From thefridayfive:

1. What's an unfinished project that you should really get to finishing?

Nate's nursery. For. Freaking. Real. It's been like 90% done since the month before he was born, but we have two pictures to hang and a wall to repair and it drives me CRAZY that it's still not done ( Read more... )

I'm not usually one for nonfiction books, but I've been reading The Power of Habit, and it is seriously fascinating. If you've read that story about Target figuring out a teen was pregnant before she told her family, or about how they learned to market Febreze, this is the book it comes from ( Read more... )

So here we are, three weeks short of a first birthday. WHAT ( Read more... )

Clearly my count is off somewhere, because we hit an official 11 months on Sunday. I think just by a week though. This is really 48? That's not too bad, all things considered ( Read more... )

Yesterday Nate was hugging onto his snuggie while nursing - he's started to get REALLY attached to that thing and will drag it all over the house if we let him - and out of nowhere, he starts covering and uncovering his face with it. PEEKABOO ( Read more... )

I'm in the mood for a good love story, preferably with a solid plot to go with. Must have good, fully-developed characters. My usual fare is genre stuff (sci fi, fantasy, horror, etc), but I'm open to other options.

Suggestions?

... and let's hope I don't jinx it ( Read more... )

Just now Nate has found a piece of stiff paper which makes a pleasing sound when he waves it in the air. He's been waving it back and forth and cackling while kicking both legs and waving both arms for 15 minutes now. Every once in a while he pauses to explore the texture of the thing, then decides to go back to waving it and laughing ( Read more... )

Good grief, I'm behind. And the further I let myself get the worse it is. SO MUCH HAPPENING ( Read more... )

I'm gonna pretend I posted this two day ago when I started writing it, okay? Okay ( Read more... )