Kelly News Briefs

I’ve spent my long weekend:


1.   drooling over Apollo Ohno.  Four years is such a long time to wait!

2.  
shopping at the Robinsons May inventory clearance.  It felt a bit
like dumpster diving, but there were some treasures to be found.

3.  
breaking my Bob Greene rules … most notably the “don’t eat after
7:00” and “30 minutes of exercise” ones  (does shopping count as
exercise?)


4.  
studiously avoiding work, but I’ve gotta do it today.  The flying
by the seat of my pants approach seldom results in great days at school.


5.   doing
laundry, laundry, and more laundry.  (Recently I’ve read some
posts complaining about laundry, but let me tell you, I LOVE doing
laundry … I have ever since spending a year in Taiwan with a
washboard, a makeshift clothesline, and the stiff, not-so-fresh results
of washing by hand.  First thing I did when I returned home was
throw all my clothes into the washer and dryer and revel like a Snuggle
bear in the outcome.)

6.  
eating, eating, eating. (See #3) Mexican food on Friday, Souplantation
(Toshi’s favorite) on Saturday, and Indian food last night. 
Yum!  (Oh, and who can forget the banana cream pie for
desert!)  Japanese tonight … our early Valentine’s dinner.

7.  
trying to decide what to get/make for my kiddos for their Valentine
party.  I want to make them tang yuan (a sweet Chinese dessert
soup served especially during the lantern festival) to try, but somehow
I think they would prefer the traditional cupcake.  

They are so excited about  Valentine’s  Day … the funny
thing is that more than half of them don’t even sign their Valentine
cards … just throw them in an envelope and write a name on it … so
they end up with about 15 blank cards.  Whatever.

8. becoming
an auntie for the sixth time!  Nicholas was born to my stepsister,
Jenney, this weekend.  8lbs. and 22 in. long! 

Okay … off to do that
aforementioned work to the musical accompaniment of Toshi, the DJ …
30 seconds of 100 songs for your listening pleasure.  Aiya!