Morning's Light

As I receive instant messages and facebook chat messages about The Two Davids, I’m the only one who likes and is voting for David Archuleta. According to one friend, Tim, “David Archuleta would be great for Disney, while David Cook would be great in the real world.” Another friend declared David A. to be “boring” while she loves David C.

Time will tell.

Gotta go. Must keep texting VOTE to 5702. Little David needs my votes.

Mounted photo how-to, originally uploaded by Chez Larsson.

Benita of Chez Larsson is now a blogger! She has a house that is the most airy, organized and clutter free of almost any house I’ve seen [photos of}. She is active on Flickr but recently started a blog. That news made my day!!

Chez Larsson:  blog

Chez Larsson: flickr photos

My niece Mimo (age 3) took this photo of her brother Caleb before he played the violin during his recital. We all snuck out after Caleb played 8th out of like 40 kids (so that we could get Caleb's friend home on time)…

I wondered what if every family snuck their child out after the child performed? by the last child it would be a nearly empty room, the remaining child's family and the three piano/violin teachers! *echo echo CLAP CLAP CLAP echo echo*

It's another Monday. One more weekend day would have been nice…..to sleep in, go for a long walk, organize the front closet, watch the movie "Once" which, I am confiding in you, I have had since February from Netflix (at least). A friend just wrote me that the film Once took her breath away. I'd also meet a friend for coffee, maybe go to a matinee…. have to see Iron Man at least one or two more times… go shopping for some vacation clothes. Take a nap. Make a tasty salad for dinner and some fresh lemonade. Eat it at my yellow cafe table on the deck – with a good book. That would be a good Monday!

[EDITED: The above image is from wohn idee    http://www.wohnidee.de/    I googled "wohn idee" and an option from Google was found to the right of the website link – offering to translate the page. That was quite helpful as I don't read German!]

so I’m a rock star….no, let me say that again, I am a Rock Star to my 3 year old niece Mimo.  (my only niece).  this past week, she’s begun this thing of my sitting by her at every opportunity – then at her brother’s one-year-old-birthday celebratory dinner…and then on saturday at their older brother’s violin recital.  Mimo literally shook with excitement that her Auntie was sitting NEXT TO HER!  oh..the emotions.  she hugged me, she kept leaning her head on me, she’d look up at me with the biggest eyes just to make sure I was still there.

AWWWW..

the rest of the weekend hasn’t been quite that exciting but I’ll try to relay the fun for you:

• Friday = date night with…myself.  pizza and a movie – but it was really watching the office’s hour long season finale.  HAHAHAHA kevin.   "that’s a button!!!"  and "Good for you!  You drive your own car???", and Toby’s yelling "does anyone have a CAMERA????" 
• Saturday early morning – the gym + starbucks + library + saw Iron Man (SO GREAT! I have to see it at least one or two more times!).  Dinner with Kirsten.  Then a friend, Kathryn, visited for a night…and we went to church together today…and then spent the afternoon with four teens from church.  Haven’t laughed that much in a long time!
• Now it’s Sunday night and am late for a Movie Night. 

How’s your weekend been?  How are the Bay Area friends holding up in the HEAT!?!  Say hi to my mom.  She’s in Santa Rosa right now until next weekend.

oh yeah – VEGAS in four measly weeks.  My birthday trip to meet friends there.  WOO HOO! 

rooting for these two for the idol finale:

the two davids…..photo courtesy of facebook flair.  also added this flair to my facebook profile:

I like this photo for the jars, the white dishes, and the baskets above the shelves.  An inspiration to put baskets above my kitchen cupboards.  Storing items out of sight in simple containers.  YESSSS (as Rona would say).

I like the arrangement of artwork on the wall near the stairs.  My front door opens to a stairway up to my apartment.  On one wall I’d like to hang a bunch of photos. The other wall will be a work in progress as friends who visit will be asked to create pieces of art on medium size canvases….so that my art wall will be one of a kind!

ramblings….

• tonight is the next-to-last small group tonight with my junior high girls – for the school year.  Of the fourteen girls, two will be in high school next year and one is moving away.  so tonight will be a serious discussion of the youth guy’s message from sunday and next wednesday will be a graduation/farewell/end of the year party.
• I’ve worn contacts for years. this morning, it took no fewer than 19 tries to get my right contact into my eye.  happy that was not the tone set for the rest of the day.  (or else that’s my double tall mocha talkin’!)
• my mom is taking a trip to northern california soon…..where I used to live!  she’s visiting there before I get to. sigh
• it’s all good though..since I leave for Vegas in one month-minus one day.  My birthday weekend away with friends. (plus a friend stowed away in the luggage, if possible)
• was settled in watching American Idol last night when one of my girls called me and needed to talk.  was good to see her and talk through some of her life stuff for awhile and pray.
• my ears have stopped ringing post-rock-concert friday night.
• a new favorite thing to watch has been The Really Real Show on youtube. funny stuff.
• oh yeah – hoping syesha goes home tonight…and that it’s The Two Davids in the Idol finale. I think David Cook – rock star – will win but I favor David Archuleta.  There’s something distinct about his beautiful voice.  David Cook has "presence" but David A. has a voice that has me download his songs and listen to them repeatedly.  Last night’s Dan Fogelberg song (David’s third song) was so pretty.

I do believe those are all my random thoughts at the moment. 

How’s your week goin’?