I walked back from the mailbox excited last night. In my hands was Mr. M’s latest ESPN Magazine, but instead of the typical male athlete on the cover, it was Danica. A full issue devoted to women’s s...
At 2.25 years old, Miss L loves her music more than ever! She gets to sing each day during circle time at school, dance at the end of the day, and we sing at least 2 songs each night before going to ...
Hi. My name is Kim and I don’t like to buy more than 2 pillows/pillow covers at a time. I blame it on the fact that pillows/pillow covers are insanely expensive for what they are. Or rather, more tha...
This year, I get to “see” my first group of students graduate from college… on Facebook. And while I’m not going to any celebrations in person, but I’m definitely “like-ing” the heck out of all of th...
My admiration for all things “not quite all” Pooh Bear started in high school philosophy and theology classes when I found “The Tao of Pooh” and “The Te of Piglet.” It was then that I realized the fu...
This past week, I tried to pull off a big surprise for Mr. M. While he was away on a “mancation” – I decided to make a big gesture and go through with a house update all on my own. So… I decided to r...
I was in the middle of cutting tomatoes on Monday night for that night’s dinner pizzas. I felt a tap on my leg, which quickly became a full on body hug from the munchkin. “Mommy! Let’s ride bikes!” “...
May your day be filled with flowers and love and moms!
Four years ago… this was us! Happy as clams to be new homeowners! After wading through the first wave of foreclosures in our area (trust me – we saw lots of crazy stuff) and the last of the “newly co...
You may realize that I have a bit of an admiration for cookbooks. And magazines with recipes. I’ll blame it on the Gourmet and Bon Appetit magazines that I used to peruse at my Grandma’s house… and t...
Each Spring, UCLA puts on an epic all-campus talent show known simply as “Spring Sing.” It’s held in the outdoor tennis arena (the Los Angeles Tennis Center) on a usually warm Spring nigh...
Picnic Day at UC Davis is a 98 year-old tradition and the largest student run event in the country. It started out as simply a day to escape from the hectic early 20th century life on Berkeley’s camp...
Last night, Miss L and I were gazing up at the starlight from her twilight turtle, and singing bedtime songs as we do each night. It was while singing along to one of her new favorites, “The Rainbow ...
Sometime last month, I started to get really angry every time I saw a DirecTV advertisement, be it in the paper or on TV. You know… the ones that promise you the moon and stars for negative money. I ...
I’m not quite sure I’ll ever be able to go to a conference center again without comparing it to the most beautiful one in the world. Seriously. Vancouver definitely decided to knock their visitors ba...
When I saw the prints from the Diane von Furstenberg collection for GAP Kids, I thought they looked familiar in some way. And then I remembered that I had somehow managed to wear all of these prints/...
In the age of abundant DSLRs, one sometimes forgets why anyone would spend lots of money for family portraits. But then when you begin to realize just how hard it is to wrangle a 2 year old in...
This story is close to the “viral point” … so please excuse me if you’ve seen it already. But treasuring and celebrating imagination is something that I feel is close to being a lost art. So go on… w...
Last year, Miss L wasn’t walking at 14 months, so there was no Easter egg hunt for us. But this year was a whole different story. She learned to love peeps and bunnies and how to hunt for eggs wherev...
A few weeks ago, my Dad sent a text message to Mr. M with this photo from an Easter long ago: When Miss L saw it, she immediately said, “That’s L!” Despite Mr. M trying to correct her, she tried clai...
I’m definitely one of those people who have enjoyed the “throwback” references that have infused modern living due to the wildly popular AMC series Mad Men. From the collection of clothes from Banana...
It must have been all the dried cherries that Miss L has been gobbling up lately, because everything with those little red fruits looks like the most delicious thing ever these days. Either that, or ...
Once I got home from the Tinker Bell 1/2 Marathon with my medal, I knew I wanted to be able to frame it in some nice memorable way. First, because it’s just too darn pretty not to, and secondly, beca...
I tend to think of family lineage within the past few generations… who came over to America from where and basically how in the heck both sides of the family ended up in Northern Californi...
March has always been a wonderful month in my heart, because it’s when my favorite sports pastime is embraced by the masses (be it for good reasons or just an urge to gamble/win) and college basketba...
Last week, I went to grab my phone from my purse, I couldn’t find it. My heart stopped a little as I dug and dug through the random contents of my purse… and I still didn’t seem to find it. So, I too...
Miss L has quite a bit of Irish blood in her veins, and sometimes you might mistake her for a little leprechaun. Devious smiles… … inquisitive looks… … and all around giggles. ———&#...
I was having a conversation the other day with coworkers about work attire, and dresses and boots and shoes and heels… which ended up a the “do you wear heels?” question that I often get routed to in...
I’m incredibly happy that Daylight Savings time is here, despite my complete inability to wake up an hour early this whole week. It means that when we get home from work, there is actually a chance t...
mojitea by Argo Tea Long gone are the days of Snapple Iced Tea looking delicious and appealing at the market, especially when you have people willing to taste and experiment with something other tha...
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