happy birthday raoul!

  2 years ago you were just a teeny tiny baby that i got to see for only a few seconds before the doctors whisked you away for observation.  now you're a bona fide toddler with energy to rival all the energizer bunnies in the world!  thank you for bringing so much love and joy to our hearts.  happy 2nd birthday raoul!!! ...

happy birthday chelo!

to my sister from another mother, birthday wishes and prayers from my heart to yours!  i couldn't decide which card suits you best, so i made two! =)  you are such a wonderful friend chelo, with a warm heart, a beautiful soul, oodles of talent, a fantastic singing voice to rival the best of them, oh, and a fabulous taste in shoes! hahahha! what more can i say?  you seem to have...

on books, pathos, and insanity (or why i changed my site title)

it all started with a conversation i had with my sister maia several days ago.  we were talking about terry pratchett and how reading his books always makes us happy.  but maia went on to defend pathos in books and said that a good cry is always therapeutic, so she likes to read them once in a while.  i disagreed, but for very personal reasons.  growing up, i was such a drama...

baby shoes

you've outgrown them. in more ways than one.after this month you'll be needing "real" shoes that will help you as you take your first steps on your own.  it's a bittersweet realization, but that's what every milestone feels like.  bye bye baby sho...

my favorite author of all time

it is easy to dismiss terry pratchett as just another fantasy author.  (after all, what else can he be if he writes about a world that travels through space on the backs of four elephants that stand on the back of a giant turtle?)  this guy is a bloody genius, that's what he is. he is a master storyteller, with an intensely creative imagination...

futile attempts

living in a home where i'm the only female makes it very challenging for me to add some "girly" touches to the decor.  for example, there is a vase of silk flowers in the living room. they're actually really nice artsy ones except that more often than not, there's bound to be a plane, a rocket, or a bat on top of it.last weekend i bought myself an earring organizer. you know, one of those pretty...

thank you tita ayen!

thank you tita ayen for the super cute onesie!look, i'm wearing it now!...