It’s over between us. We were good together but I have to move on. Wordpress offers me more control and you know I need that.
It’s not you.
It’s me.
I’m moving to fluteloop.com with a wordpress blog and I know I will be happy.
I wish you the best, you were always good to me.
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A polar bear attacked a women at the Berlin Zoo after she climbed a fence and jumped into its habitat during feeding time.
"People can't want what they want."
~Dr. Drew Pinksy
Last week was so doom and gloom, with the accident, injuries, and the insurance drama. So today I decided to just get out of the house. Ara needed a day of sunshine and running so much and it made me feel good to see her cheeks flushed with exercise and happiness. We walked to the park with the princess carriage loaded up with Ara’s tricycle, helmet, bouncy ball, water (it was hot today!), and strawberries to munch. It was a good day.
I received information in the mail from the Montessori preschool I was interested in. I was so excited because the website for the school says it is a charter school, meaning free tuition but it turns out only K-5th grade are free. Preschool is NOT free, in fact it would cost more than our rent per month. Plus they run on semesters like the school district and they are a month away from summer break. I feel discouraged. I think she would really benefit from a few hours a day in preschool. She is so smart and active and she is dying to play with kids her age. Between the car fiasco (buy a car, drive for a week, get smashed by a reckless driver, tons of out of pocket fees) and looking at these astronomical tuition rates I feel trapped by the almighty dollar. I keep thinking if only I could contribute the extra money we could do this for her. The school sessions are only 3 hours in the morning. Not really enough time to have a job. I think it’s time to put some effort into building my studio up again. She is just growing so fast I feel like the clock is ticking and I need to get everything just right. There are no “do-overs” in parenting!
Foam letters in a craft store create preschooler frienzy!
Ara takes so much joy in knowing all of her letters. We are working with her on knowing both the upper and lower cases and introducing small words. She is a cute little learning sponge with a pony tail and a too small shirt!
Here is a little factoid about me you may not know; I have funny feet. I walk on the outsides of my feet, I have the Filipino shuffle going on, and I’m convinced they are more flipper than foot. I’m ok with it, it’s part of who I am but until recently I thought I also had to accept that all shoes would be uncomfortable. Not so! Says the pretty shoe in the picture. Salomon Woman’s trail running shoes. The actual model I have are a little different but I couldn’t find a picture, this is close enough. This shoe, is my new favorite shoe. I expect shoes to hurt when they are new. I’ve accepted that as a fact of life. But these shoes felt wonderful from the first day. So, for all of my fellow weird footers out there.. don’t give up! And to the shoe fairies THANKS!
Ara told me I was a monkey. I said she looked like a banana and asked if she was yummy. She said, “no, I’m too hard and yucky”!
The photo is a shot I took back in October. Beautiful old pueblo style window framed with leaves.
I feel artistically blocked. I am trying to design a new site template for Wordpress now that I have control of my domain but I am drawing a blank. I wish I could remember my dream design (literally saw it in a dream).. I saw it so clearly a few weeks ago but now it’s poof! It’s been so long since I had so much freedom and I don’t know what to do with it!
We went to Target tonight and found some really cute Easter basket fillers. We looked at the actual basket selection and both A and I agreed that there was no point in buying a cheap wicker basket or in buying an over priced character basket that would only be used for one year. 
So we went to the home section and found a pink plastic tote that is perfect and only $2.99. A picked out some super cute new socks and panties for her and I grabbed a dozen plastic eggs. A Sesame Street book, toy truck, and we finally caved and got her another Fur Berrie. She has been asking for Blue Berry Bear since December, except she calls it “booboo fairy”.
Quick update on GoDaddy. You can now upgrade your account from IIS6 to IIS7 without deleting your account. It’s a simple setting change. Be warned though, you cannot downgrade once you make the jump to 7. After I upgraded I successfully installed wordpress through the GoDaddy interface with no problems.
I recently used GoDaddy to transfer a domain into my name but I neglected to update the whois information and when the old owner complained, GoDaddy charged me a $10 fee to process that complaint (by process I mean email me about the fee). I need to learn not to take things for granted… I didn’t see this one coming at all. I assumed the info would be updated once it was added to my account. Mistakes will cost you… be warned.
This was the first car I bought for myself. I paid $400 because the owner was an old air force buddy of my Dad's. Originally the car was for his teenage daughter, but she left to live with her Mom so I won! When I got the z it had been sitting for over a year and the inside had a fresh(ish) coat of black paint and thick pink house carpet. The original owner had sprayed every surface pink! A and I re carpeted the car and installed speakers in the back. We worked for hours on end doing everything ourselves. College students on summer break with no money but lots of time! We even managed to get the paint shiny (in most places) by buffing off the paint oxidation. Lots of work! My z treated me well. It had well over 200,000 miles on it but it ran like a champ. I loved it. The only problem was that it was so old and the parts were hard to find and expensive. After a few years I gave it to my Dad to work on as a hobby and had to move on. Mostly because I couldn't bear the thought of selling it. That's how it goes with our first car loves isn't it?
It has been collecting dust in my Dad's garage for years now, but he is moving soon so today he rolled it out. Right after the z saw sunlight the garbage collection came by and the driver leaned out the window wanting to know if it was for sale! I'm telling you, everyone wants the z because it's so obviously made of win. My Dad probably will sell it. So my car heart is breaking twice this month.
The z and the camry... good cars are so hard to find.
I tried to go motrin free last night. I woke up in tears from the pain. But before I woke up I was having the strangest dreams where my shoulder and neck hurt. I wish I could blog my dream world.
My unconcious is so entertaining!
Me: What does Spot have in his lunch box?
Ara: Yogurt balls
Me: What does monkey have?
Ara: A banana.
Me: And hippo?
Ara: Grapes.
Me: What about crocodile?
Ara: STEAK!
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