tidbits

Anyone doing anything fun for Cinco de Mayo? I had a Corona Light with extra lime, but that's a pretty feeble attempt at celebrating.

Yesterday just reminded me the big 3-0 is a month away. Tick-tock...

We watched Across the Universe last weekend and liked it. It felt long, but Julie Taymor's directing keeps your interest. All the singing was great, especially Bono's guest appearance.

Our yard is really looking good! We pulled a lot of weeds, planted some veggies and herbs, and Ben built a wood-holder in the backyard today. We are going to start on the front porch in earnest now that it's more than 50 degrees outside. Our lilac bush is blooming wonderfully. I'll post a photo later this week.

arranged marriage

I got a turtle night light for Christmas when I was in college. I can't explain why I got this specific gift except to say that I went through a phase where I loved dalmatians and turtles so many, many gifts were given to me according to these themes.

Mr. Turtle came with me to my college apartment, then my first apartment with Ben, he made the move downtown, to L.A., and now he's back in Bloomington in his very own house. He's illuminated small rooms, big hallways and received many compliments over the years.

But Mr. Turtle was lonely. After all, he works hard all night after we've gone to bed and could use some company.

Which brings me to how we found his long-lost soul mate this weekend at a Church sale. We rose at 7 a.m. to wait in line at this large annual sale only to wander around amazed at how they could fill such a large space with junk. We found Mrs. Turtle on a table of lamps and such, and immediately rescued her from a questionable fate. It was the best $2 we ever spent.

Now Mr. and Mrs. Turtle happily brighten our hallway together. They lived happily ever after.

W

We won our first softball game last night 15-1. The other team had pretty bad pitchers so our team got really good at drawing walks, which sounds easy but it's so hard to be patient and NOT swing in slow pitch softball. Now we have a hugely inflated confidence level that I'm sure will get severely wounded in weeks to come.