( notes for posterity )

It feels like Little Miss has been "almost two" for long enough already that actually having a birthday is a bit anticlimactic. But now it's official.

( birthday week festivities )

Right after Aria turned 11 months old, Dada was diagnosed with a slipped disc, and instructed to rest and not lift anything heavy (such as a 20-lb baby) -- so month 12 has been all about new babysitters for the afternoons. Grandma Bobbie and Uncle Rick came to visit from California for Aria's birthday, so we had a nice 4-day visit. We also started ( Read more... )

I beg you all will pardon the somewhat rambly nature of this rundown ( Read more... )

Backdated to May 6 for archival purposes, even though it took me until June 10 to actually post.

Note: All the accompanying pictures are here, on Flickr, if you want to scroll along; click through to the individual images if you want to read the captions and scroll through one at a time. They're occasionally a little out of sequence, because Mom's ( Read more... )

Happy birthday to the rockin' Dr. mangosteen! And many happy recurrences of the day.

Happy yesterbirthday of course to Dr. Tiger Boy, in observance of which I made him salmon with chipotle mashed sweet potatoes, and we went to Baskin Robbins -- to honor his 31st, not that they actually offer 31 flavors anymore -- and then the Good Time Emporium to use up ( Read more... )

Pizza and beer in 2.5 hours ( Read more... )

One of the few good things so far about the play being over: I have my "autumn" silk scarf back (it's been on duty for the past month as my Act III sash). I expect to find myself wearing it every day for the rest of October at least.

The fact that most of us went to see gilana and ironpoet in Shakespeare in Hollywood the very next afternoon helped ease the ( Read more... )

Dear Lord,

Please send us another 12 consecutive days of glorious fall weather just like this.

Love,
chanaleh

p.s. Please also inscribe gilana for a much-deserved happy birthday and all her heart's desires in the coming year!

Damn, it's nice to sit here and poke around LJ for 2 hours straight, like in the old days. *grin*

From bfudlmint and others: Calculate your Hebrew birthday... except I can already tell you that my Hebrew birthday is 16 Shvat. Careful readers will notice that this bears no relation to 10/6/1972, but carefuller readers will know why I'm sticking to it ( Read more... )