The stuff of today.
Tags:Today was good. Let me lay it out for you:
1. BIKES. Chris got one last week when I was in Orlando. He has wanted to get one forever and the time was finally right. Today we located a Burley trailer for the dude - the bike shops around town were all backordered on the one we wanted, but REI (aka: the store I go in that makes me want to be more avid about the outdoors) came through like champ with one left in their warehouse. And of course, I needed a bike too. And of course, I found one in no time flat. A "comfort" bike that allows me to sit up straighter (like on a cruiser) but can still handle some more rugged trail riding and stuff. Helmets and locks were also purchased.
2. MAIL. My awesome sister sent me an iPod Shuffle. I have been wanting one big time. It was a special surprise along with some other goodies. Gotta love that the iPod tagline says "enjoy uncertainty." Thanks Jess. Love you.
3. MUSIC. Due to the new iPod I had to re-evaluate my tunage of late. A couple months ago we secured tickets to see The Rolling Stones in Portland in November. Chris is not too fond, but my friend Amy and I really want to go so the husbands are being good sports and coming along. I totally feel like seeing the Stones is one of those things I just gotta do. I downloaded some tunes to get myself in the mood and I also rounded out my current collection with a couple songs from the Grateful Dead. Wish I could have gone to a Dead concert (extravaganza is more like it) before the passing of Jerry Garcia in 1995. Many of my friends from college attended the last one here in Eugene (we were living an hour north in Corvallis at the time). Heard a lot of the Dead in college. And the Stones too. Good times.
4. and I scrapped. Dude, that is good. Back on track once again.
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Show us the scraps, Ali! But really, I miss you on Written Down. Let's go. Rock out to the Stones while doing the art journal thing,lol.
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Ahhh the Dead. Saw them a couple of times in college in the late '80s. Fun. Never have seen the Stones. Gotta love REI - the store here has a cool rock climbing wall!
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mmmm the ipod.. I was just singing the praises to
"Kristi the fashionista effer" tonight...
gotta love the randomness of the shuffle...
and just the whole iPod revolution :)
Congrats on the shuffle!
I'm so relieved I don't have a car full of CDs anymore!
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I saw the Stones in Vancouver years ago... about 1989?.. it was great. Kinda like something you just gotta do then you can mark it off the list, worth it to hear the tunes that are part of our lives blasting at you like there's no tomorrow, lol
Enjoy yourselves!!
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Too funny ali! I was just "researching" the ipod mini and the ipod shuffle today and bidding on ebay... didn't win. :(
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Sounds like a good week. You will love your ipod. I love my mini! Have fun uploading tunes!
My hubby loves The Dead, I enjoy it here and there too, and of course The Stones are legendary too! We have some cool old Dead tee's around here somewhere. Put away for safe keeping from 9 years back! :O) Have a great weekend!
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That Burley trailer is great!! We have a Chariot (comparable, Canadian brand) that we LOOOOOVE. In fact, today, we are headed out to find a bike seat for the baby so DH can tow the older 2 and I can ride with the little one. We have bike trails a-plenty here in Germany and I hear the same thing about Oregon. Enjoy the bike trails!!
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gotta love the Stones and the Dead! I was lucky enough to see both of them in the same summer in Philadelphia while in college. (I believe it was the summer of 1989) I also saw the Who that same summer (actually the same weekend as the Dead!). Some great tunes for sure. Enjoy!
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good stuff!
i saw the Stones on their "last tour" in 98 or 99 i think. went with my Mom - that was her era and had the greatest time EVER!
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Ah, the Dead. I saw them in Eugene back in 93, I believe, and again in Seattle in 94. The Eugene show was much better. :)
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iPods are too cool. amazing little creations. and iTunes too. I am almost ready to move the stereo out of my office in favor of just relying on iTunes to accompany my day.
Have a great weekend!
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I want an iPod....'nuff said. congrats on the Burley! we looked at them but ended up getting one of those extra seat/wheel things that you hook on the back. made Ryan feel like he was "helping" instead of just sitting there! lol! gotta LOVE REI!!!
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I remember the Dead coming to the town I was living in. It was a small town and it would just get over run w/ 'deadheads'!! I'd never seen anything like it and I loved it!! So many VW buses, so much tye-dye
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We saw the Dead in June 1995 - just a few months before he died - at RFK stadium in Wash, D.C. Such an amazing experience! REI rocks! :)
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Love our Burley-we still use it and the kids are 10 & 12. We put our lunch and dog in it when go on a ride.
Love the dead, both kids were born while listening to their music and our oldest daughter, while an infant, got to see their last "experience" in Eugene-we got to sit in the press box-what an experience it was!!! Whew getting a bit nostalgic-gotta move back to the present.
Peace and cool weekend.
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Do try out the new Coldplay!! It is very good. =)
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Hey Ali very cool!! Enjoy finding the track! Hugs Wanda
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So funny! I'm eating a Cherry Garcia Ben and Jerry's as I type. I'm a Dead-head for sure!
May I suggest The Best of Bonnie Raitt? I dig her bluesy-country style. I like to give people something to talk about often. ;o)
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love my ipod shuffle. don't know how i got along before it.
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Off topic for this post.. but wanted to say Thank you for a bit of an education from your blog.
I don't have children of my own right now but today I was speaking with a coworker about children and she was saying how much work they are. She mentioned that her babysitter has two - one with autism and one with ADHD. I remembered you saying "Consider yourself lucky if you had a child born between 1991 and 2003 that does not have autism, or PDD, or ADHD..." So I found it odd that her children have two of the things you mentioned..
So thank you.. I am going to print off the article and give it to my coworker. I'm sure it will make her feel better because last week she was talking about signing a waiver to not have her kids vaccinated (a requirement here) and I thought nothing of it!
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