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A month of yes’s begins

On April 4, 2012 · 1 Comment · In A month of yes

I’d forgotten my pledge to spend a month trying to replace my automatic no’s with yes’s, but clearly the universe was supportive of my plan (or if not the universe, then Seth Godin, who published the following on Monday):

The coalition of No

It’s easy to join.

There are a million reasons to say [...]

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Body check: 12 weeks post-partum

On October 28, 2011 · 2 Comments · In My Personal Space, Pregnant Me

As per usual, I am writing about my own experience here, not because I think it’s the right way or best way or even a good way, but because one of the best parts of having all these internet friends is reading about their different experiences. If at any point you think I’m intentionally judgmental [...]

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I’m taking meds for post-partum depression

On October 21, 2011 · 37 Comments · In Mama Me, My Personal Space

I’m taking meds for post-partum depression.

There, I said it. Posting has been sporadic around here because I didn’t want to be all, “Hey, life is great!” without first ‘fessing up. At the same time, I was a little worried that any subsequent, “Hey, life is great!” posts would then seem to be medication-induced.

Of [...]

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Somehow I always forget…

On September 26, 2011 · 1 Comment · In Mama Me, My Personal Space

… that things change. Just because something is or isn’t now doesn’t mean it will always be. Beings (adults and kids and dogs, even) grow and change, so doing something some way now doesn’t always commit me to doing it forever.

One always has the prerogative to change one’s mind, even if one is a [...]

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I need a hobby

On September 20, 2011 · 14 Comments · In My Personal Space

As I’ve mentioned before, my husband mountain bikes, a fabulous (and expensive) hobby that gets him out of the house and away from baby duty for four hours each week, not to mention the hours spent researching new gear and visiting local bike shops. After a few weeks of fully supporting his outings by handling [...]

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September goals

On September 3, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Settling In September

Operating under the “if you write it down you’re more likely to follow through” theory, these are my goals for September, my favorite month of the year and my second-of-three months home with my sweet little baby:

-get outside every day, bonus points for going on an actual walk with the dogs
-cuddle with [...]

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Happy Birthday to Meeeee!

On July 20, 2011 · 13 Comments · In My Personal Space

Yes, I am totally writing a Happy Birthday post to myself. What? Today (well, tomorrow, when this posts, not today, when I’m writing it… like you care) I turn 32.

32!

Holy shit that’s a real grown-up adult age, isn’t it? 31 is just over the hump of 30, and 30 is just barely real [...]

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On Father’s Day

On June 19, 2011 · 1 Comment · In My Personal Space

This is my dad with my grandpa in the hospital about a week before my grandpa passed away. The expression on my grandpa’s face is not a side effect of a stroke or medication or illness; he was being silly for the camera.

About a week before he passed away. While in pain, just [...]

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Being an adult is a lot more alone than I thought it would be

On April 25, 2011 · 3 Comments · In My Personal Space, Pregnant Me

I’m not feeling well tonight. After a month (yay!) of going to sleep without a stomach full of nausea, tonight I feel terrible. Correction: it began last night, when I’d periodically wake to orange juice in my mouth. That had backed up from my stomach. Gross.

And my husband is sleeping.

Look, I don’t begrudge [...]

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Boring camera stories…

On April 17, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In My Personal Space

I once read that there are two types of deciders, those who accept good enough and those who want the best. I’m the latter, which doesn’t mean I want The Best Ever, but the best for any given situation. This is a fairly losing proposition since you can research and hunt and find something slightly [...]

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