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cute things about my kid today

One of the first things Maggie did this morning was ruin our plans for the day by puking up her breakfast. But I’m going to overlook that, because she took a 2 1/2 hour nap this afternoon and then we played with blocks for an hour. 1. Pigtails. Her hair is getting longer and thicker, so read more..

hello, 2009.

Wow, okay then! 2008 is no more! Instead of doing my usual ‘year in review’ post where I go through each month of my archives and highlight events or funny posts or whatever, I thought I’d do something different. Because frankly, that way takes FOREVER and tonight all I want to do is go downstairs read more..

end of the year randomness

So this is my official announcement- CUE THE TRUMPETS! AND THE MARCHING BAND! WHERE ARE THE GIRLS WITH THE BATONS?- about my new site: Dress My Blog. I finally FINALLY got it all finished today, in between Maggie napping and eating goldfish crackers off the floor and making me laugh at her pronunciation of ‘penguin’ read more..

reason #872 why I love the Internet

Today I got a package in the mail from my lovely friend Melissa. My first thought was ‘aw, she had Oliver (her 2yo son) send Maggie a Christmas gift, how sweet!‘ Then I opened it and found that yes, she had sent Maggie a present. But she also sent me TWO presents!! Someone has been paying read more..

is there such a thing as too much Christmas?

Holy moly. What a Christmas. Wednesday: Christmas Eve dinner at my sister’s house. She made us all turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing… all of it, so good. Maggie got a few presents (my mom just couldn’t resist!) and then we headed home to wait for Santa. Thursday, Christmas morning: Up at 7, breakfast, and then gifts! It didn’t read more..

shrinking jeans report #4

So. It’s been about a month since I decided ‘Hey, let’s re-up that Weight Watchers Online membership from last year THE DAY BEFORE THANKSGIVING.‘ And you all looked at me like I was nuts. (well, okay, maybe I was just a little bit nuts.) Since then, I have lost 8.6 pounds. I’m calling it 8 because read more..

I cannot believe tomorrow is Christmas Eve.

(hey! That title rhymes! I totally didn’t do that on purpose.) Whew! The past few days have been a whirlwind of stuff. Saturday we stayed at home and did nothing much and Lordy, it was fabulous. After last weekend’s Puke-a-palooza, it was nice to have some downtime in our pajamas that DIDN’T involve trips to the read more..

random Friday

Holy fast week, Batman. I guess that’s what happens when you start the week recovering from a fun weekend of puke and puke and hey! more puke. Plus fevers. But now we’re finally all better and very much looking forward to Christmas next week. But first! Some random things. Because I have been a bad blogger read more..

shrinking jeans report #3

Well, I’m happy to report that my jeans are NOT shrinking- but I am! I lost another pound since last week. Although, I have to say, I kind of feel like I cheated this week, given the fact that I puked up my ridiculously-huge dinner on Saturday night and then didn’t really eat anything real read more..

parenting lesson #892

Never EVER turn your back on a toddler who has a crayon. EVER. Thank goodness they are washable crayons.More posts like this: not a chance in hell August 4, 2005 question / answer #1 April 3, 2006 friday again already! November 21, 2008 hanging in there October 22, 2008 kind of all over the place. September 25, 2008 read more..