Dear friends… my stress monkeys took quite a toll on me this past month with work, and I’m really ready for August to be fun and happy and joyous. Or at least I’ll convince myself that it is, because it’s so silly to worry about so many things that are out of your control.
Which [...]
summer time, summer time, sumsumsummer time
It’s almost officially summer (June 21st) … but it’s already heating up here. Poor Miss L’s head keeps growing bigger… so even as her hair grows out, it’s not long enough to put in pigtails and keep it tame. So, yeah, this is what happens when [...]
If you’ve happened to find yourself browsing around a toy store in your spare hours of the day, you’ve almost certainly come across the Playmobil playsets.
And if you have… you know that they can get kind of wacky. Stop yourself in your tracks and think, “What the heck is going on here?!?” kind of [...]
Aunt Sadie’s Grass candle from Everything Smells
The most powerful memory I have from the day Mr. M proposed? The smell of the fresh cut grass at the Rose Bowl. Not sure a candle would bring it back, but maybe it’s a bit better than the GRASS [...]
On Saturday, we made another trip down to Emeryville to visit PIXAR Studio’s during their only “kinda open to the public” day with the whole family in tow. Last year, Baby M visited by proxy in my tummy, but this year she was able to play along and enjoy the whole place with us!
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This morning, at 10am, I took a quick coffee break to visit the GAP down the street from my office. And, because I was incredibly lucky that most college students don’t like to wake up before noon on Fridays, I got myself a free pair of jeans due to a Facebook [...]
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. Happy Halloween everyone!
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Can you guess what our family’s costume theme was?
I’ll give you a clue… I’m missing spikes (due to my severe inability to sew them)… .
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And Baby M? She’s almost “toothless”…
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Did you guess it yet?
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Just in case you had any random questions…
http://www.formspring.me/kimmichelle
I have jury duty tomorrow, so I figured formspring might be a fun way to pass the time!
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As we walked up to the doors, Mr. M had no clue where we were going nor what was inside. He didn’t google, and therefore the surprise I thought was ruined was really still fully in tact. We were here:
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Morimoto’s newest restaurant location in Napa. You know,
Keeping birthday plans from your husband is a difficult task, as the element of surprise is most definitely an art I have yet to perfect. As Mr. M’s birthday was on Tuesday, I had asked him to keep Saturday evening free and clear for the last part of his birthday celebration. He logically assumed we [...]
Today, I’m saying goodbye to one of my closest material friends: my yellow car. Since the fall of 2001, she’s been with me through many adventures, but that journey ends when she meets the fate of the dreaded “trade-in” at the car lot today. She was the sorority taxi in college, the “Hey, I’m driving [...]
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You may recognize the crazy but devilishly handsome man above. His name is Mr. M and he’s my husband. And Lena’s Dad. And Memphis’ Dad. And Basse’s kick-back buddy.
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And he now has a blog.
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It’s called ThisDad and it’s located at thisdad.com.
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He caught the mini-blog [...]
