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DAILY PHOTOS - JULY 23 2009
 Eyes are still blue. He really does look like me...  DAILY PHOTOS - JULY 16 2009
 I know this photo is blurry but I just can't get over how old he looks already. My little baby is no longer a baby. Time passes so quickly.  I can't seem to get the feet photo right but I am going to keep trying. and I can never get enough sleeping photos. He looks so peaceful and I love how he hugs himself. His hands are still in fists most of the time.  I hope for this to be an uneventful day. I am tired and it's already almost noon. Nothing done yet. Maybe the second half of the day will be better. I have my friend Sandra coming tonight and I am looking forward to seeing her. Here's to a productive day. PHOTO OF THE DAY - DAY 309
 Yesterday I got to vote. For the first time in a US Presidential race. It was a huge deal for me and something I've been looking forward to for a long long time. I was so excited I took tons of photos. Everyone was looking at me like I was crazy. But I wasn't. I love being part of this system. Here are some of the many many photos I took. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 Even though the rain destroyed half of it, and rotted it early, here's the night photo of our pumpkin. PHOTO OF THE DAY - DAY 302
 Yes I skipped a whole bunch of days and no I am not feeling well just yet but I spent a bunch of last night carving this awesome pumpkin and I had to share! PHOTO OF THE DAY - DAY 258
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 Our tent. China Camp. PHOTO OF THE DAY - DAY 229
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 Jake's mom, Jake, David and I went to Santa Cruz today and we had so much fun watching the seals, walking on the pier and playing with sand. This is not the greatest photo but I wanted to make sure to remember today. PHOTO OF THE DAY - DAY 215
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 David's been stamping a lot lately. These 7gypsies stamps come in very handy since they mean no messing with ink pads. PHOTO OF THE DAY - DAY 207
 My minibook baskets. Ali's idea of course. PHOTO OF THE DAY - DAY 206
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 When I lived in New York, on my way home from the subway, there was this art store. In the window were these wooden men. I looked at them with awe every day. I wanted one. Badly. After months of deliberation, I finally got one. Then I had no idea what to do with it. Today, as I was taking photos, I saw how it's sitting behind my monitor, seen by no one, doing nothing. And it reminded me of how badly I wanted it. Back then. PHOTO OF THE DAY - DAY 202
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 I just wanted to remember this plant. It's become my "layout plant" since I take photos of all my layouts while they lean on the plant. PHOTO OF THE DAY - DAY 197
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 I just started Shimelle's My Freedom class so the photos this month will be from the class... I've had this alarm clock for over ten years. Originally, I bought it cause it was the only clock where I could still see the numbers without my glasses on. Looking at it today reminded me of the days where I wore lenses and glasses and where I woke up unable to see anything clearly. It's amazing how quickly people adapt. I can't even remember what it felt like to not be able to see. That's why I like this photo, a little snapshot of those days... PHOTO OF THE DAY - DAY 188
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 I can't get enough of this flower. PHOTO OF THE DAY - DAY 186
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 This is from the apple tree in our backyard. PHOTO OF THE DAY - DAY 182
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 A crappy photo today. But this one is for me to remember my scrapping area. To look at it when I am not home and remember why creativity beckons me so much. PHOTO OF THE DAY - DAY 180
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 My AMM July Kit came. I'm itching to create. PHOTO OF THE DAY - DAY 178
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 Back to the flowers, I'm afraid. PHOTO OF THE DAY - DAY 169
 Love the purple. PHOTO OF THE DAY - DAY 168
 My new toy. I bought it in LA weeks ago but finally got ribbon for it. Not a good photo but it's been a long few days. PHOTO OF THE DAY - DAY 167
 A memory of the wedding day. PHOTO OF THE DAY - DAY 166
 A birdbath from the garden. PHOTO OF THE DAY - DAY 165
 Jake's parents' garden was beautifully lit by these candles. PHOTO OF THE DAY - DAY 164
 More from WWDC. I love these icons. PHOTO OF THE DAY - DAY 163
 Taken with my tiny camera. WWDC. PHOTO OF THE DAY - DAY 162
 I had the amazing privilege of visiting Hambly's factory today. It was so awesome. Allison was incredibly nice and generous and she's such a talented designer. She showed me all around and we talked for a long time. She also gave me so many goodies to give away. Thank you so much Allison! PHOTO OF THE DAY - DAY 161
 A few snapshots from WWDC. They didn't come out so well but I like having photos from my first WWDC.      PHOTO OF THE DAY - DAY 160
 As we drove up to Moscone Center to get the ticket, Jake asked me if I knew which of the four buildings it's in. It turns out I didn't need to know since the building was very distinguishable. I am off to my first WWDC ever. PHOTO OF THE DAY - DAY 159
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 I like how that tiny bit looks like it's floating on air. PHOTO OF THE DAY - DAY 157
 Just to document bits of my life now. These are the paints I use for David's daily ATCs. I am about 20 days behind but I am feeling ok about it. Let's see how quickly I can catch up. PHOTO OF THE DAY - DAY 156
 This little plant in my backyard makes me think of the Little Prince. The little rose... I don't now why. I just wanted to make sure years later, when I am no longer living here, I could remember this plant and the protective wire it has around it. PHOTO OF THE DAY - DAY 155
 For the last few weeks all the flowers in my neighborhood have been wilting. So I am so so happy to see them finally blooming again. Especially the purple ones. PHOTO OF THE DAY - DAY 154
 This is a symbolic one. I put the nail on a dream today. Took the first step. Let's see what turns up. PHOTO OF THE DAY - DAY 153
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 This is from Marissa's birthday party. Sex and the City: The Birthday. PHOTO OF THE DAY - DAY 150
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 This is the new puppy across the street from us. PHOTO OF THE DAY - DAY 139
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 This is one of my neighbor's plants. Isn't it amazing?  PHOTO OF THE DAY - DAY 122
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 From the backyard. And here's another:  POTD - DAY 103
 Another not so great one. I've been in a lot of backpain so not venturing very far lately. POTD - DAY 102
 Something a bit blurry today. POTD - DAY 101
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 Love purple. POTD - DAY 98
 Some more from the backyard. Resting a bunch for the last few days.  POTD - DAY 97
 Backyard today since we're having a lazy day. Lazy days are the best. POTD - DAY 96
 A lot of photos from today cause I just couldn't resist.     POTD - DAY 95
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 Not such a great one today. I was in a rush. POTD - DAY 93
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 And one more from school grounds.  POTD - DAY 91
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 Something a bit different today. From Shoreline Park's parking lot. POTD - DAY 89
 Another one from the library. Not so great, I know. POTD - DAY 88
 and another one from today.  POTD - DAY 87
 More backyard fun.   POTD - DAY 86
 Leftovers of a flower. POTD - DAY 85
 Another one from our backyard. POTD - DAY 84
 My neighbor's tree. POTD - DAY 83
 Not such a huge fan of this one either but it's been a busy day so here it is. POTD - DAY 82
 Snapped on the way to the library. POTD - DAY 81
 A not-so-great one today. These flowers are right outside our door and they smell incredible. POTD - DAY 80
 These looked so iridescent to me. POTD - DAY 79
 I decided we will do all the flowers in my neighborhood. How about them apples? POTD - DAY 78
 Continuing with the flowers. POTD - DAY 77
 It's amazing how many different types of flowers we run into in our daily walks. POTD - DAY 76
 You say you don't like flowers? Too bad. I love them. POTD - DAY 75
 Back to flowers, we are. POTD - DAY74
 I loved the color of the paint on this wall. Sort of inexplicable, I know. POTD - DAY 73
 And more flowers. There are many more coming. POTD - DAY 72
 Another magnificent flower spotted in our neighborhood walk. POTD - DAY 71
 Recenly Ali wrote about looking up, so here's my shot, looking down. POTD - DAY 70
 I am feeling really sick today so you're stuck with photos from my backyard. And look what Jake's mom got me:  POTD - DAY 69
 And a shot of the basket full of eggs. POTD - DAY 68
 Just to put a break in between all the flower photos. This is from Hidden Villa Farm. More from there is coming soon. POTD - DAY 67
 Aren't these flowers absolutely amazing? POTD - DAY 66
 Another gem from our walk. POTD - DAY 65
 More from our walk around the neighborhood. I used to love these as a kid.   POTD - DAY 64
 More flowers. And one more for Kim. Thank you for making me feel less guilty about posting these.  POTD - DAY 63
 These tiny flowers were in my neighbor's front yard. Aren't they amazing? POTD - DAY 62
 Back to the backyard. Same exact flowers as yesterday. POTD - DAY 61
 More backyard fun. Happy March first! POTD - DAY 60
 My neighbor's tree is blooming. I love spring. POTD - DAY 59
 A wonderful night with friends, enjoying the Raclette. POTD - DAY 58
 More from the beautiful Hakone Gardens. POTD - DAY 57
 This is from Hakone Gardens where I was taking a class. A bunch more from there, is coming. POTD - DAY 56
 If you don't like flowers, you're probably not enjoying these but I love nature, so I am. POTD - DAY 55
 Life, about to bloom. POTD - DAY 54
 It's raining cats and dogs here. It's been all day long. Actually, all week long. I am not liking this weather much at all. The one good side effect is the very green plants all over. POTD - DAY 53
 A different flower today. POTD - DAY 52
 More shots from the energy project class I was taking. Fantastic class with tangible action items. More on this as soon as I can collect my thoughts. POTD - DAY 51
 Taking a class today and tomorrow and here's one of the pithy questions from class. What's your answer? More on the class later this next week. POTD - DAY 50
 A bit abstract today. POTD - DAY 49
 Happy Birthday Nicholas, Cole, Alcor, and Jack. Happy birthday to you, my friend with many names. Here are some more shots from our fun-filled afternoon of painting, sculpting, and playing games. POTD - DAY 48
 A little toy I couldn't resist photographing. And then, of course, more flowers.        POTD - DAY 47
 Just when you thought I was done with the flowers. I am not. I really am not ready to be done just yet.      POTD - DAY 46
 A little girl was lining up all the animals at Target. I couldn't help but take a photo. And here's day two of the flowers Jake got me.  POTD - DAY 45
 Happy Valentines Day! My wonderful, amazing husband got me these beautiful tulips for Valentines Day. Tulips are my very favorite. Isn't he amazing?   POTD - DAY 44
 Didn't you miss my flowers? Went to the art store today to buy supplies for the class I am starting on Monday. Yey! POTD - DAY 43
 Aroma Cafe is where we met Jake's friend Jess Kender. She's the very best and about to be a Mommy soon! POTD - DAY 42
 A shot from one of my favorite booths. POTD - DAY 41
 Michelle, Michelle and Donna Downey. She's definitely one of my favorites and it was great to see her husband there too and in such good humor. And what a thrill to see my album in the Maya Road booth.  POTD - DAY 40
 Meeting the AMM girls for the first time. Much laughter was had. POTD - DAY 39
 Fun with my neighbor's flowers.     POTD - DAY 38
 After the doctor's appointment, we went to a diner in the Stanford Mall. I loved how this table exemplified the perfect image of a diner. POTD - DAY 37
 This photo might seem boring to you, but to me, it's an important reminder of a relatively disastrous day. This morning I woke up to find my 60Gig iPod to be empty. It said it had no songs, no playlists, no nothing! When I mounted the iPod, thankfully the stuff was still there but I had to back up all the songs to a hard drive, reset the firmware of the iPod and copy it all back. Not fun. This is the drive my friend Nicholas generously loaned to me so I could copy all the songs off my iPod. They are also all safely in my own backup drive now, as well. POTD - DAY 36
 The big day! I got to vote vote vote! And David collected some of these stickers. Wednesday morning he woke up with one stuck to his chin.  POTD - DAY 35
 Tomorrow is election day! My very first time voting in a primary. And then it will be my very first time voting in a Presidential Election. I cannot tell you how excited I am. Tomorrow night is a date with my husband, in front of the TV. POTD - DAY 34
 And one more from the yard. I can't stop.  POTD - DAY 33
 More gems from the yard. I love these. POTD - DAY 32
 We went out for Afghani food tonight. This is a photo of the chandelier. POTD - DAY 31
 Besides the lights outside, the only remnant of Christmas in our house. POTD - DAY 30
 A few more shots around the house.   POTD - DAY 29
 These are holders for the umbrellas the hotel provides you from one building to another. POTD - DAY 28
 A few shots from Tahoe. Courtesy of the Google Product Team ski trp. I even skied. First time in nine years.    POTD - DAY 27
 Still exploring my backyard. As much as I hate the rain, I love the colors it brings.  POTD - DAY 26
 Lately, I've been wanting to play with paint. POTD - DAY 25
 This was my birthday present from last year. I've used it a bunch but not nearly enough. Here's to a year of sewing projects. POTD - DAY 24
 Tonight was dinner at Nicholas' place since our friend Anastassia was visiting from New York. We grilled veggies, meat, and bread on the raclette. After dinner, we ate ice cream created by Nicholas called Queasy Cream. Cream cheese ice cream, green dye, caramel, and chocolate cookies. It was yummy. Here are two other shots from preparing dinner:   POTD - DAY 23
 Tonight was Mahjong-night. We had a fantastic time with fantastic people. There was pizza, cheese, bread, cake, and much laughter. POTD - DAY 22
 Terrible photo, I know. But it's a memory of a good time so I still like it. POTD - DAY 21
 Relatively relaxing day today. A morning of painting and then lunch and lounging around with friends. Here are a few other snap shots from today.     POTD - DAY 20
 Spring is finally coming to my backyard. I am going to miss so much of this. POTD - DAY 19
 We went to my favorite place in the world today: Muir Woods. More photos coming very soon. POTD - DAY 18
 Friday night, a few of us from work went to the top of Skyline Drive to do some night shooting. It was a lot of fun. I will be posting a bunch more photos from the session in a few minutes. POTD - DAY 17
 All the product managers in my team went out to dinner at a Vietnamese restaurant in Mountain View tonight and I wanted to capture a bit of the amazing desserts. Here's a photo of a few of the people there.  POTD - DAY 16
 Today was our team offsite. We went to Los Gatos to play bocce. Half my team works remotely from home, all over the US, so it was wonderful having them all in one place. POTD - DAY 15
 I wouldn't be doing my job as a recorder of events if I didn't post photos from Macworld. I woke up at 4am this morning to drive to San Fran with my work mate, Greg. We still weren't able to get into the main room. We spent the day in the Google booth, demoing our products to people. It was a very long but quite a nice day. And, while it won't do the thinness justice, here's my first photo of MacBook Air:  POTD - DAY 14
 Bits and pieces of toys are scattered all around our house. In corners we didn't even know we had. POTD - DAY 13
 More documenting from my house. This is the orange tree in our backyard. POTD - DAY 12
 I know you must be sick of photos of stuff in my house but this was the first year we bought wonderful, little things for Halloween and I want to make sure I remember them. I love these corns. I love the color. POTD - DAY 11
 One of the engineers who works in our team is awesome in multiple ways, as is often the case with Googlers. Mark made this incredible poodle for me. I knew I had to give it to David and that he would immediately destroy it. So I wanted to capture a shot before he did. The whole time I was taking this photo, David was reaching out for it and crying at the same time. POTD - DAY 10
 Tonight was my first time on Apple campus. I was there for Cocoaheads since Ted was talking about the MacFUSE Objective-C framework. Here's the video of the talk. POTD - DAY 9
 Ok I know this one's a bit lame but it's for me to remember how behind I am in all my reading. Just sitting on the table, looking at me, enticing me but not actually getting touched. POTD - DAY 8
 Of course today's about the elections as well. But the captured facial expression is one of my favorites. POTD - DAY 7
 Leftover pumpkins from Halloween. One would think they were bad by now but two months down and they are still so cute. Not a pumpkin person? Ok, here are some stamps for you:  PTOD - DAY 6
 My friend Mark and I took a long walk around Stanford campus today. It was a wonderful time even though it started raining and we couldn't find our car. More photos from today to be posted later. POTD - DAY 5
 Rainstorms are still all the rage here. Supposedly we'll have another six or seven days of them. Joy Joy. POTD - DAY 4 - PART 2
 Today, we had one of the biggest rain storms we've had in Palo Alto since I've moved here. Nonstop rain and heavy winds. It was not fun. However, one of the benefits of a lot of rain is that grass and plants get a lot of water and become really colorful. So I wanted to capture the beautiful reds in our front yard to remind myself that rain is not all bad. POTD - DAY 4 - PART 1
 Ok, so I have two of them today. At first, I was like, "Oh, crap that doesn't work with the rules." Then I remembered, guess what? I make the rules! How do you like them apples? This is a photo of one of the Christmas lights we put outside. They are iridescent. With all the rain, it looks even more magical to me and I wanted to capture it so I could remember this special holiday season. POTD - DAY 3
 And we've caught up to today's photo. For anyone who knows me, today's photo should be predictable. This is the first time I get to vote in a presidential election and so I am watching every moment of every major political event. And, of course, the Iowa Caucus qualifies. It was Obama and Huckabee's nights. POTD - DAY 2
 Today's photo is more for me than usual. As Jake was in the side yard, cutting up our tree, I snapped this photo of our side yard. I've always wanted a house with a yard and this one has two of them. I don't know how long we'll have a house and the side yard's so green right now that I wanted to make sure I captured its beauty. POTD - DAY 1  Yes, I know I haven't done the looking forward post yet. I have had a fever of 101 for the last four days and I've pretty much been in bed the whole time. I will do the post as soon as I pick up all the pieces I've been dropping for the last few days. David's been sick twice in the last three weeks and Jake just came from the hospital where he found out that he has a well-advanced ear infection. So our household has welcomed 2008 in our own special way. By being sick. Anyhow. I'm starting two new things this year: picture of the day and daily David. We'll see how far I go, but the goal is to capture random photos from my day. They are not meant to be high quality (though they can). They are meant to document something from my day. Each day. Today's is about our tree. This year, we got a real tree for the first time in ten years and we decorated it with white and blue ornaments and lights. It made this holiday season my very favorite. I looked forward to seeing that tree every night when I came home and every morning when I woke up. So this photo is to commemorate our last day with the tree. |
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