First, Thank -you all SO so much for your kind words and thoughts on last post!
Let's hope something new and better is just around the corner as you say!! yipes.
Second, in the spirit of looking on the bright side, I present you with my birthday present from my amazing husband! He sold a pile of his stuff six months in advance in order to have this bike ready for my birthday! Madness! I get so much attention biking around on this thing, and thieves beware- I have three heavy locks and also leave it at the new bicycle station when I am at work (till end of July).
- It is strawberry season again and there is nothing like a sweet Ontario strawberrry with ice cream.
- I am nearly nearly done the book!
- Rainbow!
- Sharing Berkeley with a bunch more kids. They ask the funniest questions. One will ask me if I like making books, the next will say "My uncle makes books." Total stream of consciousness and hilarious.
How has it taken me this long to stumble upon this show? I am sorry but it is the funniest thing I have seen since... well...ever. It is ridiculous and sweet and I love it. We rent full seasons and watch for too long. We just finished season three and I am worried it's nearly done. It IS summer though so I suppose we should get outside and do things...
Best nice thing for last: One of my best and oldest friends is having her baby ANY SECOND!! Woot!
I LOVE your bike! If I saw you ride by on that, I would be gawking at the bike with envy. Your hubby is very, very thoughtful!
Posted by: Jennifer | June 17, 2009 at 11:31 AM
Your bicycle is so super cute! I love it. My husband is going to buy me a bicycle, as a birthday gift, too!
I saw the most awesomely wide portion of a rainbow yesterday for maybe something like a minute and a half. I have never seen anything like this---the colors were stretched out so wide. I wish I could have taken a photo of it!
Posted by: Sally | June 17, 2009 at 05:06 PM
I think your bike is awesome-ness
Posted by: karina | June 17, 2009 at 08:39 PM
WOW what an awesome bike...drool drool drool ...vintage customized, how could you ask for more!
Never ever leave a guy that gave you this as a gift, he's precious :-)
As for the locks, I recently got the Abus Folding Lock (I'm a lot into cycling and going everywhere on my bike, vintage and loved also). I really like this lock, it's heavy however but you can easily fix it on your bike and it seems really secure. Take a look at it on the Abus site: http://www.abus.de/us/main.asp?ScreenLang=us&sid=5603296160409361806200924200217251&select=0104b11&artikel=4003318450532
I guess that life is brighter than expected so far, we'll wish that it continues this way.
Posted by: Sophie | June 17, 2009 at 10:22 PM
Oh my goodness, that is the most magnificent bicycle I ever saw!
Posted by: suzy | June 21, 2009 at 06:37 PM
Wow, your husband is definitely a keep, that bike is so beautiful, I've always those those vintage style ones. I looked into buying one for myself but the new ones in that style are just so expensive! I guess I could look into 2nd hand ones but they usually aren't as good quality.
Posted by: Shivi | June 23, 2009 at 07:47 AM
I think that bike is the most gorgeous bike I've ever seen!!! Your husband is amazing!!! I'm really enjoying catching up with your blog but I'm sorry to hear about your job. Hope things work out even better for you as a result, yin and yang and all that.
Posted by: Lesley | June 24, 2009 at 08:14 PM
oh myyy i'm drooling over your bike. what a wonderful hubby!!
Posted by: elisabetha | July 15, 2009 at 09:35 AM
what a sweet bike! that boy of yours is so thoughtful! :)
Posted by: krissy | July 30, 2009 at 01:30 AM