waking jonas cannot brain today

something in common with the squirrels

i am all about running myself ragged this month. my mom is enabling my yoga/belly dance mania with a birthday gift of a couple new classes. i’m thinking of taking a saturday morning undulations/tummy roll conditioning class that would immediately precede my morning yoga class. this would leave only sunday as the official Day Off from working out, as fridays i’m planning on dropping in on a couple of the techno belly classes because laura rose is great about shoulder, chest, and thigh work.

i got to see my niece yesterday, and she is still cranky but incredibly cute. her entire wardrobe and bassinet are pink. this also happened to my sister tanya when she was an infant, so i’m doing my own private study on the psychological effects of pink overload on my family members at various life stages.

artan thought he was going to the dog park yesterday but instead he ended up with a long car ride to a shrieking 2 year old instead. we’re trying to socialize artan to children so we gave him the most probable extreme: my nephew. gabriel’s favorite toy is a plastic fox he calls “dog” so whenever he sees artan it’s like super toy. i think he did have fun but it was a sort of a scary fun.

i’ve been loving these foggy mornings…i know they aren’t safe for driving but i like the spooky effect. i’m more of a cold-weather person so it’s fun to bundle up with a travel mug of coffee and creep down 99. i know a lot of people get grumbly about christmas decorations infringing upon thanksgiving but after the harvest moon it’s fair game to celebrate the yule season. now we just need a wreath hook for the door.

officially pin’d up

last night i had my first pinup photo shoot at old school pinups, a birthday present from jared. it was ridiculously fun and much much harder than i thought (i never thought i could crane my neck so far in one direction!) but well worth it! there were so many great shots and i was astounded by the gloriousness that is my own bottom. lance is an amazing photographer!

trixie really knows her stuff. i’m not saying lightly that she is a master of hair! and she has drawers full of costume sets and so many colors it was almost overwhelming but fun to have so many to choose from. they were so great to me and trixie fed me (this delicious cheese that i ate too much of) so i wouldn’t get overly tired under the lights trying to hold a pose. (i’m glad i picked up yoga again)

tonight we celebrate thanksgiving early with some friends, tomorrow a family gathering…it’s good year when your birthday seems to last at five days!

dear angry

life is cyclical. please draw upon the positive aspects of a moment in the shadow.