Love
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Wordless Wednesday ~ Pic from a Memorial Day Picnic in the Park
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Happy Birthday, Darling!
Happy Birthday to my wonderful and amazing husband, Ted! I hope this is a wonderful year for you, and that all of your dreams come true! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZmGzFD-k8c[/youtube] I wonder if anyone has missed what an amazing weekend this has been for Calvin Borel? First he won the Kentucky Oaks on Rachel Alexandra by over 20 lengths on Friday. The Kentucky Oaks is like the Kentucky Derby, but it’s for fillies only. People have been saying that Rachel Alexandra outclassed the horses in Saturday’s Derby by a mile, and if she had run, she probably would have wiped up the field with them. They say she’s the best 3 year old…
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25 Things About Maya
You’ve all seen the Facebook Meme, 25 Things about me, right? Well, today is Maya’s 13th birthday, so in her honor, I thought I’d take a stab at 25 Things About Maya for you. As you can see in the photo, she’s absolutely gorgeous. She’s a loyal friend. She loves the group, Paramore, and all things Twilight. She loves her iPod. She’s generous. She offered to give me her Target gift card when I mentioned that I liked a top there, but new clothes weren’t in my budget. She’s kind. She doesn’t let this get in the way of her wicked sense of humor. She volunteers at a local animal…
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Sleepless Thoughts…
The other night, I was starting to drift off to sleep, and for some reason, the thought popped into my head, that Maya is going to be a teenager soon. 13, on March 29th. Not that I haven’t realized this for awhile, but still, somehow, the idea that she is going to be 13 suddenly made me feel OLD. I mean, the teen years…who doesn’t remember the teen years? Some of the best and the worst in your life, with friendships that change, young love that opens your heart like a flower and crushes you at the same time, cruel jests from bullies, school getting harder when it has always…
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Thankful
My plan for today’s blog was to make a Thursday 13, and list 13 things for which I am thankful. Family, friends, our health, having a job, good elections, etc. etc. As so often happens, though, life got in the way. Let me tell you what happened. Ted and I use WordPress to maintain our blogs. Ted’s really good about updating his blog to the most current version of WordPress, but often the update comes with a small hand full of problems. There will be something new that he has to tweak, and it takes time, and blah blah blah. Me? I’m more the “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix…
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Back to Work
Autumn’s Mom did a guest appearance over at The Mommy Diaries last week, and this morning I thought I’d see what else was going on over there. Well, another guest blogger had stopped by, DC Urban Dad, and he wrote a post about being thankful for his wonderful wife. In that post, he mentioned that his wife has been home with their baby for these last several months, but that time is coming to an end, and she’ll be back at work soon. It was a nice post, but really, what it triggered for me was memories, memories of my first day back at work after having Maya. Maya was…
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Wordless Wednesday
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Wordless Wednesday – Saturday Edition
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Birthdays…
Traditionally, I am very punctual when it comes to birthdays. If you’re going to get a card or a gift from me (and not everyone does, don’t be hurt…remember, I’m poor), you’ll get it on time. For some reason, I have a weird gift for remembering birthdays, and it’s important to me that people know that I love them and was thinking of them. I would like to brag about this gift and be especially proud of it, but that’s like being proud of having green/brown eyes, or long fingers, or moles. It’s just how I’m made. I don’t have to work at it. At all. However, it seems like…
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More Anniversary Stuff!
For anyone who’s interested, Ted and I put together a cute (albeit longish) picture show, with commentary, with some of the pictures from our wedding, lo these 15 years ago. Ted worked on it for HOURS, and it’s pretty groovy. You get a bit of a feel for the day, which was hot, and the wedding, which was Hindu, and the ceremony, which was FUN. Check it out!
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We Are In Love
I know you so well I can tell by the sound of your voice If you’re really in love with me And you are And you are You know I can’t lie If I say to you ‘baby, I love you’ Then baby, I love you Oh, and I do Yes, I do I do… could it be that’s the Phrase you thought never would phase you Well baby, you better hold on tight ‘Cause I’m the one who’s supposed to Kneel down and propose, well alright Ooo, well I might, I might So, when I kiss you good-night Just sleep tight with the thought that you’ll Always be caught…
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Mom’s obit
Joycelyn Ward April 23, 1942 – June 15, 2008 We mourn the loss of Lilith Joycelyn Ward. She leaves behind her daughter, Julie, her son, Richard, her brother, Forrest, her sister Lori, her mother, Virginia, her Aunt Florence, and her many nieces and nephews, and their children. And of course, she was Maya’s Granny. Joycelyn was born in Oakland, CA, and moved a great deal in her lifetime. She lived in California for much of her life, most recently in Sacramento and Citrus Heights, but also spent many years in Stockton and Berkeley. She lived in Juneau, Alaska from 1993 until February of this year. She devoted much of her…
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What Is Love?
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=v6nB71tqgB8[/youtube] Last night in yoga class, I was tied up in my own world and thoughts and pose, and then I looked over at Maya next to me, all twisty herself, and I thought, “child, no one will ever love you the way I do…”. And then, when my brain was supposed to be empty, or at least focusing on the pose, I drifted off into thinking about the different types of love. I mean, no one will ever love a child like their parents. No one. And perhaps mother’s love is different from a father’s love as well. And, no one will ever love a parent like their children. …
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Happy Birthday Sweetheart!
Today is Ted’s birthday, and I hope it’s a wonderful day, and a wonderful weekend. He’s starting the celebrations with dinner, Friday, with his brother Steve. Then on Saturday, a bbq party with the rest of the family, including his mom’s famous potato salad, and yummy cake (white cake with fresh strawberries in the middle, and whipped cream frosting. Yum). Sunday is a RUSH concert, which he sees whenever they come around, but the fact that they’re here for his birthday ROCKS. 🙂 So it should be a lovely birthday, and I hope he has a LOT of fun. Happy Birthday, Honey! Love, p.s. Yay to Guam, who is voting…
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