Be the change you want to see.

How is it Monday again already ?

*sigh*
Only did stuff around the house. I mean we did do LOTS of GOOD stuff around the house, we were hellaciously productive, we have researched and picked up and pruned and packed the green waste away, we moved a fruit tree, climbed up ladders and suchlike to do a mess of the pruning. I picked up four large handfuls of nails and screws that have been living under the half of our deck that's been demolished, I swear someone must have just lost their whole box of hex-holed screws and not cared...

Not a lot of social time with friends, just Jeff and me. But do you know what? I still enjoy the just-us time, almost as vibrantly as I did ten years at when we first met.

*smile*
I'm still pretty much the luckiest person I know.

Life is good.
I am grateful for all the blessings Providence has offered to me,
there is abundance in every corner of my life.
I am one of the luckiest people I know.

Thank you, Universe, for your part in this.

scrambled my eggs in a little butter and homemade habanero-oil, with a bit of cheddar and green and red onions and red pepper.

very tasty and just the slightest bit of heat.

Go me!

In other news, my homework still isn't done, and Jeff is still at work. Le sigh.

:-/

We're alone in the house. O_o

that always feels a bit weird after having a houseful of people, and especially feels weird after having houseguests.
and now that Myriam and dortheleus are on their way back to Montreal (bon voyage, you guys!)
both kinds of after are happening in my head.

It was a lovely party, relatively mellow (I would say, I don't know if Jeff would agree) though of course I didn't get to talk to everyone... that always makes me feel a bit melancholy... Tie dye happened, though late... tie dying by the light of the lawn lanterns was very interesting! Much food, with MAJOR props to ag_unicorn for manning the grills... manfully. It was great.

We SO overbought on the booze. *shrug* at least it's not like it'll "go bad"... we're set for party contributions for a lil while at any rate...

Thanks to deedeebythebay and coyote3502, we have rewashable "disposable" plates and tableware in the dishwasher, and I think our trash-load for this function is a bit less than it has been. Thanks to 1radicaldreamer, my "cork collection" project is DONE, I don't have to collect them anymore. She also gets props, and we add thanks to fyrekaaat and prince_vincent for shelling the black walnuts and we will have to see what happens when they dry out! those kids are tough - they even dealt with maggoty walnuts without icking and freaking out. *praise*

EDIT: I forgot to mention the big help from tsgeisel and madametromboni in the making of mojitos. Thanks, guys! you kept me gently relaxed all afternoon! it was great!

a lot of me wants to just list who made it out here, to help my memory.
David and Renee, the Busy family, the Choirloft, John K., Anselm and Teryn, Ethan, Anita, Chris, Mark and Laura, Rachael and 'toria, Ruth and Shelley, Fritz and Allison. I think that's everyone. It was not too busy, it was a little hot, but not bad, we had kid art made for us and a couple of "happy anniversary!" cards that made us laugh (all of which is on our crowded fridge now), some flowers, and just TONS of happy food.

I don't have to eat all the food to feel the love that came with it all. Thanks to everyone who brought their happy energy and came out to play.

getting sleepy. G'night LJ land!

Second Edit: for cool pictures you can go to tsgeisel's picasa web. (btw, he offers to take anyone off the photostream if they don't want on.)
Excellent job, David! I _LIKE_!