So, my parents lost all Nora rights on church nights. They called me on Monday and asked if they could watch her Wednesday night after her normal babysitting day. I agreed. Dad mentioned wanting to take her to church to show her off, and I said that was fine, but I wasn't sure if she'd be able to stay up that late, since she's been going to bed ( Read more... )

Flirting Her Way to Victory
by Sarah Goldberg, "The Guardian"

( For the link phobic )

1- If you're selling some ugly ass furniture on Craig's List from the 80s, or even 50s, do not label it antique. The generally accepted definition of antique is over 100 years old ( Read more... )

Maybe it's that I just had 2 beers, or maybe it's because someone told me that I coudln't possibly know how much my child eats in a day if I breastfeed, but I'm just not in the mood for people. I saw this post, and I really, really want to reply "If your child is so old that he's starting to roll out of your bed PUT HIM IN A GODDAMN CRIB." That's ( Read more... )

I went downtown today for a training that went well but holy hell did the audience give me push back. On my way home I got stuck in the traffic on 71N which was shut down. As in, gridlocked. I sat for 2 hours before we started moving. I had to pee when I GOT in the car, but I figured I'd be home in no time so I'd wait. Bad move. I also didn't ( Read more... )

"It's a crunchy, boneless hot wing... with no sauce."

NO NO NO. IT IS NOT. IT'S A CHICKEN NUGGET, YOU JACKASS.

After another day of not being able to put the baby down, at ALL, I took another step towards becoming an unintentional crunchy and ordered a sling. For the past 72 hours nursing has been the only thing that would keep her quiet, and quite frankly I think my nipples are contemplating putting in their two weeks notice. Let's hope this thing is a ( Read more... )

So I just did some research on the drug that my doctor was going to use for the first phase of induction, and it looks like I'm going to have to call tomorrow and tell her to make other plans. The drug is Cytotec, and it's only been approved by the FDA to treat ulcers. The use to induce labor is totally off label, and has never been tested. What ( Read more... )

I was looking up at what age kids can safely drink soy milk, and I stumbled across the most horrible thing ever written.

Curious? Here's a quote. "Soy is feminizing, and commonly leads to a decrease in the size of the penis, sexual confusion and homosexuality. That's why most of the medical (not socio-spiritual) blame for today's rise in ( Read more... )

Background: Felix is my 11 year old blond tiger striped cat. He's smart enough to be an asshole when he's upset and loves me enough to be jealous of attention I give to any other cat. When he followed us home in 1995 as a kitten we had a 20 year old big fat long-haired tuxedo tomcat, but he only lived for about another year after Felix arrived ( Read more... )