i know spring is near when i begin to spy
my bunny in the back garden during the
afternoons. =) she disappears months in
the winter but continues to eat her carrots at
night. who knew bunnies could be nocturnal?
well, i hope it’s her and not
a skunk or giant palm tree rat! =O
so spring must just be around the [...]

Category Archives: mother's life
panda love
February 23, 2010 – 5:17 pm
a book by sweet pea
January 22, 2010 – 9:29 am
sweet pea came home from school yesterday
excitedly telling me she had made a book for me.
and this is its cover. tell me it’s not the cutest thing
you’ve ever seen? of course “j” is her and “c” is me,
curly hair and all. =D
we’re holding books! here is an excerpt from her story,
errors included. (it was a [...]
and the next six years
January 18, 2010 – 9:26 pm
i forgot to mention that i started my chinese
brush painting classes in 2001. a very frustrated,
impatient why can’t i paint beautifully right NOW
right AWAY brush art student. =)
we visited san francisco on my 30th birthday
in august 2003, when i was around seven months pregnant
with sweet pea. fotos were taken, me with my
rotund belly, but i [...]
tgifbm!
January 10, 2010 – 8:24 pm
*today, as the bubs helped their daddy search
for “treasures” with his metal detector. 8)
i’ve been tweet-bragging about our sunshine
and high 70’s temps and getting grouchy and
threatening replies from all over. =p what can
i say, i’m a southern cali girl through and through.
i’ll gladly trade “seasons” for constantly temperate
weather. and proximity to the beach. i don’t [...]
how could it possibly be 2010?
January 5, 2010 – 9:35 pm
i was watching the season 2 finale of The
Tudors last night, and feeling really very
anxious about it all. anne boleyn was beheaded
and altho i’ve read about this multiple times, it’s
quite another thing to see it acted out. there’s
something to be said about visuals. she was
executed in 1536 and the 500th anniversary
date will be in 2036. [...]