How cute are these babies?

My niece and nephew having fun at the beach and pool over the summer.  I miss them so much.  How cute are they?

Missing Summer...

I am missing the summertime, especially because that's when I get to come home to Ojai!  Counting down the months until summer break.

Ken is still on his Standard Process Purification Cleanse.  No packaged foods, no wheat or dairy, all vegetarian.  I am enjoying eating vegetarian with him.  I love that everything we are eating is made from scratch and mostly whole foods.  Last night he made a veggie ratatouille over brown rice.  It had a tomato base with eggplant, bell pepper, onion and more.  It was so good!

No ice day today! : (  

We had to go out in the morning and deal with the cold and the ice.  My entire car was iced over and I could barely open my door.  We really wanted to stay in bed, stay warm and cuddle instead.

Books!!

John Updike died....

Check the following link for an article about his literary contributions on NPR:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99910985

I just finished The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz.  Here is a link to an NPR interview with the author.  It includes an excerpt from the novel as well.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90111248

I succumbed to the Twilight series and I am just finishing New Moon. The writing is not very sophisticated, but the story is catching.  It reminds me of DaVinci Code  in that it is a page turner, but not that well-written.  An entertaining read.

My wish list for the next book: Eclipse, The Wishing Year, The Flamenco Academy.

I saw an interview with Sarah Bird that got me interested in The Flamenco Academy.  It's about love and obsession and learning to dance.  It was also fun to learn that she made cash when she was young writing bodice rippers : )

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I created this blog to keep up with family and friends.  I hope you enjoy!!

Monday was Chinese New Year.  It's the Year of the Ox.  Ken and I celebrated our five year anniversary!!

We are hoping and praying for an ice day tomorrow.  It's cold!  We want to sleep in!

Check out an article about Ken's acupuncture clinic at this link:

http://www.impactnews.com/pdfs/ght/GeorgetownHuttoTaylor-2008-08.pdf