Monthly Archives: August 2009

According to the calendar, I am 52 today. Which doesn’t make sense to me. Fifty-two is absolutely adulthood. It’s not unclear, like 27 or 34. If one is 52, one should be mature. I am so not mature. Steve said … Continue reading →

On the west side of Maui there is an old sugar cane plant, decrepit and rusty and lovely, just waiting for a family to stop and take it’s photo. We obliged, of course.  No threatening “keep out” signs, no barriers … Continue reading →

kate’s first day of kindergarten, then alex’s. now one is starting her last year of college (or university, as they refer to it in canada) and the other is off to her first year of high school (and mom still … Continue reading →

1. School starts tomorrow. High School. As in not preschool, elementary school, or junior high. I can do this. Oh, I’m not the one going you say? Yes, Miss Alex is oh-so-ready. Last night she pulled out a canvas bag … Continue reading →

Fresh pulled mozzarella. I am in love. Seriously. I take my cheese pretty seriously, and we eat fresh mozzarella (or at least I thought it was fresh) pretty regularly in the summer. On Friday, a client invited me to the … Continue reading →

I still have a few more Maui posts. Saving them for Fridays, because we wouldn’t want to be on holiday all the time, would we? We were still in Hana on our last full day in Maui. We didn’t think … Continue reading →

Kate’s back to school experience is almost invisible to us, once we’ve paid the tuition. But Alex’s is just around the corner, and this year it’s the big corner. The…High…School. (Our district is one of the few in the country … Continue reading →

Megan’s awesome shirt Alex and her friends, aka Team Awesome, completed their second Relay for Life this weekend. They walked for 24 hours (at least one person on the track at all times), raising more than $2000 (they’ve been doing … Continue reading →

Steve found Spidey on the beach in Hana….well, he was under the sand, but we dug him up and took a few photos. The only other family on the beach was confused, and perhaps, bemused. We considered bringing him home, … Continue reading →

I am slowly returning to reality. I am having a real life, but still have four or five more Maui blog posts to go. While I acclimate to Davis, CA, I bring you my version of the blues. I’ve always … Continue reading →