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Older Home Loading Newer Less More Trim Untrim Older Granting wishes. Published on April 11, 2019 in General. 0 Comments

1:45am. Little dude is crying kicking in his sleep. This entire conversation happened while he was still asleep.
Him: I want it! No, not that one! THAT ONE!
Mama Joz: Which one? This one?
Him: I want the drum! Give me the drum! I want itttttttt!!!
Joz: You can have it you can have it! You can have ten drums if you want!
Him: Noooo! I don’t want a lot of drums! (continues crying and kicking)
Joz: Ok, ok! You can just have one drum, then! Which one do you want? Do you want the big drum?
Him: No! I don’t want that one!
Joz: Oh, ok. How about this one? Do you want the loud drum?
Him: Yes. I want the loud drum! I want the loudest drum!
Joz: Here you go! It is the loudest drum ever!!!
Him: (quiets down and falls back asleep)
I love being able to grant any wish he has in his dreams, but when I fall asleep again, I’m going dream of the best ear plugs ever.

Share this:Like this:Like Loading... Ba-Ba Day (2017) + This blog isnt totally dead Published on August 8, 2017 in General. 0 Comments

2017: A special happy Ba-Ba day to my Bro, dad/BaBa to my two darling nieces!

Originally written 8/8/07 and accidentally posted to 8Asians:

8/8 (Eight-Eight in Mandarin is pronounced ba-ba. Father in Mandarin is also pronounced ba-ba) is Fathers Day in Taiwan. Even though we refer to him as Dad in English, 95% of the time, we called him Ba-Ba. Usually, my Dad would be in Taiwan at this time of year, so I would have to remember to call him on 8/7 so I could wish him a happy Ba-Ba Day on the right day.

Happy Ba-Ba Day, Dad.

We miss you.

I originally couldnt remember where this picture was taken. I knew that it was taken on October 7, 2004, and thanks to my blog, I was able to go back figure out the context of this photo. I think this was taken in Rowland Heights, just before my Dad was going to get on to a shuttle bus that would have taken him to LAX to board a flight back to Taiwan.

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Shared it with Baby, who had more of it than I did! #HappyNewYear

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Hello from chilly Silicon Valley! Its my (almost) annual New Years post and picture, but Im going to change it up a little bit for 2017.

There were some big changes in our lives in the last couple of years which didnt get documented on this blog since it was broken for the last half of 2015 and most of 2016.

The biggest news, which people are still finding out about, is that we have a baby! He is actually already walking, so I guess that actually makes him a toddler, but in December of 2015, he showed up in our lives and nothing has been the same since.

Unfortunately, just a few months after the babys arrival, we were shocked and saddened by the unexpected passing of Yoshis Dad. I remember when my Dad passed away 10 years ago, how difficult that first year without him was. All the milestones he missed felt especially difficult the first time through.

This past year has been a year of milestones in two ways: the first time for everything with our son, but at the same time, the first time without Yoshis Dad.

Although we did our best to see and visit with Yoshis parents year round, New Years Eve and New Years Day has special significance for Japanese American families and over the years we created our own special traditions together.

The one that I think Ill personally miss most is waking up early to drive out to Half Moon Bay on New Years Eve to pick up fresh crab from the boats in the harbor. Thats where I would take my annual photo before we went to have brunch/lunch at Ketch Joannes and then we would head back home where we would spend the evening helping prepare crab for New Years Day. Dinner on New Years Eve was fresh crab, with sourdough bread. Sometimes we would pop some sake or champagne at midnight.

Since we always had fresh crab for dinner on New Years Eve, I would never actually have crab on New Years Day and instead, we would have a huge spread of osechi-ryori at both Yoshis moms (in San Leandro) and dads (in Sacramento) sides of the family. New Years Day would be a day full of driving, eating, family, more driving, more eating, more family, and then more driving.

Last year, we spent New Years in Los Angeles with the baby, but this year, I didnt know what to expect except that it would be different without Yoshis Dad.

We had thought about bringing the baby out to Half Moon Bay for lunch (no crab this year), but unfortunately, Yoshis Mom came down with a bug, so we ended up staying in and helping her out with the New Years cooking. It was pretty quiet, except for our noisy baby running around the house!

Im going to stay up until midnight and give Yoshi a kiss, but the baby is sleeping so Id better sleep while I have the chance!

HAPPY 2017!

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I was having WordPress problems last summer but was so busy I didnt have time to look into it.

Then last November, my site totally went down.

And then a few weeks later, in mid-December, our new baby arrived a month earlier than expected.

Fixing my blog was way low on the list of priorities.

A few weeks ago, one on my blog fairies came over to visit and helped me troubleshoot the combined issues that caused the site to go down. There are still some minor issues, but its back! (Not sure if Ill write here, though, to be perfectly honest.)

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July 31 is #FranklinDay! Celebrating Franklins first appearance in the world of Peanuts!, originally uploaded by @jozjozjoz.

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PIC: Marquee at @s_m_playhouse is ready for Opening Night for #AlwaysPatsyCline #MyDayInLA, originally uploaded by @jozjozjoz.

Sierra Madre Playhouse
Sierra Madre, CA
7/30/2015.