Month: July 2010

7 Quick Takes Friday-the pregnant edition

1. My SIL did some mendhi art on my belly recently. It was lovely to have a reason to just lie still and relax for a while as she worked and we waited for it to dry. (Except for the bathroom break part, that was tricky.) The stain lasts for […]

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Dear Obstetrician

Honestly, I think that your presence at my birth would be somewhat similar to me taking an EMT with me to the playground every time we go, just in case one of the kids falls down and gets hurt. Not that I don’t respect the time and effort put into […]

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From a long time ago…

I found my mother journal when we moved. A friend gave to me when the Boy was born, almost 9 years ago. It has all of the things I wrote down when he was a baby, long before blogs were invented I think, long before I even owned my own […]

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As our 10th anniversary approacheth….

It’s late, I’m not sure how late because I’ve been asleep for a while, but definitely late. He finally comes to bed and curls his head into my chest ready to talk. These moments when he wants me to listen, when his tongue loosens and the thoughts flow easily, I […]

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Public service announcement

Here’s a very important at home do it yourself tip. If someone gives you a free bookshelf, and you look at it and think it would look way better white, don’t go to Lowe’s and buy a few cans of spray paint to complete this project. Because it’s going to […]

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Home

There is heat and sun and stifling air, and then the wind from the ocean picks up and lightening and thunder take over the sky. Little is scared but daddy picks her up and they sit on the front step to watch the sky and listen and she likes the […]

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And there was internet once again…

I’m on my own computer, in my own, crammed full of boxes still, office. Hooray! It’s so odd to remember that when the Boy was a newborn we didn’t even have a computer in our house, and we didn’t miss it. Now I feel so out of touch if I […]

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Content

I am sitting in my car in a parking spot outside of a Panera with Aaron’s laptop so I can use some of their free wi-fi after hours and get online for the first time in days. We won’t have internet at our new house until this Saturday! That’s just […]

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