Personal Threads

Taking Flight

I took the red-eye to South Carolina last night, changing planes in Chicago early this morning. With only a few hours of sleep, I keep eyeing the bed but I’m trying to stay up to get on East coast time. Trying to reconnect with my Mom’s persnickety cat is a distraction. It’s hard to tell … Read more

Tears in the Fabric

When I find myself so busy that I can’t catch my breath, I often make quick notes on blog post ideas. Ideally I get back to them in a day or two, but in this case it’s been a few weeks now: [June 30, 2007] Attending the Celebration of Life for our dear friend Marylou … Read more

California Healthy Pets Act

Could it be that we might actually pass this bill requiring that pets be spayed or neutered? It managed to pass the Assembly 41-38 much to the frustration of the American Kennel Club, because Assemblywomen Karnette and Richardson voted yes after promising to abstain. Despite the fact that the bill has an exception for breeders … Read more

Life’s Mysteries

Neil and I have been using Palm PDAs for years now since buying our first – the Tungsten T. When we discovered the Palm DualDate software program, we soon realized that it was a great tool for marriage harmony. It was simple. I could send my calendar to his Palm to be viewed on a … Read more

Memory Lane

The celebration of my birthday started yesterday with a little celebration at our staff meeting. I arrived to find flowers at my desk and my favorite salad from the local cafe as lunch for everyone. This was of course followed by cake – chocolate cake (my Mom made me chocolate cake every year as it was my unwavering favorite). My husband surprised me with a gift plan – some for my birthday eve and some for the next morning. We then finished the day off with dinner at one of my favorite restaurants, Alegria. It’s downtown near where we used to live and we rarely get over there anymore. We reminisced about old times, as did my Mom and I when I called her today. This all led to me searching for the photo of my Mom and I eating at Alegria seven years ago when we were celebrating both my birthday and my graduation from Cal State Long Beach.

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It’s My Birthday!

Whooo hooo!!! ::horns blowing:: The much anticipated day has arrived and I feel… pretty much the same. But I’m sure tons of wisdom is just going to smack into me any second now or maybe while I’m sleeping. Look out forty-somethings here I come 🙂