2.26.10 "TODAY"

EMILY, ITALY




CORNELIA, SOUTH AFRICA

The rain is coming!



BUCKEROOMAMA, HONG KONG

Went out and saw that they're still selling these Chinese New Year decorations (the God of Fortune and the Lucky Cat).



LOLA, UTAH

I took the dogs out to play today, and they lounged in dead, dewy, pre-spring grasses. Then I made this poster of Bubs! {Isn't he yummy?}



REBECKAH, PHILADELPHIA

Today we are experiencing our fifth blizzard of the winter season. No school! Kids are excited!



RIKAKO, JAPAN

I want to go jumping into the wild hot spring in Kagoshima.



TEZZIE, FINLAND

We dream of summer...



SARAH, GEORGIA

I called 9-1-1 because my 16 month old had something lodged in his throat and was choking. I couldn't get it to come out -- fortunately it did while I was on the phone with them, so they were never dispatched. We now have to hide our kitchen trash can. He had gotten something out of the trash!

2.25.10 "TODAY"

BUCKEROOMAMA, HONG KONG

The tikesters and I are having an indoor picnic... with a panda, a fish, an owl, and Elmo!



TEZZIE, FINLAND

Shopping in Oslo!



LOLA, UTAH

Kort got new shoes! (and he was just a little excited about it.)



KATIE, INDONESIA

Went to a beautiful Hindu temple surrounded by lily pads. (Bali, Indonesia)



SARAH, GEORGIA

I did laundry. Lots and lots of laundry. Now, if only it would fold itself...



RIKAKO, JAPAN

We decorate the dolls for Hinamatsuri- the girl's festival coming on March 3rd.



REBECKAH, PHILADELPHIA

Today my sister's baby girl is 1 week old. Welcome to the world Baby Brooke!



EMILY, ITALY

Today, blood oranges are in season.

KATE, LAS VEGAS

I bought some cereal (it was on sale), but the only place it would fit was my coat closet!


CORNELIA, SOUTH AFRICA

The inside of my car.

2.24.10 "FAVORITE BOOK ON MY SHELVES"

REBECKAH, PHILADELPHIA

I am just dying to start The Blind Side by Michael Lewis. Too bad I have to work and can't delve in!



RIKAKO, JAPAN

The Prince Dictionary



SARAH, GEORGIA (U.S.)

I love books. I read all the time when I was little, and my all-time favorite books were the Little House on the Prairie books, by Laura Ingalls Wilder. I still have the set from when I was a little girl and have started reading one of them to my daughter. If you are a Little House fan, you should be able to figure out which book is missing from the series in the photo :) I also love my Bible and my book of Eric Carle art.



LOLA, UTAH

Just one? Can't do it! And these are just some of my "regular recommendations" to friends and family, I'm not even going to get into the classics that I adore. My most favorite fiction novel (Memoirs of a Geisha) is not pictured here, because despite the fact that I have THREE copies, they are always loaned out! Pictured here are: a few journals I kept from ages 8-16 (these always make for a h.i.l.a.r.i.o.u.s. read, I was a drama queen like you wouldn't believe!) The Artist's Way, Hypnobirthing - The Mongan Method (getting ready for baby number two), The Book of Mormon, Stephen King - On Writing, Childbirth Without Fear, The Dynamic Laws of Prosperity, and The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands (LOVE that book!!! I have several "loan out" copies of that one as well.) *Please excuse the messy office ;P



TEZZIE, FINLAND

Impossible to just choose ONE favourite book...the latest one I read is Cecelia Ahern's "If You Could See Me Now", which was wonderfully quirky...like a fairytale for adults :D



BUCKEROOMAMA, HONG KONG

I can't really pick just one favorite. I love books by Peter Mayle (on the left). And then there's The Catcher in the Rye... and Boy's Life (one of the more magical books I've read about growing up). One of all-time favorite books is not here and I can't find it (!) --To Kill a Mockingbird.



CORNELIA, SOUTH AFRICA

Sorry, I couldn't just choose one! This is part of my collection of old books...most of them are a hundred years old or older. From the bottom: The Bible in Dutch, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (Kate Douglas Wiggin), Quentin Durward (Scott), Patty and Priscilla (Jean Webster), Some letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, The Life of Charlotte Brontë (Mrs Gaskell) and David Copperfield (Charles Dickens).



EMILY, ITALY

At our house, some of the best books come in baskets.

2.23.10 "ROUTINE"

EMILY, ITALY




KATE, LAS VEGAS

Jumping before breakfast.



BUCKEROOMAMA, HONG KONG

Checking the mail...



CORNELIA, SOUTH AFRICA




KATIE, INDONESIA

Bali is predominantly Hindu so the locals make offerings to the gods. You see these baskets, called 'canang sari', everywhere - at temples (as seen above), in front of shops, homes, etc. The offerings are made three times a day and make up part of the Balinese daily routine. (Bali, Indonesia)



LOLA, UTAH

Reading a good book together before bed.



REBECKAH, PHILADELPHIA

When we go to hotels we ALWAYS jump on the bed. Oh. Yes. We. Do! It is a fun little routine that we adore!



RIKAKO, JAPAN

It is my daily routine to cross this bridge by bike and enjoy the veiw.



TEZZIE, FINLAND

The bedtime routine with the kids always includes the reading of at least one book...Sunday evenings are extra special, since Grandma Mommo reads the bedtime story from Canada (via Skype)...



SUKI, GERMANY

Going on a long walk with the dogs in the afternoon is our routine. And it is a little relaxing from the mental exhaustion I experience from rushing through life.



SARAH, GEORGIA (U.S.)

Three times a day I put him to bed (2 naps and bedtime) and three times a day I get to go in his room when he wakes up and see what kind of crazy bed head he has :) He is my youngest of three and my only thumb-sucker. I love him to pieces!

2.22.10 "TODAY..."

TEZZIE, FINLAND

We learn some Intarsia (Marquetry) techniques.



SUKI, GERMANY




SARAH, GEORGIA

I played Legos with my almost 5 year old little boy. He wanted to build a really tall building, so he got out all of his Legos and other blocks.



BUCKEROOMAMA, HONG KONG




CORNELIA, SOUTH AFRICA

My father...he is not a farmer, but we were visiting friends on their farm.



EMILY, ITALY




KATE, LAS VEGAS

I cleaned my pantry.



KATIE, INDONESIA

Today I'm going to monkey forest where I will be feeding bananas to...well...monkeys of course. That is if I can convince them not to try to snatch my daughter's bottle like last time. :P (Bali, Indonesia)



NATALIE, DUBAI




LOLA, UTAH

After a fun, weekend bout of food poisoning, we officially started phase 1 of "Cupcakes for Haiti" I had a wonderful pajama-clad, bed-headed baking assistant on hand - so things ran very smoothly!



REBECKAH, PHILADELPHIA




RIKAKO, JAPAN

I am watching the Olympics by handy phone furtively at work. I am so proud that we got a medal at Male figure skating for the first time.

Kat

I'm Kat. I am sixteen years young, and have lived in the same city for the entirety of my short life.

My blog, found at www.thoseblissmoments.blogspot.com was set up late last year as a dear friend told me to "just do it."

I take pictures because these days, thats how i think -- in photographs. I obviously have no kids of my own, but my household is filled with my four siblings aged between 8-18, a mummy, two dogs and a fish. Between them and my gorgeous cousins, i usually find something lovely to photograph.

Other than that, my obsessions lie with my Canon SLR, new music {cough...john mayer...cough}, knee socks, snow, sunshine, traveling and lying on the ground at night watching the stars :)

Cheers,

Kat :)