I have been making a more concerted effort to get the girls out of the house. It hasn’t been so easy becuase I can’t find things that I think they would enjoy. Saena spent some time on the Internet and found this place. It didn’t sound all that exciting but at least we would get [...]

The main item I have been working on these days is item number 64. 64. Accomplish a 365-Day Challenge Meditate for 20 minutes a day Exercise for 20 minutes a day At the time of writing this I have run on our treadmill for at least 30 minutes a day for 30 days. If you [...]

I can’t believe how fast kids grow up. Sudona is already 8 years old and that means we are almost halfway through the time she will live at home. I struggle so hard to spend enough time with my kids. Life is just so busy and I know I am missing out on being part [...]

Do you get the title? My mom is getting a tattoo. I have toyed with the idea of getting a tattoo once or twice but have never come up with an idea of something I would want for the rest of my life. I guess I still feel like my life is fluid and I [...]

Can you easily find Sudona? That was a rhetorical question if you weren’t sure. Yes, it was tough for Sudona in the beginning because it was a new school but also because she was the only student in the school that is of European decent and so the other kids weren’t always nice. Fortunately she [...]

I have found a cool site that I have kind of gotten into. The site is www.twitter.com. Basically you make short – i think you’re limited to 140 characters – posts about what you are doing right now. You can follow other people to see what they are doing and other people follow you. If [...]

I realize this year more than in years previous that running for president is just a game. It doesn’t really matter if you are a Republican or a Democrat the candidates have talking points to try to manipulate your perceptions. I feel like the candidates don’t share their true beliefs because that may alienate too [...]

The other day I was taking a shower and had just finished so I was standing in the tub drying off and Avya was in the bathroom looking up at me. She looked at and then pointed at my private part and said, “Daddy’s vagina.” We thought it was pretty funny so we laughed and [...]

It is pretty hard to explain how good Sudona’s Chinese is getting so I shot this video to demonstrate. Actually it doesn’t really show how well she can carry on a conversation but it does show that she understands a lot. I don’t know how many people are jealous of their children but I can [...]

So, our restaurant is still open and sales are quite good. We actually hear from our suppliers that we are one of the few restaurants in our city that has maintained its sales or increased its sales. That’s great news but it doesn’t make things any easier. It does take a lot of work because [...]