Martini Cartwheels

Mr. and Mrs. Moto getting ready to head down the street on their big bikes. The bikes - Mr. Moto, CJ, Blondie, and Mrs. Moto. What's worse - helmet hair or Wayne's World hair? Tough call. Our lunch destination in Sunderland, Mass.

Birdie, birdie, on my pool gate you sit. You and your mate, you peep and you flit. But when I shouted shoo, You dropped some more poo, And now my patio is all covered with shit.

Hi Baby Daniel! I'm your crazy great-aunt CJ.  What's that? Oh yes, I know I look way too young to actually be your great-aunt but it is true.   I am thrilled you are finally here. Welcome to the family little one!

Past the mall, stores, and restaurants on busy Boston Road in Springfield, Mass is this pond. I took this picture at sunset last Saturday night, sometime after dinner and before karaoke.  I think this may be 5-Mile Pond, which is where my mother used to swim as a kid (well, pretend to swim - she always kept one foot firmly planted on the bottom).    

I've gotten two cool awards recently from a couple of very nice ladies. Thank you to Lesbo over at girls, girls, girls for A Perfect Blend Of Friendship Award and to LilliGirl at It's A Great Life... for the One Lovely Blog Award. I follow both of these great blogs and am very flattered to have gotten a shout out from Lesbo and LilliGirl.  Thank you both.  

...that I still can't carry a tune in bucket, no matter how hard Sam Adams tries to convince me otherwise. And why the hell did we choose what has to be one of the longest songs in the whole karaoke database - Bohemian Rhapsody? Mama mia ,mama mia ,mama mia ! I can judge the intensity and length of the previous night's antics by the way my bathroom floor looks in the morning. And yes, that is a Winnie the Pooh shower curtain and bath mat. Don't make fun.

My good friend Dawna Sirard is finishing up her film degree at Smith College this spring. And she just found out that her film, Neshomeleh, is being shown in New York City this Saturday at the Columbia University National Undergraduate Film Festival 2009 .   I think this is such a cool thing.  And it has nothing to due with the fact that I'm hoping Dawna will invite me to some really cool parties in LA once she becomes rich and famous. (What the heck am I going to wear? I hope she keeps it casual.) Maybe she'll cast me in her next feature as the quiet girl next door who somehow always ends up swimming half clothed in her pool on warm summer nights. Sorry - getting off track here. Good luck this weekend Dawna! I hope you come home with an award or two! And if any of you happen to be in NYC this weekend, this would be a fun thing to check out. Dawna's film and production company, Gush Films,  can be found on  The Internet Movie Database.