today i decide that i will be more forgiving about my ample bottom. seen at a news stand this month's issue of reader's digest- "big bottoms protect against diabetes". a pear-shaped figure could be good for your health as subcutaneous fat that's typically found in your hips, bottom and thighs helps reduce insulin levels protecting you from diabetes.
celebrate pear day!
rum-and-raisins and pear sorbet from the udders. yum!
have a creamy weekend!
this is three year old emma.
she likes to jump. hop. climb. run. basically she's on the move like the energizer battery bunny that goes on and on and on. except she's faster and stronger and scarier. she climbs on my back and with her "faster faster" and "again and again", i have to tell her that "this horse is sick and thirsty and need to rest" to which she says, "here take this (pretend) medicine and here's some (pretend) water ok?" "Ok, get up get up get up again again again AGAIN!!!!!!"
"ok now you have to come to my school." her bedroom is also a make-shift classroom where you learn to read and sing. it's 7 pm. "but i'm hungry and everyone is going to have dinner." "noooooooooo come come!!!" she uses her whole body weight to pull my arm. "no emma, let's go have dinner. we'll go to school later." "no no no come come now!!!" "we'll do it after dinner ok, let's eat". "WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH". sigh.
i have a lady bug on my hand. emma tears open the sheets of stickers i just got her. "hmm...thank you emma, that's pretty." a few minutes later, the sticker comes off and i show her a sad face. "don't cry. if you don't have a sticker on your hand, i'll always have a sticker for your hand ok? here". a few seconds later, i have a bunch of insects and one panda bear crawling all over my arm.
we decide to go to the shopping mall and i discover that a conversation with a three year old is quite different with a thirty year old. "stop running" "where are you going?" "hold my hand" "look, if you don't stop running, you're going to get lost and i won't be able to find you ok?" "stop running, you hear!" "stop running!!!" "come here!!!" "do you hear me???" "STOP RUNNING!!!"
impossible.
hello! how have you been?
i am back from visiting my nieces in melbourne. and i had a great time. no phones ringing, no busy streets, no high rise buildings, no deadlines. just cool weather, blue skies, gentle streets and home cooked meals. oh, and dancing and singing at the top of my lungs with a 3-year-old. i can't think of a better way to spend my week. here are some pics.
i hope the week ahead is kind to you. may quiet moments find you in peaceful contentment.
goodbye for just a little while. i will be far far away. exactly 3674 miles away with nothing but blue skies and an idle mind. woohoo!
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my father bought a parrot. yes a parrot. it used to be the fishes that he was talking to but this time, he talks to lucky. lucky is able to answer his questions. i don't know what it says in reply but apparently my father does. i am tempted to make a short movie- 'a man and his bird'. hmm sounds kinda wrong. maybe 'a man and his parrot'. much like the indie film 'old partner' which is story of a man and his ox and his wife jealous of the bond he has with his ox. except in my story, the wife doesn't get jealous. in fact, she is relieved. the old man has found something else to do instead of getting-in-the-way.
this week has been a long week and i'm not sure the weekends are any better. i find myself having to be adaptable to all things unpredictable. this weekend is a work weekend but i got do other things like attend the premier of 'fighting spiders' which i really enjoyed. do watch for it on tv come april 14. tomorrow night will be the president's command performance and i will be in a dress. fancy that. it's been a while. wearing a dress i mean.
hope you're having a fancy weekend.
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