ZimWex Family Blog

Right Now

I am...

Helping Ella make her costume for today's Egyptian tomb presentation at school.  There are robes, belts, chokers, and lots of eyeliner...

Nagging Jerry to finish working on his tabloid newspaper about The Red Scare and the Crucible.

Amazed at what he can do on the computer, graphics wise.  My children's knowledge of how to make things look professional on the computer FAR surpasses my own....

Cuddling  up on the couch with Ella to watch American Idol, which we have long since embraced.

Rooting for Jessica Sanchez.*

Wondering how she made such a spectacularly bad song choice this week.

Wishing I had a wardrobe (and body) like J Lo's.

Planning our trip to Mexico Sunday. Back to the Mayan Riviera!

Worrying that somehow Ella's passport will not be rush renewed tomorrow.

Chastising myself for finding myself in this position yet again. How many times do I have to miss the expiration of my kid's passports before I learn the lesson?

Marvelling that this is the TENTH time I have applied for a passport for one of my children.

Unwrapping  a honey lemon Ricola cough drop for the cold I appear to be getting.

Staring at the three parking tickets I got this week and thinking about paying them.

Delivering Girl Scout Cookies. Forever.

Smiling as I finished Reading Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets to Ruby tonight. 

Certain that my Harry Potter accents are better than ever.

Reconsidering my afternoon cappucino. Could I do without it?

Awaiting Tanya's return home from London after a week.

Accepting that I am unlikely to get a pedicure prior to my trip.

What are you all up to right now?

AZ

*And Erika Van Pelt..that girl has a cool voice!

 

 

 

Christmas Photo 1:: First glimpse of the new typewriter.

O Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum*

Just a photo of one of Santa's little helpers...

AZ

*Um, what is a Tannenbaum?

Christmas Eve.

As last week was too busy to post anything at all, here is what I would have posted if I had been posting.

A glimpse of Christmas Eve...

Cookies (and chocolate covered strawberries) for Santa.

 

Stockings hung (not too far from) the chimney with care.*

 

And..how many times can i sneak out of my bedroom to "catch" Santa?

 Finally, at 2 in the morning, the tree is ready....

Unfortunately, no picture of their ungodly 4:45 AM wakeup, but believe me, it happened.

AZ 

* and made with care by my Mom.....in the pattern of ones that her own Mom had made...

Merry Christmas from all of us.

Boy, do we all need naps.

This week was a much needed break from blogging, in order to concentrate on things that really matter.

Firstly, it was emergency late night present wrapping (including a 1:00 AM trip to the corner bodega for scotch tape so as not to lose momentum..)

And then, it was absolutely necessary late night Wii Playing.  Beatles Rock Band, if you want to know.  

I will return to the blog this week and share a few Christmas photos/presents/thoughts...

In the meantime, I leave you with this picture of us on Christmas Eve (after our early departure from the Christmas pageant* and before Jerry's late night conversation on if there was really a Santa.)

Merry Christmas to all of you.

AZ 

*who needs Communion, anyway?

The kind of thing its hard to understand.

This perpetual line outside of the Marc Jacobs STUFF store.

 

Like the line outside of Magnolia and the wait for Piccolo Angolo, this seems to me a singular waste of time.

That said, I will surely end up in this line in a few weeks when I panic about not having begun any of my Christmas shopping and realize that this place is one of the few places on Bleecker Street that is affordable and close by.

But I am not yet sure if I will admit to that here on this blog. 

AZ
 

 

Only four ornaments broke.

AZ