Category Archives: Maya

LA

I’m in LA this weekend for a Manouso Manos workshop and I ran into one of my good friends, Tom. I hadn’t seen Tom in a couple years because he moved away to go to school. You may remember him coming for Thanksgiving dinner a couple years ago and walking in the kitchen door to a rendition of “For he’s a jolly good fellow.” You may also recognize his face from commercials. Here’s our selfie.

I’m staying at the Marriott Residence Inn using Akuch’s “Friends & Family” perk. I’ve got a great room – a studio with a full kitchen.

I recalled seeing something online mentioning Avenue of the Stars isn’t too far away, so after I showered I got my walking shoes on and went downstairs and checked with a clerks who told me it’s only about a 25 minute walk. Doable.

So off into the sunset I went along Pico where I was told if I kept going, I’d run into it. Hmmm … About 45 minutes later I found myself crossing Westwood and passing the Westwood mall. I got a little concerned I may have walked too far and missed a turn so I checked my phone and found I still had over a mile to walk. UGH.

It was HOT, I was in jeans, my knee was aching and I didn’t feel like walking another 20 minutes, which meant I’d be walking more at the Avenue of the Stars and then another hour+ back to the hotel.

I turned around, took the only photo I have to show for my trek (featured above), stopped at the Ralphs ½ block from the hotel, got myself some sushi and bottle of wine, and went back to the hotel and watched soccer, le Tour de France, and World Cup Volleyball.

The US mens volleyball team beat Germany (but Germany’s currently in the top spot in the Tour), and will be playing Poland today if you’re interested. The Poland team beat another US team in its semi match. I’m not sure what time the game’s on, but it’s on NBCSN.

This morning, going downstairs for a free breakfast buffet, and if I have time, maybe DRIVE to Avenue of the Stars on my way to the workshop which starts at 9. I’ll be home later this afternoon to play with my new Clamcase that arrived yesterday!

Blogged from LA on Amma’s iPad

Technical Difficulties Remedied

YAY! Up & running!!

I stayed up till 11:30 Tuesday night trying to fix this bad boy. Ok, so 11:30 might not seem like very late to some people, but when the alarm is set to go off at 4am, 11:30 is LATE! I suffered from that lack of sleep yesterday at work, and I had a really hard time driving home from work trying to keep my eyes open. The fact that traffic was stop & go north of the merge and it took me twice as long to get home didn’t help. But when I got home from work yesterday I was able to get both the iPad and iPhone Apps to work. All right. Too much information, I know. But I feel better getting that off my chest.

Jen sent me the above “Mommy & Maya” selfie yesterday. Sleeping Beauty!! It’s a big deal when Maya sleeps.

On another note. I don’t remember if I provided this information in a prior post, but for those of you interested in keeping up with how Evan’s doing, here’s the link to his blog:

http://estoney.tumblr.com

Evan doesn’t post daily, and not even weekly for that matter. But he does post when there’s something significant to share. He’s still coming into the office almost daily and working most-time (something in between full-time and part-time). Although he’s lost a considerable amount of weight, he looks pretty good, and his spirits seem to be pretty good, and he hasn’t lost his great sense of humor, quick retorts and zeal for enjoying those things he enjoys – his family, especially his grandson, reading, walking, dining out, and the arts.

Today, Nati’s with Bill! Let me know if we should count you in.

Oh, and when I was trying to figure out the WordPress glitch, I found & loaded a new feature that allows you to subscribe to my blog. If you subscribe, you’ll get an email notifying you every time I post something new… if you so care. See top right hand corner of the blog page. If you’re reading this from your mobile device, the email subscription option may be at the bottom of the page – scroll all the way to the bottom.

Blogged on Amma’s iPad (YAY!!) with LOVE!

Technical difficulties

I’m sorry … I’ve had technical difficulties posting from iPhone and iPad the past 2 days which is why nothing’s been posted. I’m at the iMac now hoping this will post. Otherwise I may have to change to a different blog App.

I took the sunset photo Sunday. They sky was so beautiful!

Here are some Alo selfies from Monday.

Alo Selfie

We dropped in Sunday morning to visit the 4T’s. Here’s Ron & Sparty.

Maya was having a little breakfast.

I can’t wait for my work week to end so I can do it all over again – only one more day left.

Blogged on Amma’s big iMac with LOVE!

A day in the life

All the grandkids in one blog.

Blogged on Amma’s iPad with LOVE!

Maya at Gymnastics yesterday

Bruce was lucky enough to get to go watch Maya at Gymnastics yesterday. It looks like she’s having fun!

Tody – Nati’s with Bill at 11:30A See you there.

Blogged on Amma’s iPad with LOVE!

Sleeping Beauties (& those awake ones too)

Above – Sparty swaddled and content.

Friday, Alo slept on Pappa’s tummy for over TWO hours!

Then yesterday for over one hour …

That was after having a little snack.

… and exploring the kitchen sink and shells on the window sill.

Ron shows off his first check from his new construction business.

Today – World Cup action starts at 1!

Blogged on Amma’s iPad with LOVE!

Dinner at our house

… and all I have to show for it is this one photo of Sparty resting quietly, temporarily …

He is one chunky baby!

Gramma JoJo sent me these pictures from their day at Kellogg’s Beach.

The long weekend’s over, but it looks like the heat is here to stay a while. Stay cool!

Blogged on my iPhone with LOVE!

Fourth of July

While Akuch, Alo & Robb enjoy San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge, we enjoyed a beautiful, sunny OB day, complete with a morning massage (for me), an awesome World Cup Soccer match between Brazil and Columbia (that was poorly officiated), a couple hours of swim at Ron & Jen’s (Bruce and my first swim in their pool), and then home for Bruce and me to watch fireworks alone on the deck.

Sparty was rather bored with it all.

He slept the entire time we were in the pool. At two months old now, he’s really giving up the smiles and coos. Plus his eyes aren’t cross-eyed any more which is a relief!