I have been busy living large which is why you haven’t heard from me for the last few days.
Neylan took me to Jean Georges for my birthday.
How do you say YOWZA in French? (YOWZERRRR? Only don’t pronounce the “r” – it is silent, right?) Help me out with this one, Parker. I need your French pronunciation expertise, my brotha!
There are no words to describe how amazing it was.
It was divine dining. And they also peel the asparagus there, just in case you’re wondering.
Thank you, sweet friend for a gastronomic experience NEVER to be forgotten.
The following morning at 6:00 AM I was “up and at um” and painting our deck! I felt like Donna Reed.
Only I am pretty sure that Donna could button up her pants, and I can’t… at one point when Jan was taking these pictures he suggested that I pull my shirt over the top o’ my trousers. So I took his advice.
I look like I am concentrating on painting the deck but really I’m thinking to myself, “Hmmm! I wonder if I will ever be able to button up these pants again?”
I can’t blame dear Jean Georges for my predicament, as we only just met. So who can I blame? I am sure there is someone out there I can hold responsible (other than YOURS TRULY) for my inability to button-up said trousers.
I got the first coat on before 8:30 when Jan had a conference call.
Then I spent the rest of the day trying to get the mission accomplished.
It took great effort
And many stops
and starts and stops
and more stops and starts
At one point we had to completely walk away from the project and just play! Mom, I get why you couldn’t get anything done. It is impossible to do ANYTHING when little kids are around. By the end of the day I was so ticked off at my children I wondered to myself, “Is this worth me turning into a beastly mother?”
When I finally let go and stopped trying to get the deck finished things got better.
I got to play the prince
to Millie’s Rapunzel.
They kissed a lot.
It was fun.
And you know what? After dinner and putting the girls to bed I went back out side and finished what I had started.
And it looks BEAUTIFUL! If I do say so myself.
May 22nd, 2009 at 11:24 pm
I don’t know, Lize. I’m guessing there may have been a time or two when even Donna couldn’t pull it together. And that picture of you painting your deck looks more to me like how Chris Marten might paint his deck, cuz you be rockin’ that deck, my sistuh!
May 23rd, 2009 at 1:07 pm
It does look beautiful – it’s fantastic, in fact. And all the credit goes to Liza on this one – planning through to execution. And now we can enjoy dinner on the deck again!
May 23rd, 2009 at 6:36 pm
Love your blog Liza. I just painted my kids room (yes, they are all in the same room) before we moved in the new (craigslist version) bunk beds. Anyway, my mom was here or taking care of them and I was still occasionally mean and nasty to my kids. Let’s just say you handled things a little better than I did! 🙂 And I laughed about the pants buttoning. I know who you can blame by the way… those TWO beautiful little girls!
May 23rd, 2009 at 10:10 pm
Oh, man. I’ve got to get myself over to Madison, New Jersey.
June 1st, 2009 at 7:01 pm
It seriously was one of those one-of-a-kind New York nights that we seem to stumble into together. Can’t wait till the next one.