So every year for I don’t know how many years (I’d have to look it up) we’ve had a Chinese New Year party. It’s something my husband, Tenzin, and I always wanted to do before we had kids but never managed to pull together. Then we tried to do it after kids and could never…
Just to be clear from the get-go, I like flowers. Nothing against flowers. I’ve received, grown, and bought many a flower that’s made my life a happier place. That said, I probably won’t be getting flowers on Valentine’s Day. There’s the slightest chance my husband and kids will stop off at the store on the…
I went and saw Les Miserables with a girlfriend the other night. It was an amazing movie, but for some reason, I still feel like I could just nitpick it to pieces. I’m starting to think this could be my calling — professional life nitpicker. Too bad I can’t get someone to pay me for that……
One of my favorite lines of all time is from Young Frankenstein (coincidentally just viewed by the kids and me the other night — they were, of course, totally impressed). Dr. Frankenstein and Igor have just pushed a coffin out of a grave, and Igor says, “Could be worse. Could be raining.” Cue thunder clap…
So this is basically how our morning went… Me (pointing at a photo of people shaking Joe Biden’s hand on the front page of the newspaper): Hey, look — if I would’ve gone to the Biden event yesterday, that could’ve been me. Newt: You’re in there? Me: No, I could’ve gone. And my friend had…
Last night I came home from a friend’s house to find this: Now to the untrained eye, this may look like a mere desk with some random (really random) stuff on it in a typical suburban home. But to me, it was — don’t laugh — the best anniversary present evah. Today is our fifteenth…
My husband, Tenzin, is sort of infamous for giving the kids a hard time. You’d think by now they’d know that they live in a house where half of what comes out of either parent’s mouth is pure crap. But apparently, not so much. Anyway, this is what transpired between Elfie and her dad after…
So I’ve been all over town today with my nails looking like this: Photo by Tammy Soong I have my 7-year-old daughter to thank for my new look. I never paint my fingernails, only my toenails (and even that gets dicey). But the other day her friend was over, and when 7-year-olds get ahold of…
Ah, Mother’s Day. You started out so well. Jasper, the puppy, miraculously slept most of the night. Tenzin, the husband, got up with the dog and let me sleep in. Then around 8:30, Elfie, the 7-year-old, brought me breakfast in bed. True, Tenzin made French toast with expired eggs and there’s a 50/50 chance I’ll…
The “Cute Greenhouse” My husband, Tenzin, is an E.R. doctor who’d rather be a gardner. Last year he wanted to put up a greenhouse, so we went to Costco and checked one out. Now I’m in no way dissing Costco — it’s provided us with half the stuff in our house — but I wasn’t…
So come on in. I made some Arnold Palmers. And a nice jello salad...
