We celebrated my niece's 1st birthday this weekend. I anticipated a long afternoon with screaming kids and not much else. But it was fun! Her grandma sure knows how to throw a party. And the baby is so cute.

Next month: only one weekend out of town, and not as many birthdays, and a wedding! Whew!

On my way back up to the Bay area yesterday, I saw a little mini Winnebago, and my first thought was "Winnebaguette!"

And a friend of mine bought himself new running shoes recently in an effort to motivate himself to exercise. I couldn't help the giggles, however, when he told me that the men's socks were sold out so he had bought womens' running socks. The image of him running like a girl (in the stereotypical sense, of course) was so funny, it has become the new joke. Heehaw.

Maybe you had to be there.