sooo many flowers

it seems that as soon as i send a batch of flowers off to a wedding and scrub the buckets (who am i kidding i hardly rinse them) then the new ones come in. wedding season is nutso, it consumes both me and david. i leave to set up at a wedding and he gets home from work to clean the studio before i return from the wedding. its a good little system (for me), but we are definitely feeling ready for our upcoming vacation.

at a wedding on sunday i was off putting the finishing touches in the dinner hall when the wedding coordinator for the venue was lining all of the bridal party up to send them out to the ceremony timed with the music, telling the to take deep breaths etc. as they were walking out the door david gave them each a towel to blot the ends of their bouquets with and gave them direction on how to hold their bouquets. i was running around in the other room and he handed the bride her bouquet when she almost walked through the doors without it. i am thankful for him. we had to go back to the venue late that night to pick up everything. it was in deer valley so he decided to book a hotel for us up there. he ordered extra pillows in the hotel.

i am thankful for him.

...somewhere in tel aviv at a flea market

no, i'm ok

david always says "no, i'm ok" or "no, i'm good" instead of no thank you.
i do it too sometimes.

in the middle east some of our communication with people was pretty hysterical.

we were endlessly asked by taxi drivers etc if we wanted to go to their shop, their house, their favorite place, on and on...and he would reply something like "no, i'm good".

and they would reply "yes sir, yes, you are good, but do you want to go to my shop?"

i laughed so hard every time.

i tried writing it down after one particularly funny interaction while in a taxi, and this is how it came scribbled out....equally as difficult to translate.

back yard

a bear has gotten into the bees

I was gone one weekend and david sent me a text that said:

"You are never going to believe this, I'm sorry, but a bear has gotten into the bees".

Of course I wrote back "what?!"

and then he sent me this picture.

petra

this was at petra. don't really know why, but i love these pictures. the colors and shapes, and they way everything is laid out? pretty

North Carolina

I went to North Carolina clear back in May to an antiques festival I had heard great things about. It wasn't as good as I expected, but I still had fun. I stayed with our friends greg and kate, she works at a cute shop that has a soda fountain. We visited the gardens at duke, drank lemonade, and watched the bees buzz around their crazy mud hive. It was fun. I love the South, I want to find the vw westfalia van of my dreams and take a big road trip all the way from here to north carolina next year.

camping

this is post is to make all of those friends of ours that never come camping with us really regret it and promise to come next time.

i'm convinced that all you really need is one night of peeing in the woods, granola stuck in your beard, and dirt under your bandaids to feel refreshed and ready for another week of work.

apples

the staghorn fern in our bedroom finally died, so i got this bubble to hang on the wall with flowers in it. it is a bit precarious with these apples hanging above our heads, but its so pretty i'll take the risk. i love the end of summer.

nap time

I have always scoffed at uptight adults for spending their time and money on certain things. they have it all wrong, i thought. i would much rather spend my money on this, or my time on that...they have lost their senses. as we have gotten busier, i have changed my mind about a few things. i can't decide if i have finally been taken over and i am now a drone-like adult, or if i have just finally come to my senses.

1. naps. i am constantly moving and my idea of relaxing is to do yard work all weekend. but, naps are good. i am so glad that i have finally realized this

2. facials. i used to scoff at people who would waste money on pampering, but i get it now. it is worth it.

3. car detailing. i am amazed by how good it feels to have a clean car. my car is a mess all the time, i live out of it. and no matter how hard i try, i cant get it as clean as they can. i am still a bit embarrassed to admit that i spend money on this, but i am telling you all here so that you will go and do. i take all of my scoffs back.