Month: June 2011

Yesterday was quite the day, with its highs and lows. For the high, I submit this: Sammy was presented his black belt at the start of class. For the lows, be thankful I did not take a picture. But let me paint you said picture with words: During class, Sammy started to look run–down and…

Joshie is 4, and like all of our kids, the Terrible Twos really never were. But don’t let that smile fool you. Because with Joshie, that stage came at 4. Until a couple of days ago. He would get angry, upset, cry, yell…basically throw a huge tantrum…when he didn’t want to do something. Especially when it…

Julius Caesar entered Rome under the banner of saving the Republic. Within years, reforms were instituted, power was consolidated, and the very Republic that he claimed to be saving was replaced with a dictatorship. The French Revolution overthrew the monarchy, enacted reforms, established the Republic…and within years they had Napoleon as dictator. These are just two of…

The on-call doc for our pediatrician’s office just called, and it’s official. As suspected, it’s the culprit pictured above that’s been the source of our family’s two weeks of on and off misery and repeated trips to Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital. If you don’t recognize the face of evil from the mug shot, it’s rotavirus,…

Because of Maddie going to her followup at the doctor’s, I had Mika and Joshie with me taking Sammy to taekwondo today. After dropping Sammy off for his assistant instructor time, we did some errands and also got a snack. When we got back to the dojang, we sat in the car and finished our…

Yes, dramatic title. Setting: kitchen table, tonight, as we were doing our read-aloud of Carry On, Mr. Bowditch. The below scenario in which I inhaled a mouthful of water and almost drowned. Background: a couple chapters previously, the booked mentioned something about a sextant, which, of course, is a navigational instrument. However, I created an alternate definition,…

Had an employee at a client’s today seemed surprised that I have four kiddos. She said I looked too young to have four. Is there a form of color blindness that cannot distinguish between the brown and grey in my hair and beard? Just wonderin’…

We are the bad neighbor. But not like you think. Here’s the background: immediately upon moving into the new place six months ago, the next door neighbor came over to introduce himself. The slightly odd things immediately stood out, but others after. The immediate red flags were that he made a point to be negative…

We’d like to thank the following sponsors who made Sammy’s black belt testing possible… (click on logos for websites and contact information, other info below) Kim & Kim CPAs Klaudia Conradt Cornerstone Financial Strategies (visit website for Cornerstone in social media!) IT Service Works …and a very generous individual I’ve “met” through twitter: @lathario Without…

The first part of Sammy’s black belt testing was last night…here are some shots: And an action shot! He did so amazingly well…we are so proud of him. Next part is later this morning: sparring and breaking.