The Horse Project

If you are in PDX, be on the lookout for horses.

These horses are such a Portland thing. It is always fun to spot a horse around town...they are everywhere. Here are some pix I have taken...

Here is a link to some details about The Horse Project.

Baby's first...

...cool shades.

According to mama Boo, baby C is really into accessories these days.

Baby C, this photo is for you from WKF...

If you know a guy...

...who is turning 62 today, be sure to wish him a happy happy birthday!!!

I wish we were all together to celebrate. Our hearts are in Decatur today...we can practically smell the soybeans...

Funny Confession XIII

I am SO ENVIOUS (jealous?!) of my friend M, she got to play rockband...with Lebron James!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

M is the adorable (and only) girl in this picture...rocking out on the guitar. She is so bad ass.

According to my doctor...

I am cleared for running. Finally. High five to that!

Note, the above photo was taken before I discovered running skirts...

Baby's first...

Pair of camo cargo pants...

Wishpot

Am I the only one that hadn't heard of wishpot before my uber cool friend MP used it for her wedding registry?! How cool is it?? You can register for anything that is available online.

If it wasn't weird, I'd post MPs wedding registry here on this posting so you could get a feel for how cool she is and how cool wishpot is.

She is not limited to picking between pottery barn and crate and barrel (yawn and yawn)...she can pick and choose from the entire ginormous endless world wide web....

As I have previously gushed, I'd marry O all over again any day. And I'd keep most things exactly the same. I may switch up the registry if we did it again...I'd go wishpot for sure.

Operation Nice

I love this blog, don't you?! The concept is right on, "we all need a little NICE". I wish I would have thought of it. Its so much more than a blog, it's a movement...

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Let's all join operation nice...it's easy, just be nice. As noted on the site, here are some tips (from wikipedia) for how to be nice:

• Smile



• Say hello



• Ask people how they are doing



• Be a good listener



• Be courteous



• Be positive



• Be humble



• Offer to help



• Be sincere

That list seems obvious and easy enough. We could probably all commit to give it a try.

Portlanders are very nice, that is one big reason we love it.

When we lived in Boston I had a vision of starting something similar to this operation. I wanted to start a movement on the esplanade to get runners/walkers / etc. to smile at each other...and maybe even say hello. I always thought it was so weird to go for a run, pass so many people (so closely) and not even manage to get eye contact - let alone a smile or a hello. I bounced the idea off of a few people (locals) and I got such funny (negative) reactions. I was not encouraged...however I still wish I would have pursued it. I think that if we had stayed much longer I would have had to...it was going to drive me nuts. I figured if we started on the esplanade it may spread into the rest of the city, state, region....

Please don't get me wrong, I do LOVE Boston...I just think the city could use a little more nice-ness. If you are living in Boston...I encourage you to give this idea a go...the need is certainly there. Hey, give it a try no matter where you live...regardless of where we live, even Portland, I bet we could all be a little nicer...

***I took this picture from the Operation Nice site...it is by Anthony Burrill

Fete Nationale

Today is Bastille Day.

Like the good French family that we are, we celebrated with the other local frenchies at the Portland party on Saturday in the Pearl (BryGuy took some pix, which I will share when he sends them along).

All of the French-ness reminded me of the time I spent in France last summer for work. I was in such a beautiful location (Albi). Too bad it was all work all the time. However, I did get some good pix, see below.

The town of Albi...

My hotel...

And bien sur a biz trip to France would not be complete without a weekend a Paris...

Oh la la...life has changed so much from last summer (4 business trips to France and Finland) to this year (Baby F, Baby F, Baby F, Baby F). Love love love-ing it!

Bonjour!

WKF loves to get up early...he and I have shared many sunrises together over the past 5 weeks. I am happy to be awake and sharing this time of day (and this view) with him. If the sunrise is really spectacular, which it has been the past few days, we wake up O to enjoy it with us.

Loving Summer

There is so much to love about summer. One thing we really love is eating outside. We have had so many good meals around this harvest table that O built (out of salvaged materials, how green of him).


Sometimes it's a table for 2 (now 3). Sometimes it's a table for 20.

Most recently - it has been a table for 5...we have really enjoyed many meals with (and prepared by) Birdie and BG over the past few weeks. The 3F's are going to be so sad to see them go in the morning. We can't wait for October...

Funny Confession XII

I have been sleeping with another man...and O caught me (on camera)...