Declan Turns One!

If you're new to my blog, you wouldn't know that I have a son named Declan. Otherwise, you already know I think he's the best. Well, August 19th is his birthday. Happy Birthday, Declan!!

We had a nice little party and tuckered the little guy out. Thank you, everyone, that came to celebrate this special day.




Ha cha cha, Mommy.








Once everyone was gone, Mommy let little D roam free


Not everyone liked the hats.


I love cleaning up with balloons. Pop. Pop. Pop.

NYC Whirlwind

Went to NYC for the day for the first time yesterday.




It's been a few years since I'd been back. I managed to meet with the guys from Organic (the whole reason for going) then slipped off to see my friends from Ming Dynasty. Eric and Ming were recording in the basement of some chinese restaurant/club in the lower east side.




It was a lot of fun to see Eric and Ming again. I even managed to have a late lunch then a pint with Eric's charming girlfriend Marie while he was busy packing up. They saw me off in a taxi headed to LaGuardia and I accidentally tipped my cabbie (the "Happy Cabbie" apparently) an extra 20 bucks...Oops. However, he got me to the airport in time to jump on an earlier flight. So I got home an hour earlier to Libs and Declan.

*All videos and photos taken with my phone.

The Long Weekend

I haven't posted in awhile. Just haven't had much to say, I guess. Libs took Declan to the cottage this weekend til Thursday so I've been on my own since Friday. What did I do? Not a lot, to be honest. I took it really easy. Besides Saturday which seemed to last forever.

Sunday, my friend Dale came over and we swapped out the handlebars on my bike. Amazing what a difference it made. What a pain in the ass, though. boring out the trees, two trips to the home depot for bolts then drill bits (He bought another drill too to accommodate a 1/2" drill bit. Turns out the bit was lathed down at the drill side to 3/8", so he could return the drill unopened) He was incredibly patient and quite the problem-solver. When we talked about boring out the trees to allow the 3" bolts to pass through, I wanted to give up. But those bits tore through the aluminum like butter.

Anyway, I took some shots with my phone, but have yet to take them off. Will post them later.

I also finished Declan's nursery closet. Amazingly after a year in the house, we've just glossed over the fact his closet was full of junk, tools, boxes to recycle and quarter round.