Author: Doris

Jeremy and Vince are headed to tonight’s Washington Ballet’s performance of Peter Pan at the Kennedy Center. (Ruby thought she could go too – but unfortunately we didn’t have a third ticket and the Kennedy Center is a strictly canine free zone).

I couldn’t get a proper photo of the matching cuties because there was some last minute consternation with Vince about having to wear leather shoes instead of green dinosaur rain boots which was aggravated (unbeknownst by me or Jeremy) by an intense need to pee. Anyways, we convinced him that he needed to wear the leather shoes because it was a fancy place, so fancy that Obama had been there with Shasha and Malia a few weeks ago. Vince asked if Obama was going to be there tonight. I said that the Obamas were in Europe tonight and probably wouldn’t be there.

Yvonne, our sitter, is in lovely San Francisco this coming week. The kids are off of school and we’ve taken the week off of work to go on vacation! Many months ago, I suggested that maybe this was the year that we head down to Disneyworld, but somehow we didn’t get our act together in time, so now we are going to do a variation of a stay-cation. Let’s see, we have spring cleaning planned, a trip to the ballet, some kite flying, perhaps a road trip to see some national/state parks, some medical appointments and what else? Who knows, we will let moment carry us.

So I started some spring cleaning today and I found this in my very much loved banana guard:

Ewwwww.

Jeremy commented on a NYtime’s blog post about low-carbon fuel standards, he’s commenter #7.

Happy Birthday, Donald & Love Always 🙂

from Mom & Dad

Jeremy got a rusty old bike for free from our next-door neighbor. He’s having a fun time trying to rehabilitate the whole thing. I think it’s going to end up being my bike, perhaps replacing the trusty BMX bike that I’ve been riding. I love my BMX bike, I look so ridiculous riding it to the Metro – I get a lot of perverse pleasure from it.

Jeremy’s been trying to find a better bike for me, but I would not agree to spending a lot of money on a new bike that might get stolen from the bike racks. I think a rusty bike (it’s a Giant Iguana) is a good compromise.

After more than a year of attending services, I finally joined our local Unitarian church.

Here’s what Unitarians believe:

The inherent worth and dignity of every person;

Justice, equity and compassion in human relations;

Acceptance of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth in our congregations;

A free and responsible search for truth and meaning;

The right of conscience and the use of the democratic process within our congregations and in society at large;

The goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all;

Respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part.

Unitarian joke:

It is show-and-tell day at school, and all the children are requested to bring in an item which illustrates their religious beliefs. David stands up and says “This is a star of David and I am a Jew”. Dorothy stands up and says “This is a crucifix and I am a Catholic”. Jimmy stands up and says “This is a casserole and I am a Unitarian”.

Famous UUs:

Frank Lloyd Wright
John Adam
John Quincy Adams
Abigail Adams
Kurt Vonnegut
Alexander Graham Bell
Samuel Morse
Charles Darwin
Linus Pauling
Isaac Newton

After Vince’s weekly ballet class, we usually go to the Chick-fil-A down the block for lunch. We order 2 kiddy meals – one for him (6 piece nuggets) and one for me (2 chicken strips). He gets one of the toys and we save the other for Edda. I don’t often spend time with only one child at a time, so I really like that we have this ritual. It also helps that Chick-fil-A is quite yummy – yummier than McDonald’s.

We are still biking to the Metro – through rain, snow, fog and darkness. I guess we are dedicated bikers. I’m excited that the stimulus package included an increase in my transit benefits. I’ll be able to lower my commuting costs to zero! So my only expense is 2.5 hours of my time. Still a big thing, but at least it’s costing me nothing in terms of moola.

Yesterday was a big (work) day for both Jeremy and me. I finished up my quarter with production goals intact. Jeremy went to the White House and did a little speech to various environmental groups and was all dressed up handsomely. He managed to integrate some cute alliteration and metaphors into his speech which he is rather proud of.