Monday, May 19, 2008 

The King Caugheys


















(when i showed this to the kids they asked me "why is she holding asparagus?" -- i spent five minutes trying to explain candid shots by lay camerafolk before giving up)

2:55 PM | |

 

it was so worth it






those of you who know me well are aware that i have a penchant for falling down. i broke my clavicle once just by running in flip flops.

thus, it is no small achievement that i managed to walk in these for a good hour or so. 

on gravel and uneven rock.


yes. those are actually my feet in those gorgeous, expensive machines of torture.

2:49 PM | |

Saturday, May 17, 2008 

it's official

canadians kick ass.

there are currently a couple of them in the kitchen right now trying to figure out measurement conversions and ridiculing fahrenheit as a method of measuring temperature. i think i can declare victory, as they just had to holler out "shan, does 'lb' mean pound"??

i think their aunt jamima waffles are going to turn out just fine.


update: emanuelle just added cumin by accident (she thought it was allspice). looks like we're having indian waffles this morning. 

6:46 AM | |

Friday, May 16, 2008 

i should be sleeping in, but my internal clock decided that 5:30AM would be a good time to wake up. i'm sitting on the king-caughey couch reading the news and such as a slew of canadians actually enjoy their slumber upstairs.

i need coffee.

justin's coffeemaker is too complicated even for my technical prowess.

4:10 AM | |

Tuesday, May 13, 2008 

on sunday and what's going on in general

i made cobbler out of strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, and raspberries. a little flour, sugar, a dash of this and that, and we had a glorious dessert for mother's day.


not much else to report: working hard this week (do not laugh. attempting to convince a 12-year-old who does not want to take a shower that he must take a shower is not easy work.) and preparing for the festivities this weekend. the caugheys, friends, and kings are descending upon austin to celebrate the love of my oldest friend/cousin and one kickass canadian.

if i manage not to fall down in the silver sandal heels that accompany my lavender bridesmaid's dress my sister owes me a dr. pepper.

4:26 PM | |

Wednesday, May 07, 2008 

monopoly and the creeping metaphysic

whenever i play monopoly when there is a full moon, my fellow players and i roll doubles. a lot.

this has occurred with multiple sets of dice on a multitude of occasions.

last night was no exception. during my ten-minute-break with the 12-year-old i quite literally rolled nothing but doubles. this meant, of course, that i kept going to jail and getting out of jail.

seriously. doubles solamente. i felt like i was in an episode of the twilight zone, except it was in color and i was sitting on sky blue shag carpet in the villa's playroom. and there was no voiceover.

4:31 PM | |