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Mom Fail
My daughter's 3rd birthday and birthday party are on Saturday, and at 38 weeks pregnant, my son could arrive any day. Mom of the Year over here CAN'T FIND HER CAMERA!!! And I need to find it by Friday at the latest, because I remember very distinctly noting that it's batteries were dying right before putting it somewhere where E couldn't get her ( Read more... ) -
Charlie's coming home today!
Thanks for the input on my polls yesterday. :-) I ended up going to Belgrade for story time because I had some errands to run, too, and a busy morning seemed like a better idea than trying to leave in time to run errands before book club. We had a good morning, and a laid back afternoon. She napped for about a half an hour in the car on the way ( Read more... ) -
What a day.
I really, really needed E to nap today, or at least cooperate and stay in her room for the 30 minute quiet time. But no on both counts. Charlie doesn't usually have nearly the problem with her popping out of her room a billion times when he supervises quiet time. I should probably just change my whole tack and not give her Mommy milk, since it ( Read more... ) -
You know what would make the Mommy wars go away?
If we would stop thinking that we could judge parents by one moment or one action. I'm so tired of it, and I've been running into it all over the place lately. That nice long letter to the mom on her phone about how much she's missing. Yeah, except maybe she's taking 15 minutes on her phone out of her entire day and she needs a break. Needs ( Read more... ) -
Quick E funny
Two nights ago, I was out in the living room for a while around 2 am because I couldn't sleep. E woke up crying. I got to her in about thirty seconds, but she said as I walked in, "I cwied and cwied and cwied ( Read more... ) -
An Introvert's Response Part One: What introversion isn't
Breaking a bit from my usual posting habits to be less personal and strike on something that's been on my mind a lot lately. These will also be public, and linked to Facebook. I am an introvert, and I realize more and more that my daughter is, too. It's difficult for me to remember to treat her the way I like to be treated sometimes because we ( Read more... ) -
Reading, writing, and (oh, my) self-publishing
January has been overwhelming me as a reader. I'm reviewing books again, plus I agreed to critique a book for a friend (more on that in a minute) plus a long biography for a book club, plus trying to fit in books I actually want to read that Charlie and I are both reading. So, I'm going back on my plans and I'm going to be a little more laid back ( Read more... ) -
Books I Read in 2012
http://www.goodreads.com/user_challenges/243892
Hopefully that link works. I'll work on a better way to list the books I read in 2013 before next January, but this should link to a page of the books I read in 2012 on Goodreads, if you're interested. -
Respect Yourself...
There's an image that's been popping up on Facebook and Pinterest lately that has me pondering this morning. The quote is, "Respect yourself enough to walk away from anything that no longer serves you, grows you, or makes you happy ( Read more... )
