Monthly Archives: February 2008
Happy Valentine’s Day, Ms. Valentine…and Some Thoughts on My ‘Real’ Age
Today is Valentine’s Day and it’s also the birthday of a good friend of mine, LittleMsFirefly. She was born on Valentine’s Day and, you guessed it, her middle name is Valentine. She and I go a looong way back — I used to draw clothes for her paper dolls — and now she’s all grown … Continue reading
Gone Fishing Too
This is a sequel to Fishing in the Loo. Remember those blue specs that Twin1 broke and used as a fishing rod? They were on the carpet of the master’s bedroom (I kinda forgot about them) and Twin2 found them yesterday. And whaddya know? He wielded them just like he would a fishing rod and … Continue reading
Back to Work & Musings on the Romance Languages
After a 5-day weekend (!), it took superhuman effort to get myself to work this morning. My reluctance was partly because of my 11 a.m. meeting with 2 tough (read: unyielding!) Japanese suppliers. At least my morning was off to a good start, with all 3 kids to school and the twins to playschool without … Continue reading
Fishing in the Loo
When I woke up this morning, Twin1 was already in the toilet. He was standing in front of the toilet bowl, holding my blue spectacles (glasses) over the bowl, its left arm already broken (he broke it!), singing softly to himself “1, 2, 3, 4, 5, once I caught a fish alive…” He was pretending … Continue reading
Meet the Twins
Okay, okay, I must admit that this post is long overdue. I’ve written about the twins, a.k.a. The Human Pillows, in my 3rd post but have not formally introduced them to you. My excuse is a good one: I wanted to post alongside a nice, recent pic of them, preferably sleeping side by side, in … Continue reading
