April 23, 2010

• Counting the minutes…

  Til my grand daughter has arrived and is home.

  
  Daniel and Jocelyn, my future favorite parents in the world…

  Jocelyn is still awaiting the birth of her and Daniel’s daughter, Juniper. As are all of the collective us.

  Doing my daily to do’s. Doing my home and work stuff. Making time for friends, trying not to bug my daughter. She hates it when I bug her.

  Waiting to hear from her. Calling her to see if she needs anything. I am beside myself with empathy and love. I want to make all of this as comfortable as possible for her.

  My independent daughter. Sheesh…

  Her due date is April 25th…oh my goodness. I have asked her, let me know when to come to town and hang out. I will be there for what ever reason. Actually, I just wanna get there now…

    
  Amy with Helaina and Michelle with Helaina

  So…a couple of weeks ago I headed out of town Santa Cruz way. To Boulder Creek. My friend since I was born is expecting triplets with her significant other. Michelle and Amy have a three year old PISTOL named Helaina. She is so darling, so smart and so way ahead of us old girls!

    
  Their place is a slice of heaven on Earth

  After a twelve mile forty five minute(I may exaggerate but not much…) drive up a twisty winding road prone to deer crossing on the dark corners and mud slides…we arrived at the Michelle Compound. Fabulous privacy fencing surrounding their little cottage in the tall tall red woods. A rushing creek below them. It really is a zen non palace. That creek below was RAGING after a weekend of NON STOP rain!

  
  Pug and Bella, the two most relaxed pugs I have ever met!

  I am there to help organize and clean for their incoming TRIPLETS! They both work full time and have a precocious three daughter, Helaina. My favorite darling in the whole wide world!

       
  Helaina and I had so much fun. That blanket is hand made by Amy’s sister and a gift for Jocelyn!

       
  Cool sites of Boulder Creek (magic bus on Hwy 9), Camel Hill Vineyards (along Bear Creek Road) and Scotty (Best waiter in the world located at Applebee’s in San Jose)

  We did our best but considering three darlings are on their way (Elise, Elliot and Liam) well, I will try to come back in May. I know any extra help is welcome help I love my girls!

  Once home I had an interview first thing! ACK! And only that night to prep for back to work for the week.

  After a non stop work weekend, I am back to work at the cafe. Us girls thought it might be a great idea to put into action a MARTINI WEDNESDAY. Of course…for me it was strictly medicinal…

       
  We began with the traditional and perfect Gin martini then moved on to something new for all of us, a French 75
  
  Lexi, Steph, my son and I had proper decompression beverages for a long week in the middle. A friend at the gallery mentioned his favorite adult beverage, a French 75, a blend of Gin (already on my shopping list at that point), dry champagne, some lemon juice and sugar.

  Can you say SMOOOOOOOTH???? Yes…

  OK…home again home again…but, I must see my daughter. Her friend is having an art opening up in Placerville that weekend.

  

  My beautiful daughter with my future grand daughter Juniper
  
  Joc and I hook up for pedicures (I believe this may be ultimate heaven to any pregnant woman!), a nice dinner out and a bit of an art walk about Placerville. Not without a stop into a children’s boutique to find several items that Juniper could not live with out! (the finger tooth/gum brush for infants AND the rubber pelican pitcher for pouring water over the baby in the tub…)

       
  Joc and her friend Nicole Berry, Nicole’s piece on show, a group of singing street mongrels in P’ville

       
  Slice of Placerville Art life. The Street Minstrel’s, an art piece called Flight, more Pied Pipers and a very cool mosaic guitar

  

  Great night out with my daughter.
  
  

  Time to relax…
  
  

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