Yoga Podcasts

This is not Sarah and we never do this pose...

Below is a link to several yoga sessions taught by super yoga teacher Sarah. She used to teach here at the U of M and we would always go to her class over lunch but she recently moved to NYC to be with her boyfriend. Love ruins all. Donwload HERE!

The resemblance is uncanny!

Take look at this photo of me as a baby that my mom sent me. Then look at the one of Nori taken last week. Can you believe it...we are soul mates!

Megan playing in old farm house on the prairie in 1978

Norelle riding Seabiscuit in 2009

Sunny Sunday

Goldfish + sippy = good to go

Or so I see, I haven't been outside yet but I am about to leave for BodyScuplt class. Hopefully, we can take a family walk later, too! We had another busy weekend! Auntie Ellen came over Friday night and we had tacos with gauco. Saturday we just hung out as Nori was in a happy mood and we got outside to stomp through some puddles. Last night Jake & I watched the movie Milk about gay-activist in the 70's Harvey Milk in San Francisco...it was a really good history lesson. This morning Casey, who just bought his own marimba, came over for a big breakfast of bacon, eggs & blueberry muffins. Now it is nap time, workout time and reading time for us Seltzes so we have to make the most of it!

Zzzzzz

BTB, I am looking to get some of that prescription ADHD stimulant medication on the black market...know of anyone? I have to keep going this week as it is non-stop at work and next weekend Gramise Hol and her dad, Papa Michael, will be in town to visit and Jana & Tyler just called to say the are coming too for a wedding dress fitting/Ikea shopping so there will be many people to visit with!

Mom, I need some bail money...

Congratulations Abby!

My darling cousin/Goddaughter just got the lead in her high school musical production of Beauty and the Beast!!! She is Beast? No, she is Belle! Only a sophomore but more sophisticated than most ladies I know, including me, she will rock this musical with her golden alto voice! Her only concern... "Mom, what about my academics?". So proud of you, Ab!

Whales, hockey and more...

As you may know, I pretty much exclusively have terrible dreams especially reoccurring ones about whales. Ever since we saw humpbacks in Hawaii (which was so awesome), I oft dream about them. Usually they are drowning someone or eating them with their big, biscuity bodies and necks full of barnacles. Last night, I dreamt that as we were watching the whales beach themselves, a reverse tsunami struck sucking my brother Casey out to sea. It was horrific and I woke myself up exhausted from crying & grieving for him. Freud?

Today is Jake' annual Hooky Hockey Day where he and bunch of WF co-workers take the day off to play. They have breakfast at the Louisiana Cafe, then a quick stop for a Bloody Mary, then straight to lunch for Coney Islands at the Gopher Bar before heading to the hockey tournament for few hours to work up an appetite for steaks at Mancini's. And you said those suits don't know how to have fun.

So tonight I think my baby girl & I will hit the town as well. Maybe a little Red Balloon Bookstore and then a girls dinner out at D'Amicos? Who knows, we might have time for mom & baby pedis at Juut? BTB, the walking is very rare, she prefers to crawl but has started saying "neat" in addition to "cool" and "oh, wow". Hopefully, she will learn a noun someday.

Summer is somewhere...

Yeeess, I am a planner. And how! But, I think I also know how to give up control when it's out of my hands (Adoption anyone? Hol's 9 month hospitalization saga? Chronic foot disease? Living with Jake for 9 years?). Luckily for you and me, my summer is not out of my hands yet so I think I will try to stay in control of this one for now. Shoot me.

It's fun to dream of summer, especially when it means getting away! I spent some time today getting my calendar organized and planning some summer family excursions to Duluth, Chicago, Jake's family's cabin on Rock Lake and exploring the idea of that possible trip to Peru which would require all the stars and moons to align. How blessed are we to have opportunities to spend time with our family & friends, travel and enjoy this life we have been given?

If you want to book me for a weekend, I still have some dates available and my fees are quite competitive. All of this optimism and organization in one biscuit-like body.

Nori walks!

I am sure it was her dad's deep, manly voice coaching her to "walk! walk! walk!" which did the trick...