http://blog.sanriotown.com/okasaneko:hellokitty.com A Tubby Tabby, Three Konekos, and a Life with Hello Kitty and Autism Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:36:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Two weeks ago, I was absolutely strapped for cash. For the first time in a really long time, I lost track of all my spending and ended up not having a lot to spare. Yes, it would have been very easy to ask my husband for more money, and I ... http://blog.sanriotown.com/okasaneko:hellokitty.com/2008/11/18/the-gift/ I didn't get around to posting this before, and now that I have some free time on my hands, I thought I'd introduce you to the newest member of our family, Kitty Bee (as in Kitty B or Kitty Brown). She arrived via US Postal Service on October 7 this ... http://blog.sanriotown.com/okasaneko:hellokitty.com/2008/11/13/kitty-kitty-bo-bitty-banana-fana-fo-fitty/ This video was created by Alex as a gift for Alphonse's 14th birthday last November 3. We previewed this video to relatives on our family celebration last Sunday, November 9. Alex worked over this after classes, scanning old pictures, writing and rewriting the text, and threading them to become a story. I ... http://blog.sanriotown.com/okasaneko:hellokitty.com/2008/11/11/what-kind-of-world-do-we-want/ This is a DIY project I did over the weekend, using a laptop vinyl skin I purchased online. I first created a template using tracing paper, and transferred the pattern on the vinyl. I also hand cut all the holes with a cutter. The entire project lasted more than hour ... http://blog.sanriotown.com/okasaneko:hellokitty.com/2008/10/31/guitar-hero-kitty-rockin-momma/ Some days, it’s hard to stop writing about everything going in on one’s life. And yet other days, there are things and events that are so poignant that words don’t do them justice, however much you try. This is one such time. These last two weeks, as Alphonse recuperated from his ... http://blog.sanriotown.com/okasaneko:hellokitty.com/2008/10/16/take-me-ill-follow/ I hope my son does not read this post (Pshew! He's still preoccupied with his school projects, thank God!) as I do not condone or encourage truancy. But last week, well, last week was different. Alphonse was downed  by a severe sytemic viral illness that had us worried sick, and a ... http://blog.sanriotown.com/okasaneko:hellokitty.com/2008/10/08/physics-of-life/ What do you do when you want to carry your Kitty baby but like any other multitasking mom, you have other things to do with your hands? Look at the pictures below and you'll see how a handy mini-baby/plush carrier can free your hands to do other things.   (This is what it the plush ... http://blog.sanriotown.com/okasaneko:hellokitty.com/2008/09/24/look-no-hands/ This is for A, love of my life, who has given me 17 great years of The Ultimate Love Connection. Thank you for loving me even when I am mental, for bearing with me even when I am exasperating, and for sharing with me the best 27 years of my ... http://blog.sanriotown.com/okasaneko:hellokitty.com/2008/09/20/how-i-found-the-ultimate-love-connection/ Just a last minute reminder for Sanrio Fans Club Members:   See you tomorrow! http://blog.sanriotown.com/okasaneko:hellokitty.com/2008/09/19/for-sanrio-fans-club-members/ Last week, I wrote about adolescent angst and how it's making itself felt in my household of two teenagers (technically, both my boys are teenagers by chronological ages, but the young one is still a little child in many, many ways). Of late, it has been one issue after another: late ... http://blog.sanriotown.com/okasaneko:hellokitty.com/2008/09/18/smile-baby-smile/