be careful what you share
One of the things that you won’t find in any baby book is how having kids will change your friendships. Sure there’s advice to have date nights and me-time and all that crap but I’ve never seen this...
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a kidlet update: alex
Once the lone star of this (sadly neglected) blog, the last year has been a huge adjustment for Alex. At first, when Emily Kate didn’t do much he was fine, even thrilled, with her presence. But as...
View Articlewaiting. coughing. sneezing.
With all the talk of flu this and flu that paranoia, I think I’ve become a little jaded to the discussion. News programs tell me I should fear the flu, but really I think we’re overstating it, just...
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We are 36 hours into the Nor’easter that is pummeling much of the East Coast and I don’t have any idea how bad it is anywhere else because I’ve kept going to work even though yesterday was Veteran’s...
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KID EATS CHEESEBURGER
Holy shit. I can’t remember the last time I posted. What I can remember, without looking back to read it, is that it was vaguely attempting to be wise and philosophical and probably a sappy goodbye to...
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girls just wanna eat and sleep
So it’s a girls’ weekend around here. This weekend is, apparently, the start of fishin’ season in Pennsylvania. I’ve run this factoid by a few of my Philly friends and gotten blank stares in response,...
View Articlewhen you stop talking, you learn things
I’m not sure why, but the last few days I’ve felt calmer than I can remember in years. As last week taught me, sometimes you just have to sit back and let things happen to you without really knowing...
View Articlebaby watch
Draft post from April 2010 – never published: It’s happening. The other day I was watching a girl feed her baby the same kind of organic baby food that I used to feed Em and I got a sweep of...
View Articlepending parenting fail
You know you are screwing up this whole parenting thing when in the same day you: Discover your almost-5-year-old hiding in the pantry scarfing Bunny Grahams like some bulimic cast member of The Hills...
View Articlemaybe next year we’ll try cash bribes
Yet another reason I will be glad for Christmas Eve: the Elf on the Shelf. If you don’t know what this is, you are probably 1) not from the South 2) do not have kids or 3) don’t visit shops that sell...
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