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Interests: sushi and white man's mexican food, lloyd dobler in "say anything," cute-ugly things, craftiness, kost 103.5 after 8, and good conversation
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7/18/2005
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| yes, i've joined facebook. but Xanga, you will always be in my heart. | | |
| i read a book about raising chickens the other day. apparently one must be VERY careful when introducing a new chicken into a coop. i guess no one, including chickens, likes it when a stranger comes into their circle. anyway, if a farmer wants to add a new chicken, he must bring the new chicken in a bag in the middle of the night while the other chickens are sleeping, and very sneakily creep the new chicken into its nest without disturbing the others. in the morning when all the chickens wake up, the chickens will see the new addition and think to themselves, "oh, since i didn't see her come in, she must have been here with us the whole time." the funny thing is, the new chicken wakes up in the morning and also thinks to herself, "oh, i must have been here the whole time" and goes along merrily in her day.
that's kind of the way entering marriage has been for me. i feel like ben and i have always been married. there was nothing new or strange or foreign to get used to. we just kinda belong. together. it's great.
anyhoo, i know all you want to see is the pictures, so here they are. the first 7 months of jenjamin.
the new couple.
 
our mini-moon to monterey.
ben with a crab at the aquarium gift shop.
standing with a giant otter.
our honeymoon in hawaii. we're trying to see the volcanoes.
a lava tube. basically a cave made from lava. isn't that cool??
black sand beach.
ben's being eaten by a giant donkey!
luau.
our first christmas. our tree was sparce. we're only buying one ornament a year.
i'm superwoman!
i love disneyland aka christmasland.
ben just loved the turkey leg.
the turkey leg wanted a picture with the castle too.
one of the many trips to tahoe. still don't know if i like skiing...
our first trip to seattle. just want to say...the space needle is overrated.
the coolest farmer's market ever.
they throw fish at their customers.
the very first starbucks ever. i love the starbucks.
look at the view they have there!
we heart seattle!
see you later!
 
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| sometimes i wonder what makes kids tick. is it the playdate they look forward to after school? is it seeking to be loved? is it the new toy in their treasure chest at home? is it wanting to be comfortable? is it the desire for new knowledge about the world?
well, i'm not sure what the answer to those questions are. but i know this, we are all just big kids. or rather, kids are mini-versions of us. we are WAY MORE similar to 5-year olds than we think.
it's been a hard year for me teaching the little ones. without disclosing too much, due to privacy reasons, and hopefully giving you a taste of what my career is like on a daily basis, here are two events from the day:
1. little girl uncontrollably cries when she realizes for the first time that she is black after a sad and semi-lengthy discussion about martin luther king, jr. keep in mind, i teach kindergarten.
2. a little girl admits to me that she found poop in her bed when she woke up. neither her nor her mom know how it got there. go figure.
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