Pabu...

we have had Pabu one week now and he is doing so well! he does lots of little naps and here he is taking a snooze with a stuffed dog that i think reminds him of his mother. we also realized J and Pabu share the same birthday!

Happy Birthday To You!

one of the best trips i have ever taken was with my sis A to Thailand. what wonderful memories...

eating fresh oysters, bushwhacking our way to a deserted beach, loads of sun, kayaking, elephant rides, hiking, u-ing, orchid farms, long talks, crazy bus ride stories, Patpong at 2 a.m., more long talks, lots of laughing, snorkling, eating tons of Italian food, Ko Phi Phi, the ATM incident, talking about OJ, buying pearls, Suk 11, to bed at 3 a.m., kickin' new years party, Abercrombie skirts, DVDs and the police, temples, the hill tribes, time wasted at the Myanmar embassy, the crazy taxi ride to the bus station, nail biting, custom fit suits, rock climbing, boat rides, and the great companionship of a best friend! I love you A and Happy Birthday to you in Zurich!

one time tonight...!

waking up 4 times in one night to take Pabu to the bathroom was fine the first night. he is now waking up less and so i am in a deeper sleep, thus making me feel as though i am sleep walking as i take him outside to do his business. i'm finding myself having very active and completely wild dreams. last night one of my wild dreams took place in Bolivia during new years. somehow mom and dad with S were there and were at a full moon rave party dancing with locals. then A and i show up and we're all surprised and happy we somehow managed to all be together on new years eve which hasn't happened since we were in high school. the second part to my dream was A and i trying to set up our tent in the back yard of some random persons mud house during a revolution in Bolivia. could it get any wilder or exciting?! tonight Pabu slept for 6 hours straight! he and J fell asleep on the couch together before we put him to bed. they both fell asleep so fast and a loud thump couldn't have woken the two of them up.

why...?

Kareem Raheem/Reuters

"there was never a good war or a bad peace" - B. Franklin

it's hard to know where to go from here when when numbers are at 300,000 for Iraqi casualties and American casualities at over 3,000.

a sweet indulgence...

is he cute or what?! this little boy, now a man, has been wonderful for the past few days with the new addition of Pabu to our family. he has never been a lover of dogs like myself but knew some day we'd have a little pooch running around our home. thank you J for indulging me.

Pabu!

welcome the newest member of our family! Pabu!

NPR

as most of you know, J and I don't have a t.v., therefore we do lots of reading and listening to NPR. i thoroughly enjoy 'This American Life' with host and producer Ira Glass. i believe he started working for public radio when was around 19 years old. the show is so wonderful and every time i hear it i feel as though i am living through the lives of the people who are on the show. on every program they pick a theme and center their pieces around that one theme. this weekend's theme was 'settling the score.' an interesting discovery of a young woman of Polish origin. check it out and enjoy. http://www.npr.org/programs/