So, a year and a half ago, at ZB’s 11th birthday, I took this picture, and my heart broke a little. I love all of the little boys in that photo–the one on the left has since moved away, but I talk to his mom sometimes on FB, and I’d seen him grow, playing soccer… Read More

Okay, so it was fairly cool today– 85 or so–and the pool was actually cold if you weren’t working really hard.  And then the aqua instructor (my friend, Trina) sort of blew my mind. “You know, I was watching ads for that new Tarzan movie, and I don’t know who the guy is who’s playing… Read More

I admit– I was a little skeptical when my parents invited us to bring our dogs for a “dog party” during the 4th of July. They live in Placer County, which has lots of long, dry grass, and fireworks were illegal this year. Instead of the traditional fireworks, my parents invited people with dogs, so… Read More

Okay, lady–sit down here. It’s all gonna be okay, ma’am, just tell us how it happened. Well, Officer, it started out like any other Friday. Took the kids to the pool, everybody got lunch, went down for a nap. And then I woke up from a nap and it all went to shit. So what… Read More

Apologies for missing the blog last night. Actually started a conversation with my significant other, and oddly enough, work did not figure into it.   Anyway– it was a pleasant little break but I’m back again (sorry!) and although my life hasn’t gotten any more exciting than it was yesterday (when I posted about how… Read More

I was expecting the heating and air guy to show up sometime today. I was NOT expecting him when I was sans bra at 8:15 in the morning. I mean, not that I BLAME him– all the better to crawl around up on top of our roof without getting cooked like a bug on a… Read More

So, we have hit the 104 degree days, with about 30% humidity. It’s not Texas or the Imperial Valley, but it ain’t bad. I went to my aqua class today, and the instructor’s speaker went out right before the end of the class.  The pool was full, of course, and the instructor (who is a… Read More

Okay, so I saw Finding Dory today and loved it.  Damned fish– they made me cry. Also, the voice talent is just so awesome– Ellen DeGeneres, Ed O’Neil, Ty Burrell. I loved them all.  *happy sigh* I love animated story telling–it’s a magical gestalt where all of the best of human talent comes to play…. Read More

The Zen of the Monterey Bay Aquarium– we went twice. Zenning at the aquarium. Literally AT it. These pix were taken while I stood in the same place. Our kids in their dive jammies, paying close attention toinstructions. Squish’s “no bullshit line” is firmly in place, andZoobmoy has his blank “processing” look on. A happy… Read More

So, yesterday I attempted to send a truckload of photos to my computer and the internet crashed like a train without brakes. Today, I have endeavored to save the pictures until I’m home and have some real internet, but I thought I could share a few moments from the vacation thus far: *  The kids… Read More