Category Archives: mothering
heading down the hill
Which mean we are going to Palm Springs for the day. We’re planning on catching two movies, Babel and Stranger Than Fiction, shopping at Costco, and picking up Bella’s ice cream birthday cake at Cold Stone Creamery – yum! We’re … Continue reading
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Laguna Beach
As Chad’s niece is actually a senior at Laguna Beach High School this year, we keep tabs on all the furor over the television show, Laguna Beach (all seven of the main “characters” in the show attend that same high … Continue reading
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undefeated
Bella’s team is undefeated! It was tough match – the other team really, really wanted to beat us. We won 2-1. We have one more game in two weeks. Her birthday just won’t end; she got another card and a … Continue reading
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for a new mom
The sudden baby-making flurry has precipitated this post. I think all five of these items are new-mom essentials (but still listed in order of priority): 1. The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding – This is the absolute bible when it comes … Continue reading
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danger danger
I repeat, Never make cream cheese frosting when you’re home alone. I had to lick both cream cheesey beaters by myself. The recipe for this delicious carrot cake is in this previous post. Today, Bella went off on her first … Continue reading
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I :( being a single mom
It’s hard. I feel tired and grouchy. And people are so complicated, doing things you like and don’t like all the time. It’s makes deciding whether you want to continue spending time with them very hard. Sometimes I consider myself … Continue reading
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the string thing
Less than a month to Bella’s birthday and I have no ideas for Bella’s string thing gift. See, three years ago (when she was still a little kid), Chad and I waited for Bella and Dawkins to fall asleep and … Continue reading
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little lilly
Tonight I had dinner with my very pregnant friend Krista and then we watched about an hour of Bella’s birth – one hour of the some 36 hours I was in labor almost thirteen years ago. For Bella’s first birthday … Continue reading
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Yes, I have resorted to bribery
I have not succumbed to getting a puppy (chiweenie or worse) or to a siamese kitten – but today I did spend some money at Hollister, cheering Bella up. Her crying jags are getting fewer and farther between and she … Continue reading
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