In Memoriam

La Incomparada: Mi Querida Abuelita

Welcome back, riding season!

This picture sums up Bryan's birthday weekend. I surprised him with a new xm radio install on the motorcycle and then we tested it out all over Virginia and Maryland. As if he doesn't ride enough as it is!!
I love you, doll face!

Seriously? Yes.

So okay, anyone who has known me for a while knows that I am very clumsy. It used to be embarrassing for me, but as I get older, all I can really do is laugh about it. Some shit is just going to happen to you. Period. On that note, this is what I did in LA last month:

The Scene:
A gorgeous, picturesque pond in the middle of a field, on a few acres in beautiful Santa Barbara.

The Cast:
Oliver- A precocious, adorable little 4yr old.
Celly- His loving nanny.

O: "Celly, can we go in the boat? Celly, will you row me in the pond?"
C: "Sure, Doll. You stand here on the deck while I get in and then you hold my hand getting in."

And then........


I fell in the fucking pond. I did a very frantic, arms flailing, wobbly "WHOA!!!" and then the boat tipped and I was underwater. Hair dripping down past my butt, covered in green pond gunk (gross!), I sprang back up with a smile on my face because I didn't want Oli to get scared. But inside my head I was screaming, "I DID NOT just fall in the pond!!

My sweetest heart!

It's been a week that I returned from my work trip to Los Angeles. It's a very bittersweet thing. I love my clients, I get to see my family and I'm home in my city but I also wish my husband was with me. I love being near him, laughing with him, loving him. It goes without saying, there's a reason I married that man! It hurts a little inside that I go on these trips around the country without my love. Funny thing is, once I'm there I don't have time to dwell on it. I've got ten things going at once and my time is a whirlwind of people, places and things. Before I know it, I'm back in his arms and my heart is at peace. I don't know how we've managed, but we've been doing this for 9 years. I've been traveling in one form or another with my clients the entire time we've been together. Even in our early dating years we spent 10 months apart when I moved to Napa with my beloved Dallmans.

Bryan makes it possible. It's true, he's so supportive and strong! I don't think things through very often. I won't blink an eyelash while making plans to go away for weeks at a time, but then I'll cry all the way to the airport. He's the one grounded in reality, I'm the nut-job!

Okay, WOW! I didn't intend for this to be a love letter to my husband! I was going to post pics of my adventures in LA, but the words just started tripping out of my head so fast, I couldn't keep up. It's now made me nostalgic!


Boy meets Girl~ 2000


Boy buys Girl a house!~ 2009