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So one of my online friends (I know that sounds creepy but it’s not … these are moms who were due in July 2005 with their 1st babies who I met via BabyCenter’s forums and we’ve since moved to our own private site and several of the 50 women have met IRL (In Real Life) [...]
This article was mentioned several times today in my online clan of mommy friends so I had to go over and read it. Many Outraged by Breast-Feeding Magazine Cover reads the headline. It doesn’t even look like a breastfeeding cover to me… it looks like a baby looking up with his face mushed against [...]
Vent ahead… I just got done uploading something like 120 pictures from this past week which I did not take the time to photoshop. I used iPhoto to upload and they’re all icky – they’re the jpgs iPhoto makes from my raw files and iPhoto uses the wrong or no color profile at all when [...]
Today, I think I may have discovered the most impatient person in the Austin area. Here’s how it went down. I leave the apartment at 5:30 in order to get to CPHS in time for our fall concert warm-up. When I pull up to the Spectrum/Parmer intersection, the light is red, so I wait as [...]
My hair has been falling out in what seems like clumps, though I have no bald spots yet. At this rate, I can’t imagine having any hair left on my head by Christmas. And why does it have to fall out from my head anyhow? There is plenty of hair I wouldn’t miss… like my [...]
It’s probably about time we blog about this.
Our phone has been “out” for almost a month. We use Lingo. Or used Lingo, cuz there ain’t no phone calling action happenin’ here anymore. Here’s what we noticed:
One Thursday, awhile ago, I had a phone call from a friend (which is rare these days, let [...]
Where have the last 70 days gone?
James now is able to suck his fingers. I never thought I would be so pleased by those words, but it’s true. This means I am waking up less during the night for pacifier insertion, though we still have one middle of the night nursing usually around 3:00 [...]
OK, let me say that poopy diapers are nothing compared to the grossness I have experienced today in the last ten minutes:
First, THE CATS HAVE MADE IT CLEAR HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT JAMES. Those are 2 photo albums from Grandma Barnes that I have started filling with pictures. They are on the coffee table. [...]
We’ve lived in this apartment for a year and a half… and the complex for 3 years. We’ve never seen a roach until this past week – and two of them?! Yuck! Both were spotted and killed in the master bathroom. Tonight’s roach was found thanks to Mambo’s keen eye and killed thanks to David’s [...]
Last night was a nightmare. From 1:40 to about 7:15 a.m. the fire/smoke alarm went off randomly for about 10-30 seconds every 5-30 minutes. The apartment building alarms are so insanely loud that there was no sleeping taking place, even after we figured out that they’re all fluke alarms and would stop after the 6th [...]
David and I cannot afford healthcare through his school for the three of us. He’s hearing from the healthcare rep. that is at his school today that it will be illegal for me and the baby to find independent coverage because it is available for us from his school. The problem is that if we [...]
David and I arrived home from our evening with the Millers only to discover that someone has stolen our over-6-foot-tall ficus tree. It was parked outside our garage with three other plants since the garage side of our building gets the sunlight and our patio did not offer enough sunlight to support it. David [...]
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