Weekend Consumers

This Saturday was filled with, well, shopping (all before noon, I might add). We started out the morning as usual down at our coffee shop for caffeine and treats, wandered around the Edmonds Farmer's Market and grabbed some amazing apricots. Then we were off to the mall. I had some weddings to buy for, um let's see, 4 in the next 6 weeks (3 on the same day right in the middle of our camping trip, 2 that I think we'll actually be able to pull off). Then over to Nordstrom to check out their selection of Crocs. I have been holding out for the last few years, but the mary janes, so cute. And I got E a matching pair. Now the Bazan's are fully outfitted in Crocs. Dave bought some earlier in the week, and E's been sporting a knock-off pair all summer but has practically worn a hole through the bottoms. I was originally complaining about spending $30 on shoes that she'll grow out of so quickly, but the anti-microbial and odor resistant material is enough to drop the cash on shoes she can get on and off by herself all summer long (and maybe next too).


Enough of the commercial.

After our quick mall excursion we called up the bike shop and found out E's bicycle was in. About a week ago we decided it was time for E to have a bike. We don't own one, but she's a whiz at the trike, and we decided to just bypass that, and go strait for the training wheels. D has turned into quite the bicycling enthusiast lately. He's logged tons of hours on the computer surfing between sites on internal hubs and whatnot, and this last week decided on one, and brought it home. Now he bikes to and from his studio that's about 12 miles away. Crazy I know. Anyhow what's so funny about E's bicycle choice is that she didn't want the classic pink or purple girly bike with the white tires, streamers and basket. She asked if they had a red one, the sales clerk gave her an approving nod and special ordered it for her. She's now got a matching helmet, red squeaky horn, and orange flag for the back. She's getting the hang of peddling, but at this point is more into punching at her horn or taking the flag off and waving it around...All in all, a good day.

Expiration Dates

(08 OCT 79)

(15 JUN 78)

(09 JAN 83)

H2O (a running theme)

It was record-breaking hot today in Seattle, 97. I just checked and it's 83.4 right now inside our house (yes, at quarter to 10pm). It makes me want to curl up on the floor in our garage. We have every window open, fans ablazing, it took El an hour and a half to fall asleep. She actually at one point got out of bed, made her way downstairs to slip her shoes on (all under Dave's radar as he was in the office on the computer), opened the front door to come and find me in the backyard (only wearing underwear and Croc's...her, not me) where I was watering the plants. She snuck up behind me and blurted out, "I'm done sleeping, I want to wake up and be with you out here." We're feeling it, us Northwesterners aren't cut out for this. I had her wadding pool filled, the sprinkler on, and she was slurping a popcicle by 9:30 this morning! Listen to me, it's one day, and I'm at my wits end! The only sane part of my day was getting into the pool with El for her lesson.

I need help remembering to drink water on these days (I can spend all day out in the yard tending to my flora and fauna, or shoving water cups in El's face, but for me, no), my fingers and ankles swell up, it's pathetic. At any rate, I was told long ago a good formula for how much water each of us should drink on an average day (obviously more on days like today).

Take your weight, say it's 100 (don't we wish)
Then divide in half, 50
That's how many fluid ounces of water a 100 pound person should intake each day (coffee, tea don't count, and soda further dehydrates you for heavens sake!).

Bottom's Up! And fingers crossed it's cooler tomorrow!

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Stick a Pin in it...

I mentioned before that I love summertime because you can hang your clothes outside after washing them instead of the dryer (which is usually one of the biggest consumers of energy in your home). They end up a bit stiff and slightly wrinkled, but smell great, and you save quite a bit of money. Another couple cool hints are: a) the combination of sun and the gas released by grass actually gets your whites whiter and b) your new summer clothes last longer (you know the ones you had to buy this year, because those darn capri's from last year just won't button...) because they aren't introduced to all that friction in the dryer! Here's to Summer!

A French Guest

We have made many dear friends via D's line of work, and Josselin is one. He hails from Toulouse, France and we met him in 2003 on Pedro's first European tour as he was the promoter of the show in his home town. He kindly put us up in his quaint flat for a few days, and his personality endeared us to him. So much so that we have kept in contact over these last 4 years. We were so happy to reciprocate the hospitality last Spring when he and his girlfriend, Sophie came to stay with us for a week or so. I love taking visitors around my beloved city, and we made some great memories! They kindly gave E a pair of rubber rain boots with red cherries on them and we talk about Jos and Sophie every time she wears them:

me - "What do Sophie and Josselin say to you?"
E - "Bonjour E!"


Anyhow, we were pleased to once again get a visit from our dear friend this weekend. We hopefully afforded him some time to relax and spend with this relatively quiet family, as he was taking a break from his 1 1/2 month college exchange program at Berkley.

Happy Independence Day

(outside Nama's)

(at our local 4th of July parade, photo by Ryan)

Take a Bow

Farewell to one of the better shows on television this season. Dave and I don't have TV reception here at the house, so we watch a lot of DVD's and anything we're really into we pay for on iTunes. NBC's Studio 60 was one such show. Although it only ran for 1 year, the plots were good, script was smart, and cast was, well, besides beautiful, the cast was well chosen. Really bummed it's over.