Miscellany

“The Piano”

09.19.2012

Jamaine tries to play “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” with her red and yellow toy piano. “Mommy, can you buy me a piano?” “Your piano is still okay, baby. It’s still working isn’t it?” “I mean a real piano, with the real sound. Not a toy.” First, it was a guitar, now it’s a piano. My [...]

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Dreaming of beds

09.19.2012

Seeing this bed on Pinterest makes me want to sleep, sleep and sleep some more. Would be nice to sleep on a custom mattress surrounded by fluffy pillows and cozy sheets. Lately, I’ve been having back pains because of sleeping between my girls’ uneven beds. We bought them single beds for their own room to [...]

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Taking the reading habit up a notch

08.26.2012

The books on my work table are piling up and that can only mean one thing: I need to start reading again. I was on a reading high at the beginning of the year, from zero books last year to about four books a month this year. I had a fiction phase then a business [...]

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Payback time

08.26.2012

Okay, maybe not really. What I meant was, payoff time. Got some good news last week that made me really happy: I stepped on the scales and I found out I already lost 10 pounds. Yay! Admittedly for quite some time, I’ve been a little lazy to go to the gym. Add to that, Kernan [...]

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