Today is December 1st. My entire life I have lived in places where I would be wearing a winter coat by now. December has always meant holidays, cozy fireplace fires, hot chocolate with mini-marshmallows, wearing my scarf around the house, dreading getting into a cold car, making crock-pot dinners, big smiles when waking up to [...]
Entries from November 2008
November 27, 2008
Thankful.
Since we won’t be sitting round the dining room table surrounded by our beloved family amidst platters piled high with juicy turkey, stuffing, sweet potatoes, gravy and such, taking our turns telling everyone what we are thankful for, I will do it here.
I am thankful for our family, who supported us each and every step of [...]
November 25, 2008
Hunting for a turkey & Post-party thoughts
Not with a gun or anything, but by Wednesday I am determined to get us a turkey to cook this weekend. I did see turkey breast at the store, but not a whole turkey. I’ll do the best I can to find as many things as I can: stuffing, cranberry sauce, green beans, gravy (I can [...]
November 22, 2008
On the eve of your birthday
Cameron! How did the time go so fast? In honor of your 4th birthday, we were looking back at your baby pics, and your reaction to seeing yourself as a baby is so cute – you get a big smile on your face, all scrunched up, with a tilted head, and in a high voice you say “aw, [...]
November 18, 2008
Tuesdays: my day with Jake
When I signed the boys up for daycare, they had 2 days a week available for Cameron and only 1 day for Jake. So that left me with just Jake on Tuesdays and at first, to be honest, I was wondering if it was even worth it to have Cameron in if I still had [...]
November 17, 2008
Homesick? No, more like peoplesick
I do not miss my home, per sey. Because to me, as long as I am with Craig and the boys I am home. But I am starting to get that sinking feeling in my stomach for missing my people: My family. I knew it was going to happen & I was pretty sure it would hit right around now, [...]
November 15, 2008
Saturday 15 Nov
We got the letter, saying our personal items would be arriving today, arriving to the Port, not necessarily arriving to us. I have looked out the window, wondering if I will see the boat, oh wait — is that it? And then, will it really arrive today? I still have to wait 2 more weeks [...]
November 13, 2008
Oh the things I have seen, part deux
And this is just today: Sunrise (that is not a typo)-the sky & clouds colored pink and peach; the same man changing after his swim in the ocean for the past 3 days-I wish he realized that I can see him and do his excessive drying & changing elsewhere; the look on Jake’s face as he [...]
November 12, 2008
Shoo Fly & Oh the things I have seen
Oh My Gosh. Flies! They are relentless little buggers. And I was just told that this isn’t even that bad yet, they get worse. Worse? What?!? I am not over-reacting. Trust me – you would be freaking out too. I feel like those kids you see on the “Feed the homeless” commercials with the flies [...]
November 9, 2008
Lazy weekend
It’s Sunday afternoon, 5:38pm to be exact. And we had a pretty lazy weekend. Filled with random shopping, a fun Saturday night sushi dinner with a couple of friends and a good ol’ time at the beach. If I had it my way, we could play longer at the beach, digging a big hole (digging to [...]
