Posted in Birthday, Family on November 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
We had a small family birthday party for Max tonight at my in-laws. My MIL baked the cake and then commanded my FIL to decorate it, barking orders at him something about green and the Incredible Hulk. This is what he came up with:
The Incredible Hulk One-Eyed Clown? Awe, just kidding, Max ate the eye. [...]
Posted in Allergy Diet, Depression, Family, Transition on November 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Saturday started out pretty rough.
Words for a writer are like paint for a painter and wood for a carpenter. Heart and Soul would rot of death if they had no access to the written word. Had I been stricken with this awful disease before typewriters graced the tips of calloused fast fingers, if I had [...]
Posted in Family, Holidays on November 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Lola, dressed as I dunno what, an extra in a Stanly Kubrick film? and The Fairy Princess, BellaGrace:
Our family is growing and I have to say, it is sweet to witness. However, last night I really did not want Max to hold the two-week old baby because he’s getting over a cold. When I said [...]
Posted in Boundaries, Family, Transition on August 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
if i want my mil’s help with max and bella because i have an appointment, first and foremost, i have to ask her with full preparation that she will not do it. this is a must. i have to ask her as if i don’t need her help but that if she happen to be [...]
Posted in Boundaries, Family, Transition on August 1, 2009 | Comments Off
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i dropped max off with his lola, today (“lola” is what filipino’s call their grandma and “lolo” is the word for grandpa, but my father-in-law, a manly white man, refused to answer to LOLO). she offered to take the kids and i out to lunch, so i accepted the [...]
Posted in Family, Home, Words on July 28, 2009 | Comments Off
it takes the average child about 20 seconds to undo a days worth of housework. it takes my children about half that amount of time. talk about a lesson in detachment to the fruit of one’s labor.
Posted in Family, Money on July 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
oh, money, how i have neglected you so. see, i’d rather not think about you, i like spending without wondering how much i have left, or whether or not more will be coming in. yes, i know, not the most financially responsible way to live.
this morning, i checked our bank account and was elated [...]
Posted in Family on July 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »
these summer days are reminiscent of slower times working in a bookstore, before starting my new job as a homemaker. times when i’d find deliberate projects to pass the hours. they were always tedious, yet, interesting. those small projects that allowed a worker to touch each cover and just be, a book lover. i’d take [...]
Posted in Family, Holidays on July 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
hal and i took the kids to my in-law’s house yesterday for the 4th. we were expecting a bbq, our BIL, SIL and their kids, and maybe one or two of MIL’s friend’s to be over there celebrating. it ended up being MIL, FIL and our little family with no fired-up grill. this actually left [...]
Posted in Boundaries, Family, Words on July 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“jump! jump! jump!”
“watch me! max!”
they bounce from one bed to the next. learning how to jump and bounce off one another in such a way that one doesn’t go crying to mama.
“i wanna show you a trick.” max says to bella. “close your eyes.”
he runs to the next room, a trick up his shirtless sleeve, [...]
