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Tony Leung, Dai Yu and Dai Lo

Mummy found these pictures in her old laptop. You were just over a year old when this was taken at Peak Lookout. You know it better as your Favorite Regular Saturday Brunch Restaurant because JD also gets to join us. … Continue reading

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Til Death Do Us Part. We Hope. (Part 2)

Dear Rockstar, The Wedding Roadshow: Mummy and Daddy considered ourselves married after our Vegas wedding because it was before God, at The Little White Chapel. We didn’t think He would mind we did it in Vegas with Elvis. Your grandparents … Continue reading

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Til Death Do Us Part. We Hope. (Part 1)

OK, Rockstar. So Mummy and Daddy were on our way to forever and ever, til death do us part – without having spent that much time to get to know each other. The only thing we really knew was we … Continue reading

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Significant Conversation #101

Rockstar could take or leave TV until someone presented him with an extremely addictive cartoon series on DVD. It was like he bit of the Apple – suddenly he didn’t want to read. He didn’t want to paint. He didn’t … Continue reading

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Toilet Training

Is it normal for a grown, previously professional working woman to feel like waving pom-poms after her 31mth old declared at night “I want to use the toilet”? It is not. Plus, Daddy got a call while he was in … Continue reading

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Absolutely Annoying Kiddie Entertainment

If there is a small child living near you, you’ve got to have been experienced this. Kiddie Entertainment Overload. The people who decide what’s on kiddie tv should make sure what they put up isn’t irritating after being watched repeatedly … Continue reading

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What I Did Today

After (again) reading Cherry’s blog (yes, I have a sometime-blogging friend! An. Actual. Friend I didn’t make while at work!) my heart (again) goes out to her. I was in That Place and Then Some couple years ago. The place … Continue reading

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Threesomes

About 15 years ago, my (then) gay best friend announced he wanted a baby. He’d just started dating someone, and in all the fervor of a dizzy not-quite-schoolgirl in love, he was ruminating overhis Options. Somewhere between a conversation about … Continue reading

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The Giant Stain

“SORREE MUMMEE SORREE MUMMEE SORREE MUMMEE……..!” Also known as my son’s Get Out Of Jail Free card. There is a humongous stain in a prominent spot on a dark wood finished tabletop, courtesy of a spilt bottle of hand sanitizer … Continue reading

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Pride and Prejudice

“She’s a very brave girl – that was quite a tumble!” I say encouragingly with a smile. I’m completely ignored by Brave Girl’s blonde and blue-eyed mother. Brave Girl who looks to be about 3-and-a-half tumbled off some foam steps … Continue reading

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