just a quick hello...

watching eddie izzard's "dressed to kill" with my favorite human being
drinking my current favorite beer
watching eddie izzard (my boyfriend)
sitting in front of the fan because it is one hundred fncking degrees outside on december twenty-sixth, which is a bit ridiculous if you ask me
watching number one on my list (yes, that list)
enjoying both boys sleeping
watching eddie talk dirty to me (well, maybe not. he is just being his witty, intelligent self again. which, to me, is talking dirty.)
trying to keep cool in this god awful heat
drinking another beer
loving my new friends (psv in the mutha fmcking hayowse!)
planning where to put all of those new toys that are littered all over my floor
thanking santa for all of my wonderful gifts
loving and missing so many people
drooling, thinking about chorizo breakfast burrito special from tamale kitchen in lakewood colorado (i could eat one every single day. don't believe me? ask bob.)
a little more drooling, but this time it is focussed a bit more on eddie than green chile
again with the drooling and thinking about taco bell
yet again drooling, thinking about anything remotely resembling mexican food
or eddie izzard and...
loving so much about this crazy life. i think about this often: two years ago, who would have known that we would settle in so easily here, in this warm, beachy place with our two little boys? i certainly didn't. it was a very good decision. so good.
thanks for all the love, support and gifts. a very merry christmas to you and yours.

I don't want to speak too soon, but it looks like I might have figured out the whole two babies napping at the same time thing. I can't believe I typed that out loud. So that's how I am posting. Hopefully I'll be able to make this happen daily. Man, I hope I didn't just jinx it.
The napping at the same time thing has been happening for a couple weeks now. As a result, I have been able to get some crafting done. Christmas presents, ornaments, bags are all on the done list. Still to do? So much. Too much. I am just now, for the first time in years, feeling like I am ready to work a little. Not enough to need to get a nanny or put the kiddos in daycare though. I think if I can find a few clients who have ongoing photographic needs or if I can get hooked up with some local publications I will have enough work to feel like I am contributing but not so much that Scott and my mama can't handle the childcare responsibilities. One great thing about shooting food is that weekends are go time for all restaurants. Almost all of my meetings and shoots in the past have been on the weekend. Work has been falling into my lap so far. We live in a place where people have a lot of money and nothing to spend it on. It is good to be a creative professional in an economy like Perth's. I have a lot to say about this subject but it is all boring so I'll stop.
Another thing I have been working on is almost ready to be revealed. It is not world changing, but before I offer it up I need to be sure it is perfect. This project has taken me in a new direction. It is exciting to create something that I feel is valuable, creative and novel. I hope to have my final product ready to go by the end of this weekend. It is going to take a few more coordinated napping times to make that happen.

The happy nappers: