Guitar Player, originally uploaded by Wendy Copley.

Zach took Wyatt over to Tom and Dee’s house for a visit tonight, so I had a chance to get some scrapbooking done. I made this page about Zach and his beloved guitar, Sunny. Journaling reads:

Zach and I had been together for more than five years (married for a few months) the first time I heard him play the guitar. I sort of knew he could play — he’d mentioned lessons a few times in the past — but I didn’t have a clue how good he was. He didn’t really start playing again until Wyatt was born. Since that time, he’s become a lot more serious about his playing, taking regular lessons, learning new songs and acquiring his beloved Martin, Sunny. I love hearing him play. It fills our home with warmth and music and make me content. But mostly I love how happy it makes my man.

I got some spam from Amazon about new spring toys or some such yesterday and right before I deleted it, one of the items caught my eye — a large-ish toy horse with a little girl sitting on it. It peaked my interest enough that I clicked the link and this is what I found:

Butterscotch Stallion*

Reading through the product feature list, I came across this gem:

Adults take note: Pony comes unassembled in box with head detatched. You may wish to not open the box around your children if they may be frightened by a box with a decapitated horse inside.**

That is quite possibly the funniest thing I’ve ever seen on Amazon.

* Apologies to anyone who thought this post was about the other, sexy, sexy Butterscotch Stallion.

** Dang. It looks like someone’s boss made them remove the line about the decapitated horse. Thankfully, it is saved here for future generations to enjoy.

I’ve been keeping a blog about Wyatt for two years now and for the most part I have something to say whenever I want to post. In that time, there have been many occasions when I wanted to write about something non-Wyatt related that I’m interested in but when I do, it kind of goes over like a lead balloon with my regular readers. I’ve been tossing around the idea of having a me-centric blog for awhile now and as you can see, I took the plunge a couple of weeks ago. But now that I’ve got my own space, I’ve found myself to be completely at a loss for interesting topics to write about. I think once I get my mojo going and get in the habit of writing more often, things will start rolling along, but until then I’ve decided to resort to blog memes and list-making. So without further ado, here are:

Four Things about Me
Four jobs I have had in my life:

• Donutland cashier
• Orientation coordinator
• Tech support lady
• Web developer

Four everyday things I couldn’t live without:

• tea
• hair bands
• my glasses
• cuddles on my boy

Four places I have lived:

• Cedar Rapids, IA
• Berkeley, CA
• Newport Beach, CA
• El Cerrito, CA

Four places I like to shop:

• Target
• Scrapbook Territory
• Trader Joes
• Fourth & Towne

Four TV shows I love to watch:

• Rome
• Veronica Mars
• Heroes
• My Name is Earl

Four places I have been on vacation:

• Europe (month long backpacking trip to: London, Amsterdam, Paris, Barcelona, Florence and Rome)
• Cairo, Egypt
• Key West, FL
• Maui, HI

Four of my favorite foods:

• mango
• ribeye steak
• cookies
• spaghetti

Four things I want to do/see in my lifetime:

• invent a cookie
• travel across the U. S. of A. in a big ol’ RV
• go to Greece
• see the Northern Lights

Don’t you want some of my delicious mango?

It’s deliciousness is deliciously delicious.

In this photo, I look like the mean lady up the street who yells at kids who walk on her lawn.

I came home yesterday and ate the rest of the Girl Scout cookies. (Stop judging me, Internet — there weren’t that many left.) So, that wasn’t a very good start to my week without sugar, but I decided to immediately hop back on the horse and I’ve done pretty well so far. Last night I had popcorn for a snack and this morning I’ve had two cups of tea with no sugar. Yay me!