Here's an update on stats first posted in November 2005 and then updated in January 2006.
Price of Gas: $3.02 per gallon (after reaching highs over $3.40 per gallon)
Price of Milk: still $3.29 for hormone free milk at Trader Joe's (price drop even with higher gas prices)
Bridge Toll: still $3 on nearly all Bay Area bridges (still need to sign up for FasTrak)
Today's High Temperature: 92 degrees F (hot and dry)
Dow Jones Average: 10,974.84 (up 32.73); but only +127 since first 2006 trading day
Shopping Days to Christmas: 187 days including Christmas Eve
Dinner Tonight: Baked Salmon, Broccoli and Rice
Average Commute Time: still over an hour (in a 3-person carpool)
Cost of Area Homes: still over $600,000, but properties are moving more slowly than ever
Movie Ticket: assume that it's still around $9, although it's been some time since we've watched anything but NetFlix rentals
Vacation with My Kids: roadtrip to Seattle!
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Saturday, June 17, 2006
Answers to Onomatopoetic Words
Here are the answers:
1. bari bari - the sound of tearing paper
2. boro boro - being worn out and old [something old is said to be "boro"]
3. deko boko - to be bumpy [usually in reference to a surface]
4. doki doki - excited fast beating heart [not to be confused with "toki doki" which means "from time to time"]
5. fuwa fuwa - fluffy [doesn't it sort of have a "fluffy" sound?]
6. gari gari - the sound of scraping
7. giri giri -just in the nick of time
8. gucha gucha - being very soft and wet (flooded carpeting) [imagine what footsteps would sound like on a flooded carpet]
9. guru guru - round and round in circles
10. hoka hoka - warm, heated (a warm bento) [there's a bento shop near my aunt's in Japan that's called Hoka Hoka Bento]
11. iro iro - this and that
12. kara kara - the state of being very dry
13. niko niko - smiling
14. peko peko - to be hungry
15. pera pera - fluent in a language
16. pika pika - blinking lights [just say this the next time you see a blinking light]
17. pon pon - to have a full stomach [next time after a heavy meal, rub your stomach and say "pon pon"]
18. ten ten - to be dotted
19. wai wai - a state of noisy exuberance (noisy kids)
20. wan wan - the sound that a dog makes [a doggie is sometimes referred to as wanwan-chan]
1. bari bari - the sound of tearing paper
2. boro boro - being worn out and old [something old is said to be "boro"]
3. deko boko - to be bumpy [usually in reference to a surface]
4. doki doki - excited fast beating heart [not to be confused with "toki doki" which means "from time to time"]
5. fuwa fuwa - fluffy [doesn't it sort of have a "fluffy" sound?]
6. gari gari - the sound of scraping
7. giri giri -just in the nick of time
8. gucha gucha - being very soft and wet (flooded carpeting) [imagine what footsteps would sound like on a flooded carpet]
9. guru guru - round and round in circles
10. hoka hoka - warm, heated (a warm bento) [there's a bento shop near my aunt's in Japan that's called Hoka Hoka Bento]
11. iro iro - this and that
12. kara kara - the state of being very dry
13. niko niko - smiling
14. peko peko - to be hungry
15. pera pera - fluent in a language
16. pika pika - blinking lights [just say this the next time you see a blinking light]
17. pon pon - to have a full stomach [next time after a heavy meal, rub your stomach and say "pon pon"]
18. ten ten - to be dotted
19. wai wai - a state of noisy exuberance (noisy kids)
20. wan wan - the sound that a dog makes [a doggie is sometimes referred to as wanwan-chan]
Sunday, June 11, 2006
"Broken" Trees
Carrying on a conversation with a two-year old is an interesting experience that brings a whole new meaning to the word "perspective." Here's a conversation with our two-year from this evening at bed time.
Me: Ryan, what's this? (pointing to a series of deciduous trees illustrating the seasons of the year)
Ryan: Broken.
Me: Do you remember the seasons that we talked about the other night?
Ryan: Broken, DaDa. (pointing to the picture of a tree in winter, bare without leaves)
Me: Oh, I get it. The tree is broken. There aren't any leaves. (laughter on my part)
Ryan: Broken. (smiling)
Me: Ryan, what's this? (pointing to a series of deciduous trees illustrating the seasons of the year)
Ryan: Broken.
Me: Do you remember the seasons that we talked about the other night?
Ryan: Broken, DaDa. (pointing to the picture of a tree in winter, bare without leaves)
Me: Oh, I get it. The tree is broken. There aren't any leaves. (laughter on my part)
Ryan: Broken. (smiling)
Sunday, June 04, 2006
Ygnacio Woods Swim Team
We have dived into the world of organized sports due to Naomi's love of swimming. She'll be swimming this summer with the swim team at our local swim club. There was a preseason period of three weeks ending with a test to see if they could swim the width of the pool. All who could do this were eligible to be on the team.
The following week they launched right into practicing each of the four main strokes: freestyle, backstroke, butterfly and breaststroke. Before the start of the season there were time trials. We had missed the new parent informational meeting, so we had no idea what to expect. In hindsight, it's just like the competitive meets except with no visiting team. So here we were at the time trial beginning at 5:15pm on a Wednesday evening, with only one towel for Naomi, and no jackets for any of the kids, and no snacks or drinks to refresh the hungry masses. Talk about not being prepared.
As the time trials progressed, it became obvious that this was going to be a long evening. There was talk that it would take until 9pm to get bench mark times for each child for each event. So we had to make a run home to gather more dry towels, jackets for everyone and munchies to fill in for dinner. Newbies.
At Naomi's first meet, trying to read the event listing to determine her events was an event in itself. At her first meet, she swam the medley relay (butterfly), individual freestyle, individual butterfly, individual backstroke, and the freestyle relay. That was alot of swimming for a little girl. We were there at 7:45am for warm-ups and didn't leave till about 12:30. At least we were prepared in terms of munchies this time. She brought home three ribbons...one was even for a 2nd place finish in the 25 yd freestyle.
Can you pick out Naomi in the photo below?
The following week they launched right into practicing each of the four main strokes: freestyle, backstroke, butterfly and breaststroke. Before the start of the season there were time trials. We had missed the new parent informational meeting, so we had no idea what to expect. In hindsight, it's just like the competitive meets except with no visiting team. So here we were at the time trial beginning at 5:15pm on a Wednesday evening, with only one towel for Naomi, and no jackets for any of the kids, and no snacks or drinks to refresh the hungry masses. Talk about not being prepared.
As the time trials progressed, it became obvious that this was going to be a long evening. There was talk that it would take until 9pm to get bench mark times for each child for each event. So we had to make a run home to gather more dry towels, jackets for everyone and munchies to fill in for dinner. Newbies.
At Naomi's first meet, trying to read the event listing to determine her events was an event in itself. At her first meet, she swam the medley relay (butterfly), individual freestyle, individual butterfly, individual backstroke, and the freestyle relay. That was alot of swimming for a little girl. We were there at 7:45am for warm-ups and didn't leave till about 12:30. At least we were prepared in terms of munchies this time. She brought home three ribbons...one was even for a 2nd place finish in the 25 yd freestyle.
Can you pick out Naomi in the photo below?
Wisdom Teeth
Just out of curiosity, do you still have your wisdom teeth? An informal survey of other adults at our dentist's office this weekend found that one person had three of four. Four others had none. My dentist asks me each time I see him if I'm ready to have my wisdom teeth removed. Maybe next time.
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