melted smoosh

on a 60 degree day, perfect for eating lunch al fresco! 1) friend reunion. my best friend from childhood (roughly ages 6-12) messaged out of the blue to say she was in town for a graduate school trip and could we possibly meet up? we hadn't seen each other since high school although we've kept each other in the loop about life updates periodically. I quickly secured a babysitter and headed out to meet her for trivia night at a local bar along with her grad school cohort. in a serendipitous turn of events, I had just been talking to my siblings about how I've always wanted to go to trivia night at a bar. what better way to cross it off my bucket list than by combining it with a long overdue friend reunion? now... ... and then! (we were very proud of ourselves for making these newspaper trees) we had a good conversation interspersed with much discussion over the trivia questions (and it was just as much fun as I'd imagined -- questions spanning all types of genres!). afte...

  1) New Year's Eve. we rang in the New Year with good friends, good food, and lots of music as has been our tradition for the last few years! I ordered another half-dozen carol books to round out the set from last year so we had plenty to go around.  Cece's fondue set was a hit although we did have a minor medical event when Greta ate several pieces of pineapple and broke out in hives! thankfully no throat swelling or difficulty breathing. I dosed her with Zyrtec and she was fine, but no more pineapple for her! love these ladies! (also, the poor angel tree-topper has seen her last Christmas, I think) our New Year's Eve party is one of my favourite nights of the year with a house full of our favourite people making beautiful music together. plus, there is generally at least one baby (this year we had two!). we opened the bottle of Veuve Clicquot I was gifted for my fortieth birthday to toast at midnight and welcome another year full of adventures.  singing with his goddau...