dear mom - happy birthday! happy 62nd birthday!! now, who wants cupcakes? how i wish i could say those very words to you, to your face, on this very day. december 16th. it’s funny how time passes so quickly. the past four years have given me allowance to move on with life, but the time… [Read more…]
dear silly monkey - today i held your hand while you stepped onto new soil – kindergarten. your first day, albeit half, of real school. and you were the picture perfect, independent, big boy. so here are three things i would like to apologize for: 1. i’m sorry for my sad faces. i’m not sad b/c… [Read more…]
alternate post title = PHOTO 365 – DAYS 147-153: B/C I SHOES. STILL… i purchased an amazing pair of seychelles a few months ago. they were on sale, orange, suede, platformed and i needed them. all the reviews said to order 1/2 size up. so i ordered 1/2 size up. i ripped into the package… [Read more…]
dear mom: i thought this year’s anniversary would be different. i admit, i didn’t cry yesterday. or the day before. though each and everyday for the past two weeks, i’ve felt a painful twinge right here, in my heart. when i woke this morning without doubling over in sadness, i figured i could perhaps make… [Read more…]
i had a great night out, last night, with my dearest friend, mechelle. the place we went was crazy loud and we could rarely hear what the other said, repeating most things at least 10 times before giving up and pretending that we knew what the other had said. on one occasion, i tried to… [Read more…]
alternate post title = PHOTO 365 – DAY 123: IT’S A FRIGGIN’ MESS IN HERE… yesterday was my sister’s bday. since we weren’t having her party/dinner until tomorrow, we decided to postpone the sugar coma for a day. i started baking when i got up this morning afternoon. and finished around 7pm. mich asked for… [Read more…]
alternate post title = STILL HAVE WEDDING HAIR… alternateALTERnate post title = PHOTO 365 – DAY 122: SHUT UP… conversation #1: unconventionally handsome stranger boy to girl… that’s a BIG flower! what flower? THAT one. oh. yea. ok. is it real? yes. really?!! no. you’re funny. i know. conversation #2: co-worker boy to girl… could… [Read more…]
DAY ONE HUNDRED and TWENTY ONE: it’s too quiet here. and clean… even the dog is sad. we really miss monkey. like, totally a lot.
alternate post title = PHOTO 365 – DAY 120: STUFF A SOCK IN IT… my sister walked into my office today and told me i looked like i was going to a wedding. apparently my up-do and hair flowers were a little formal for the office. perhaps they were also too formal for my morning… [Read more…]
DAY ONE HUNDRED and NINETEEN: hmmm… 16 bottles for $10. smart water. smart purchase.
DAY ONE HUNDRED and EIGHTEEN: happy 4th, y’all. much appreciation in the air. and thanks in the sky…
i miss monkey. 18 days without him may just kill me! i have made a list of to-dos a mile long. after grooming my cat (NOT a metaphor! 100% literal!!), the next thing to do was to clean up and organize the house. i swapped the ginormous ottoman for monkey’s old train table, so he… [Read more…]
December 16, 2011
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