WEEKEND WARRIORS: A NEW HUE

Saturday, October 1, 2005
to Sunday, October 2, 2005
an undisclosed address
Modesto, CA


This past weekend was a time of renewal.

Out with the grey...


...


And in with the blue.




Feast your eyes on "Blue Suede Shoes", our family home's funky new shade.

White trim to follow.

Stay tuned.


(PLUGGING: More "Home Improvements" in SERENITY. Also, "Paying it Forward", an expression of gratitude at 87 GENTLE STREET, and orbs caught on camera after "Circus Gatti" in SIGHTINGS.)

UPDATE

"All irregularities will be handled by the forces controlling each dimension. Trans-uranic heavy elements may not be used where there is life. Medium atomic weights are available - Gold, Lead, Copper, Jet, Diamond, Radium, Sapphire, Silver, and Steel.

Sapphire and Steel have been assigned."

Remember THIS, thirtysomethings?

As you can see, I've been reunited with a long-lost love. Read all about it in SERENITY.


Also presenting...PAYING IT FORWARD. An update at 87 GENTLE STREET.

WEEKEND WARRIORS: CIRCUS GATTI

Sunday, September 25, 2005
Circus Gatti
Stanislaus County Fairgrounds
Turlock, CA

The circus came to town this weekend...

...with its acrobats...


...and animal acts...


Daddy performed his own balancing act too...


...with his lovely assistant, Reanna!




It was our first family circus ever...



...and another egg in their basket of childhood memories.


(PLUGGING: Some orbs joined us for PICTURE-TAKING at the circus. Check them out at SIGHTINGS.)

WEEKEND WARRIORS: YOSEMITE

Last weekend, we drove the sleepy backroads of the Central Valley to Northern California's crown jewel, the emerald that is Yosemite.

I'll just let the pictures speak for themselves.


Sunday, September 18, 2005
Yosemite Lodge, Yosemite Valley
Yosemite National Forest, CA









The whole trip was less than a hundred miles from our home in Modesto.

Ain't it good to know God's country is in your backyard?


(PLUGGING: More mysterious orbs in our Yosemite pictures on SIGHTINGS.)

FALL FASHION PREVIEW
(In three parts: PREVIEW, REVIEW and VIEW)

A. Preview

Guess who my boys will be this Halloween?

Let me give you a clue...



Sorry I spilled the beans, boys. Mommy couldn't resist.



B. Review

2000: Lance, bumblebee
2001: Lance, Po the Teletubbie
2002: Lance, Bob The Builder, Troy, bumblebee
2003: Lance, fireman, Troy, Thomas the Tank Engine
2004: Lance, Spiderman, Troy, scarecrow

Prada Mama's working demonstration of recycling in action:

from Halloween 2002's Lance the Builder...



...to last year's Scarecrow Troy.

If necessity is the mother of invention, then desperation is a missing hard hat before sundown at Halloween.

And salvation is yellow construction paper and a beanie.



C. View

Lance had been bugging me to get a Darth Vader costume since my LILLIAN VERNON catalog came in the mail. Good thing our neighborhood WalMart had a cheaper version, so tonight he went home happy. Troy, who had his heart set on an Imperial Clone Trooper costume, was somewhat disappointed that WalMart didn't carry it. Luckily, my savvy husband was able to convince him to be Batman instead.

My boys came home with their treasures, proudly modeling them for Mommy and gamely posing for pictures. And then they trooped to the family room bearing their Batman chairs for another Sereno family tradition...MOVIE NIGHT!

Tonight's Double Feature: "STAR WARS: Episode 6" and "Batman Forever".



Accessorized accordingly.