1st: Thank you to valancy_s for Muppet's Christmas Carol. We already watched it once.

2nd: A couple of photos. Not the family ones yet. What, you thought I'd have my life together enough to take those?
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When I got pregnant with Moira, I signed up for the Babycenter.com newsletters. Basically, they send you weekly emails detailing how your baby is growing and information on other issues that can spring up during the super fun discomfort-o-rama "get this thing OUT OF ME NOW" that is pregnancy ( Read more... )

Sara S. just emailed me some great pictures of Moira she took a couple of weeks ago. Dan looks pretty good too!


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Every time I walk through my living room, some toy or other starts playing "I've Been Working on the Railroad." Persistently ( Read more... )

It was one of those nights when eating healthy was a nearly impossible challenge.

Exhibit A: Healthy Turnips (slightly pale and emo and wilty)


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For Moira, the unnerving answer to this question is "Redrum". Exactly in the voice of the creepy kid in "The Shining ( Read more... )

sophiaisabella: Yeah, Craig doesn't like the fact that Ben calls his grandmother "Minna Minna." He says it's not normal. He wants Ben to call her "grandma." He couldn't believe it when I said the Salah kids call Joe "Gidu."
saralinda: Why not? It's just the Lesbian word for "grandfather."

Well, if you're in on my RL, you'll know that I came quite close to quitting on everything over the last couple of days. It all stemmed from me emailing my professor that I couldn't make class because I didn't have a babysitter, and him emailing me back that basically I was a waste of the department's time and money and I'm just going to end up ( Read more... )

I know I've been posting a lot about the baby, but man, it's getting hard to turn over in bed. It's like hauling a beached whale over onto its side--an operation I saw once on a beach near Provincetown.

Please consider this pairing for your next Celebrity Deathmatch:
"Hanson" versus the Hanson Brothers. Hmmm? HMMMMM????


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A breaking Today Show news story: "Tyra Banks Goes Undercover in Strip Club ( Read more... )