You can now find the blog at:
saxondeck.posterous.com
See you there!
Sunday, October 17
Tuesday, October 12
Movin' on up
I've outgrown blogger and am going to try Posterous for a while. We'll see how it goes.
Stay tuned for the new address! It will most likely be:
http:///www.saxondeck.posterous.com
Sunday, October 10
Nobody, not even the rain, has such small hands
Nam took this picture of Danielle and Emory and posted it on Facebook.
Tuesday, October 5
Sheep - in New Zealand!!!
We were driving up our street and saw this guy and his pet lamb. Iain brought the car to a screeching halt so I could leap out and take a picture. Apparently they live right down the street from us!
Sunday, October 3
1950
It's the weekend again and we're really, really REALLY loving our house. It gets fabulous light in the day (especially upstairs) and our yard is growing in nicely. I know I keep saying this but I can't WAIT for summer. Even Tama is excited and was racing around the yard and rolling around on the patio.
For no apparent reason, we both fell into uber-traditional male/female roles today: Iain mowed the lawn, pruned some trees, and took the car in for inspection. I did laundry, cleaned (sorta), and made lunch. Iain relaxed in the afternoon with a rugby game while I got a manicure.
Perhaps this evening I'll catch up on my needlepoint while Iain dives into some gin.
Iain got a teensy bit too aggressive with the pruning of the plum tree so we now have to hold it up with an old chair. In his defense, we didn't realize that the tree's center of gravity was so lopsided. We're hoping it doesn't die. He also got rid of all of the vines and weeds choking our palm tree - it looks loads better now!
Saturday, October 2
The Best Day EVER!
It was better than Christmas morning, better than my WEDDING (just kidding!!)
On Monday, September 27 at approximately 11am my iPhone 4 arrived!! My coworkers, wielding their inferior iPhone 3s, gathered 'round for what is hands down the best new product experience you can have: opening a brand new Apple product. The packaging and presentation is phenomenal, right down to the little paper-clip thingy for opening the SIM card holder. Work ceased for a few moments.
Life has changed for this internet-addicted social-media obsessed gal. Within a day I was posting Facebook statuses from the bus, checking into various Foursquare locations, Tweeting from the sidewalk and texting like crazy. Friends who already own smartphones congratulated me like I'd just had a baby or found Jesus. (only this is BETTER!!!!) Now when I attend marketing and advertising events I can be like all the cool kids!
The autospell on iPhones takes a bit of getting used to. "Skank" became "Shank" and the name "Orca" mysteriously appeared in a text to my friend Cecile. I guess there's a slight learning curve... But I've already discovered brilliant time wasting apps like Incredibooth which takes pictures that resemble the ones you get in a PhotoBooth. One click and it's on Facebook. Awesome.
Please prepare yourselves for thrilling future on-the-go blog entries like "Check out this guy on the bus", ""Funny Magazine Cover", or "I'm Sitting in a Restaurant, Iain's in the Bathroom so I'm Taking A Random Picture and Posting It on the Blog." It's gonna be great!
What are YOU doing this Saturday night? I know what I'M doing: downloading apps!!!!! I've already downloaded the essentials and a few others, including old-school Solitaire. I love you, iPhone! I think my marriage may suffer....
On Monday, September 27 at approximately 11am my iPhone 4 arrived!! My coworkers, wielding their inferior iPhone 3s, gathered 'round for what is hands down the best new product experience you can have: opening a brand new Apple product. The packaging and presentation is phenomenal, right down to the little paper-clip thingy for opening the SIM card holder. Work ceased for a few moments.
Life has changed for this internet-addicted social-media obsessed gal. Within a day I was posting Facebook statuses from the bus, checking into various Foursquare locations, Tweeting from the sidewalk and texting like crazy. Friends who already own smartphones congratulated me like I'd just had a baby or found Jesus. (only this is BETTER!!!!) Now when I attend marketing and advertising events I can be like all the cool kids!
The autospell on iPhones takes a bit of getting used to. "Skank" became "Shank" and the name "Orca" mysteriously appeared in a text to my friend Cecile. I guess there's a slight learning curve... But I've already discovered brilliant time wasting apps like Incredibooth which takes pictures that resemble the ones you get in a PhotoBooth. One click and it's on Facebook. Awesome.
Please prepare yourselves for thrilling future on-the-go blog entries like "Check out this guy on the bus", ""Funny Magazine Cover", or "I'm Sitting in a Restaurant, Iain's in the Bathroom so I'm Taking A Random Picture and Posting It on the Blog." It's gonna be great!
What are YOU doing this Saturday night? I know what I'M doing: downloading apps!!!!! I've already downloaded the essentials and a few others, including old-school Solitaire. I love you, iPhone! I think my marriage may suffer....
Gypsy Tea Room
We've had some a-MAZ-ing weather on the weekends. The weeks have been semi-crappy, but once Saturday hits - damn! I'll take a little rain on a Tuesday if it means drinks with friends outside on Saturday.
Last weekend, on a whim, we drove to The Gypsy Tea Room. You may remember The Gypsy Tea Room from such blog entries as Julia's Birthday.
Julia and our friend Tash live in the neighborhood so we met up with them and Julia's bf Ian. It was just such a novelty to be able to sit outside again! Bring on spring and summer!!! The place was really hopping, too -- you can tell that everyone is just DONE with winter and rain.
After drinks, Iain and I picked up an American style pizza from Sal's. Thank god for Sal's.
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