Come Running

Thanksgiving morning at about 5:30 am, Daddy, Mimi and I pried ourselves out of bed for the Detroit Annual Turkey Trot.

We were joined by our dear friend Michael, who was running his first 5k.

I decided to run the mashed potato mile for extenuating circumstances,none of them having to do with me taking the easy way out.
We arrived in the city where 17 thousand other runners had gathered in all states of festive dress.

All of the city was lit for the holidays. It was really lovely to be there. The city was beautiful and the energy of the crowd made you feel faster than a speeding bullet.

Speaking of speeding bullets, Mimi ran at a pace of a nine minute mile. She kept turning around, begging me to run faster. I simply replied that I was pacing myself(yeah right).At the finish line we received a thanksgiving turkey stress ball, she has since built her turkey his own shoe box house with bathroom.

Our friend Michael was also in the top 20 percent of his running class. It was a very lovely way to start a fat filled day.
Next year, we three run the 5k.

stupidly happy

We are thrilled to announce that Anna has a new baby sister.

After a ton of waiting,the Zini family will be bringing home a beautiful girl.Yu Xin Qi is from Jiangxi province. She was born on 12-3-08,
Traveling next month, I think. We rejoice.

Baby Its Cold Outside

Yesterday morning, Daddy took Mimi to our local holiday parade.

The morning started with a huge breakfast at Nello's, followed by a proper heralding in the Holiday season with the parade.

The highlights included live reindeer,spring jumping guys,unicyclists and Mr and Mrs Claus,(who I must say looked a little like Belle Watling in Gone With The Wind.)
I lounged in my pajamas and watched 30 rock and the Real Housewives... Happy Holidays.

Super Baby

A week ago, Mimi and I finally met my dear friends new baby.

He is not quite so new(he is nine months old),and wow he is a beautiful super baby.

My dear friend Leon and I met doing a production of "The Secret Garden", back in 1995.
Back in the day,he and I would frequent karaoke bars and out do each other in bad singing for money.


Leon and his beautiful wife Andrea, were married in July of 2007(I had the privilege of singing at their nuptials).

Leon and Andrea are both theater folk, so I am sure that this baby will be singing, dancing and acting up a storm.

All I Want For Christmas

As my children assemble their list of Christmas wishes and dreams, I, have a request of my own.

This is a dream I have had for some time, and fortunately for me, these wonderful people have come up with a great idea. The Eglu company has designed a chicken coop for city dwellers.

They have also written a pretty convincing argument as to why my husband and neighbors won't want to kill me for raising chickens in my backyard.

I am absolutely in love with the idea of raising 2 beautiful hens in the backyard.
It would firmly cement our position as the Huntington Woods Hillbillies.
I also want at least one of these that I saw at modern kiddo

Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground

When Mimi was small, she was not thrilled with being thrown into a pile of leaves.
My how times have changed.\Photos and leaves/ Terry Sipes

Painted from more memory

kids

Painted from Memory

Jiej and oh yeah Al

In an effort to give my baby sister wedding advice. I dug up a bunch of stuff.


For one, there is something to be said for printing photos.I stumbled upon pictures.
Next,
Jiej

Umami Memoirs

My Jiej, the culinary sprite, has a blog. I have bragged before.I love her entries, her enthusiasm, her true love for food, and the joy it brings.

Official photographer

I think Aunt Julie did the most photo taking Halloween night. More to follow.
By the way, I am happy to say that both of my girls participated in the voting process.

Lovely JieJie, voted in Madison Wisconsin, and Miss Mimi joined me at the polls here in HW.
Mimi thought that we were going to sit at a table with someone and they would explain to us how to vote. She thought we were going to fill out papers, kind of like a test, so we knew how to vote and who to vote for. She thought it was going to take 1 hour.

All Hallow's Eve

The Sipes family had our traditional Halloween celebration.

Jie Jie was home, so she helped me conjure up a Mexican feast for our friends and neighbors.
Mimi and Annabel went begging with Annabel's mom and me. Aunt Julie and Uncle Dan had the daunting task of passing out candy to our trick or treaters

We all must have been having a grand time because when I downloaded my pictures, I noticed a stunning lack of them.

I think we all assumed that each other was acting as official photographer.