tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-725951419986488772Sun, 15 Nov 2009 03:23:30 +0000Turtle Soup & all the fixin's...http://smilingbeguiling.blogspot.com/jasperblu67@gmail.com (Smiling, Beguiling)Blogger277125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-725951419986488772.post-3467789833911705622Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:00:00 +00002009-11-11T11:22:04.187-08:00remembranceVeterans DayREMEMBER THEM, TODAY OF ALL DAYS, REMEMBER.On this day, I am thinking of my dad (Marine Corps, WWII Okinawa) & my grandpa (Army, WWI France). I am so grateful for their service to our Nation, and for the countless others who have served before or since. Please take a moment to thank a Veteran today ... with a hug & your love, or perhaps a silent prayer.Rest in peace dad & grandpa. I love you.----http://smilingbeguiling.blogspot.com/2009/11/we-shall-not-sleep-though-poppies-grow.htmljasperblu67@gmail.com (Smiling, Beguiling)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-725951419986488772.post-5559692514812263924Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:03:00 +00002009-11-05T00:03:00.230-08:00preschoolers2009Halloweenwordless wednesdayThis was the best shot I was able to get on Halloween. Lame right?http://smilingbeguiling.blogspot.com/2009/11/boo.htmljasperblu67@gmail.com (Smiling, Beguiling)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-725951419986488772.post-7562811363641282537Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:26:00 +00002009-11-04T17:27:04.798-08:00preschoolersphotographyWhoa. Where did the last month & 1/2 go? Whoosh. I have NO idea. But damn, it's officially the Holiday Season people!And sadly, I still pretty much have nothing to say.So, instead here's some pics of our LIFE from the past month or so. In the meantime, hope YOU are all doing well. Peace out homies.http://smilingbeguiling.blogspot.com/2009/11/november-already.htmljasperblu67@gmail.com (Smiling, Beguiling)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-725951419986488772.post-4874714326544923963Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:06:00 +00002009-09-23T00:06:00.193-07:00WA adventureswordless wednesdayBainbridge Islandhttp://smilingbeguiling.blogspot.com/2009/09/august-afternoon-on-bainbridge.htmljasperblu67@gmail.com (Smiling, Beguiling)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-725951419986488772.post-5652252020766476902Wed, 16 Sep 2009 07:06:00 +00002009-09-16T00:06:00.260-07:00seattlewordless wednesdayOlympic Sculpture Gardenhttp://smilingbeguiling.blogspot.com/2009/09/saturday-in-september.htmljasperblu67@gmail.com (Smiling, Beguiling)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-725951419986488772.post-1695001784668407840Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:53:00 +00002009-09-15T13:54:51.286-07:00kidsdaughtersBecause sometimes she just cracks me up.http://smilingbeguiling.blogspot.com/2009/09/crazy-for-crackers.htmljasperblu67@gmail.com (Smiling, Beguiling)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-725951419986488772.post-9022339951994426583Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:11:00 +00002009-08-24T13:45:52.747-07:001/2 asszzzzzwritingjunkJust so you know, I come up with the most brilliant stuff for my blog in the middle of the night when my insomnia is in full gear, usually right around 2:30am or so. My vocabulary is rockin' the mic like some obscurely intricate jazz mixed up with a little of the Hippity Hop. The topics are pertinent, funny, poignant, and/or controversial. They generate gads of comments. There's even a regular http://smilingbeguiling.blogspot.com/2009/08/chirp-chirp.htmljasperblu67@gmail.com (Smiling, Beguiling)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-725951419986488772.post-3155916278564518548Fri, 07 Aug 2009 22:51:00 +00002009-08-15T12:30:37.779-07:00west seattlehouse remodelWell, not quite "after" since obviously we're still working on the landscaping, etc. But for those who are wondering how the house is coming along, I give you exhibit A & B (or is it B & A?) ... and a little something in the middle just for fun.BEFORE - this is from the first time I ever saw the house in person (last October).DURING - note original roof & windows still on, porch & landscaping http://smilingbeguiling.blogspot.com/2009/08/before-after.htmljasperblu67@gmail.com (Smiling, Beguiling)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-725951419986488772.post-2996798046947200604Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:03:00 +00002009-07-24T11:58:44.285-07:00alzheimerslifegriefanniversariesNumbers... Ask anybody who knows me. I loathe them. They are not now, nor have they ever been, my friend. I'm bad at math, terrible in fact. Dyslexic & all kinds of backasswards when it comes to numbers. Can't remember phone numbers or street addresses for jack. My checkbook is in a constant state of "who-the-eff-knows-what-my-balance-is?"...Yet, when it comes to birthdays, anniversaries, etc. http://smilingbeguiling.blogspot.com/2009/07/counting-always-counting.htmljasperblu67@gmail.com (Smiling, Beguiling)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-725951419986488772.post-1753143838322805239Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:08:00 +00002009-07-12T21:21:44.691-07:00yahrzeitmourningparentslifegriefloveOne year since your body quit this earth & your soul flew (hopefully to a place of peace & freedom from all that ailed you)... Nearly three years since this picture was taken. I'm glad I at least have one photo of you with her. I'm also glad there is a teeny glimmer of pride & perhaps even joyful amusement in your eyes.Your 2nd & 3rd granddaughters arrived. But then mom left. Then you. Then yourhttp://smilingbeguiling.blogspot.com/2009/07/yahrzeit.htmljasperblu67@gmail.com (Smiling, Beguiling)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-725951419986488772.post-6005661681846168579Wed, 17 Jun 2009 07:06:00 +00002009-06-17T00:06:01.089-07:00seattlePike Place Marketwordless wednesdayhttp://smilingbeguiling.blogspot.com/2009/06/from-flip-side.htmljasperblu67@gmail.com (Smiling, Beguiling)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-725951419986488772.post-478388455404392043Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:25:00 +00002009-06-16T12:48:42.158-07:00preschoolerbirthday partiestoddlers... Well, dang. She's not so little anymore. I've spent the last several days thinking about my baby, laying in her crib with her fat corndog legs and lovely toothless grins. How did THREE years go by so darn fast? Really, I wanna know.Anyway, the last minute birthday party ended up being awesome! She had about 8 friends aged 4-8 to play with, her daddy (from NV), my buddy Christine (from CA) andhttp://smilingbeguiling.blogspot.com/2009/06/my-little-girl.htmljasperblu67@gmail.com (Smiling, Beguiling)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-725951419986488772.post-6180046148504242037Sat, 06 Jun 2009 05:42:00 +00002009-06-05T23:07:08.375-07:00modern designwest seattlehouse remodelPlease deliver two or three of the ABOVE chairs to my Seattle house tout de suite - to be placed neatly in a colorful row under my kitchen island countertop (see pic BELOW).That is all. Kthxbai.http://smilingbeguiling.blogspot.com/2009/06/i-can-haz-now-pleeze.htmljasperblu67@gmail.com (Smiling, Beguiling)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-725951419986488772.post-4286544286159879738Wed, 03 Jun 2009 07:01:00 +00002009-06-03T00:01:02.749-07:00photographyBallardNorwegianwordless wednesdaySyttende Mai Paradehttp://smilingbeguiling.blogspot.com/2009/06/wind-in-her-hair.htmljasperblu67@gmail.com (Smiling, Beguiling)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-725951419986488772.post-4062445939225976338Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:01:00 +00002009-06-02T16:49:12.286-07:00birthday partiestoddlersSomeone has a birthday coming up...Last year I didn't have a party for her b/c my elderly father was ailing, there was zero other immediate family around who would bother making a showing, I'd broken things off with her daddy just a few months before and frankly, I didn't feel like dealing with any party planning drama.Instead, some friends came over to the house. We all had some yummy cake that http://smilingbeguiling.blogspot.com/2009/06/soon-to-be-birthday-girl.htmljasperblu67@gmail.com (Smiling, Beguiling)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-725951419986488772.post-1623514462293574076Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:33:00 +00002009-06-01T14:37:59.036-07:00west seattlehouse remodelOne week from today.Just. One. More. Week.http://smilingbeguiling.blogspot.com/2009/06/one-week.htmljasperblu67@gmail.com (Smiling, Beguiling)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-725951419986488772.post-1985503262608771065Sun, 31 May 2009 16:02:00 +00002009-06-02T16:50:08.883-07:00west seattlerandomcaliforniaThoughtsPeople keep asking me if I am missing CA, or wonder aloud how I could have been so nuts to move to a freezing cold town like Seattle being a CA native & all ('cos like CA is so beautiful and perfect and sunny and like totally awesome dude...), or the most frequent Q of all; "Wow, like doesn't it like totally rain all the time in Seattle?"The short answer to all those questions is, "Nope."Lest http://smilingbeguiling.blogspot.com/2009/05/what-do-i-miss-about-cali.htmljasperblu67@gmail.com (Smiling, Beguiling)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-725951419986488772.post-1567593388151140144Wed, 27 May 2009 07:04:00 +00002009-05-27T00:04:00.737-07:00WAVashon Islandphotographywordless wednesdayhttp://smilingbeguiling.blogspot.com/2009/05/sun-sand-sweetness.htmljasperblu67@gmail.com (Smiling, Beguiling)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-725951419986488772.post-6896839939774059600Mon, 25 May 2009 03:28:00 +00002009-05-24T20:53:44.322-07:00Memorial DayrandomThoughtsI'm all over the place. Busy as hell. Want to blog about it. Post pictures. Tell you funny little stories. Or, at least funny to me. But I have a few problems that are limiting my ability to get off my arse and do so.A) I really am up to my eyeballs in house remodeling stuff... the good news on that front is that the house is really coming together & we'll actually be able to move in the 1st or http://smilingbeguiling.blogspot.com/2009/05/memorial-day-wkd-thoughts.htmljasperblu67@gmail.com (Smiling, Beguiling)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-725951419986488772.post-6413095721841919860Wed, 13 May 2009 07:01:00 +00002009-05-13T00:01:00.776-07:00photographysilly toddlerwordless wednesdayhttp://smilingbeguiling.blogspot.com/2009/05/i-see-you-mama.htmljasperblu67@gmail.com (Smiling, Beguiling)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-725951419986488772.post-695765297337114556Fri, 08 May 2009 05:25:00 +00002009-05-07T22:42:09.484-07:00pffftgrieffamilyHallmark can suckitmothers dayI have been feeling profoundly sad the past 2 days or so - in waves mostly, so not all the time (which is a good thing) - but I haven't been able to put my finger on it.Sometimes, I really am dumber than a box of rocks (*slaps forehead*)G-d knows I can't really articulate any of it right now. Suffice to say, Mother's Day is almost upon me. Another stupid & contrived greeting card "holiday" that http://smilingbeguiling.blogspot.com/2009/05/hallmark-holidays-make-me-cuckoo-crazy.htmljasperblu67@gmail.com (Smiling, Beguiling)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-725951419986488772.post-6735480214965195479Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:21:00 +00002009-04-30T00:21:00.351-07:00mommyhoodmealstoddlersSweet Jeebus!Coming up w/ a healthy lunch for my kid every day so she can take it to school in her cute little pink & green lunchbox (okay, it's not really a "box" per se, it's more of a canvas lunch bag, but you get the idea) is freaking HARD.Oh hell, who am I kidding? Feeding this kid for any meal is hard. She doesn't eat. She hates everything I make her, even if she asked for it just 5 secondshttp://smilingbeguiling.blogspot.com/2009/04/three-can-suckit.htmljasperblu67@gmail.com (Smiling, Beguiling)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-725951419986488772.post-5453416053597801167Wed, 29 Apr 2009 07:47:00 +00002009-04-29T00:47:00.615-07:00seattlewordless wednesdayhouse remodelhttp://smilingbeguiling.blogspot.com/2009/04/walls-are-good-thing.htmljasperblu67@gmail.com (Smiling, Beguiling)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-725951419986488772.post-6877045794673056776Wed, 29 Apr 2009 02:53:00 +00002009-04-28T22:02:05.132-07:00alanonblah blah blah12-stepsalcoholicsAA"We, who have turned to Al-Anon, have often done so in despair, unable to believe in the possibility for change, unable to go on as we have before. We feel cheated out of a loving companion, over burdened with responsibilities, unwanted, unloved, and alone.There are even those of us who are arrogant, smug, self-righteous, and dominating; but we come because we want, we need -- help.While we may http://smilingbeguiling.blogspot.com/2009/04/arrogant-smug-self-righteous-raises.htmljasperblu67@gmail.com (Smiling, Beguiling)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-725951419986488772.post-3933609441417019639Wed, 22 Apr 2009 07:03:00 +00002009-04-22T00:03:00.756-07:00photographywest seattlewordless wednesdaydexy girlhttp://smilingbeguiling.blogspot.com/2009/04/she-likes-to-move-it-move-it.htmljasperblu67@gmail.com (Smiling, Beguiling)0