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• health

  The Trouble with Mountain Dew

  10.25.09 | Permalink | 13 Comments

  It has been two months since I went off the sauce. It was pretty easy, this time. I was taking strong painkillers for the miscarriage, anyway, so it seemed a propitious time. (Also the number on the scale at the doctor’s was sufficiently humbling.) But now, two months later, I crave Dew’s lemon meringue-y chemical [...]

• Sally

  I am the voice inside her head

  10.22.09 | Permalink | 5 Comments

  Two entries from Sally’s school journal: this Halloween I’m going to be a enchantres. I have a dress that’s velvet and Gold triming. I will have magic powers and fly. my mom got me that dress and i Love it! she got it from the chepest place! Di! i wonder why anybody would give it [...]

• health, recipes

  In Lieu of Flowers

  10.19.09 | Permalink | 8 Comments

  We drove Mr. Bennet (I’ll call him something respectful just in case anything happens) to the airport this morning for his celebrity appearance in Texas. (“Celebrity appearance” is technical writer humor for “waste two vacations days and pay half your hotel fee for the dubious honor of speaking to your fellow technical writers.”) On the [...]

• motherhood

  The Practical Season

  10.19.09 | Permalink | 7 Comments

  My little sister Karin called Friday morning. I didn’t recognize her voice at first so I wondered why some chick’s opening line was “Are you at your computer?” especially since it’s not like I’m always in front of my computer. So I couldn’t look up Jay’s Treaty on the Wikipedia for her as she did [...]

• blogging

  Actual Unretouched PR

  10.12.09 | Permalink | 15 Comments

  See if you can spot all the problems in this pitch: Hello Mari, I wanted to tell you about a new month-long Bubbles and Bubbly Contest powered by Wisk High-Efficiency detergent, which your readers will surely enjoy. To enter to win, just answer a true or false question that tests your Bubble IQ and no [...]

• faith

  Tender Mercies: Birthday party edition

  10.11.09 | Permalink | 10 Comments

  Susan turned five on Saturday, but her party was the minimal style I’ve perfected over the years. Step 1: invite grandparents and cousins that morning. Step 2: shop for decorations at the Dollar Tree, ingredients at the Walmart, and then cook the birthday girl’s easy favorites. Step 3: Let Dick watch/listen to football in exchange [...]

• breastfeeding

  Hoot

  10.06.09 | Permalink | 22 Comments

  The kids are home from school today because there is no school (cruel travesty of the natural order of things). We cleaned up — they unloaded the dishwasher quickly so they could watch a show about horses, and then we went to DI, where we loaded up on books for less than I owe in [...]

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