happy birthday casey!!!!
(we know it was yesterday, but we're late, as usual...)
expect something in the mail very soon...
love,
tracey and matt
Thursday, April 24, 2003
what is the demonic spirit involved with my sixpence none the richer cd's???
i have bought "this beautiful mess" a total of three, yes three! times. again, it is missing.
and now i just went to get "divine discontent" and it, too, is gone.
how, i ask? how is this happening?
but alas, there are more things in life than music (what???)---although unbelievably hard to separate music from almost every aspect of life, as it penetrates every activity and thought and growth and emotion and everything associated with any significant event of my life...
unbelievable how the Lord did it all--with music, i mean. think about the ENDLESS possible combinations of a limited number of notes with songs and lyrics and styles. truly amazing.
also, justin--we totally would love to hang with you this summer. when are you going to europe? we'll have to coordinate with the alaskans for sure. ryan and michelle will be here from june 14-21 (oh, check out michelle's blog--she has a message for you!). we're into whatever-sd, chowtown, maybe yosemite/big sur/monterey/any other place.
welp, i'm making a jello cake tonight--anybody ever made one before? you know, when you poke holes in a cake, pour liquid hot jello over it, fling it in the fridge, and top it with whipped cream. if you haven't had it, you should. yummmmmmmmmmmmmmm. so anyhoo, i must get on the stick with that one!
i'll leave with some lyrics from the travoltas:
hey i got a great plan
we'll drive in my van
we're heading down south
where the summer's still around
feel the ocean breeze
we will dance all nigh-igh-ight
hey we'll go to mexico (san diego!)
where tequila rivers flow
the surf is always up
everybody's going nuts
live awhile by the sea
you will feel alrigh-igh-ight...
-tracey
i have bought "this beautiful mess" a total of three, yes three! times. again, it is missing.
and now i just went to get "divine discontent" and it, too, is gone.
how, i ask? how is this happening?
but alas, there are more things in life than music (what???)---although unbelievably hard to separate music from almost every aspect of life, as it penetrates every activity and thought and growth and emotion and everything associated with any significant event of my life...
unbelievable how the Lord did it all--with music, i mean. think about the ENDLESS possible combinations of a limited number of notes with songs and lyrics and styles. truly amazing.
also, justin--we totally would love to hang with you this summer. when are you going to europe? we'll have to coordinate with the alaskans for sure. ryan and michelle will be here from june 14-21 (oh, check out michelle's blog--she has a message for you!). we're into whatever-sd, chowtown, maybe yosemite/big sur/monterey/any other place.
welp, i'm making a jello cake tonight--anybody ever made one before? you know, when you poke holes in a cake, pour liquid hot jello over it, fling it in the fridge, and top it with whipped cream. if you haven't had it, you should. yummmmmmmmmmmmmmm. so anyhoo, i must get on the stick with that one!
i'll leave with some lyrics from the travoltas:
hey i got a great plan
we'll drive in my van
we're heading down south
where the summer's still around
feel the ocean breeze
we will dance all nigh-igh-ight
hey we'll go to mexico (san diego!)
where tequila rivers flow
the surf is always up
everybody's going nuts
live awhile by the sea
you will feel alrigh-igh-ight...
-tracey
Tuesday, April 22, 2003
finally! i'm back.
sorry if my opening line has been annoying you for the past week or so.
we've just been a little bit busy is all...
had a great visit with my parents--we fit sooooo much stuff in!!! they came in on saturday and we showed them around ocean beach, my elementary school, and sunset cliffs. then we went to shelter island and walked around the marina while my dad marveled at all of the sailboats. after that, we went home and packed a picnic and took it back to sunset cliffs just in time to watch the sun set. ahhhh...
sunday: it was cloudy in the morning and i was getting ready to pout about it but decided to work out with my mom at sunset cliffs. we went about 3 miles and the sky cleared right up--so beautiful!!! so we decided to head up the coast to wahoo's for lunch, la jolla's seal beach (so many cute, fat seals just squirming around. we were able to get really close to some who were lounging on the rocks), then on to a hike at torrey pines, and up to encinitas for another sunset.
monday: yuck! a storm came in and annoyed the crap out of everyone!!! but matt went off to work and my parents and i headed for the maritime museum (which is housed in this huge old ship with sails that remind me of the dawn treader!), also browsed around seaport village for awhile. at one point i yelled into the wind, "I'M NOT IN BOWLING GREEN!!!" then it was naptime for the cranky heads.... we picked matt up at work and went out for happy hour and dinner at fred's mexican-yum. back to matt's office for the tour of mr. technical writer and then my mom and i had to go sandal shopping while the boys went home and watched sports.
tuesday: matt finally got a day off work and we went to the zoo--the best were the cute pandas! i wish i could have hugged those softy guys! we made it home in time for the sunset again and then off to the field, our favorite irish restaurant for an epic evening. we got to sit right by the glowing fireplace and had a very cool irish waiter (who became my dad's best friend within minutes!). followed that up with some coffee and then snooze time!
wednesday: dad set off for his own adventure on the orion sailboat for the day (had some titanic moments on the bow of the boat, he reported). my mom and i went to old town and had a fun tour with an interesting tour guide and then ate tortillas from a vendor on the street (yummy cinnamon and strawberry tortillas--so good!). we went to the tidal pools at cabrillo national monument and saw a million hermit crabs--we were hoping for some starfish, but they were nowhere to be found. then we headed over to the OB farmer's market (they close a main street down and all the local farmers, florists, and fishermen--and other random people-come in and sell their goods). i bought some flowers and vegetables and we came home and made a very fresh dinner out of our purchases!
thursday: went hiking in the anza-borrego desert --can you believe it was cold???? well, it was. at least for the first half hour of the hike. then the sun came out and it warmed up to about 70 degrees--totally not typical for springtime. we hiked to palm canyon, an oasis in the middle of the desert--so beautiful and serene. we got home around 6 pm (got in yet another great sunset--best one all week!) and nobody felt like cooking so we went to fillipi's pizza grotto for chianti and pizza. my mom became obsessed with the meat sauce on her lasagna and bought some fresh sauce on an impulse. 5 minutes later she said, "how will i get this home on the plane?" thus, matt and i have become the proud owners of two containers of fresh spaghetti sauce!
friday: went to OB and sunset cliffs and my parents said goodbye to the ocean. then i dropped them off at the airport, came home, and collapsed. whew--fun and exhausting week!
we're heading out to bible study now so farewell for now.
sorry if my opening line has been annoying you for the past week or so.
we've just been a little bit busy is all...
had a great visit with my parents--we fit sooooo much stuff in!!! they came in on saturday and we showed them around ocean beach, my elementary school, and sunset cliffs. then we went to shelter island and walked around the marina while my dad marveled at all of the sailboats. after that, we went home and packed a picnic and took it back to sunset cliffs just in time to watch the sun set. ahhhh...
sunday: it was cloudy in the morning and i was getting ready to pout about it but decided to work out with my mom at sunset cliffs. we went about 3 miles and the sky cleared right up--so beautiful!!! so we decided to head up the coast to wahoo's for lunch, la jolla's seal beach (so many cute, fat seals just squirming around. we were able to get really close to some who were lounging on the rocks), then on to a hike at torrey pines, and up to encinitas for another sunset.
monday: yuck! a storm came in and annoyed the crap out of everyone!!! but matt went off to work and my parents and i headed for the maritime museum (which is housed in this huge old ship with sails that remind me of the dawn treader!), also browsed around seaport village for awhile. at one point i yelled into the wind, "I'M NOT IN BOWLING GREEN!!!" then it was naptime for the cranky heads.... we picked matt up at work and went out for happy hour and dinner at fred's mexican-yum. back to matt's office for the tour of mr. technical writer and then my mom and i had to go sandal shopping while the boys went home and watched sports.
tuesday: matt finally got a day off work and we went to the zoo--the best were the cute pandas! i wish i could have hugged those softy guys! we made it home in time for the sunset again and then off to the field, our favorite irish restaurant for an epic evening. we got to sit right by the glowing fireplace and had a very cool irish waiter (who became my dad's best friend within minutes!). followed that up with some coffee and then snooze time!
wednesday: dad set off for his own adventure on the orion sailboat for the day (had some titanic moments on the bow of the boat, he reported). my mom and i went to old town and had a fun tour with an interesting tour guide and then ate tortillas from a vendor on the street (yummy cinnamon and strawberry tortillas--so good!). we went to the tidal pools at cabrillo national monument and saw a million hermit crabs--we were hoping for some starfish, but they were nowhere to be found. then we headed over to the OB farmer's market (they close a main street down and all the local farmers, florists, and fishermen--and other random people-come in and sell their goods). i bought some flowers and vegetables and we came home and made a very fresh dinner out of our purchases!
thursday: went hiking in the anza-borrego desert --can you believe it was cold???? well, it was. at least for the first half hour of the hike. then the sun came out and it warmed up to about 70 degrees--totally not typical for springtime. we hiked to palm canyon, an oasis in the middle of the desert--so beautiful and serene. we got home around 6 pm (got in yet another great sunset--best one all week!) and nobody felt like cooking so we went to fillipi's pizza grotto for chianti and pizza. my mom became obsessed with the meat sauce on her lasagna and bought some fresh sauce on an impulse. 5 minutes later she said, "how will i get this home on the plane?" thus, matt and i have become the proud owners of two containers of fresh spaghetti sauce!
friday: went to OB and sunset cliffs and my parents said goodbye to the ocean. then i dropped them off at the airport, came home, and collapsed. whew--fun and exhausting week!
we're heading out to bible study now so farewell for now.