Tuesday, August 31, 2010

book shelves

considering which book to view

Even before we learned about how forward facing books encourage people to pick them up, these bookshelves appealed to me.  They were so expensive and I was having no luck finding them on craigslist.  So, we had gathered up enough inspiration to re-organize the playroom a bit.  Then I got a 10% off coupon AND they went on sale!  I like that the top is a little shelf, too.  So, it was time to make the purchase and hang some shelves.

work in progress

Glammy came into town for the weekend and took the girls out.  This was the first time she has taken both girls on her own away from the house.  We were delighted yet nervous, of course.  Being able to complete tasks is thrilling when for years, it takes lots of breaks to meet the child's needs as one re-organizes, plants a garden, cleans out a closet, etc.  Hubs hung the shelves beside each other under a window and we placed two pillows beneath them.

the best part!

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Drinking From the Saucer

Today was just such a beautiful day.  From start to finish, various incredible events happened with friends and people from different parts of life. 

When I kissed the sweet cheeks of my two little beating hearts that walk outside of me, I just about lost it all over, again as my heart fills so full.  just full to the brim.  overflowing.

in college, my dearest friend at the time was a person named jessica.  she gave me a poem for my birthday.  my favorite line was "i am drinking from the saucer because my cup has overflowed".  it was about how full this person's life was of riches beyond money.  and, today just was one of those saucer drinking sort of days.  wow.

thank you.

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

the grocery stories make me laugh now

Our three main food resources were our back yard (when we lived at the river house), the bi-weekly farmer's market and a little health food store called Bali Buddha which also is a cafe.  When we moved, our yard wasn't growing much yet.  We ordered from Kafe a lot as it's one of my favorite places on Earth and from Flava Lounge, which is owned by Robin's son, our friend, Noel. 

Contrary to this picture's main product, we did not purchase large quantities of beer here...or anywhere, actually.  I never drank alcohol in Ubud until the last two nights when I was no longer on call or volunteering with the clinic.  Just felt safer that way for me.

There were two main grocery stores we used and I certainly did not take enough pictures of the neat grocery store while we were in bali.  From the one you see pictured, we mainly, we bought produce, tempe, nuts, snacks and fun random items there.  This would include art supplies, dog collars and leashes for Bebe and Happy, a little kid's potty, and rubber animals for the girls to play with.  Most of the Bear's birthday gifts came from the grocery store: oil pastels, colored pencils that were watercolors, paintbrushes, notepads, rulers, and those rubber animals.   I am laughing just writing this!

At the other store, we mainly bought fruit, veggies, pasta noodles, sauces, and then random stuff like: towels, underwear, tank top undershirt things that E wore once and proclaimed too itchy to wear twice, notepads, some pots or pans and a poster with animals on it with their indonesian names below.  We tried to buy preemie clothes for one tiny babe at the clinic but never could find anything small enough for this wee one so bought the next smallest items we could find.  Oh, and we bought coffee here sometimes.  Available for purchase was also perfume and watches but we did not partake.  Fun times, really. 

I will spare you any details of how inadequate the bathroom facilities were; that was the very worst part of grocery shopping for sure.  They were horrible, oh, beyond horrible at both places.  If it hadn't been emergency situations in such a crowded on the street place far away from other facilities, we never would have gotten near them.  trust me.  yuh-uck.  i shudder.

The very best part is you now get to imagine us loading all of this stuff onto the back and front of our neighbor's  motorbike...with two kids.  It was awesome.  You may now understand my dilemma about wanting to buy the long handled broom and hubby's negative head nod when we thought about how to get it home...in the rain.  So, we settled for our short-handled one back at home.  Yep, laughing, again.

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

finger paints

actually, it was way more than finger painting, it was more like toe painting and full body painting!

smear and streaks are way more fun and easier to clean up when we do them outside. 

we unfolded a large cardboard box, put in on the deck where we knew rain would wash away the paint and cleaned up in the little pool.  just right.
 tiny feet and hands

Monday, August 2, 2010

a good friend

hanging at the clinic catching babies and such
considering helmets

 girls night out
at a ceremony
blessing my daughter