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6-Year-Old Birthday Cake
My 6-year-old loves sugar, but he doesn't love cake. Frosting man. He'll eat cookies and I tried that for a cake one year, but it was not a hit. At least not with my son. This year he requested his favorite cake-like substance, and who am I to deny my son his birthday wish? So [...]
30 Years Ago Today
My Mom died. Death anniversaries may not be what most people celebrate, but maybe because I've had one in my life for SO long, it seems important to me. I just read something she wrote me when we moved to Maui in 1972 and it must have seemed like going to the frontier compared to [...]
Birthday Heaven
Today is my youngest son's birthday – he's 6! Woo-hoo! Yes, we're all very excited. Here's how he celebrated today: Chocolate Chip pancakes for breakfast. Opening presents from family members. Every Lego Star Wars set he asked for and then some. Cupcakes delivered to school (by me) to share with the class after lunch. And In-n-Out [...]
Gung Hey Fat Choy!
Day late and a dollar short, but I got here… Happy New Year — and a prosperous year of the Ox to all!
My Kids Are So Psyched For The New DS Game!
SouthPeak games has released "Big Bang Mini" and my kids can't wait to try it out! It's in stores now (as of January 20th — hmm, something ELSE cool happened that day, too. What was it?) Anyway, here's a screen shot of it. Check it out, all you ds fans!! I'll post a review as [...]
The 100 Things List Update
My friends Julia and Jenny have found the 100 Things list and have gone to town! Jenny is asking for a story about some of the things on the list — so I posted one in her comments here. And then I thought of one I wanted to tell here. It's about when I got chicken [...]
I’m Keeping All My Platelets Today, Thank You Very Much
I went up to UCLA to donate platelets today with my friend Nini, and guess who has a low hemoglobin count? Yes, that's right. Me. Not low enough to call me anemic, but low enough that I can't donate until I build it all back up again. So I'm power-loading spinach and red kidney beans, [...]
January Summer
It was such a gorgeous day and I really wanted to spend a little time at the beach, so I packed up some snacks and swooped up the kids after school for a surprise trip to Venice. It was warm and clear and I was SO glad we went! But the water was pretty cold! [...]
Visiting A Chinese Grocery Store
We had dim sum at our favorite spot in Monterey Park and then stopped to pick up a few things at the grocery store next door, a grocery store that is so well-named, it must be shown: This is the only grocery store I should ever shop at again! I love Chinese signs and I [...]