Centering the Clay

Happy Spring Everyone!

Motu — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 06:56:18 +0000

\\\\r\\\\n \\\\r\\\\n\\\\r\\\\n\\\\r\\\\n wild clover blooming in our front yard \\\\r\\\\nAs Ted (Gossard) mentioned in his last comment, I\\\\\\\’ve been in the \\\\\\\’haze\\\\\\\’ for a long time. In addition to raising 2 little kids, I\\\\\\\’ve been helping my mom with the care of my dad who is suffering with Alzheimers. The last few months has been an amazingly difficult [...]

Living in a Haze

Motu — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 22:24:03 +0000

No, the haze you see in the picture is not fog, it’s smoke. There are mountain ranges in both pictures, but they’re covered by smoke at the moment. I’ve lost count on how many fires we’ve had here in Los Angeles. I believe we’re on our 5th one in the last 6 days. You can [...]

Iron Chef Morimoto

Motu — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 22:02:33 +0000

As many of you know, I am a huge Iron Chef fan. I’ve been watching the show ever since the first ones came over from Japan and all the voices were overdubbed. For those who are not familiar with the Iron Chef franchise, it is a culinary battle where 2 chefs must produce [...]

Museum Day this Saturday

Motu — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 23:26:44 +0000

For anyone interested this Saturday, Sept. 29, is Museum Day. Which is a nationwide event where participating museums and cultural institutions across the country offer free admission . You can find a museum here. Enjoy and have a fun weekend!

Who’s in your corner?

Motu — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 22:42:28 +0000

“If I came in this dressing room right now, talking all nicey-nicey I will be a liar and I will be a pretender…” A quote from “Pepe” Correa, the legendary boxing trainer of Sugar Ray Leonard and Lennox Lewis on The Contender talking to one of his fighters after a loss. When I heard that, I [...]

Free Learn Along With Sesame

Motu — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 22:31:12 +0000

For all who are interested, you can download several Sesame Street Episodes on iTunes for free. On the iTunes home page, scroll down to “Free on iTunes” and click on “Learn Along with Sesame”. It’s pretty cool!

The gift that keeps on giving… A.K.A. I’ve been tagged

Motu — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 05:38:33 +0000

I was tagged by Ted Gossard. Rules of this tag: 1. Name the person with link who tagged you. 2. Complete the questionnaire without changing the questions. 3. Tag 6 or more people. Q1. Are you happy/ satisfied with your blog, with its content and look? Yes, I’m pretty satisfied with my blog. This is a personal space for [...]

Happy Grandparent’s Day!

Motu — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 04:24:29 +0000

Who knew there was a national Grandparent’s day? I didn’t until recently. Where I found myself rushing to get cards and photos printed out for our perspective grandparents. Anyway, for those who are not aware, National Grandparents Day is a holiday celebrated on the first Sunday after Labor Day…uh, today. The [...]

Don’t forget…

Motu — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 06:15:48 +0000

to stop and smell (or notice) the flowers once in a while…. Dalias from my mom’s birthday bouquet

Happy Labor Day!

Motu — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 08:55:51 +0000

Happy Labor Day everyone! This year, it is also my mom’s birthday. I’m already prepping her birthday dinner. Happy Birthday Mom!

A taste of Heaven with a little leaven

Motu — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 03:34:54 +0000

One of the great finds on our Hawaiian trip was the Punalu’u Bake shop which is officially “The Southernmost Bakery in the USA”. Here’s a picture of the entrance when we visited. This clean, small bakery creates the worlds best (in my opinion) sweetbread. So delicious are their breads that I personally hand [...]

Aloha!

Motu — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 05:27:03 +0000

I’m back from our Kona vacation in the Big Island (Na`alehu) of Hawaii. Here are a couple of pictures I took, with my new Nikon D40x (which I love!!). I hope they will bring peaceful and happy thoughts to your day where ever you are. It was an amazing trip, to say the least! Sure [...]

Birthdayland and the Big Island

Motu — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 21:41:50 +0000

Hi Everyone. Sorry I haven’t written in over a week. It was my son’s 4th birthday on the 14th, so I was busy planning his parties. Yes, I did use the plural term of ‘party’ (what was I thinking right?!). Our house is too small to invite Johel’s friends and family [...]

Lost

Motu — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 21:57:12 +0000

Have you ever lost something important and you cannot find it? You know that “crazy and frenzy feeling”? Well, that is where I am now. For the last 3 days, I along with my darling husband, have looked in every nook and cranny of our house to find my cash. Yes, I did [...]

Crabs

Motu — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 21:00:45 +0000

Here’s a picture of one the two crabs I cooked up for my birthday dinner. It was my first time cooking with live crabs. It wasn’t easy killing them, glad my mom was around, she ended up doing “the deed”. Here’s a good place for information on how to handle live crabs. I ended up [...]