Saturday, June 28
Cambridge Block Party
After a trip to the beach on Friday we joined Farah & DGina for the annual cambridge dance party infront of city hall - imagine seeing oodles of your neighbors all doing the macarena & you get the picture of the fun that we were in for.
The lil monkey didn't really know what to make of the dancing......
BUT He certainly enjoyed doing the limbo with Uncle Dan and the Ice Cream sandwiches that followed.
Thursday, June 26
Chasing Butterflies
Wednesday, June 25
Okay a Meme
How long have you been married? First Marriage was May 2001, MA marriage was Sept 06. Together longer than that ____________
Where did you meet? Through her ex. and then we got to know each other through our bookclub.
How long did you date? see the blank line above ... it was awhile but I'd have to look it up.
How old is she? Mid 30's
Who eats more? That would be me
Who said “I love you” first? I probably said it first, Em was more skittish, but she is the one who proposed.
Who is taller? Me - I eat more!
Who sings better? Ummm she does by a long shot
Who is smarter? Well she's a doctor & I'm a lawyer - so you decide.
Whose temper is worse? Her temper is faster to flare, but its over quickly. It takes a lot more to get me mad, but then I stay mad for 5 - 10 years.
Who does the laundry? I "do" the laundry, but I don't fold it or put it away... so it ends up on the floor in a big heap & I just keep washing the same clean clothes over again.
Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Is there a "wrong" side?
Who pays the bills? I pay them but I am spending Em's $$.
Who cooks dinner? If dinner is getting cooked then em is doing the cooking. I do make a mean top ramen.
Who drives when you are together? Em drives cars I drive Motorcycles, and I now drive the car when she starts to fall asleep.
Who is more stubborn? I'd say em is.
Who kissed whom first? She kissed me when I was too weak from a cold to fight her off.
Who is the first to admit to being wrong? Generally I'd say that Em is loath to admit that she is wrong, but perhaps that's because she isn't wrong very often. I am wrong a lot & pretty free to admit it - although I maybe a bit slow to do anything about it.
Whose parents do you see the most? Em's now that we are living on the East Coast, my dad when we are living in SF.
Who proposed? Em did. She told me early on that I was not allowed to propose & that she would if and when she was ready... her idea was to propose to me with her wedding vows, but she didn't quite do that. She did propose (with a ring) at a pretty fancy schmantzy BBQ Meat Restaurant & at first I thought she was joking around.
What’s her best physical attribute? Calves - hey take a look sometime.
Who has more friends? She's a resident - they aren't allowed to have friends.
What are you most proud of her for? Its probably a tie between who she is as a mom & what she is doing to be a doctor.
Who has more siblings? We both have two full sibs, but I win if we count halvsies. She has two brothers - one older, one younger & I have two sisters - one & two years older, and two younger half-sisters and one older unknown (adopted at birth) half sister.
Who wears the pants in the family? The little Monkey Boy.
Where did you meet? Through her ex. and then we got to know each other through our bookclub.
How long did you date? see the blank line above ... it was awhile but I'd have to look it up.
How old is she? Mid 30's
Who eats more? That would be me
Who said “I love you” first? I probably said it first, Em was more skittish, but she is the one who proposed.
Who is taller? Me - I eat more!
Who sings better? Ummm she does by a long shot
Who is smarter? Well she's a doctor & I'm a lawyer - so you decide.
Whose temper is worse? Her temper is faster to flare, but its over quickly. It takes a lot more to get me mad, but then I stay mad for 5 - 10 years.
Who does the laundry? I "do" the laundry, but I don't fold it or put it away... so it ends up on the floor in a big heap & I just keep washing the same clean clothes over again.
Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Is there a "wrong" side?
Who pays the bills? I pay them but I am spending Em's $$.
Who cooks dinner? If dinner is getting cooked then em is doing the cooking. I do make a mean top ramen.
Who drives when you are together? Em drives cars I drive Motorcycles, and I now drive the car when she starts to fall asleep.
Who is more stubborn? I'd say em is.
Who kissed whom first? She kissed me when I was too weak from a cold to fight her off.
Who is the first to admit to being wrong? Generally I'd say that Em is loath to admit that she is wrong, but perhaps that's because she isn't wrong very often. I am wrong a lot & pretty free to admit it - although I maybe a bit slow to do anything about it.
Whose parents do you see the most? Em's now that we are living on the East Coast, my dad when we are living in SF.
Who proposed? Em did. She told me early on that I was not allowed to propose & that she would if and when she was ready... her idea was to propose to me with her wedding vows, but she didn't quite do that. She did propose (with a ring) at a pretty fancy schmantzy BBQ Meat Restaurant & at first I thought she was joking around.
What’s her best physical attribute? Calves - hey take a look sometime.
Who has more friends? She's a resident - they aren't allowed to have friends.
What are you most proud of her for? Its probably a tie between who she is as a mom & what she is doing to be a doctor.
Who has more siblings? We both have two full sibs, but I win if we count halvsies. She has two brothers - one older, one younger & I have two sisters - one & two years older, and two younger half-sisters and one older unknown (adopted at birth) half sister.
Who wears the pants in the family? The little Monkey Boy.
Monday, June 16
Wedding Belles & Bois
Hats off to all the California couples that will be streaming and stumbling to the Alter over the next few months!!! Tonight at 5:01 pacific time I intend to raise a glass of the best bubbly grape or apple juice to toast you and all of us who are NOW officially & legally married in yet another great state in this Union of Ours. I am not sure if this means that Emily & I have gotten ourselves YET ANOTHER Wedding Anniversary (May 27, 2001; Sept. 07-08, 2006) not too mential all the "lesbian" anniversaries that we have (First Date, First Kiss et all).
Below ... some wedding photos --- ah memories
Below ... some wedding photos --- ah memories
Em and I in Sept 2006 getting ready for our second wedding, but first "legal" one.
Daniel (Em's baby brother) got officiated by the state of MA so he was able to perform our MA wedding - not quite the same as the big to do in May 01 with 100 guests and family members but this one got me health insurance!!!
Thursday, June 12
Wednesday, June 11
crib ...
Okay I admit that its a really bad picture, but what you are seeing is the lil monkey Taking a Nap In His BED for the VERY FIRST TIME since em took the rail off of his crib. Mabel woke him up about 45 minutes later - but I'm still calling it a success.
Monday, June 9
Trip to the Pond = Part One
Trip to the Pond - Part Two
When we got back to the parking lot from our morning at the pond I saw that Jeff had a flat tire. - He wasn't totally surprised at first because he had had a slow leak before.
I found it easiest to just stay out of the way and sing songs to the kids as we waited to get on our way.
But when we realized that Alex's car ALSO had a flat tire we began to wonder how we had such bad luck between us. Luckily BOTH cars had their spares in place and Jeff was a whiz at changing BOTH tires quickly & pretty painlessly in the 90 degree heat. He didn't even complain at all.
When we got home & looked at the tires it turned out that they had BOTH HAD THEIR VALVES SCLICED OFF. Someone is up for some really bad karma - can you imagine ... vandalizing two cars both with 2 car seats in them on a 90 degree day.
We owe Jeff a big batch of cookies.
Saturday, June 7
Hello Harvard, Hello Summer
Friday, June 6
The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful
THE GOOD....
When last I posted we were on our way out of town for a weekend with the Grandparents and Uncle Dan, Aunt "Gia" (Gina) and Cousin Queen of the Known World Farah. We had a great time even though the weather was a bit fussy on Saturday. We got poured on at the Farmers Market, but made up for it by getting a tour of the Great Barrington Fire Station - where the monkey & his cuz got to climb into one of the firetrucks (AWESOME). Sunday's weather was much better and we got out to a park-playground and even made a stop at the outlet mall on the way home. This was the beginning of a BIG FAMILY week because on Thursday Phancy (The Grandparents - Phil & Nancy) came to Boston/Cambridge for Gia's graduation from Harvards Kennedy School - where we got to enjoy a Big Family Party at the Red Fez in the South End, A Graduation Speech by JK Rowling - which was televised for those of us who didn't get tickets for the actual graduation (graduates only get 2) - Another Family dinner on Friday at Pepper Sky Thai Sensation (one of our favorite places for TakeOut) - SWIMMING at the New Marriot's Pool - the lil Monkey got to go a couple of times. And just lots and lots of playing with Grandma, Grandpa et al.
THE BAD -
When we got home from the Shire weekend - Jeff our upstairs neighbor & landlord met us at the door to tell us that he had spent the morning getting the mountain bike i had found into PERFECT running order and that with the new front tire it rode like a dream. This was the second "salvaged" bike that he had generously spent time fixing up for me. The first one I got last year from the police auction, but when we got it rideable I realized it was about an inch too long for me and not comfortable (or safe) for me to ride. So this second bright yellow univega was going to be my summer ride. Unfortunatly - when Jeff went to put his daughter down for her nap - Someone came into our yard and stole BOTH the bicycles that he had just been working on. So the too big mountain bike and the univega were gone....
THE Beautiful-
Since two bikes were stolen and we have renters insurance.... I now have a new beautiful baby...
A used K2 Bayside -- comfort style hybrid. It fits me and I really like riding it!!!!
When last I posted we were on our way out of town for a weekend with the Grandparents and Uncle Dan, Aunt "Gia" (Gina) and Cousin Queen of the Known World Farah. We had a great time even though the weather was a bit fussy on Saturday. We got poured on at the Farmers Market, but made up for it by getting a tour of the Great Barrington Fire Station - where the monkey & his cuz got to climb into one of the firetrucks (AWESOME). Sunday's weather was much better and we got out to a park-playground and even made a stop at the outlet mall on the way home. This was the beginning of a BIG FAMILY week because on Thursday Phancy (The Grandparents - Phil & Nancy) came to Boston/Cambridge for Gia's graduation from Harvards Kennedy School - where we got to enjoy a Big Family Party at the Red Fez in the South End, A Graduation Speech by JK Rowling - which was televised for those of us who didn't get tickets for the actual graduation (graduates only get 2) - Another Family dinner on Friday at Pepper Sky Thai Sensation (one of our favorite places for TakeOut) - SWIMMING at the New Marriot's Pool - the lil Monkey got to go a couple of times. And just lots and lots of playing with Grandma, Grandpa et al.
THE BAD -
When we got home from the Shire weekend - Jeff our upstairs neighbor & landlord met us at the door to tell us that he had spent the morning getting the mountain bike i had found into PERFECT running order and that with the new front tire it rode like a dream. This was the second "salvaged" bike that he had generously spent time fixing up for me. The first one I got last year from the police auction, but when we got it rideable I realized it was about an inch too long for me and not comfortable (or safe) for me to ride. So this second bright yellow univega was going to be my summer ride. Unfortunatly - when Jeff went to put his daughter down for her nap - Someone came into our yard and stole BOTH the bicycles that he had just been working on. So the too big mountain bike and the univega were gone....
THE Beautiful-
Since two bikes were stolen and we have renters insurance.... I now have a new beautiful baby...
A used K2 Bayside -- comfort style hybrid. It fits me and I really like riding it!!!!Friday, May 30
Thursday, May 29
Bye Bye Xan (and Emily & Bill)
Our friends from the new moms group at Eitz Chayim - that turned into mama coffee at Andala that turned into Thursday happy hour playgroup have gotten a great job in CA - so its off to Davis. We wish them well and hope to see them on the other coast.
Monday, May 26
Petting Zoo
Looking into the pens ...
there were sheep, baby goats....
2 calves and even a litter of piglets!
Biker Boy
Here he is trying out the new trike right before his birthday.
So far he is really good at sitting on it and at ringing the bell. He hasn't got the concept behind pedalling yet, but he was working on it some this weekend in VT when he tried out his buddy Sammy's bike.
All in all we are doing well - The B'day festivities were great & followed by a nice mothers day with family. Then we had some time hanging with Em since she is working nights and gets to play with us in the mornings. This past weekend we ran away to VT. for the long holiday.
So far he is really good at sitting on it and at ringing the bell. He hasn't got the concept behind pedalling yet, but he was working on it some this weekend in VT when he tried out his buddy Sammy's bike.
All in all we are doing well - The B'day festivities were great & followed by a nice mothers day with family. Then we had some time hanging with Em since she is working nights and gets to play with us in the mornings. This past weekend we ran away to VT. for the long holiday.
Wednesday, May 14
2 Year Check Up
Well I was sad that we weren't going to be seeing Dr. C. this time cause I had really liked her on all of our previous visits, but today we had our first FAMILY visit with our new Doc at BMC. Em spent the first 15 minutes in the lobby doing all of the paperwork (ha ha --- I got out of it this time - and she had to do the copay too. Double ha ha). The doctor checked in with me first - mainly just a rundown of my existing Rx's and giving her the sad news that I think I have the beginnings of arthritis in my knuckles (way big yucky!!! - Started during the really cold weather this winter). Then we got to the fun part which was Monito's check in & check up.
She did a good job distracting him with Elmo while she checked his heart and lungs & he got to run about and show off his great smarts and agility for her - my only question was really about how to deal with his ongoing dandruff... not a very serious issue - oh well. Lastly she got to encourage Em to actually try to take care of herself - a tall order for someone who can't get out of the hospital long enough to see a doctor. There was something nice about us all getting seen by one doc as a "unit" - it felt good to have someone realizing that his sleep effects our sleep and em's schedule & stress has effects on all of us. Anyways I'm not being to clear - suffice to say I think I like the family doctor concept... So without FURTHER ADO - here are his stats:
Head - 50 cm
Weight - 25 lbs (seriously thats all - I think Kingston is probably heavier) This puts him in the 15th Percentile... around where he has been all along.
Length - 36 Inches - Yup 3' Tall - That popped him up to the 90th Percentile !!!!! (according to some online doohiky this means that he'll be 6' 1" when he's grown)
She did a good job distracting him with Elmo while she checked his heart and lungs & he got to run about and show off his great smarts and agility for her - my only question was really about how to deal with his ongoing dandruff... not a very serious issue - oh well. Lastly she got to encourage Em to actually try to take care of herself - a tall order for someone who can't get out of the hospital long enough to see a doctor. There was something nice about us all getting seen by one doc as a "unit" - it felt good to have someone realizing that his sleep effects our sleep and em's schedule & stress has effects on all of us. Anyways I'm not being to clear - suffice to say I think I like the family doctor concept... So without FURTHER ADO - here are his stats:
Head - 50 cm
Weight - 25 lbs (seriously thats all - I think Kingston is probably heavier) This puts him in the 15th Percentile... around where he has been all along.
Length - 36 Inches - Yup 3' Tall - That popped him up to the 90th Percentile !!!!! (according to some online doohiky this means that he'll be 6' 1" when he's grown)
Saturday, May 10
Thursday, May 8
Wednesday, May 7
Tuesday, May 6
Walking with Grandpa & Stefan
Grandpa Eldon was in town for the HLS reunion & the lil monkey got to spend some nice time with him & Stefan (who he now loves). We got to go to a way past bedtime dinner at the red house in Harvard Square, then dinner at Grafton Park Pub - also in the square. Mommy & Mama got to go to Oleana (yum!!!!) and on Sunday Grandpa & S. came to our house - checked out the park in back and went to Irish Brunch at the Druid up in Inman. We also stopped in at Bird by Bird & scored a cute Ape T-shirt for the little monkey.All in all a nice time. Of course the weather cleared up the day after the guys flew back to SF.
Friday, May 2
One More Reason Why it Sucks to Be Gay
Actually 600 reasons - yep thats the difference in $$'s between what we will get dropped into our bank account from the Feds vs. the amount that we would be getting if our MA marriage was "recognized". So am I bitter ---- silly question right. Add this to the demeaning treatment you get at the customs/immigration booth (which one of you is his real mother- we both are assh*le), to the difficulty in filing taxes when you have to create a joint return to file in either MA or CA and then Re-Do your return to file Federal Taxes, oh and also the fact that the online tax services won't even let you file the CA State return - nope you need to go into H&R B#llsh#ts office and pay a ton more to file a joint CA return - even though they've known all year that domestics were going to be asked to file as married in CA.
So if some lawyers want to contact me (hi Jaime) I think I am a GREAT plaintiff for a gay marriage lawsuit based on the economic discrepancy caused by not being seen as a married taxpayer.
So if some lawyers want to contact me (hi Jaime) I think I am a GREAT plaintiff for a gay marriage lawsuit based on the economic discrepancy caused by not being seen as a married taxpayer.
Thursday, May 1
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