Image courtesy of Simon Howden/freedigitalphotos.net If there’s anything I’m good at, it’s finding bargains. I love walking into a store and heading straight for the sales/clearance area and digging around for treasures. You could say that I got the “el cheapo” gene passed down to me because frugality runs in my family. Let me tell […]
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Once upon a time, there was a typical Asian girl who had done the things that typical Asian girls do – graduated from Cal, drove a Honda Accord (and has never gotten a moving violation, haha), spent little and saved a lot and didn’t do anything too risky or adventurous. One day she met a
In our family, even though we are not of royal blood, I think it’s safe to say that I have earned my title as Queen … more specifically, the Queen of No’s and Don’ts. I probably say or think ‘No, don’t …!’ a hundred times a day. Let me give you some examples: “No, don’t
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Ask anyone who knows me and they will tell you I am a girly girl. I LOVE the color pink, laugh with my hand over my mouth, sigh and cry during chick flicks (even the predictable ones), try to steer clear of any activity that requires getting dirty, and cannot hit or throw a ball
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This is SO true! Having grown up as an only child for 10 years, I got pretty used to being by myself. It is actually I, and not the hubby, who needs some cave time now and then, haha. So it came as quite a shock to find out after becoming a mom that I
Hubby and his siamese twin 🙂 If I do write a book someday, I think it will be about what it’s like to have a high need child. What is a high need child? Well, when E was about a month or two old, I was exhausted and frustrated to no end about why he
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One of my favorite quotes from a former counseling prof is: “Perfectionism leads to hopelessness, but failure leads to hope (cause you can always try again)!” I have come to the conclusion that perfectionism is not fun. Trying to make things go a certain way, prevent things from going a certain way, having things happen