First, a recap of last year's word: routine ( Read more... )

Yesterday started out in the not-so-great camp. M was feverish Sunday night and had chesty, rattly cough (and laryngitis) so we opted to keep her home. I hadn't even showered when my parent arrived around 10:45am from Oceanside so I went ahead and got dressed for the evening though I knew I'd be getting some double-takes at work (and I did). M was ( Read more... )

This is a public post so a brief intro is in order. At the urgings of my friend, Anandi, I signed up for the Mondo Beyondo dreaming class (more of an extended workshop, really). A big part of it is learning to open up to your dreams and making yourself vulnerable to them, but at the same time not getting tied down by them. The way I interpret the ( Read more... )

I'm going to try this approach again because it worked well for me last year. First, a recap of "reclaim" from 2012. Keeping that word, and theme, in the back of my mind and also clearly outlining my goals and hopes for last year really worked. Not perfectly, of course, but well enough that it beat any typical new year resolutions ( Read more... )

Did you think that in the dawn of of the twenty-second century, after all the advancements that humanity has made, you would hear these words spoken in a country that prides itself on equal opportunity, freedom from oppression and individual rights ( Read more... )

A friend of mine recently participated in One Little Word, and it got me thinking. What would I choose for a word for 2012? I couldn't come up with one off the top of my head so I decided to process my thoughts here and hope that a word emerges naturally ( Read more... )

Technically it's been a month and a week, but yesterday was Maya's one-month checkup at the pediatrician. Fortunately she's been given a clean bill of health in spite of slight jaundice and having a hoarse voice since Tuesday night.  We were afraid she had a cold, but no. Phew!  She's also gained 2 lbs (8 lbs 4 oz now) and 2 inches of length since ( Read more... )

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I figured that with internet access all along our trip, I'd be able to post along the way about our various adventures.  Well, not so much because every day was super full.  It was all I could do to stay on top of email!  It was a worthy last child-free vacation, especially considering all the constraints I have, though it doesn't match up to some ( Read more... )

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