Create

My sewing nook has become a junk pile. Not glamorous, not productive. The internet provided me with the inspiration to create a sewing corner in our bedroom.

My starting point:


I will try to create a space as tidy as this (ha!):

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Once my space has been created, I can get to sewing projects like these found on the Noodlehead blog:


From this post.



From this post.

5K

I signed up to run a 5K on Father's Day. I have been feeling like I need to add some "oomph" to my spin routine so I thought running might do the trick. I do two mornings a week at the gym and I am hoping to squeeze in one day of running. My goal is to run the whole thing, but I will not be upset with myself if I can't. If you are going to be in the Roseville area on Father's Day then sign up and run with me!

Hmmm?

Complex inducing?

If you need to buy this for a little girl you know (please don't) then look here.

Mums

Happy Mother's Day to all of you mamas out there. Keep up the good work.

I slept in (my only request) and woke up to these (homemade by my good husband):


Our first watermelon of the season:


I don't think I have tasted a great watermelon in what seems like years now. Does anyone know why they aren't sweet anymore? I try them a few times during the season, but they never have that sweet, extra red flesh I remember.

If there weren't more noble things to spend $25 on, I would definitely buy this:

Watermelon Knife from Sur La Table

Pescadero

We drove to Pescadero so we could do some tiny, beach town shopping and enjoy the sand and surf. Ahhhh, relaxing.

Gates to places like "The Barn" to shop in:


Places to eat with VW vans:


The fog was so calming and refreshing for me (to counteract all this horrible sun we have been having!):


Is there a trick to keeping a toddler in swim trunks?:


If only I could bottle up that beach air. So moist and refreshing. I guess I could move there and breathe it all day (hint, hint husband).

Flying

Jessica is flying into Hong Kong as I write this post. She will be boarding another plane and heading to the island, state, and country of Singapore to work at Lucas Films for two years. She can't tell us what movie she will be working on, but it has to be fun right? To the middle of Malaysia and Indonesia she goes:


While there I am sure she will partake in fun things like soaking up the city lights:

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Maybe she will "cruise down the 650 metres Jungle trail or the 688 metres Dragon trail" at the Skyline Luge Sentosa:

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Of course, she will spend lots of time on beautiful beaches:

Siloso Beach

Or maybe she will explore cities like Geylang. It has "an atmospheric quarter on Singapore's east coast that bristles with great period architecture, leggy street walkers and some of the best local food on the island.":

Time.com

Some Singapore facts just in case Jessica quizzes us:
1. Population: about 5 million people (36% foreigners)
2. Demographics: Chinese (74.2%): Malay (13.4%): Indians (9.2%): Others (3.2%)
3. Languages: English, Mandarin, Malay and Tamil
4. President: SR Nathan (Sellapan Ramanathan, Tamil). He is the longest serving President in Singapore. Wikipedia states that one survey showed that "nearly 80 percent of Singaporeans hoped for a contest" against him, but he ran unopposed so we will have to wait and hear Jessica's report about everyone's true feelings.
5. Major industries: Shipping, banking, tourism, electrical & electronics, chemicals, and oil refining
6. Local currency: Singapore dollar (1 Singapore dollar: $0.80 American dollar)
7. And 40 Fun Facts about Singapore can be found here!

We miss you Jessica, but can't wait to hear all about your new adventure.
Facts taken from here and here.

Back Home

We are back and semi-unpacked. What a great triathlon weekend it was. I have been trying to create a video of Andrew competing, but things are a bit wild around here. Jessica is staying with us because she is hopping on a plane early Friday morning and heading towards Singapore for a two year movie project. I am trying to unpack us and not totally trash the house. Oh, and cleaning a RV is no easy feat. It was all fun and games until I found myself picking dried banana out of the carpet and scrubbing the place down without using water!

So here are some catch up pictures. I couldn't blog toward the end of the trip because the cell phone reception was so poor and I spent all my time trying to download photos of Kate and William's Royal wedding.

Campers:


Andrew bought Blake his first fishing pole. I loved the rubber fish at the end of his Spiderman pole. He wipped the thing around and got smacked by the fish once. Andrew had to console him while I was giggling in the corner. Poor guy, his mom couldn't even keep a straight face. Blake would beg Andrew to take him fishing throughout the whole day. They would walk down to the lake and then Blake would say he wanted to go back to camp. Then he would stay and fish. He didn't think there would be that big of a learning curve to the sport:


Andrew caught a fish by hooking it in its eyelid. Disgusting:


Now for some competition.

Here is Blake getting his number for the first annual Wildflower Kid's Fun Run:


I have to preface this video. The was the first annual fun run so it was horribly organized. They had the kids lined up for about fifteen minutes (way too long), they switched courses, and they had them all start at the same time. Can you guess what direction this story is heading towards? Let's just say skinned knees and lots of tears. The race will begin and then Blake will appear towards the rear of the pack (thank God) towards the top of the video. I loved how he nonchalantly ran past all the trampled kids. I also disliked how they wouldn't even let them cross the actual finish line. All the parents and volunteers clogged the way. Blake met a girl named Bella and you will see her being consoled by her parents when Blake walks by them after he received his ribbon. She was sobbing as her father picked gravel out of her palms. I hope next year the organization works out those kinks: