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It has been a while

It has been four or so days since my last post. Did I mention trying beef tartar...so good. Tasted somewhat like sushi.







It is extremely hot. I have enjoyed staying inside without the pressure to do anything. It is too hot for baby to go out...so we stay in, yeah vacation! I like lounging...so much...that when we go to the pool, I just lay there and listen to music. I actually have only made one full contact with the pool!

Well my days continue. I will attempted to jar baby food tomorrow, since baby will be wolfing down chorizo any minute now.







- Rachel

Bon Anniversaire

So this is how our morning started...yummy.








It was our mom's bday today. We tromped around downtown and ate delicious foods. I got lost...shopping. Actually I was fine, and I found my way. And purchased nothing. But found some adorable items that I would like to purchase. Oh wait, I would have bought something, but my feet are too big for the french:( I need a 42! Je pense.

This is where we ate lunch...


















The plates were, unfortunately filled with two tarts. Oh boy. Then we had a pistachio, coconut tart. This was the same tea house Adams parents ate at when they visited. Yum!


















Oh, right. The baby came. And slept the whole time. No biggy. So cute! À demain.

-Rachel

Le jardin

Before:



So, my job is to turn this area into a rock patio. To do this, I am taking the cat-poop dirt and sifting it...separating the sand for soil and rocks for the patio. It looks daunting, but I suppose I can hang out and garden in a no tan-line top for an hour. I will post after pictures...after I am done.

Little Téo was adorable this morning. He was thrown into a duck robe after his bath...a little angry at first, then saw the boob and was fine.



So I became intelligent and ran early in the morning where the temp was low and breezy, compared to sweaty 6pm. Whilst running, I could not find my canal, got lost inside a highschool campus, ran through a McDonalds drive thru, and then up a hill...yay! Enjoyed a cup of Joe then lunch shortly after. We went to a garden store, and I got to carry the baby again! I believe I am the most able right now. But I look cool with the baby. We found a great stool that we will make using the Port Angeles forest-so excited:



À prochain frois!

- Rachel

Au marché

Walked down to the market today. Rita is the preggers one in red. I had the pleasure of carrying the baby throughout the market...he was sleeping and did not spark up any conversation with the french. We purchased lamb for lunch today... Yumyum. Does not taste horribly gamey here.

I tanned while sifting rocks for Joy and Benoit's garden. Also disposing of cat poo that we found. I am about to lay down before my run tonight. I have still not figured out how many miles I have gone, as I cannot seem to find where we are on mapmystupidrun.com. Blah. So à tout a l'heure!

Après-crêpes

On mange trop! Food coma after crepes tonight. The babe stayed in my arms for the walk home, not really helping my four crepe full belly!





... I earned those four crepes btw. I ran down a hill in the sweaty-hot weather in new stupid turquoise shorts that make your thighs rub together. Yeah thanks H & M. But I will do it all the same tomorrow...

Bon nuit

- Rachel

Le premier jour en France

Well our first/ second day in france and we danced around Labége...looking for the mall. Labége was a cute suburban area with patio restaurants hiding between neighborhoods. We definitely would not mind if we found ourselves hungry and lost again. Silly, but I purchased running shorts for my run tonight at... H&M. It was fun speaking French again, however it was small words...j'ai cinq. Oui. Merci. Au revoir. It was a short day, we had to wait for bebe to feed/poop/sleep and repeat. Tomorrow we go to Toulouse city centre. Tonight...les crepes!









-Rachel

This is the ultimate

Teo is what I will be experiencing while visiting Toulouse for the first time. I am looking forward to being with family and warm weather. It has been 5 years since I have last been in France...so tu parle anglais? I look forward to update my loved ones on my travels. Let's hope the international outlet works. A tout a l'heure!

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Man Meat Episode 3

Man Meat does pancakes!

Man Meat- Episode 2

Tell Ur Wives, tell Ur husbands, Tell ur kids!

Man Meat Episode 1

My Bro's new cooking project. Watch and enjoy. They encourage responses.

Help Save Teeka's Leg!

Welcome Friends and Family,

Our dear friend Erin and her lovable dog Teeka has cancer.  Teeka needs to go through radiation or have her leg amputated. These doggy bills are adding up and morale is going down...please share a story, a friend, or a dollar amount of your ability to help Erin and Teeka through this ruff and tuff time.

PayPal link is below for a safe and easy way to donate what you can. Thank you.

"WOOF, Bark, Bowww, Woof, Woof"-Thank you and I promise I won't eat your socks.

     -love Teeka

Why Onions?

Is beauty really in the eye of the beholder. More over, is pain in the eye of the beholder? Or is the beholder holding back, holding back something great that the pain has succumbed to weakness. Curled and in deep misery. Posting, blogging, texting, thinking, but not talking.  Proof writing current thoughts later.  Feeding the world depressing chatter. Why? For others to read and ponder, to read and respond, to read and act, or to read and keep reading.  Internet attention is an easy way to put in peoples minds that you are here, you are here now.  We slumber while standing and dream while sleeping, what do you prefer? 

Our Anniversaire

Murphy and the ladybug

  

Some Notes from Up-Above

Where are we going? Why not max out a credit card...in the futuristic hopes of becoming quite successful in the world of greater good. It's hard to get great when everyone is adequatelyy good. Now is the time to suspend all moments of frugality accompanied by moral karma. Lift our legs into a high dive plunge toward a new moment, make it an effing memorable one. We have screwed ourselves deep and tangled. Breath deep and get out. Listen to your mom. Hug your dad. Love your husband.

Leve-toi and get started

I am beginning a new mission. Sweat for 30 min + (5 days a week) as well as apply and be accepted to a masters program. No mission is worth missioning without the help of an incentive. How about help from our friendly Apple products? I will be sweating and studying for an iPad. Why? Pour-quoi pas?

I will be taking advantage of Green Lake and my body by running for my 30 min. Yes, I hate running. But forking over $17 a day for Bikram, not gonnna happen 5 days a week. Here we go...

The Good Times are Killing me -Modest Mouse

Ever run and wonder why?

I figured it out. I know the end. There is no adventure, no mystery, until you make one. I realized that what I loved most about sports and life in general is the spontaneity. So I closed my eyes, let Cooper and the gravel guide me. I would open them feeling unaware and needing to re-adjust. I liked this. If it is not good, make it good. Leve-toi.