3/25 - Rainbow Dash can make friends anywhere

We met up with Wanda and Ashley from my old work.  It was great to see them!  They asked if I'd brought a friend, and I set Rainbow Dash on the bar. The people behind the counter got very excited and brought out some of *their* toy friends!  One was a small bamboo named Jason.

Ashley is always a good sport.

7/16 - Mary Katherine thinks she is being followed

She was right!  A giant slice of free cake was totally following her.  How lucky is she?

Here is Mary Katherine in an aloe forest.
'Allo?  Anyone else here?

3/19 - Max and Ferdinand espy some generosity

Max the Cyclops thought he'd found a friend in this surveying scope (?), but was happy to use it to find a generous It across the street.

The baby pepper plants are starting to peek out of the pot!

3/14 - Army Guy sicks it up

So, sick sucks, yo.  I'd been wanting to catch up on my sleep, but not by being felled like a tree.  A gooey, sniffling, tree.  There's not much for toys to do on a sick day, unfortunately.

Here's an outtake from yesterday, where Army Guy was the third wheel in this dance.

And here is a picture of the baby pepper seeds we planted the other weekend.  If we get some baby peppers of our own, Lil' Guy will be very happy.

Now, go on.  Nothing more to see here.  Achoo!

3/06 - Alienist gets into a staring contest with a girl on the bus

It wasn’t really a fair contest.  I don’t think he has eyelids!

Alienist thinks this plant is his mom.  I can see a family resemblance…  can you?

2/06 - Stunt Team #03 dreams of being a princess

Not just any princess, but a Disney princess on ice.  If you dare to dream, anything can happen.

Stunt Team #03 gets artsy. He says “I moss you very much.”  I'm lichen it a lot.

1/07 - Danger goes below ground

This Bok Choy Boy wanted to pretend he was molten lava at the Earth’s core.  The best I could do was this succulent on the table…

Introducing…  a street car named Danger. (Yes, he thinks the D.C. stands for Danger City.)

6/13 - Sneep drools at the thought of working escalators

Here is a picture of the escalator repairman and the newspaper guy that tries really hard to get me to take a paper every morning.  (Hint:  Smacking it in my face will not help your cause.)

Sneep says hi to you:  "SNEEP SNORP!"

At lunch, Sneep found some tentacle friends.  Do you remember seeing this octopus at the aquarium?  Sneep thought he was another alien at first.

Then Sneep thought the alien in my building’s lobby was so silly for being upside down.

4/20 - Bouncy Ball springs into summertime

Lil' Gal's sign says “spring weather,” but it’s all summer out there today!

This strange plant had berries that were round like Bouncy Ball.

As much as I loved today's weather at lunchtime, it was quite another story to head back to the East Bay for my first derby practice in three weeks.  It was 80+ degrees at 7pm, and we had to "build a b*tch" for 20 minutes.  Oy.  No photos of all of that!  Move along...

4/10 - Spring break doggie tea party

I was wishing I could spend some of the kids' spring break at home, but being out with an ear infection and pink eye wasn't exactly what I had in mind...  Still, Lil' Gal and I had fun having a tea party, for doggies only.

This ficus tree was not doing well, so I pruned him way back.  Lil' Guy asked me, "Where is his head?"  I explained that plants don't have heads, but the ficus *did* look somewhat decapitated.  So Lil' Guy offered up a ball, and suddenly the ficus looks much happier.  Please wish him well.  (And me too, before I consider decapitation as an option.)

9/23 - Mommy can't see the forest for the Trees

It’s been a really busy morning at work!  The Trees and I are putting down roots at my desk. What are you guys up to today?

Here, the Trees met a giant named Fern as we dashed out to grab lunch (a caprese sandwich from Specialty’s).  Now, we’re back to the grind.  (For my tech friends:  I am a human “diff” today.)

5/20 - Buster and the moment of Zen

OK, who's sick of Mommy working from home?  Raise your hands.  Now.  Who's sick of Mommy being sick?  Me too.  This blog needs to get out more.

One can see this plant from my desk at home.  Buster went for a closer look.  He promised me it was Zen-related and not at all doggie business-related.  Good boy.

3/16 - Jimmie and the sickly

Jimmie was very good at the doctor's -- stood right where the sign told him to.  (He did time the wait with his stopwatch.)

At work, there was much concern about the zebra plant that swooned in my absence.  And my coworkers decorated my cube/pirates with masks.  They are so silly!

11/12 - Toto, time, and fiddleheads

Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 12:32 PM
Subject: Toto made a friend!

Hi guys--

Toto and I have a lot of meetings today, but we'll try to send pictures when we can.  Here's Toto next to Mommy's cube, and with his new friend Ashley.
 

Sent: Thu, November 12, 2009 4:34:39 PM
Subject: Toto, time, and fiddleheads

Toto liked the clock in our meeting room, and I liked the fiddleheads on the fern outside the building.
See you soon!!