new life

well. it has been So Long, officially, that i can't even talk about how long it has been. i think once you reach a certain point of slacking off, it is only right that you be responsible, and don't mention it.

so i'm going to pretend that i've just been blogging this whole time and not even try to catch us all up on life. let's just start here.

ah....hi.

now that we are more-or-less settled into our cute tiny place, i have time to pick up some of my creativity again. which means that some days, after work, i find a project, sit on the couch, make a great wall of china of scraps and art mess all around me, and then get lost goofing around. then, scotto sends me a text, or gives me a call telling me he's finally on his way home and i spring into action! quick! make the bed! run the dishwasher! throw my scraps away! make it look like i haven't been sitting in the same place for the last couple of hours!

he's never cared whether or not the bed is made...but it's kind of fun going into whirlwind mode.

let me show you what i made yesterday :]

this is Cynthia

and this is Jorge

and they are both so excited to greet kirstie!

my sister in law (Kirstie) just moved down to san diego and is bunking at my parent's house for a while, so i wanted to give her something that would make her feel a little more at home/loved. hopefully cynthia and jorge can help.

it was so much fun creating them, i couldn't help it but i started to make one for our house as well. he's pretty cute so far.

it's been fun setting up our place, but there is still loads to do. some days though, you just have to chose your priorities. scott and i love to cook together, but we're still picking up some of the tricks of the trade. we plan on some day becoming fine chefs - running our own cooking show, "Germans cook with Chopsticks" ... but for now it's fun just to think something up, see if we have the fixins, and then go for the gold. and sometimes eating our hard earned meal, watching some season 1 ER, and trying out our Harry Potter moves to try to get the kitchen to clean itself, takes priority over Organizing the Hall Closet. that's just life.

for now though, i'm leaving my sandwich plate here, crumbs and all, and climbing into bed for a nice afternoon nap.

more on Diehlio life later.