I love that show, Deserving Design, on HGTV. Its host, Vern Yip has been one of my favorite designers on TV since "Trading Spaces". I love his design, elegant and classy. So back in April when Deserving Design had a contest that you can nominate someone who deserves to have a room in their home redecorated, I automatically thought of my oldest sister. I've documented her battle with cancer since last year on this blog.

First of, I'd like to wish my oldest sister a big happy 41st-birthday!!!!!!!! She is being released from the hospital on her b-day (again! Same thing last year) after a three-week stay for the stem cell transplant. The procedure went well but she had to endure a lot of pain and infections, not to mention her hair was falling out due to the chemo, so finally she had to shave her hair. But she is such a trooper despite what she has to endure.

After reading about Ann Curry donating her hair to Locks of Love (LOL), I've decided to post about it on 8/20/2006 and took one step further to join her in growing out my hair for this great cause. I did have some concerns about LOL after doing some research on the net (in my last post), but if Oprah stands behind LOL, then it's certainly good enough for me.

Every time I see children who lost their hair due to terminal diseases, it just breaks my heart and I'm so glad I'm able to do my part, no matter how small. Almost two years later, I'm happy to say that I have my own 10 inches of locks to donate as well.

It's been so long since my last post that I totally forgot the password to WordPress! Could that be a sign of aging?

I've been up to my eyeballs with projects around here. And I can say that I'm DONE, as in D!O!N!E, put a fork in me kind of done, with my "home improvement" projects. I'll post the before and after pics in another post.

This post is about my baby, my happy-go-lucky guy, my chubby guy, my pride and joy, my Parker. There's going to be lots of bragging here folks, so if you're not a parent or you've heard it here before...just kindly go straight to the gratuitous pictures.

Every previous Mother's Day, all the mothers in our families (that would be Mom, two sisters, sister-in-law and moi) spent our day cooking for the whole family. Our Mom prefers it that way since it would be so chaotic to have all twenty of us dining out. But not this year! I've made an executive decision for everyone...we're having our girls' day out! No screaming kids, no cleaning, no laundry, no errands, no chauffeuring anybody around, no changing diapers, no wiping bums, and no cooking for one day!!