Italian restaurant called DiNardo’s. Spent more than we normally would, even on sushi, but the meal was a good one, and we won’t be doing it again soon.
New blog! Gary and I have a new photo journal called Cats, Sheep, & Penguins, that will catalog more of our lives together. Check it out!
