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March 2009
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memes
I’ve always thought Barbara Walters sounds like a sissy
03.18.09 | Permalink | 17 CommentsSo, not too long ago (okay, it was a long time ago, but I’ve been busy, I discovered Iris Johansen and have been learning how to save the world from an anthrax attack, psychic nightmares, and arson, your basic apocalyptic nightmares, along with how to manage having an alpha male fall in love with you [...]
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giveaway
Other people’s cookies
03.17.09 | Permalink | 73 CommentsThe first time we flew from Utah to Cairo, Sally was eighteen months old. She was a good toddler, a very plump, happy toddler, but we were still wary about taking off and landing three times and travelling twenty-four hours door-to-door. So like any resourceful parents, we dosed her with Benadryl. Only, we didn’t read [...]
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twitter
I told Dick he better mention me every few minutes in Vienna
03.16.09 | Permalink | 9 CommentsOn Sunday night we went to dinner at my parents. Halfway through my mom said something about how we always end up talking about this, and I said, “Twitter? We always talk about Twitter?” And she said, “No, breastfeeding. We always talk about breastfeeding.” Which is really silly since none of us is breastfeeding right [...]
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motherhood
I’m pretty tired of that last post, so here’s something not entirely different.
03.13.09 | Permalink | 28 CommentsSo, on the breastfeeding. If you don’t do it because you hate it or it’s painful or you adopted or you have to go back to work 79 hours a day to feed your other kids or what have you, great. (If you have the opportunity but never even give it a try, I’m honestly [...]
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breastfeeding
Comfort zone
03.09.09 | Permalink | 47 CommentsWhen Sally was one month old, I went back to my secretary job at Columbia University. Just four hours a day at first, then six. I loved it. Though I wanted Sally fiercely, I wasn’t ready, at twenty-three, to stay home all day in a poor section of The Bronx with no friends. Dick stayed [...]
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how come I don't have a "fame" category?
I suppose I can forgo fame and fortune to keep my family (relatively) anonymous
03.08.09 | Permalink | 9 CommentsToday on our Sunday evening walk Spot kept asking me: “What’s this, Mommy?” about gravel pieces she held up for my inspection. One time it was a pink and orange foam earplug, but otherwise it was small rocks. I answered her patiently, of course, until I realized that she wasn’t actually insatiably curious, but was [...]
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blogging
Blogging For Church Ladies
03.08.09 | Permalink | 22 CommentsI gave a short spiel on blogging (for family history) to the Church Ladies on Wednesday night. Here are my notes, since I couldn’t use paper for a handout about internet stuff. If anyone has other tips or thoughts, please share. I wanted to balance practical ideas with motivation, maybe emphasizing the motivation side, because [...]
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