A Weekend (Afternoon) In the Country

How delightfully droll ...

We headed out to Snohomish (home of the Sno Hos!) to our friends Jeannie and Kevin's house for a belated Easter brunch. They were the ones who sent us flowers when we registered for our domestic partnership with the State of Washington - how cool are they!

We haven't been very social lately, so it was nice to see some friends. Our other buddies Luz and Boyd were there too, and we got to spend some time with Jeannie and Kevin's two-year-old son Griffin and 11-week-old daughter Janelle.

Scott's GPS telling us where to go ...

Matterdays driving the ScooterMobile (a.k.a. Jeepie) in the rain/sleet/snow ...

Proud Papa Kevin with Da Baby ...

What a beautiful face:

The snow was beautiful up here:

Jeannie's Wonder Woman shrine - I covet this:

Scott happy about dinner (I LOVE their dining room):

Mom Jeannie holding happy Griffin, and Dad Kevin looking on:

Janelle's turn:

No Easter celebration is complete without a visit from The Easter Scooter:

Griffin showing off his animal linguistics:

A fun afternoon. I needed this.

Blah. Blah, Blah, Blah.

I'm cranky. I've been working 60 hour weeks - which many of you may be used to, but not me. Yesterday I ended up taking two naps because I'm absolutely exhausted - and then working for a few hours later in the day. Blah. The biggest part of my contribution to our fiscal year-end at work is done, so I'm hoping to ease back into a regular schedule and some semblance of a life.

I feel like I'm behind on everything that doesn't have to do with work (well, that too). I owe Chris a meme post (it was harder than I thought!). Scott keeps trying to add new things to his collection of iPod accessories, thinking I won't notice in my foggy state of mind. The house isn't very clean ... I think the piles of clothes in the Pink Room (I'll explain that some other time) are supposed to be washed. Our kids only vaguely remember me as someone related to feeding them. I hate feeling this way, that there are so many things I'm not getting done. It overwhelms me - and then I don't get ANYTHING done.

This afternoon we're heading up to our friends' house in Snohomish for a belated "Easter" brunch. I need to force myself to get some laundry and cleaning done before then. I'll post some pictures later; I'm hoping getting together with some friends will help energize me.

Easter Weekend

Scott is taking a few days off ... he came home from the store yesterday afternoon with these roses for me. I needed this. Everyone should have a Scott Equivalent - I highly recommend one.

The roses have a really cool marbling to them:

He also brought a few bunches of daffodils, which started opening pretty soon once they were inside. We're kinda like crack whores when it comes to anything blooming in the spring - we'd shove dandelions in a vase if we had to:

I started cooking the three dozen eggs that Scott brought:

Meanwhile, Scott went out in the yard to play, and to cut the grass with the push mower. He told me he's scared of the electric mower.

Scott bought a plethora of egg-coloring kits ... it was a little overwhelming:

Decorating eggs is harder work than we thought:

The finished products drying:

Have a great Easter, y'all.

Happy Easter

Where the Hell is Matterdays?

I'm still alive. We're going through our fiscal year-end at work. I've been spending a few hours at the office. Almost 15 hours yesterday. (Yes, I most certainly AM asking for sympathy ... humor me, please).

I feel like I'm living, eating and sleeping with my job lately. So, I thought this was funny:

An accountant is having a hard time sleeping and goes to see his doctor. "Doctor, I just can't get to sleep at night."

"Have you tried counting sheep?"

"That's the problem - I make a mistake and then spend three hours trying to find it."

I'll post something soon. Don't forget I'm here ...