Lightening Update
Seems almost everyone we know is on Facebook, or talks to us on the phone, or sees us regularly-however, for those of you in the old school mode of catching up with us via Sluglife, here’s a quick summary of the last few months.
Biggest News this Year: Misha and Jeanny are set to welcome a baby boy the first week of November! Jordy and I are thrilled! We can’t wait to have a little nephew running around. The pregnancy has progressed well and Jeanny is healthy, and that’s all that we can ask for. So for now it’s the long wait until he makes his appearance in the world.
Other News: Jordy has gone back to school full time for a CS degree from Sonoma State. This means we are back in “student” mode, but it will be well worth it. To occupy my time while he’s in school this summer, I’ve signed up for a water cardio class at the JC that meets four nights a week, 2 hours a night. I love water and love to swim, but this class also includes deep water running and calisthenics and such, and will be a huge amount of fun! Can’t wait.
The chicken coop project is well under way, Jordy having cleared out the brush from the area that we want to build it in. We have our money ready and are finalizing plans, so construction will start as soon as we have a free weekend.
Best friend Jennifer and I have started back up with our summer canning-both of us having put in our tomatoes and gardens for the year. Last weekend we put up a ton of strawberry syrup-we were able to find beautiful strawberries at a farm outside Sebastopol and promptly dispatched them. We also made rose petal jam for the first time this season. Jennifer was able to find a 5-gallon pickling crock and I’ll be putting in pickling cucumber seeds this weekend.
This summer is packed-shows we have tickets too include Neko Case, Bedouin Soundclash and Rock the Bells at Shorline in August. In a weird twist, we ended up with the exact same seats we had for last year’s Rock the Bells. We’re going to Utah on vacation over Labor Day to spend some time with our good friends M.E. and Ellis.
June is a crazy month! My boss will be leaving our office at the end of June as she has accepted a CEO position with another non-profit. Our office is busily trying to tie things up and prepare for her departure-we wish her the best of luck! This weekend is the Memory Walk kick-off party, and our friends Andrew and Jen will be with us. The next weekend is my birthday-we’re having a big lunch a Chevy’s with all my co-workers for that, then the weekend after we’re down in the South Bay for my brother-in-law’s 30th birthday party and I’m having a girl’s day with my friend Tata. Then the weekend after that our friend Kim and her dog are up. Summer is here and I’m sooooo happy! This has turned out to be a wonderful year full of great surprises, and I can’t wait to see what’s around the corner!
