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According to my flickr account, this picture is the “most viewed” out of all 3,508 pictures.

About this picture:

It was taken late summer 2005, right before Emily left to go live in France. We were 23. We were at Laura’s family’s house at the coast. We had spent the day shopping, laying in the sun, eating crab and drinking. In this picture, we were obviously intoxicated and had just applied fake tattoos, hence the posing. WHY IS THIS THE MOST VIEWED PICTURE? I think it’s because of Emily…who is going to kill me for posting this…but I am pretty sure she doesn’t read my blog. Heehee. The other star of this picture is Alana’s pink Juicy sweatshirt that I always wanted to permanently steal…PS, I am wearing head to toe Juicy in this picture, how very “2005/I work at Nordstrom” of me. Also, I am thin. I need to look at more pictures like this to remind myself that I won’t always be pregnant and enormous. Speaking of being pregnant and enormous, last night I broke down and took some of the requisite pregnancy profile shots. I will post them soon.

Tomorrow is another Pop Art Party! I need to rest up for the big day.

And Alexia is getting larger…

I am a whale (40 lbs and counting!). In other news, my dreams are getting weirder.

Tuesday night:

I dreamt I was at a staff meeting in our big downstairs conference room. The only thing weird was that the bottom of the floor had about a foot of water in it, like it was a giant communal bathtub. We all had special places on the conference table to put our shampoo and other shower supplies. I discovered my shampoo had run out, and had to use some of the person sitting next to me. I remember wondering how to wash the shampoo out of my hair without drawing attention to myself, and thinking, “wow, is it always this awkward to bathe? I don’t remember it being like this before.” The dream ended with my co-worker and I winning some big poetry contest and going to the national poetry contest competition.

Wednesday night:

Emily gave birth to a litter of kittens. They all looked like Basil, and ranged in size from really tiny to bigger. I was supposed to be taking care of them, but they were running around everywhere and I kept losing them. They slept inside this mechanical bed, and it kept catching on fire. I was very relieved to wake up.

Cooking with Emily and Alexia

One major thing that has changed in my life since I became pregnant is the fact that I cook now. Like, actual meals. This has been inspired by the two main themes of my pregnancy: boredom and lack of alcohol. I fill these voids with food, and my cravings are getting more and more specific as time goes on. I discovered that making my own food is the easiest way to satisfy Holland and her demands. Luckily, I live next door to a Safeway, so I can walk over there pretty much anytime to get what I need. The things I eat most often are ben & jerry’s, vegetables with ranch dip, bacon, broiled salmon and spaghetti and meatballs. However, last weekend I got a craving for asparagus and gorgonzola (??? yeah, I know), so Emily and I went to safeway and picked up some ingredients to make pasta. We were so impressed with the gourmet dish we managed to cook up, we decided to make something new every weekend and document it. Here is installment number one:

 Meal: Penne with gorgonzola sauce, asparagus and mushrooms, served with garlic bread. And candles.

For the sauce I melted cream, gorgonzola, parmesan, pepper and butter over low heat until it was melted. We baked the asparagus, sauteed the mushrooms, boiled the pasta and stirred it all together.