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• A happy goodbye

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  Between the Christmas and the New Year's Eve parties; the holiday-inspired eating; the last-minute shopping and wrapping of presents; the phone calls to family and friends; the cleaning, baking, cooking; and--yes--the relaxing, I have found some time to think about my blogging.
  
  After much internal debate, I have decided' [...]
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  Posted: January 01, 2008, 3:16am EST
  

• Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

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  I've decided that I need a vacation from blogging so I'm going to take one. Have a great Christmas and a Happy New Year! I'll be back in 2008.
  
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  Posted: December 17, 2007, 6:56pm EST
  

• Santa Mommy reporting

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  [Updated: I don't know what I was thinking but it's actually only 8 days until Christmas. Oh my! Maybe I should be panicked after all.]
  
  T minus 11 days! I'm feeling good about this Christmas season. I'm done shopping for the kids and for Mike, and the remaining items [...]
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  Posted: December 16, 2007, 4:52pm EST
  

• 'Tis the season to be teary

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  I don't know what's wrong with me. The other day I was taking the kids to art class when the holiday classic Little Drummer Boy came on the radio. Before I could sing, "pa rum pum pum pum," I was crying so hard I could barely see to drive.
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  Posted: December 14, 2007, 2:49pm EST
  

• Close encounters of the caller ID kind

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  "This bottle of champagne is for my hairdresser."
  
  "Is it customary to give your hairdresser a Christmas present?"
  
  "Well, I really like her and I think we have a friendship. Like today when I called to make an appointment, she knew it was me on the phone."
  
  [...]
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  Posted: December 13, 2007, 12:08pm EST
  

• A perfectly pleasant place

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  I was out to dinner with some friends recently and we started talking about the suburban paradise in which we live. Our city, San Mateo, is a suburban town located 20 miles south of San Francisco. It boasts a population of about 92,000 people. It's nice here, certainly a nice' [...]
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  Posted: December 12, 2007, 2:12pm EST
  

• Hair of the Ruffles

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  MOM is just WOW upside down
  Originally uploaded by marytsao Is it possible to get a hangover from too many chips smothered with French onion soup mix dip? If so, I had one this morning after pigging [...]
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  Posted: December 12, 2007, 1:02am EST
  

• On pirates and horses

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  Emily and Santa
  Originally uploaded by marytsao I'm alive!
  
  I'm alive, but busy, busy, busy. What else is new? December is definitely my crazy-making month. Thomas's birthday was a three-day event filled with lots of' [...]
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  Posted: December 11, 2007, 1:46am EST
  

• And the winner is...

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  Flying
  Originally uploaded by marytsao The winner of the giant Miffy doll giveaway is Zoe! [UPDATED -- Zoe, Your email address isn't working. Please email me mary dot tsao at gmail dot com and send me' [...]
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  Posted: December 06, 2007, 12:41pm EST
  

• Holiday card roundup 2006

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  I did this in 2005, and it was a lot of fun. I meant to do it again in 2006, but then I never got around to it. In fact, I completely forgot about the idea until I discovered a box yesterday filled with--that's right!--the holiday cards we got' [...]
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  Posted: December 05, 2007, 7:56pm EST
  

• Chicken soup and holiday cards

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  Christmas tree: after
  Originally uploaded by marytsao It was raining when we woke up today and shortly after a heavy fog set in. The kids and I decided it was a bad day to leave the house. [...]
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  Posted: December 05, 2007, 2:10am EST
  

• My Kingdom for a Miffy

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  What a great weekend. It was so nice not to have to blog or work on a novel. I want to tell you all about what I did do, but first I promised my good friend Mir that I would help her in her quest to [...]
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  Posted: December 03, 2007, 10:36am EST
  

• NaBloPoMo happy dance

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  Freakazoids, robots, please report to the dance floor.
  
  I did it! I posted every day this month, thereby successfully completing National Blog Posting Month (NaBloPoMo). I did it! Go me.
  
  I'm going to take the weekend off. You're probably just as happy about this [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2007, 4:00pm EST
  

• Manic magic

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  If I hadn't lived it myself, I wouldn't believe how insane a day of holiday decorating could be. It's crazy! First, you open the closet containing the boxes of holiday decor. You think pulling down the boxes and distributing the gold and red wealth around the house will be easy.' [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2007, 1:31am EST
  

• Goodness me, when will this hell called NaBloPoMo be over

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  Emily's second gold star
  Originally uploaded by marytsao "If it wasn't for the focus and determination I learned in karate, I would still be in karate right now."
  [The Onion: Karate Lessons Give Child Self-Confidence To [...]
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  Posted: November 28, 2007, 11:26pm EST
  

• For the love of lentils

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  One of Mike's signature dishes is a yummy little something called Savory Lentils with Goat Cheese. He discovered it in The Soy Zone cookbook. This dish is so good that you will find yourself shoveling spoonfuls of it into your mouth long after you've finished dinner; you will eat [...]
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  Posted: November 27, 2007, 11:08pm EST
  

• It's beginning to look a little bit like Christmas

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  NaNoWriMo is over!! That calls for two exclamation points, people. I had no problem reaching the magical word count of 50,000 yesterday, and this is what I got for my trouble:
  
  Woot! This makes me happy.
  
  I am declaring today to be the official [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2007, 7:26pm EST
  

• 0 to 20 in 50,000 words

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  New Mexico vacation
  Originally uploaded by marytsao I'm going to finish NaNoWriMo today. I'm at 47,551 words, and there's nothing that's going to get in the way of me writing the remaining 2,449 by day's end.' [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2007, 12:51pm EST
  

• Flight of faith

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  First Family Flight
  Originally uploaded by marytsao In honor of Mike getting his pilot's license, yesterday we went on--and survived!--our first family flight. Mike was our pilot and we flew from San Carlos to Half Moon' [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2007, 2:36pm EST
  

• Thanksgivings past

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  As you know, I am using this year's NaNoWriMo as an excuse to write my memoir. This activity has forced me to think about how handy it would be if I documented more of my life as it was happening, rather than waiting thirty years and having to use my' [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2007, 4:17pm EST
  

• Gobble, gobble, gobble

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  Thanksgiving 2007
  Originally uploaded by marytsao It's hard to believe that I'll ever be hungry again. Our friends Dave and Miriam put together the usual spread: turkey, homemade cranberry sauce, stuffing, mashed potatoes, rolls, salad, green beans. [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2007, 12:43am EST
  

• Thankful

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  Thomas is thankful
  Originally uploaded by marytsao Today I had the joy of going to a Thanksgiving feast at Thomas's preschool. It was so sweet. The teacher lined up all of the kids and had them sing' [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2007, 5:42pm EST
  

• Gold star girl

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  Emily's first gold star for excellence during Tae Kwon Do class
  Originally uploaded by marytsao I'm feeling swamped with a big 'ol to do list. Here's a short and sweet post about Emily, our gold star girl. [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2007, 4:17pm EST
  

• Girl, you know it's true

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  Happy Monday. We had a crazy thing happen over here on Saturday. It was so crazy that I had to take several deep breaths into a brown paper sack. It was so crazy that I had to remind myself over and over again in my outside voice, "You are only" [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2007, 10:41am EST
  

• House of change

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  There are big changes going on here at the Casa de Tsao.
  
  We've decided to go bunk bed.
  
  Yesterday we went to the place where dreams can be bought inexpensively, IKEA, and got a bunk bed. It's being delivered today. Last night was Thomas's last night in the' [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2007, 12:42pm EST
  

• Goodbye to the best houseguest ever

  Flat Stanley doesn't live here anymore. Today I folded him up, put him in an envelope, and sent him back to the 5th grade classroom from whence he came. Included in the envelope was a 12-page book I wrote telling his friends all about Flat Stanley's [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2007, 2:06pm EST
  

• Haiku Friday: Five Yearssssss

  
  Cuddle snakes
  Originally uploaded by marytsao A slew of haikus in honor of our fifth wedding anniversary:
  
  Prelude
  I knew you from work
  We met up at Burning Man
  You said you loved me
  
  [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2007, 3:27pm EST
  

• Seven songs

  Glennia of The Silent "I" tagged me for a music meme. I list seven songs that I'm into right now, then tag seven people to do the same.
  
  Hello and welcome to NaBloPoMo day 15.
  
  I guess this is the part where I admit that I only [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2007, 12:10pm EST
  

• Any post will do

  It's day fourteen of NaBloPoMo. Today I will reach the halfway mark with my NaNoWriMo novel-turned-memoir (25,000 words).
  
  You? Are thrilled.
  
  As seen on Geeky Mom, the Shakespeare Quote Generator:
  
  

  The tempter or the Mary Tsao, who sins most?

  Which work of [...]

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  Posted: November 14, 2007, 10:45am EST
  

• Looking like him, cleaning like me, reading like the best of us

  
  Emily
  Originally uploaded by marytsao Emily has amazed me lately with her cleaning abilities. Yesterday I asked her to clean her room, and--get this--she did! She got everything up off her floor and onto her bookshelf, and [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2007, 12:11pm EST
  

• Not a first, but maybe a second or a third

  
  Emily and the Maneki Neko
  Originally uploaded by marytsao This past weekend we did something as a family that we rarely do; we ate every meal at home.
  
  OMG!!1!
  
  Of course the weekend doesn't include [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2007, 7:46pm EST
  

• By the light of the Duraflame log

  
  Happy kids
  Originally uploaded by marytsao It rained last night but today the sun is shining and the world outside is clean and new. As Thomas says, "It's a morning day." Inside, I've started a fire in [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2007, 12:18pm EST
  

• Honk if you heart spinach

  While driving home from San Francisco yesterday, I saw a pick-up truck with "Honk if you heart spinach" written across the back.
  
  I honked.
  
  Family lore has it that when pregnant with me and my sister, my mother's favorite snack food was spinach. I don't know how [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2007, 2:04pm EST
  

• Bee plus

  It's Haiku Friday:
  
  
  Bee Movie is out
  I took the kids to see it
  Is honey funny?
  
  Do you have the most wonderful weekend in the world planned? I hope so! The two littlest Tsaobugs will be going to Tae Kwon Do class (more about [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2007, 11:33am EST
  

• Take note, you weak, whiney whisps and loose, lazy lumps

  Mike sent me a link to a post by Dave of Iowahawk about a 1942 pamphlet titled My Book to Help America. This book for children was written shortly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor by author Munro Leaf. Dave scanned the book and posted it in its [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2007, 10:49am EST
  

• Annoying little thing called NaNoWriMo

  Almost one week into NaNoWriMo and I am experiencing the pain. Physically, my wrists hurt if I attempt more than 2000 words in one day. Mentally, there's always this nagging little voice in my inner ear, reminding me that I HAVE SOMETHING TO DO. That something, of course, is [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2007, 10:46am EST
  

• Four confessions for a Tuesday

  Confession: After seeing that kid eat Cheetos at the symphony, I have been craving Cheetos. Yesterday I bought some semi-not so bad for you Cheeto-alikes at Trader Joe's, and goodness if those things weren't delicious. No wonder that kid felt compelled to eat them during the performance.
  
  Confession: [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2007, 1:18pm EST
  

• Assuring my posthumous longevity

  
  Mother daughter close-up
  Originally uploaded by marytsao I've decided to cheat at this year's NaNoWriMo. I still am going to pound out 50,000 words or more during the month of November. I still am going to [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2007, 10:29am EST
  

• The wrestling and the struggling with the music

  
  Thomas's backside
  Originally uploaded by marytsao The four of us went to see the San Francisco Symphony yesterday, courtesy of Mike's mom, who got us tickets for a present. The concert was part of a Music for [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2007, 10:11am EST
  

• The embarrassment of Emily, Part I: The Preschool Years

  The more seasoned and experienced moms among us, those with children in the tween and teen categories, know that there eventually comes the day when our small children--the ones who now cover us in kisses and "I wuv you"s--will grow distant. No longer will they want our affection; no longer [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2007, 12:34pm EDT
  

• Of teddy bears and sour grapes

  Two years ago I took Emily to Teddy Bear Tea at the Ritz Carlton in San Francisco. It was a sweet afternoon of mother-daughter bonding, and I vowed to make it an annual tradition.
  
  Last year I lamented the fact that I called too late to get [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2007, 11:10am EDT
  

• Head, heart, stomach, and feet

  
  French toast for breakfast
  Originally uploaded by marytsao It's the first day of November and the start of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), National Blog Posting Month (NaBloPoMo), and Post a Daily Photo of Your [...]
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  Posted: November 01, 2007, 5:29pm EDT
  

• Happy Halloween!

  
  Happy Halloween!
  Originally uploaded by marytsao Halloween 2007 update: This was the first year that the kids went door-to-door pimping for candy and they did great! It's amazing how shyness disappears when the stranger is holding a [...]
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  Posted: October 31, 2007, 10:43am EDT
  

• Halloween: Are we there yet?

  
  Halloween 2007
  Originally uploaded by marytsao Thanks for all of the votes to help me decide which photo(s) I should submit to Mamazine's Mama Focus photo contest! I haven't tallied them yet, but it looks [...]
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  Posted: October 30, 2007, 11:58pm EDT
  

• Please help me get into focus

  Mamazine is hosting a Mama Focus Photo Contest, and I need your help!
  
  First, you can enter the contest. Rules here. Get out your camera and get snap happy, mama. Here's what they're looking for:
  

  
  "In our Mama Focus photo contest, we challenge you to get [...]

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  Posted: October 29, 2007, 9:59pm EDT
  

• We're all in this together

  
  Grammie Martha and Thomas
  Originally uploaded by marytsao My mom and I took the kids to see Disney High School Musical: The Ice Tour today at the HP Pavilion in San Jose. Go Wildcats! The show [...]
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  Posted: October 28, 2007, 6:38pm EDT
  

• 39-year-old body, preschooler mind

  
  Tie-dye preschool project
  Originally uploaded by marytsao Yesterday morning I helped at Emily's school; her teachers needed a parent to assist the kids while they tie-dyed T-shirts. I had the time of my life. I love hanging [...]
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  Posted: October 27, 2007, 11:11pm EDT
  

• Pumpkin patch and pony ride

  
  Fieldtrip to Arata's Farm
  Originally uploaded by marytsao We're adjusting to being home after our whirlwind trip to New Mexico. Yesterday I went with Emily and her class to a pumpkin patch fieldtrip. We went to [...]
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  Posted: October 26, 2007, 1:24am EDT
  

• Party, New Mexico family-style

  
  New Mexico vacation
  Originally uploaded by marytsao We're back from our mini vacation and we had a great time. Man, did I eat! But let me start at the beginning...
  
  We flew out Thursday morning super [...]
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  Posted: October 23, 2007, 3:01pm EDT
  

• From people pleaser to people alienator

  I'm tired so this post is going to be short and to the point.
  
  I think most readers of this blog understand that what I post here is a partially inaccurate portrayal of my life, but for history's sake, I feel I need to set the record straight. Yes, [...]
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  Posted: October 16, 2007, 6:39pm EDT
  

• Happy Person of Difficulty Day

  Today is Boss's Day here in the U.S., "a day for employees to thank their superior for being kind and fair throughout the year."
  
  I've had my share of bosses in the fifteen or so years I worked in the corporate world. I sometimes felt like celebrating them, [...]
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  Posted: October 16, 2007, 11:31am EDT
  

• This feminist housewife's story

  
  The afternoon shadow of a mother
  Originally uploaded by marytsao This morning I had the pleasure of being interviewed and photographed by two young women, graduate school students in the Social Documentation Graduate Program at UCSC. It [...]
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  Posted: October 15, 2007, 7:26pm EDT
  

• What a feeling(s)

  I'm having a rather intense internal (and now, external!) debate about whether or not I want to continue to take four-year-old Emily to activity-based birthday parties.
  
  Here's the deal. Emily is great at house parties. She loves to run around and play with kids she either knows or has [...]
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  Posted: October 14, 2007, 10:54pm EDT
  

• The revolt of all captive balloons

  
  24th and York Street Mini Park
  Originally uploaded by marytsao Yesterday I took the kids on a fun San Francisco fieldtrip. First we hit Clement Street and had lunch at a little dim sum place on 6th [...]
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  Posted: October 13, 2007, 12:11am EDT
  

• Me three

  Thomas's language skills are progressing at an amazing rate. Preschool, which he has loved since the first day I dropped him off, has been good for him. Check out this exchange and marvel at his advanced comprehension and skills:
  
  Me: I love butternut squash!
  
  Emily: Me, too!
  
  [...]
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  Posted: October 11, 2007, 11:59am EDT
  

• Have a boob-e-full day

  
  Breastfeeding Thomas 12/07/2004
  Originally uploaded by marytsao The League of Maternal Justice has declared this the day of The Great Breast Fest.
  
  Fest the Breast!
  

  
  Because people like Bill Maher would have us [...]

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  Posted: October 10, 2007, 12:29pm EDT
  

• Teacher or tyrant?

  Today Emily was playing with her dolls in a way that sounded very teacher-like. Even though I've sworn never to ask my kids the "What are you going to be when you grow up?" question--which I hated with a passion when I was a kid--I found that I couldn't help [...]
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  Posted: October 09, 2007, 11:12pm EDT
  

• Mistress of the Besciamella

  
  Columbus Day dinner
  Originally uploaded by marytsao Happy Columbus Day! In honor of that auspicious Italian who landed on our shores in 1492, I made two recipes out of Silver Spoon, Italy's classic cookbook. Mike got me [...]
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  Posted: October 08, 2007, 11:24pm EDT
  

• Things I did this weekend

  
  Apple pie, apples, and the Sunday paper
  Originally uploaded by marytsao

  
  
  • Ate pancakes. Also fresh fruit and whipped cream.
  
  
  • Read the Sunday San Francisco Chronicle.
  
  
  • Finished that article for the nice company that pays me real [...]
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  Posted: October 08, 2007, 12:13am EDT
  

• Things I want to do this weekend

  
  Emily in the jump house
  Originally uploaded by marytsao

  
  
  1. Eat pancakes. Also fresh fruit and whipped cream.
  
  
  2. Read the Sunday San Francisco Chronicle.
  
  
  3. Finish that article for the nice company that pays me real money.
  
  
  4. Organize [...]
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  Posted: October 06, 2007, 11:57am EDT
  

• Ruminations of the haiku variety

  Here is my Haiku Friday offering.
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Fall is in the air
  Another Crystal Springs hike
  This time with a friend
  
  Why do flats hurt me?
  No height means they should feel good
  But toes hurt, heels bleed
  [...]

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  Posted: October 05, 2007, 4:31pm EDT
  

• Gratitude on a sunny Thursday in October

  
  Thomas in the morning
  Originally uploaded by marytsao Deborah Norville has a new book out titled Thank You Power: Making the SCIENCE of Gratitude Work for YOU. In her book she writes about something she calls Thank [...]
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  Posted: October 04, 2007, 1:11pm EDT
  

• Happy birthday to my old, younger man

  
  Mike turns 38
  Originally uploaded by marytsao Hey, it's my old man's birthday. In the tradition started by somebody in my family a long time ago, I baked him the best cake of all time: yellow. Last [...]
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  Posted: October 04, 2007, 12:37am EDT
  

• Death of a playgroup

  My playgroup is dying.
  
  I've been through this before: moms get busy with a new baby, kids start school, moms return to work, people move, schedules change, priorities shift. The weekly meeting time that used to work for a group of people no longer works for the group; eventually [...]
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  Posted: October 03, 2007, 5:33pm EDT
  

• Mothers are the dung beetles of the world

  I was having a great conversation with a friend the other day, one of those conversations filled with agreement, vigorous shaking of the head, and lots of "Yes!" and "That's right!" shouted in glee. During our conversation she mentioned that being a mom was a lot like being a dung [...]
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  Posted: October 02, 2007, 11:00pm EDT
  

• Reliving the pain of childhood one essay at a time

  [Updated: My essay will be posted this Wednesday (October 3) at Can I Sit With You. How exciting!]
  
  Some friends of mine have started a new blog about the "stormy social seas of the schoolyard."
  

  
  The goal of Can I Sit With You is to share [...]

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  Posted: October 01, 2007, 7:14pm EDT
  

• Don't stop the rock

  
  Who benefits from your self-loathing?
  Originally uploaded by marytsao Life's been busy and fun lately. What have I been up to? Let's see...
  
  On Thursday the kids and I went into San Francisco to check out [...]
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  Posted: October 01, 2007, 1:05am EDT
  

• Bring on the free spirits

  In case you need a chuckle on this fine Sunday morning, here's the video clip of the KTVO Channel News story about Matt Harding dancing in San Francisco. Look for the blond lady being interviewed -- that's me! In the dancing scenes, you can spot Emily in front (stage left). [...]
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  Posted: September 30, 2007, 12:28pm EDT
  

• PDD (Public Display of Dancing) with Matt Harding

  
  Matt Harding in San Francisco
  Originally uploaded by marytsao I got my fifteen seconds of fame today when the kids and I went into San Francisco to dance with internet celebrity Matt Harding for his new [...]
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  Posted: September 27, 2007, 2:53am EDT
  

• NaNoWriMo 2007: All I'm saying is think about it

  There's this little thing I've done each November for the past two years. It's called National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo, and it involves writing a novel of 50,000 words during the month of November, starting on November 1 and ending no later than November 30.
  
  Doing NaNoWriMo [...]
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  Posted: September 24, 2007, 9:39pm EDT
  

• Old faithful mommy

  
  Calistoga
  Originally uploaded by marytsao Today I took the kids on a day trip to Calistoga, a town in the Napa Valley. I was on the search for two things: country and fall color. I found both. [...]
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  Posted: September 24, 2007, 12:48am EDT
  

• Full lunch bag moment

  
  Thomas with lunch bag
  Originally uploaded by marytsao Emily and I dropped Thomas and his lunch bag off at school today. This lunch bag holds a special place in our family. Mike bought it for work when [...]
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  Posted: September 22, 2007, 12:05am EDT