Snow

It's snowing outside right now, big puffy flakes. Beautiful. Alex is looking super cute today (what is it about little boys and denim overalls?), playing with his dog. I seem to have caught a little something (sore throat and low fever), but I'm trying to ignore it, getting ready to leave for Maui on Wednesday. Alex is talking more and more these days, getting beyond his classic "look!", and "what's that?". He's absorbing things like a sponge-it's so amazing to watch.

Thoughts on life

I'm feeling good today-I think it has to do with the fact that the sun is out, my French language skills are reappearing at a rapid pace, and I leave for Maui in less than a week. Life is fine.

Alex is such an awesome little kid. Exhibit number 234: he spent most of yesterday walking around the house, babbling to himself, with his arms bent at the elbows, straight up (his fists were next to his ears). Not sure why he does this-I suspect it's because he can and does fall down regularly-to catch himself. It's soo cute. He loves to watch Hank play with his food bowl-he laughs and laughs. It's so much fun to be a momma. :)

Doing well on the weight loss front-down two more pounds as of this morning. Somehow, sunny weather seems to help. I made an appointment to meet with a trainer at the gym when we get back from Maui.

Alex and Ron at the Seattle Asian Art Museum

Catching up part deux

Haven't written here in over a month-now that the holidays are over, it's time to catch up again.

Alex is doing great-walking up a storm, getting into all kinds of trouble. ;) He's also talking a lot more as well, pointing at everything, saying "look", or "that", etc. It's so fun to watch him develop.

I've still been walking Hank at the dog park every morning. I feel healthier as a result, but I'm going to have to ramp up the exercise to see real results losing weight.

We're leaving for our trip to Maui in less than two weeks. Woohoo! I can't wait. Ron and I decided to upgrade our hotel, changing our reservation to the Four Seasons Maui for the first three nights, then the Hotel Hana Maui for the last two on Maui. We'll be on Waikiki Beach for the last night. We are also planning a trip to Japan this fall to visit Theresa, Ron's sister. Should be a lot of fun.

I started taking French classes again last week-French 1, at Bellevue Community College. It seems to be coming back pretty painlessly this time. I'm determined to stick with it until I become fluent. It's embarrassing to speak only one language. I've been enjoying it a lot.

We had our first round table meeting of the new year last week-two guys showed up. We talked about Campbell's book Primitive Mythology. It was an interesting discussion, to say the least. We spent some time on threshold rituals for the boy moving into manhood. Campbell talks about that topic quite a bit in PM. Next month's meeting will be on Oriental Mythology.

As far as the writing is concerned, it really hasn't been happening much lately. I've even been reluctant to write in this blog. I'm hoping that writing in the blog regularly again will get the creative juices flowing again.

See you all tomorrow-same place. :)