This past Friday, KJ and I drove down to the greatest state of the union, which of course is Oregon. Land of my birth and no sales tax. Need I say more.?
The premise of our jaunt was to go see my new niece, but having never missed an opportunity to multi-task, it just so happened that some fellow bloggers were also in town. Apparently I missed the Friday night festivities, but those who really love me decided to stick around and hang out at Powell's books. And then there was eating.
Saturday night we hung out with my mom and she surprised me with a box full of things she guaranteed me I would really like. When I pressed further she admitted it was really just of bunch of shit I'd left at home when I went to college.
Finally Sunday rolled around and it was baby time. I won't lie, I was kinda freaked out to meet Ellie since she's a baby and I am scared of things that can't understand my excessive hyperbole. Turns out though that babies really just want to held at a 45 degree angle and rocked gently. This I managed to do without screwing up to badly (okay, okay, my angle might have been closer to 50 degrees).
And that about wrapped up the weekend. Except that I forgot to mention how I picked up what could potentially be the best book since....well...the last book I bought....
17 comments:
Ellie is a cutie!
No Sales Tax? Woah... Oregon just shot up in my state estimations.
Ellie is so adorable! The good news is that babies that small have very little long term memory, so even if you scare her the first time, 20 minutes later you get to start over!
I'll sleep better now knowing that if there was ever a zombie outbreak, you would be able to survive it!
Of course, I didn't buy the book, so I would undoubtedly become part of the zombie collective.
Oh well. There are certainly worse things than renouncing my vegetarianism and eating people's brains. Yummy, yummy brains...
@ Diane: I'd say thank you, but my sister deserves all the genetic credit. :)
@ Bre: Ya, Oregon is waaaay dangerous when it comes to shopping. Especially at the outlet malls.
@ Dave2: You know, the book covers everything from lost in a cave to how to survive urban terrorism, but not a word on Zombies.
At least now I know how to smoke bunnies out of holes (wow that sounds dirty when I type it).
Does the book describe how to survive the onslaught of slurs when fellow bloggers no longer like you? What? I'm just wondering!
PS - Cute baby. Nice job at keeping her calm. Were drugs involved?
And don't forget- land where you don't pump your own gas!
Your niece is super adorable. Welcome to unclehood! You'll love it. Sincerely.
Please post highlights from the new book. Help a sistah out.
That baby is so cute it makes my ovaries hurt...and trust me, my ovaries are generally closed for business!
babies are sneaky dude, be watchful.
Hell, you made MY ovaries hurt and that's saying something.
If there's a "how to survive Philadelphia" chapter, make sure you pack that along in May.
she's pretty!
Aww that baby is precious!
Powell's is a must visit whenever I am in Portland.
Babies make me happy! Obviously that is why I had four of my own. She is adorable. I just want to kiss those baby cheeks.
That book is most excellent!
nice to see you guys over the weekend. and, of course, the pizza wasn't bad either. happy travels this weekend!
Whoa...are you sure you didn't steal some pictures from my blog? That baby looks just like my baby. Babies look the same? Who whoulda thunk it.
That is one beautiful baby! And that book, I was just about to buy it! I have one similar that tells you how to escape alligator attacks, make a parachute out of toilet paper or something, and get out of quick sand.
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