My sister Karen and brother-in-law Chad, sold their house last Thursday. They are planning to buy a new house (I posted about this before, maybe in August?), but don't have a firm closing date as of yet ( Read more... )

November has been long. The days have dragged on and on, the number of tasks that must be completed immediately is always insurmountable, the big projects that I had hoped to be working on and getting a good chunk finished have been pushed aside to deal with the mundane. It has been hard to summon the energy and enthusiasm to teach effectively. I ( Read more... )

Do you ever get to the point where you're just so stressed it literally feels like your brain will explode out of your skull ( Read more... )

Lots of things are changing all around: Jake got his official notice of job termination, effective June 30th. This is not the first time he's been laid off, but it's still not necessarily an easy thing to deal with ( Read more... )

I read the blog Stand and Deliver by Rixa Freeze and recently read her latest post about gender-driven behavior and gender stereotypes. ( Warning: circular reasoning )

I can't believe my BABY will turn THREE this weekend!  Where did the time go? How did he grow up so quickly? I'll save the actual 'milestones' update until his birthday (and so I can get him on the scale, etc), but wanted to write about some conflicting emotions and thoughts I've been working through ( Read more... )

 Got a phone call from my grandparents today, thinking that I was already due and overdue.  My grandfather said "Why are you picking up the phone? Shouldn't you be at the hospital?"  *headdesk*  They mean well and just wanted to check in.  I anticipate screening my calls for the next couple weeks... ;-(

Also, hello (!) 39 weeks of pregnancy.  I had ( Read more... )

 I dreamed I had the baby last night.  I did a much better job pushing it out this time, and everything went much faster. I didn't tear. I remember feeling very proud of myself that I did it; I gave birth to a beautiful human again. Kate was there and she was very complimentary and congratulatory as well.  It was a lovely birth scene in our bedroom ( Read more... )

 Here are a couple articles I ran across this morning;

Motherhood an issue in Oklahoma Governor's race
The race is between two women.  One has been married (twice) and has children (two her own, four stepchildren).  The other candidate has never been married.  Is this an issue that should decide who becomes governor?

Candidate speaks about racy photos
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 Got the idea from dolcedaze !

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