Angels and time
I get in trouble every time I tell this story, so I’ll post it on the weblog and get in mega-trouble. There’s an old trick where someone who needs to awaken by a certain time asks his or her guardian…
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Monthly Archive: November 2007
Maternity clothing
Maternity clothing is easily the thing I hate most about pregnancy. Morning sickness? Not bad: I spend eight weeks uneasy-queasy. Aches and pains? Eh. I deal with them. Total exhaustion? Chasing after three kids, I’m used to that. Unmentionable TMI…
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Seven angels in the household
We are a household with seven guardian angels. We weren’t always, but over time we’ve picked up more. There’s a guardian for me, the Patient Husband, the three kiddos, the new baby…and one of us has two. I’m not going…
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Some thankfulness just ‘cuz
I’m taking a break from cooking with my mom because “we don’t have enough food.” For the record, we are cooking for “16 people.” (The 18 guardian angels who will also be present will not be eating much.) Of those…
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Names changed to protect the guilty
This didn’t happen to me, but I just got it related to me by the injured party, and it really sounds like something that belongs here instead. A telephone company had to hook up a line to a new house….
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National Forget-how-to-drive Day
We have snow today for the first time. That makes it Forget How To Drive Day. I submit the following from my drive to City M this morning for a prenatal appointment: 1) the first time my ABS system kicked…
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She’s got eggs…
Me. Grocery store. Tired. Want to go home. End of the shopping trip. Need eggs. Open carton to check the eggs. None are cracked. And then, for no reason whatsoever, I pick up one of the eggs and look beneath…
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My first turkey dinner
The first time I prepared a turkey dinner was Christmas, 2001. Previous holidays had been spent with family, but after losing Emily in 2000 and having Kiddo#2 in 2001, I wanted to be home for Christmas. My Patient Husband was…
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Dismembered martyrs sold separately
Are you stumped for what to get your little one for Christmas? How about the Roman Gladiator Arena, complete with lions and gladiators fighting to the death? A parenting forum I visit regularly has a discussion about whether this is…
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My first link out
For my very first link out, I offer this: a very insightful blogger talks about the common wisdom that a couple should wait a few years to have children because children suck the romance out of marriage. In “Babies And…
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