09.29.02
the art of imitation
Whenever
Ashlyn hears the phone or celly ring, or hears us say "Hello",
she automatically grabs the closest thing and brings it to her ear.
It's really cute. But if there is nothing nearby for her to grab,
then she'll just bring her hand to her ear and pretend. HAHAHAHA!
She's growing up in an world entirely different than the one I grew
up in. We didn't have cell phones, laptops, DVD/CD players, digital
cameras. The other week, Aric and I browsed through the toy aisle
at Target, and I spotted a toy telephone...you know, shaped like the
old-skool phones....huge bulky base, corded handset, rotary-dial.
To us, we recognized it as a telephone. To Ashlyn, *shrug* she didn't
know what the heck that was. Perhaps I should go back and get it so
I can teach her.
Man, thinking of ALL the things I need to describe to her of when
I was growing up makes me feel so old. When I was a little girl, we
danced in the living room to 8-Track tapes. Gawd, how archaic!
=P
Today
was such a nice relaxing day. Ashlyn and I spent most of the day in
our pajamas. Aric and I made brunch...fried eggs, bacon, toast, and
milk tea. It was yummy! We cleaned up a bit and lounged around watching
TV. We moved our coffee table out of the living because Ashlyn nearly
poked her eye out on a sharp corner. Now our living room seems so
much bigger!
Late
in the afternoon, Mike called and asked Aric to look at his network
at IDRC. Ashlyn
and I got dressed and we headed over there. For dinner, we met up
with Jensen and Monique at BCD Tofu House in Garden Grove for soondubu.
Mmmmmm..korean food!...I love korean food! =D
You wanna hear something funny? Mike, the only white guy among 4 useless
asians at the table (Ashlyn doesn't count), had to order for us. I
must say, his Korean is REALLY impressive! After the lady took our
order, we "oooh-ed and aaaaah-ed" making Mike bashfully
happy. hehehe
It's always fun hanging out with Mike. We found out the only reason
we don't see him as often is because he thinks we live too far. Homeboy,
puh-leez!...we only live 15 miles away!
Aric,
Ashlyn and I got home a little before 10pm. I had big time food coma...laid
on the floor and watched "BOOMTOWN". I was looking forward
to this Sunday night drama. Mykelti Williamson, Donny Wahlberg, and
Jason Gedrick stars. The drama unravels backwards and forwards...similar
to style of "Pulp Fiction"...with each new time frame offering
a fresh perspective on both sides of the law and unique insight into
what makes these people tick.
Ashlyn
went to bed late. After Aric tucked her in, he started reading for
school. He'll be starting his second year of MBA next week. It's going
to be more effort on his part since he'll be out of town for work,
but he's proven to be able to take on almost anything. I'm sure he'll
do fine.
I
found my old journals from the very first original layout of PEGPOWER.
I spent hours pouring through them. Though I didn't consistently journal
back then, it was enough to jog a lot of old memories and kinda re-live
the past. I thought that reading through my old journals I would be
able to see how my life drastically changed...but it really didn't.
I don't know why I was under the impression that I was so different
back then. I'm actually still the same....and that's a good thing.
=)
I'll try to post those up sometime this week. You'll be able to see
how different my first layout compares to this one.
Hope
you all had a great weekend!
Ashlyn playing with her shiney red shoe
in the "new" spacious living room
stretching?
"Yo Yo!"...she's got the ghetto smirk and showing off the
'bling' in her bracelet. HAHA
Ashlyn's
pics of the day
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