And if I had a boat
I'd go out on the ocean
And if I had a pony
I'd ride him on my boat
And we could all together
Go out on the ocean
Me upon my pony on my boat

After many days of spinning around and debating things like where to stay, how to get there and what to knit, my family is preparing to leave on our BIG TRIP.

Nothing like a couple of weeks here to really make you feel like you're on vacation.

One of the nicest things about Neel being a scientist (aside from how lovely it is to be married to someone who truly loves what he does in the world) is scientific-meeting season.  It's a meeting that's getting us here in the first place, but as long as we flew all this way we may as well tack on a few days of family fun.

And since I know you're wondering, I'm taking  Monkey Socks, a scarf pattern (lace) and trying some embroidery (thanks again, Alicia, for your timely and inspiring post).  I will take lots of photos and hope to download and post as we go.  Keep checking back!

Kiss my ass I bought a boat
I'm going out to sea

These flowers are from my mom.

Hope you all are having a lovely day, mothers or no. I slept in (no really, SLEPT IN) this morning and we had a lovely Mother's Day brunch followed by a leisurely afternoon where I won mom-of-the day by going to the driving range.

My best present was a card Callum made for me. It features the two of us chained together...FOREVER.

Now that's a lovely sentiment.