Deer watching from the house

Merry Christmas Eve Eve

Numb thumb

So this is my brace, which i'm grateful for because: 1- doc wanted to do a cast and I can remove this to bathe 2- i have a lot less shooting or burning pain

Seems that when I hurt it at the beginning of November I sprained it and broke a small little bone in my hand which is *bizarre* since MY super power is super strong bones. But I digress... I pressed on thinking it would get better and it didn't. It got worse. Like when I picked up an envelope (not kidding) and it damn near brought me to my knees in pain. Or when I went to pull my hair into a pony tail and just about cried. So to the PT I went for a few sessions. Stayed the same then got worse. Funny, once my thumb went numb I about lost my mind. You know that throbbing sensation right after your thumb gets slammed in a door or under a book or something? Yeah, well, a few days of that will about put you over the edge.

So on to another sports medicine dr who X-rays and does a few other tests and voilà! Hand out of commission.

So there it is. The story of my gimp hand and why I've not been emailing/blogging/texting/ much for the past couple months. As it turns out: you can opt-out of those activities. You cannot, however, opt-out of: diaper changes, bath time or general baby holding and picking-up. So I'll do what I can and hopefully when I go back in 6 weeks to the dr, it gas improved and I don't have to get that cast afterall.

Mind crossing your fingers for me?

Brain Teaser

As I was cleaning up tonight, I asked myself: Which of these items seems out of place?

Hot Mess

Me or the shorty?

 Photosession yesterday =disaster. Missed nap, refused bottle. Stoic, spacey, red-faced, non smiling Shorty. Poor little buddy. But Ashley is incredibly talented -easily the most gifted photographer I know or have met - so I'm sure she did something magical. 

Meanwhile, I talked the dr out of a cast today so instead have a massive brace that seemingly has my arm on lockdown. More to come on that. 

Typing (well, almost all tasks that involve hands and/or arms) is especially challenging and I've realized that while I write left handed- I do almost everything else right-handed. 

Happy hump day team! 

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Roots

My paperwhites are well on their way to a lovely post Christmas bloom! I feel like a kid all giddy each day when I see that they've grown some more.

California Playdate

I LOVE Angie's post.

Not only because she includes pics and gives a great recap, but she is so positive. See, it's true, the Shorty did beautifully on his first flights to and from San Fransisco which Angie so sweetly highlighted. However... at lunch with the Paulsons at The Ritz at Half Moon Bay... he has never been so loud, discontented and rambunctious. All while sweet little Hank looked on, slightly amused, slightly confused by his little friend's squawks. A key part of the day Angie happily omit. So lovely of her. As for the munchkin: I'm not sure what to make of it, but he *might* have an opinion of the The Ritz Carlton that he was trying to convey... we'll leave it at that.

As for the rest... we definitely had a great time with Team Paulson and eagerly await the day when you guys tell us you are packin' it up and movin' to Austin!

Sat morning coffee & contest

It was a bit chilly this morning and we needed to drop off tickets at my parents' house so we loaded up the car and are having coffee at our favorite local gelateria & coffee shop. Turns out, they are having a hand-turkey contest so the shorty & I happily participated. Unlike many participants' theme, we did not go with the "peace, love, no dead turkey, eat tofu!" theme. But we are proud of our submission, nonetheless.

Happy thanksgiving spirit.

The Enemy of Perfection

So this evening as I ate my dinner, talked about work and fed the baby with the (seemingly attention-starved) cat sitting in my lap, it hit me: I haven't blogged in awhile. Was it the business trip that took a week of prep to match my week on the road? The photo sessions and related post-production endless task list? Maybe it was because of the newly-crawling, teething kiddo and adjustment to the time change and all that entails? Could it be the trips to the vet and the kitty-girl overcoming her illness that just about sent her to kitty girl heaven? Maybe it's the house redecorating? It surely wasn't the distraction of UT football. For all the times I get super busy, I still find time to blog. Why haven't I? I have tons of stories, updates and vignettes in my head, just bouncing around and itching to get out... so why?

My cousin recently emailed and asked us to compile photos and stories for my Grandmother's upcoming 90th birthday (yet another undone-to-do) and something she included at the end of the request was compelling. Maybe I should think on it a bit more until it REALLY sinks in... but on to it: "Don't let perfect be the enemy of good enough" In an effort to make things just right, don't put so much effort into it that you don't finish it and move on to the next thing.

You laugh. Think this was directed at me? Case in point?

So yes, I have managed to skip over some blog-worthy happenings which about drives me bonkers. It's one thing with things are just crusin' along, nothing to report, and I'm feeling the creative impulse to scribble. But uggh, to have content yet haven't captured it is like an itch I can't scratch. Did I mention I *actually* worked out? YES! THREE, count 'em THREE trips to Vinyasa Yoga (that's three 90 minute sessions of power yoga in a heated room). I mean, that's SOMETHING.

With all these things scrolling through my cabeza, I kept thinking I'd back-blog them. But alas, I give up. Maybe I'll have a very slow next couple weeks and have the chance to do just that. Ah, note to self: next week is Thanksgiving. Is it possible? (Time to bust out the Charlie Brown!)

And so in summary, I offer the following... Here 'tis:
-work trip damn near did me in... but I made lemonade: flew the boys to meet me in San Fran and we enjoyed spectacular weather. Even the locals were in awe.
-for now, I've managed to stave off the 2 week trip to Brazil. Seriously? Brazil. Don't get me started on the irony. and related eye-rolling frustration.
-The kitty girl is in full recovery. However, she has a new problem... for years she was a bit, shall we say, overly fluffy? (read: morbidly obese and on diet food for years, to no avail). She has dropped from ~20 lbs to a frail 5 1/2 lbs and as we have been working to pack the pounds back on, she has made progress. Along with it, she's become less irritable. whew. few things as mood altering as a cranky kitty. ESPECIALLY an hour after the baby has gone to sleep.
-yoga. see above. Mmmmmm. yay.
-the house make-over has been delightful. makes me wonder why i didn't do this early.
-we had our first over-night away from the bebe. Mr. Price and I got away for about 36 hours for a lovely stay at Barton Creek Resort while the shorty's delighted Nana got the pleasure of snuggling and playing with the little charmer. And a good time was had by all.

that's all I've got for now, team. Diving back into photoshop for the balance of the evening for a photo shoot of a babino with several large souvenirs of recent fun-gone-awry (aka scratches, bruises and bumps) that we'd prefer not preserve. good times.

over & out.

Good nights rest on a good trip home