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Here’s this week’s installment of Thankful Thursdays: Being able to see lots of my extended family for a day or two. I’d never met some of my cousin’s kids before and it was nice seeing everyone, despite the reason we were all together. Non-coin-operated laundry. I’ve only had a washer and dryer in my apartment [...]

My friend B is doing a “Thankful Thursday” series on her blog and has invited others to join in. Here’s this Thursday’s list for me: I haven’t talked about this much yet, but my grandpa passed away October 27th, so I’m thankful to have lived to the age of 26 without having lost a grandparent [...]

As I mentioned in my last post, since February of this year, I have been working to drop the baby weight. I have purposely chosen not to write about my attempted weight loss on my site, for fear that I would be embarrassed when it did not work out. I gained a LOT of weight [...]

Don’t get me wrong – I’m not pregnant. I’ve just been pondering my birthing options should we eventually decide to have another baby. There are no words to explain how disappointed I am that my first pregnancy ended in a c-section, primarily because it closes so many doors. My local hospital formally bans VBACs. My [...]

I have some exciting news! Ready? I have given my notice at my job, and we are moving back home to Idaho. This is one of those times I wish I felt comfortable talking about my workplace on my blog, but I do not. Suffice to say, things got weird, people I admire and respect [...]

As most of you know, my pregnancy with Wesley ended in an emergency cesarean section due to pre-eclampsia. My kidneys had more or less stopped working, so despite feeling fine, I was told that it was time for things to get a move on. (Delivery is the only cure for pre-eclampsia.) Initially I was very, [...]

I have a history of being sick on major holidays. My mom will tell you about the time a feverish, cranky 18-month-old me was forced to hunt for easter eggs; the time I got a nosebleed all over my grandma’s hand-crocheted pillow during Christmas; and the time the whole family got the flu over Thanksgiving. [...]

I had my six-week postpartum checkup today and I have several things to report. Thing the first Edited to add: In the interest of full disclosure, I began thinking that this 60lbs thing was too good to be true, and I hopped on our (admittedly inaccurate) home scale and discovered a horrible discrepancy. The number [...]

I got tagged for something! Cristina completed this short little post prompt and tagged me to do the same. Rules: List three things you’re good at, three things you like about your life, three things you like about your personality and three things you like about your looks. Then challenge five people to do the [...]

I’ve always said I wanted to be a young(-ish) mother, and it looks like that might come true – Daniel and I are having a baby! (I’ll let that sink in for a second.) I am 12 weeks along, due mid-April, and absolutely thrilled. We weren’t trying, but we weren’t not trying so it was [...]

The lovely Nikki from SnailBird has organized a Design + Music + Inspiration Project, and I’ve agreed to participate! She’s trying to get a feel for what designers listen to and what their combined playlists would sound like. If you’d like to participate also, check out the Design Music!Inspiration entry and comment to sign up. [...]

I have finally done it – I signed up for a non-credit German course! I’ve wanted to learn German FOREVER and, while I own a ton of books meant for teaching yourself, I really haven’t progressed farther than learning to say things like “the hedgehog” in my head because I don’t know how to pronounce [...]

How do you “reset” yourself after you’ve had a particularly horrible dream? I’m not talking about a nightmare, though I suppose this could qualify. I’m talking about the sort of dream that’s painfully normal – no werewolves, chase scenes, or the supernatural – but very intense and upsetting. A dream so normal, in fact, that [...]

Since everyone else seems to be doing it, here are my resolutions for the upcoming year: Entertain at home more often I know you are supposed to quantify goals (“once a month,” “four times a year” etc.) but I’m not really interested in quantifying this particular goal, since anything I choose will be vastly higher [...]

So, we re-tested yesterday and it’s official: Not only did I not lose any inches around my waist or hips, I managed to gain three pounds. This bumped me from a weight I was unhappy but somewhat comfortable with to a weight that is just over half of a REALLY REALLY BIG NUMBER of which [...]