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Yay! I'm so glad I have so many people who want little quilts for their walls:) For now, I am not going to take any more requests. We'll see what happens after I finish these. (Stressful morning stuff redacted because I just can't talk about it any more.)


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Last night I made a parenting decision that was not wholly made by my forebrain and I fretted about it for hours.  It disturbed my sleep.  I was still fretting about it today at lunchtime when I got together with an old friend from high school.  She and I had a great conversation about parenting that helped put my mind at ease and she affirmed that ( Read more... )

Ok, yesterday's poll was regarding something I read in a book having to do with the marketing of princess stuff to girls and how it's limited their creativity ( Read more... )

I got girls up and fed them breakfast and got DD1 off to school ( Read more... )

Today I baked a coffee cake, made rolls, hosted a tea, cleaned up a little bit, made black beans and burrito meat and dropped off and picked up DD1.  It was a full day.  I even had a little time on the computer to chat with people and think deep thoughts ( Read more... )

peeling your daughter off you as she cries "only mama" at dropoff:(  Especially when there is a long line of cars and you are already running late.  I just could not let her stay home knowing that she has the next two Mondays and Tuesdays off!  My SIL is visiting and DD1 just wants to stay home and play with her.  I tried to reassure her that she ( Read more... )

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DD1 got her second filling(s) today.  We had decided to go with amalgam because 1, they are cheaper (and insurance doesn't cover the extra cost of the resin fillings) and 2, it appeared that there was no reason not to use the amalgam filling.  My dad consulted with his dentist who said the amalgam fillings were fine.  So, I left the office feeling ( Read more... )

Trying to schedule swim classes and two trips (one in June, the other in August) should not be this stressful.  I need to quit freaking out about this, right?  Keep in mind that I'm really only scheduling one kid for swim class:P