Trina's page of Blogginess

Happy Mother's Day to all of the Moms out there!

A very special "Happy Mother's Day" to my Mom - one of the most amazing people I've ever known. Her capacity to love unconditionally, to give selflessly, her positive spirit, and her abundant amount of energy have always set a great example for me, and anyone who knows her.

I couldn't imagine having a better Mom.

Happy Mother's Day, Mom.

I love you!


Barb with her girls at Disneyland, 1972, Disneyland, 2007, and with her family at ILM in 2007

Labels: family

One of my clients has an e-commerce store hosted by Yahoo's merchant services. We've had it up for a couple of years now, and I believe that they have had great success with it so far.

This week, we switched to their upgraded software which enabled us to have a few new options as far as design goes. I'm pretty happy with that, because the design options are fairly limited when you use their tools. (we use their online tools so that my clients can make as many changes/additions to their site as possible without having to go through me.)

Anyhow, here's the new look:

Unveiled's e-commerce store

They are a great store in Walnut Creek. If you're getting married, throwing a baby shower, etc., they have all kinds of stuff that you might want or need.

Labels: web design

Ayumi and Paul

Last night, we spent a wonderfully fun evening with my friend, Ayumi, and her boyfriend, Paul.

Ayumi's birthday was on April 24th, and mine was on April 28th. This was a belated birthday celebration of sorts. I realize that I have several friends who are Tauruses (born between April 20th and May 20th). We must all be drawn to each other.

I turned 38 this year, and Ayumi turned 30. At some point in the evening, Dick mentioned that he was born in the Tiger (in Chinese Astrology). Paul said that he was, too.

That's when Dick started to put all the pieces together: People who are born under the same Chinese Astrological sign are separated by increments of 12 years. (there are 12 signs/animals in total.) We had made the assumption that Paul was not yet in his mid-30s yet, so that meant that he must be..... 24 years younger than Dick! (gulp!)

Ayumi and Paul acknowledged that Dick was correct, with Ayumi stating that she was dating "a younger man". He is 8 years younger than her.

Dick said, "Oh, well, Trina is 8 years younger than me!"

...and then we remembered that Ayumi is 8 years younger than me...

So, that means that each of us were born 8 years apart.

The coincidence boggles the mind.

BTW: both Ayumi and Paul are musicians and singer/song writers. We intended for them to come over afterwards to sing some jazz with Dick. However, we got sidetracked with Rock Band! OMG - so much fun. And, by the way, as someone who is not a musician, and who does not sing at all, it was SO cool to play with 3 other people who could all sing really well!

Labels: friends, funny ha-ha

First there was Cousins Dinner - a tradition I have withe my sister and 3 cousins (and an occasional spouse, significant other, or gay boyfriend) where we get together every few months (or at least once a year) for dinner.

Today, was the first of (hopefully) many "Cousins Golf" days. Well, not all of the cousins play golf, and Kenneth was out of town, but since it was my cousin, Bruce, and I who organized it, I'm just going to call it "Cousins Golf"!

Dick and Graham (My sister's boyfriend) joined Bruce and me for a rousing 9-hole game of golf this morning. I personally didn't have a very good game, but that's okay - it was a really, really fun time.

Bruce used to play regularly, but hasn't played in the last 3 years. Graham hasn't played at all this year, so it was a really great way for everyone to get back into it, and to spend some quality time with each other.

I'm hoping we can make this a semi-regular thing!
(and maybe, just maybe we can get Tiffie and Cheri to join us, too!)

PS: I seem to be golfing a lot lately, and I've started to blog about it more. I'm officially starting the "golf" label for my blog, now. I think that means I may be addicted. It's probably a healthier addiction than Vegas. ;)

Labels: family, golf

A funny thing happened this morning. Within 30 minutes of each other, I had two Instant Messages sent from friends who are regular readers of my blog. Each of them informed me that I hadn't posted to my blog since Thursday, and both of them wanted to make sure that I was okay. Actually, in my sister-in-law's words: You haven't blogged in days -- sick? Dead on your kitchen floor? Busy?

No, no.... I'm fine!

I know it's been a while since I posted. It happens every once-in-a-while, usually for no particular reason. I guess I've been busy, but truthfully, no more busy than usual.

Let's see....

Monday was my Birthday.

Although I didn't do anything on my birthday, I certainly had a grand time celebrating over the weekend!

Dick and I played two (count 'em) rounds of (9-hole) golf on Saturday morning with Andy and Aditya. That was great fun. It was the most beautiful Saturday morning that I can recall in recent memory - sunny and low 70s. To top it off, I played my best game, and scored my best score - twice! (got the same score both times.)

After golf, we came home, packed a bag, and drove over the Bay Bridge to the Claremont Resort and Hotel. Dick treated us both to a massage in the spa (which was quite wonderful) and dinner (watching the sunset over the SF skyline) for my birthday. What a treat!


The Claremont

Yesterday, my sister and I had a wonderful visit with my dear friend, Kimi. Kimi and I are best friends from way back in Freshman year of high school. Our birthdays are only 15 days apart - her birthday is May 13th. We celebrated our joint birthdays by treating ourselves to an afternoon together, complete with strawberry cream puffs. Yum!


Birthday Girls - both Taurus-Dogs!

Oh - forgot to mention that Dick and I woke up yesterday at 6:00am to meet Andy at the golf course to play at 7:00am! Yes, we're a little crazy, but it was a ton of fun. We played at Flemming, which I have never played at before. (I had only played at Golden Gate.) It was beginner's luck for me, as I had my best score yet! I think I'm addicted. :)

So, that's about it. Birthday celebrations, golfing, work..... It's all good. :)

But I do appreciate the friends who checked in with me to make sure I was okay!

Labels: just trina

So, for those of you who don't know, Facebook is a social networking site. Once you've signed up, you can find friends, or friends can find you, and you can add them as "Friends" to your account profile. As a user of Facebook, you can change your "Status" to reflect anything that you might want people to know about what your doing.

For example:
Trina is blogging.

Once you're signed in, the Facebook Home page shows status updates for your friends, as well as a News Feed that shows recent activity. The activity might show recent comments your friends have made to your profile wall, photos that they have posted (or photos that your friends have been tagged in), or groups that they have joined.

This morning, I saw that a photo had been posted by someone that I don't even know. The photo had two of my friends tagged in it. (It told the name of the two people in the photo). Only, I had no idea that these two friends knew each other at all. And, this photo showed these two friends smooching!

I sent an email to Dick with a link to the photo asking:

Is this our xxx kissing our yyy?

He replied, "Yep!"

We laughed about it when he came home.

I emailed my friend "xxx" telling her about the small world that we live in. She thought it was hysterical, too.

Yep, you never know what you're going to learn about your friends on Facebook!

Labels: geeks

One of my dear friends, Jason, lives in Chicago and is the Editor of the Gay & Lesbian and Film section of Time Out Chicago.

When we had dinner together last week, I mentioned the "Milk" movie to him, and how the production had transformed our neighborhood for a few weeks. Jason had heard about the movie, but had not seen any behind-the-scene footage. I told him I had a few posts on my blog with some photos of Castro Street as it was thrown back to the 70s.

Jason emailed me the next day saying that his Web Editor wanted him to do a blog post about the Milk Movie and wanted him to link to my blog post with photos.

Here's the article: Milking It

Labels: just trina, san francisco

You may remember Sticky Twisty Bob, my new friend that my 9-year-old pal, Andre, made and gave to me last week when I was in Madison.

I promised Andre that I would give Sticky Twisty Bob a good home with me in my office where we can keep each other company every day.

I also promised Andre that I would make a stop-motion animation for him out of the multiple photos that we took together of Sticky Twisty Bob playing golf.

I put the animation up on Sticky Twisty Bob's very own web site:
The Adventures of Sticky Twisty Bob!!

I figured this sticky twisty guy may have a few more adventures coming that we may need to document someday. :)