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DEAR SILLY MONKEY – THE SECOND GRADE EDITION (CHAPTER ONE)…
dear silly monkey – what the heck happened to you?! you’re all… tall and sporting leg hair! and i’m pretty sure you have a mustache! i can only surmise you somehow fashioned a time machine and zoomed us all into the future b/c there is simply no acceptable explanation for the fact that you are, […]
DEAR SILLY MONKEY – THE FIRST GRADE EDITION (CHAPTER TWO)…
May 30, 2013
dear silly monkey – you did it! you successfully argued with me every day before school! but more importantly, you completed your very first year of real grade school. way to go, monkey!! so, just like every letter before, and in typical mommy fashion, here are three things i would like to apologize for: 1. i’m […]
ALL LIFE DEMANDS STRUGGLE. THOSE WHO HAVE EVERYTHING GIVEN TO THEM BECOME LAZY, SELFISH, AND INSENSITIVE TO THE REAL VALUES OF LIFE. THE VERY STRIVING AND HARD WORK THAT WE SO CONSTANTLY TRY TO AVOID IS THE MAJOR BUILDING BLOCK IN THE PERSON WE ARE TODAY.
March 12, 2013
i am not going to lie. i am overwhelmed. i thought i was busy before babyA, what with monkey & B & school & work, but as i stood at my kitchen sink last night, hand washing the thousand pieces of dr. brown’s bottle parts and the hundreds of pieces to my nursing equipment & prepping bottles […]
DEAR SILLY MONKEY – THE FIRST GRADE EDITION…
August 22, 2012
dear silly monkey – first grade. FIRST GRADE. OMG MY BABY IS IN FIRST GRADE!!! today, you are entering the world of real-real school. sure, kindergarten was real school. but first grade begins the path of twelve grades that will teach you, cultivate you and make you realize just how much this world can offer […]
LIFE IS ALWAYS A RICH AND STEADY TIME WHEN YOU ARE WAITING FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN OR HATCH…
July 30, 2012
it’s hard to believe i’m nearly half-way through this pregnancy. ok, so if you saw me, perhaps you’d be all… “really, b/c you look about 3/4 of the way through this pregnancy”, but i digress. half-way! it’s probably a good thing that i still have many a weeks before babyA arrives b/c i’m not sure […]
DEAR SILLY MONKEY – THE KINDERGARTEN EDITION…
August 18, 2011
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 […]
B/C I SHOES…
August 8, 2011
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 […]
ROSES, AND PINKS, AND VIOLETS, TO ADORN. THE SHRINE OF FLORA IN HER EARLY MAY…
July 8, 2011
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 […]
PHOTO 365 – DAY 117: FALLING TO PIECES…
July 3, 2011
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 […]
PHOTO 365 – DAY 116: CARDS AFTER DEATH…
July 2, 2011
i hate shopping for greeting cards. i inevitably run across the ONE section i so very miss choosing cards from. DAY ONE HUNDRED and SIXTEEN: the MOM section… i used to buy my mom a card every month or two, for no reason at all, in addition to the holiday & bday ones. i loved […]
PHOTO 365 – DAY 113: JUST MAKE DO…
June 29, 2011
in honor of my friend’s bday, monkey & i baked cupcakes, which we then covered in high heel shaped sprinkles. surprise, surprise. i live in the house of sugarSUGARsugar. (at least 99% of leaves the house before it enters my mouth!) we had left over cake batter & buttercream after making the half batch of cupcakes, […]
PHOTO 365 – DAY 112: TIME SUCK…
June 28, 2011
a friend of mine MADE me check out pinterest. dammit!!! another friend was right. it’s a total, beautiful, amazing, inspiring time suck!! if you can avoid it. DO! DAY ONE HUNDRED and TWELVE: ok wait. maybe you should head on over…
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