RT @DoctorMac: Yogurt = morning bath. http://yfrog.com/6cn36duj
Am celebrating white people coming to Utah while drinking a mimosa. Happy Pioneer Day! http://twitpic.com/289e7d
Oh my gosh, you guys, Utah is CRAZY.
More Mormon parade floats http://twitpic.com/289mmc
I am on an ACTUAL COMPUTER. Not my phone, which has been my connection to the internet for the past weeks. The screen is HUUUUUUUUGE.
This morning, house was empty. Now, is UTTER DISASTER. In case you have forgotten, it turns out moving is fairly awful.
Am making breakfast for first time since kitchen was unpacked. O happy day!
This, after sleeping first night on my actual bed. My cup runneth over.
Can hardly contain my excitement because our moving truck is arriving this morning. Beds! Chairs! Dishes!
Moving truck still not here. Were they toying with me telling me it was coming this morning?
Was putting away the inflatable mattresses premature?
The giant truck is here! My stuff! My precious stuff!
The giant truck! With my stuff! My precious stuff! http://twitpic.com/27d14v
@DoctorMac Yay yay yay! It's like you're a real doctor and everything.
RT @DoctorMac: Eating dinner outside in Park City. It's not so shabby a scene here. Enjoying a Polygamy Porter.  http://campl.us/cQf
Farewell to beautiful fancy hotel, back to un-air-conditioned rental house with no furniture.
@astropixie We've been eating so much meat at restaurants during our move, & we feel kind of gross too.
Escaped inflatable mattresses to GORGEOUS lodge-y hotel in Park City. Aaaaaaaaah...
At the farmers' market wishing we had knives or dishes or something with which one could prepare this lovely food.
Had DELICIOUS Mexican food tonight. Glad that won't be something I miss, because gosh did I when we lived in CT.
@SKEdman Yay! Congratulations! So glad she is here and safe, and I love the name.
Having omelette & coffee on tree-shaded patio at diner in verdant canyon. It is so beautiful here. Seriously.
Moving truck not coming til Tuesday now. Sigh... Time for a beer.
Somehow my 18mo's chubby baby legs have been replaced by skinny little girl legs.
Am missing creature comforts, like chairs and dishes and a bed. Just 4 more days until our truck gets here?
Ran around this afternoon notarizing and overnighting papers to close on selling on our house in Texas. Hip hip hooray!
Salt Lake City has beautiful trees, and also an awesome downtown library.
@Selkie1970 You are cracking me up about the pre-chewed food, because oh, I have been there.
Am officially not a homeowner anymore (at least for the next few months). Closing went smoothly today!
Am sad to report that moving truck will not arrive until Sunday. Will be loooooong week.
Have made it to Utah. http://twitpic.com/24h7rb
Have inadvertently gone to fancy restaurant in Rawlins, WY. 18mo is having none of it and threatening to scuttle whole affair.
Day 4 of driving, otherwise known as the LAST DAY.
Crossed the continental divide.
Day 3 of driving, which is also our first full day on Mountain Time.
Jumping on the hotel bed http://twitpic.com/241tx1
Wyoming is beautiful, but also very windy.
Drove ALL day today but am still in Texas. Turns out it is big state.
Day 2 of driving, in which we finally get to another state. (Hopefully.)
At the New Mexico/Colorado border http://twitpic.com/23uhan
Have had the same hotel room number for two nights in a row, in two different hotels, in two different states.
Last dinner in Dallas: hamburgers in the gay-borhood.
Yay, fancy hotels! http://twitpic.com/23c10u
@N8V_TXN Indeed. So good.
ROAD TRIP!
Have Whataburger mustard on my skirt, for perhaps the last time?
Driving past field planted in rows perfectly perpendicular to road. Watching them ripple by at 70mph.
RT @DoctorMac: Driving is hard work.  http://campl.us/b1n
Texas Panhandle sky http://twitpic.com/23kfty
Breakfast at a diner this morning  http://twitpic.com/2371w6
House is over half-empty, and it's not even noon. Professional movers FTW!
House is all locked up and we gave our keys to the realtor. So long, house!
Woke up in my house in Dallas for the last time this morning.  Heading to a hotel later today for our last few nights here.
It's 9am & there are already 20 boxes packed. I looooove professional movers.
Moving is SUCH an environmentally unfriendly process.
Have 103 fever. Not ideal, given the day we had yesterday and the fact that MOVERS come to PACK OUR STUFF on TUESDAY.
Packing away my sewing machines, not to be used again until after our move.
Said our final goodbye to our dear dog Abbey this morning and feeling so, so sad.
One week from today we move away and start a long drive home.
Leaving doctor after 18mo's well visit. She screamed the WHOLE TIME. Poor traumatized baby...
1st caprese salad of the season, made with tomatoes from 4yo's preschool teacher's garden.  SO SO SO SO SO SO SO GOOD.
Caprese salad has got to be one of my favorite things about summer.
At @DoctorMac's  fellowship graduation tonight
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Today is @DoctorMac's last day of work here in Texas.  Crazy!
Summer rainstorm. Such a relief after the heat we've been baking in.
Only 9 days until we move, 2 of which kitchen will be packed up. Grocery shopping has become precarious activity requiring much calculation.
Last small group tonight at church before our move to Utah. Will miss these people.
Just watched what is probably my favorite episode of my favorite TV show, for the BRILLIANT last 10 minutes:  http://youtu.be/1FfeaEEUGiA
Burned my pinkie on a burner cooking dinner.  Ow ow ow ow ow ow ow.
Also, just realized I am fuzzy on the states that will border our new state (Utah) and feel like geography dunce.
My parents are in town!  And soon to be over here at our house.  Yay!
8:30 = pajama time tonight. So tired.
For some reason, I really want to see a histogram showing the number of cities in each population bin. I wonder what the shape of it is...
Have 2.5 hrs to get this house in shape for our inspection. Inspection! As if someone is coming over to judge our house! Oh wait, they are!
@Selkie1970 Wait, wait-- the Vermont Country Store sells "MARITAL AIDS"?
Seven years ago today our dog came to live with us.  I wish she was doing better these days, but still am glad she is here!
Just vacuumed the first dead lizard of the summer. Sad tiny thing... Don't come into our house, lizards! You will surely perish!
Keeping vacillating as to whether this melon is ripe or not.  To cut open for dinner or not?
Oh my gosh, got SO HOT going out of the house to pick up 4yo from preschool. If it's not 100 degrees out there, it is darned close.
Then put away some laundry and even the SIGHT of a sweater made me feel ill.
Chopping up some really gorgeous vegetables for Thai green curry tonight. Summer may be my least favorite season but summer food is awesome.
Made dinner tonight entirely from Julia Child (@DoctorMac requested French) and feel all buttered out.
HAHAHAHAHAHA. As if such a thing were possible.  Mmmmm, butter...
Violet's dedication at church this Fathers' Day http://flic.kr/p/8bSQqX
Feeling a little put out because @DoctorMac read Dr. Strange & Mr. Norrell and DIDN'T REALLY LIKE IT.  Hmph.
Ah, massage. Yay. World seems a little too bright and loud now, though.
@Selkie1970 Happy birthday! A mere week or so after mine!
3 weeks from today our house will be empty and we will get in our car and drive away from Dallas. FOR GOOD.
Hmmmm, 17mo on top of dining room table.
Am totally stress-baking due to real estate drama. Better or worse for me than stress drinking-before-5pm?
How can I become one of those people who exercises when stressed?
Just accidentally invited all my Facebook friends to something sort of spammy with a misdirected mouse click.  Embarrassed...
@Selkie1970 Yes, not THAT bad, but I still long to go back & keep myself from inviting everyone to find out their age in milliseconds.
@amyforestell Yeah, I feel more sure everyday that my info on Facebook is not private. At all.
Ooooooooh, we have another offer on the house!  This one looks MUCH better!
Heading to our favorite sushi place here in Texas for perhaps the last time.
I am tweeting from my BIRTHDAY PHONE. Am grown-up with real phone now. SQUEEEEEEE!
Filling out change-of-address form online. Wow, we're really moving!
Am tweeting from outside house for 1st time ever. Shall take this momentous opportunity to tell you it is super hot out here.
Today is my birthday and 4yo was 1st to wish me a happy birthday. Then she gave me present: rubber band she wants me to wear as ring.
People coming for 2nd showing later today. Should I leave note saying an offer would make very nice birthday present for me?
Aw, man-- showing cancelled. Boo.
Cutting into a watermelon smells like SUMMER.
I love having 24 hours notice of a showing for the house.  Soooooo nice.
Am never sure what to wear to the splashpark. Clothes? Swimsuit?
Surprising fact: it's super hot in Texas in June.
Finished this book by N.T. Wright today | ColbertNation.com http://bit.ly/6QjkuJ
So very sleepy. Unfortunately, am only one in house who feels this way right now.
@Selkie1970 For us, it was the splashpark this morning.  Also, naps in car. Also, now chipper awake children.
Yay! Officially have a pre-K spot for 4yo for the fall in Salt Lake City!
Have not eaten dinner with @DoctorMac for 6 days now. :( Stupid work.
Back from picking up @DoctorMac at the airport. So glad to have him home!
@Selkie1970 I wash once with 2x normal detergent, then once with no detergent, extra rinse at the end. Works well for me.
@Selkie1970 A bit water intensive, isn't it? Oh well, only do it every couple months.
I can manage about 30 minutes of yoga before children reach their limit and will brook no more.
@Selkie1970 It was Velcro (bumGenius) so hopefully our snap diapers are still safe. Or, you know, I could put pants on her. :)
Muddling mint and sugar.
So @DoctorMac is in SLC looking at rental houses for us and apparently one of them was at one point lived in by Dr. Seuss. DR. SEUSS.
17mo is in big, sobbing tears because I am using the swiffer and won't let her have it until I'm done.
FYI, the Dr. Seuss house is looking like a real contender for us.
There! House is very very clean for open house which is &lt;24 hours from now. Now just have to keep children from...  Aw, crap.
Heavens! 17mo has no diaper on! She has learned to remove her diaper! 4yo never ever did that.
Am sooooooo tired of 17mo throwing food on the floor, especially now that aging, sick dog will not eat any of it.
We are moving to Salt Lake City! http://silgeland.blogspot.com/2010/06/we-are-moving-to.html
@N8V_TXN My pot of beans was not ready until about 10pm last night. Had to make alternate dinner plans, obviously.
OK, am doing it. Am getting rid of all my maternity clothes. Hopefully, this will not cause me to immediately become unexpectedly pregnant.
Rode a trolley today.
I have the worst intuition about when beans are going to be done.
Very full from the bison steaks we just had, with grilled corn and Greek salad.  Yummmmmm.
Noticed 17mo's canines poking through right before putting her to bed and suddenly so much about the day we had makes sense.
We have an offer on our house!
Aaaaah, too happy -- baby's cochlear implant activation http://youtu.be/ZDD7Ohs5tAk
Just had our power go out for about an hour because of CRAZY hail/thunderstorm. I love you, sweet electricity.
Oh, these homebuyers with their scheduling of showings and then canceling right when I finish cleaning the house! It KILLS me!
Sustaining myself with tea and chocolate and wondering why people think buying a house is some great wonderful thing to do.
@Selkie1970 Sure, not easy, but they shouldn't be allowed to drill unless they can fix it when something breaks w/o DISASTER ensuing.
Went to Costco today and thus am pretty much phoning it in for dinner tonight with various prepared-type things.
@SKEdman Did you see this? http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127092887
Planted some summer annuals outside tonight to woo the homebuyers and it is MOSQUITO INSANITY out there.
Tonight... we SLEEP! #fingerscrossed
Oh right, THIS is what sleep deprivation feels like. #weareallsickatourhouse
Aaargh, can't remember what I came to computer to do. It's gonna be a rough day.
17mo says "just say no" to breakfast.
Wow, these floors are really gross. Somebody should really do something about that.
Making Mark Bittman's no-knead bread for the first time today. Not looking too promising so far, but hope remains.
Conscientiously cleaned floors, then fed children a snack. Sigh...  Motherhood involves a LOT of Sisyphean tasks.
@Selkie1970 It does seem rather hopeless some days, doesn't it?
@Selkie1970 The other thing I sometimes want to give up is the constant shaving/plucking/lotion/hair-brushing and so forth.
Bleargh. Sleep deprivation.  16mo, @DoctorMac, and me all sick.
@N8V_TXN Tonight I am realllllly wishing I was not 8 episodes behind.
4yo has reached the age of non-sequitur knock-knock jokes.
Sick 16mo had a much better night last night (yay!) although she still sounds just awful.
My watch battery died sometime in 2006 and I have not worn one since.
Also, why do toddlers enjoy swiffering so very much?
4yo has explained to me that SHE would like to pick which privilege she loses when she disobeys me.
5:30pm on a Friday evening is a time to be thankful for children's television.
Oh dear. @DoctorMac and I are coming down with 16mo's virus. I swear we are NEVER putting her in our church nursery EVERY AGAIN.
I am exasperated to the point of misspelling.
Church nursery = wretched hive of scum and villainy, of the viral sort.
Friend who borrowed my maternity clothes has had her baby and given all the clothes back. Now must decide what to do with them...
Wondering if it is OK to watch Biggest Loser in front of 4yo daughter or not.
Weezer on our 'Yo Gabba Gabba' this morning.  Gosh, I love them.
Also, DJ Lance is a very god-like figure.
Bought some rather pricey crackers & squishy French cheese to eat for lunch. Sometimes it is AWESOME to be the one who does the shopping.
Have "Don't Cry For Me, Argentina" stuck in my head, for no discernible reason.
Bleargh, tired today because I stayed up too late and 16mo got up an hour earlier than usual. Brain is vacant and blurry.
Am not a regular coffee drinker. Am feeling jittery, drained, woozy, and deeply regretful from the big cup I had this morning.
Cannot use kitchen sink until mid-afternoon today because of repair done yesterday.
It is going against every fiber of my being not to do these breakfast dishes.
RT @astrofairy: Love it! RT @dr_paul_woods: If you've ever written a scientific paper, or ever wanted to, you should read this: http://b ...
My Christian Hipster Quotient is 92/120: http://www.hipsterchristianity.com/quiz.php
@SKEdman I know, so funny-- "Fireproof drinking games"! "Flashbacks to AWANA!"
@N8V_TXN Don't worry; you'll always be cool with us.
Am contemplating a drastic hair cut.
TIRED after spending my Mothers' Day doing the solo parenting gig. Will be very happy to welcome @DoctorMac home tomorrow.
"Baby fish mouth!" Watching _When Harry Met Sally_ and sewing. Yay!
yogurt for breakfast + 16mo = unplanned pre-church bath
Somehow I feel like there should be less loud tantrum-y screaming on Mothers' Day.
Gah, my sleeping children are SO BEAUTIFUL. Is almost too much.
Wow, took away privilege of making cookies from 4yo for offense of not sharing with 16mo and she is NOT TAKING IT WELL.
@DoctorMac The Alexanders are going to be in Baltimore too this weekend. Crazy!
Am hooooooooome. So glaaaaaad. 4yo barfed on the plaaaaaaaaane.
Got our county appraisal in the mail today, and the appraised value of our house actually went DOWN this year. Crazy housing market...
Will miss beautiful Sonoma County & lots of grandparent time for my girls, but looking forward to my own bed tomorrow.
Also hoping I leave this stomach bug here and am all better by plane ride tomorrow.
Am in Sonoma Country, which is gorgeous and contains a lot of wine.
However, children keep going to sleep at 6:30pm and waking up at 5:30pm, much to chagrin of night-owl grandparents.
Mosquitoes. Grrrrrrr...
Just talked on the phone with our doggie's vet. Not a good prognosis-- poor sweet Abbey.
@amyforestell Bourbon and ginger ale?  I looooooove bourbon and ginger ale, especially with a big orange slice in it.
@amyforestell And fancy ginger ale makes it even better.
I used to be someone who liked to travel. I want to be someone who likes to travel. Maybe when children are older? Dreading tomorrow...
Procrastinating. Should be packing for cross-country trip tomorrow, but am organizing recipes online.
Hmmm, 16mo is eating crayons. Forgot those were out.
The stuff coming from 16mo's nose is very disgusting. Just thought you'd like to know!
Just realized that I defended my dissertation and then immediately got pregnant five years ago this month.
@Selkie1970 I hear you. Seriously.
ALERT! Stress eating! Julia, step away from the chocolate!
@veronimitch Oh, poor you. 16mo is sick now too, as is her custom. Am very frustrated with this part of motherhood right now.
There is NEW New Pornographers! Yippee! Listening here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126174756
Am in serious one-day-at-a-time mode right now.
16mo has a fever again today, & am now freaking myself out wondering if something bigger is wrong with her. Just say NO to googling.
Kids asleep, glass of wine, sewing--- hoorayyyyyyyyyyyy.
Went running this morning. Was 1st time I'd exercised since our house went on the market 5 WEEKS AGO. Not good.
4yo has miserable ear infection. Is very handy to have a husband with an otoscope sometimes.
Also, would like to point out that we never had any ear infections before we moved to TX. Am suspicious.
In less complain-y news, our house is so pleasant and settled compared to last night. Think we are unpacked and caught up from trip.
4yo is navel gazing. Literally. With her magnifying glass.
Discovered 16mo who had discovered dog vomit. Not ideal.
Also, our floors are almost entirely hardwoods. Why does dog throw up in the one room with carpet?
Chard is such a funny word. And such delicious eats.
Oooooo, just scored a pair of booties I've been eyeing for months on sale.  Online retail therapy...
I want to sew so bad. It will be a happy day when I can sew while they are awake. Or when 15mo learns to nap not physically on me.
Have I mentioned that 15mo has a low-grade fever and is clingy and miserable again? Good health has been so fleeting in recent months.
Ugh, not looking forward to getting on plane tomorrow with 15mo & 4yo. Will be nice to be home, though, after lovely visit with my parents.
Home. Which, sadly, is a disaster of half-unpacked suitcases and a week's mail.
Had official Chicago pizza tonight (very, very deep dish and so, so cheesy) and it was DELICIOUS.
Keep having dreams that people buy our house. My subconscious is not too hard to figure out.
Regretting my decision to not pack any socks on our trip here to Chicago. Chilly feet.
Am in the burbs of Chicago at my parents' house while @DoctorMac is downtown at his board review course.  The city of broad shoulder!
We put 15mo in the nursery on Sunday, today is Tuesday, so let's see.... YEP! RUNNY NOSE! Oh, mega-church nursery, how I loathe thee...
Packing, packing, packing. Children sure do use a lot of stuff.
Eating pasta for the last time before heading to my parents' gluten-free house.
Can't believe I am packing suitcases for another trip. This spring is totally kicking my butt.
It's bluebonnet season here in TX and we found a nice spot for some pictures today:  http://flic.kr/p/7SNSsS
Hey, 15mo, how about if we stop emptying drawers of computer mice and chargers and instead play with actual toys?
15mo is in fantastically adorable good mood. She's been sick off and on for so long; it is so nice to see her happy and well.
Just had another showing CANCELLED after getting the house sparkling clean and us all out of us.  Grrrrr...
Am definitely living under the tyranny of the urgent these days.  It! Is! All! Urgent!
Talking about our future with @DoctorMac over voice chat.
Boy, 4yo is having a bit of a hard time adjusting to boring old me replacing her super fun aunt as caretaker.  Sheesh!
I am home home HOME after 3 flights today with 15mo. Such a relief.
Just finished looking at some houses with a realtor here in SLC. Found my DREAM HOUSE. Seriously.
So, it turns out that Salt Lake City is BEAUTIFUL.  There are huge gorgeous mountains RIGHT HERE.
Am tweeting from the SLC Apple Store where I am in pursuit of a new adapter for our laptop. We left ours in an airport somewhere.
Had fun at the Utah Museum of Natural History this afternoon. Salt Lake City still beautiful, in case you were wondering.
I've got to start packing more stuff when I travel. The past few trips, I keep running out of clothes.
Need to remember that 15mo will spill stuff on me.
In Santa Fe where it is SUNNY and GORGEOUS and WINDY. Aaaaah, king-size bed and lovely hotel sheets.
We dyed brown eggs and they turned out so pretty! http://flic.kr/p/7QmSvq
Awake with feverish miserable non-sleeping baby.  When will the madness end?!
@Selkie1970 We do, because in summer here we keep our house at 78 degrees.  It is WARMER THAN THAT even at night.
Back from doctor for miserable 15mo. She has the 1st ear infection of my mothering career, so I guess I have to stop being smug about that.
Just thinking about how many of my conversations with @DoctorMac begin with "I heard this thing on NPR..."
You know, sometimes motherhood really interferes with my computer time.
I'm feeling just about healthy today, and I'm feeling grateful for that.
@beckfromfrogandtoad Betsy-Tacy starts out with Betsy's 5th birthday, I think.  I am waiting to buy it for us until 4yo's 5th birthday.
Home from church with 15mo who has pink eye.  Verrrrrry tired of illnesses of various sorts.
@andrea317 LOL. Neither does mine.
Off to get my hair cut for the 1st time since November! Tra la la!
I both want and dread having another showing for the house today. Could REALLY use a day off from the whole routine.
Oh, and I am sick AGAIN-- another cold.  Feel like I have been run over by a truck.  And I think I have pink eye.
OK, no more complaining-- SNAP OUT of it, Julia!
Today is the 2nd day in a row where we had people not come for a scheduled showing. Aaaaargh...
@amyforestell Iron has 4 letters; are there any with less than that?
4yo has recently taken to EATING BREAKFAST. Shocking. This brings the number of meals/day that she can be expected to regularly eat to TWO.
@angie_amos What do you think about wearing dresses like that w/o belts?  I am torn on the idea.
@angie_amos And do you think that skirt is just a rectangle of fabric, or flared?
Scored some cute summer skirts at thrift store this morning!
Did not find what I was looking for (belts to wear with shirtdresses, shorts for 4yo) but that's thrifting for you.
I feel sorry for babies because they cannot blow their noses.
MAN, haircuts are so hard to schedule when you have small children.
1.5 hours until showing for the house. 15mo is following me around undoing my cleaning. She is about to get some serious Exersaucer time.
@beckfromfrogandtoad I cry when I'm angry too.  I HATE IT.
A hot toddy is a BRILLIANT IDEA.
15mo is trying to plug a USB drive into my toe.
Two showings today for our house!  Makes me feel hopeful.
RT @jasonboyett: New rule: It's always a bad idea to yell "baby killer!" in public, unless you're warning parents about an approaching p ...
@kathykrey ME NEITHER. Blogs with music are the worst.
My name is Julia! And I like to dance! Also, listening and dancing to music iiiiiiiis AWESOME!
Oh no, the next book in the Aubrey/Maturin series is CHECKED OUT at our library! How will I manage to wait until I can get my paws on it?!
@Selkie1970 It's FABULOUS. Napoleonic-era British naval adventure. Funny, smart, erudite, wonderful language. It's 21 books, though.
@Selkie1970 Has taken me 2+ years to get to book 11, but is so wonderful I don't mind. Are you on GoodReads?
Spring needs to come for good because 14mo can BARELY be zipped into her footie PJs.
Did yoga this afternoon for the 1st time in a loooong while. Both 4yo and 15mo tried to do it along with me. Cute, but not very good form.
@veronimitch I am in serious consideration of getting one too! (Will be #2 for me.) Funny...
@veronimitch Chinese character for joy on my back. At the time seemed original & creative. Not so much now, but I still like it.
It is COLD out there; I even saw snowflakes. Winter's last hurrah, I suppose.
Picnic in the backyard!
Our house is officially on the market now! Am fighting urge to post a link to our listing-- you now, online privacy and all.
"Helping" the photographer from our realtor get some pictures for our house listing.
House is going on the market on Friday!!!!!! Breathe in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out...
Simmering a giant industrial-sized vat of homemade marinara.  Smells gooooooood.
Why did I just eat that Peep? I don't even really like them.
Storytime at the library on a rainy morning-- nice.
Just found checkbook in basket of board books. I suspect a certain 14mo. The one who is currently standing on top of our little table.
First mosquito bite of the season.  Sigh...
@amyforestell Yes.
I wish someone else were in charge of cleaning my baseboards.
Don't let that last tweet make you think I actually CLEAN my baseboards with any frequency.
Up with a feverish sick baby. Go to sleep, sick baby!
@beckfromfrogandtoad I would follow Winnie the Pooh if I could.
Feeling too tired to catch on email/blog/anything. I know! I'll browse real estate listings for cities where @DoctorMac has interviewed!
Taking paperwork to realtor's office to get ready for house to go on market. Am trying to squash feelings of dread and apprehension.
My living room is being painted beige right now-- farewell, pretty blue... http://flic.kr/p/5ecdUm
@beckfromfrogandtoad Oh, thank you for the compliment. And I feel about landscaping the way you do about decorating.
@DoctorMac That was indeed awesome. Also, funny. Also, beautiful.
@amyforestell I always did that too.
First 70-degree day out. Makes me want to get a pedicure.
Hung up the diapers outside to dry for the first time in a looooooong while.
I will admit that all the Oscar commentary is making me slightly wish I was watching. Not enough to sit through all that, though.
Hmmmm, 1yo is putting the mail in the recycling before I have sorted it. Should go do something about that.
I heart wintertime electricity bills.
Packing away my turtlenecks. Don't think they'll get any more wear this spring.
These children are getting put to bed sooooo early tonight...  At least no one else has thrown up.
And now I am throwing up. Sigh...  Please please PLEASE don't let the children get this from me.
Feeling rather desperate for @DoctorMac to get home from Florida.
Waiting for the Jello to firm up so I can attempt to eat it.  Ginger tea has been a success.
4yo says she will not eat lunch because her tummy hurts.  AAAAAAAAAH! I am DOOOOOOOOOMED! Should I make her sit in bathtub or something?
Bleargh, tired from being up last night with coughing, feverish 4yo.
4yo just asked me when she can have a telescope and/or go to outer space. My astronomer-mama heart is proud.
Oh, poor 4yo is all flushed and feverish and miserable. And not dealing with it well.
Ain't no party like a laundry party cuz a laundry party don't stop.
BUT, I slept in my own bed and had oatmeal for breakfast, so YAY!
New Orleans weather has turned on me (cold, windy) and forced us back inside hotel room. Will have to venture back out there for lunch soon.
The problem with hotel television is the COMMERCIALS, as well as HAVING TO WATCH WHAT IS ON RIGHT THEN. Gah, Tivo has spoiled me rotten.
@aldousmom Oh, I love that episode.  Neil Patrick Harris is too funny. How lame is it that I know exactly what episode you meant?
Babysitter about to arrive. And then! we will go OUT!
@veronimitch Oh, I just love Peter Wimsey.  He's so dreamy...  I haven't read any of those in a long time; now I need to.
I am going to have sooooooo much laundry to do when we get back from this trip.  I shall not think about that now.
New Orleans marathon was today. Saw runners running this morning, then limping & hobbling back to their hotel rooms this afternoon.
Am sitting in fancy hotel room in New Orleans.  Sunny, lovely... (Fancy hotel rooms are not baby-proofed, in case you were wondering.)
About to leave our hotel room to go in search of beignets.
Unsuccessfully trying to get girls to nap in hotel room. Soon will give up and take them to hotel pool.  *I* sure could use a nap, though...
@amyforestell Yes, went to Cafe Du Monde.  Mmmmmm... Also, had muffaletta for lunch from Central Grocery.
1yo's nose is a faucet of snot.
Laundry, laundry, laundry, laundry...
Have given 1yo my cold. An unwise decision on my part, I believe.
Packing packing packing for our trip tomorrow. Feeling excited about it, but also apprehensive.  ROAD TRIP! With a baby who HATES THE CAR!
@astropixie You can make a killer salad dressing (good on salad greens, roasted winter squash, cooked grains, etc)
@SKEdman A girl! Girls are super fun; it will be really neat to see how that impacts your family dynamic.
Sleeping children, man... Sadly, I am 100% positive I am nowhere near as breathtakingly beautiful when I am asleep.
Researching things to do in New Orleans.
@andrea317 I have recently discovered Doctor Who-- so much fun!
From 4yo, immediately upon rising this morning: "Why are there no robots at our house?"  Why, indeed?
Trying to get a splinter out of 4yo's hand.
@kathykrey We wish we knew. :) Rob is still looking for a job, but we are almost certainly moving this summer.
Knocking out 4yo's thank-you notes.  When she can read & write, she will be able to do this herself.
Finished our giant container of cumin a while back and keep thinking at grocery store, "Oh, we need more." Have now replaced it 3 times.
Am swimming in cumin!
Desperately trying to get house ready for our realtor who is showing up in an hour and feeling like I WILL NOT MAKE IT.
Christmas, 4yo's birthday, & ever-increasing pile of clothes to hand down to 1yo have caused me to contemplate new storage options.
Am browsing IKEA's website in pursuit of platonic ideal of toy storage.
Four years ago tonight I was pumped full of pitocin and tethered to monitors and an IV. Now am drinking bourbon and icing cupcakes.
My 3yo is a 4yo today. Happy birthday, Grace!
4yo got a bunch of Duplos for her birthday and now all I want to do is PLAY. BUILD. FUN FUN FUN.
Snow!  Pretty pretty pretty...
Kneading bread has become such a more pleasant experience since we replaced our tile countertops with granite. Grout! Yuck!
OK, I know you are tired of hearing about snow, but oh my goodness, it is SO BEAUTIFUL. And I can't believe it has been snowing ALL DAY.
3yo lasts about 20 minutes outside before getting too cold and coming in. Has had much snowy fun today, just in short increments.
I gave my baby a bath today, and boy, is she cute. http://flic.kr/p/7CotTf
Snow has finally stopped coming down. Know it is silly, but feel a bit sad about that.
Snow is up to our cars' bumpers on our driveway but nobody around here has a snow shovel.  Melt? Soon?
Making cupcakes for about-to-be-4yo's birthday party tomorrow.
Gosh, I love baking.
Wrapping presents for soon-to-be-4yo's birthday this coming weekend.  Shoes! Duplos!
When buttonholes cooperate, sewing them is very meditative and pleasurable.
Sunny, sunny morning.
Homemade stovetop macaroni and cheese.  Mmmmmm...
It's the end of the day, and I have about a dozen stickers all over my clothes.
Cold and wet today. Am definitely making soup for dinner.
Counting down the hours until @DoctorMac gets home this afternoon from his interview trip to Salt Lake City.
Sending emails to realtors.  AAAAAAAAAAAAH... I do not want to have to sell our house.
@SKEdman An option. House is not actually on the market yet; I am just full of dread about the process.
Sing me Spanish techno.
@chaseafterwind I had nosebleeds with my 1st pregnancy! Usually in the shower, which made it all horror-movie gory. Yuck.
Vacuuming, and wondering how I can convince my children to eat their food instead of dropping it on the floor.
Trying to decide on a book with Chinese words in it for about-to-be-4yo's birthday, since she is OBSESSED with it.
1yo can now make a mess faster than I can clean up behind her. Drawers being emptied! Bookshelves swept clean!
Made sticky rice for dinner and boy, IS IT. Children seem to be covered with a starchy film.
1yo busted her lip AGAIN on 3yo's child-sized rocking chair. Last straw. Have put rocking chair up at top of closet.
If you see any tiny little mandarins at your grocery store, like 2-3" across, BUY THEM. Oh my gosh, so delicious.
Also, if you find yourself tempted by something called "coconut cocoa tea", thinking it will taste like chocolate, DO NOT BUY IT. Nasty.
Aaargh, forgot to turn on stove. Have been sitting around for 20 minutes waiting for water to boil.
RT @FakeAPStylebook: Avoid use of the Comic Sans font. You don't want to get letters from those people.
@ironsoap WE HAVE DONE THAT. Awkward. We left as well.
I dreamed last night about buying stamps. My subconscious knows how to PARTY. (I do need to buy stamps, though.)
Aaargh, math fail! Was halving a recipe and did everything correctly but the eggs.  Will have very eggy bread.
MORE formula samples?! Why do the formula companies think I am pregnant?
@SKEdman The adoption agency! I bet that is how we got on this list. Actually, that makes me less mad than the usual bit.
I think 1yo is finally turning the corner and recovering from all this sickness. Post-nap today she is so funny & gleeful & mischievous.
@SKEdman I loooooove that movie.
Aaaaah, this is so saaaaad: RT @astropixie  awe, poor little spirit rover.... http://xkcd.com/695/
Mmmmm, sweet Zappos, how I love you...  Am still trying to find replacements for my Dansko clogs.
Those Daleks sure are a nasty bunch.
@amyforestell Lazy!
Funny: http://buylesscrap.org/
Oh dear, 1yo puked at the dinner table tonight.  Noooooooo! It's only been a month since the last GI bug we had.
AAAAAAAAAH! 1yo just threw up again after I tried to feed her real food for lunch. Please please please don't let me get this.
RT @redneckmommy I wonder if the new iPad will come with wings.
Babies are so silly. They would rather go around with snot on themselves than have you wipe their faces.
Boy, looking at real estate websites is such a time suck for me right now. Step AWAY from the computer, Julia.
Eating Chilean cherries we bought at Costco for $3/lb. Globalization tastes DELICIOUS.
Boy, Facebook sure did a good job of making me feel crotchety about the state of humanity today.
Ugh, mealy apple.
Why does Enfamil think I have a newborn baby? And why does Enfamil violate the WHO code by sending me this stuff?
Playing Beatles Rock Band and have realized anew that, man, they made good music.  Shocking, no?
Also, stupid beans for stupid dinner won't get done.  Small children are getting restless and hungry.
@veronimitch I read a bunch a while back and got really annoyed. Had to take a break from it for a good long while.
Mmmmm, just had pasta and red wine and little BYOB Italian joint that is so close we can walk to it.
@SKEdman We walked to Tony's, which is technically in Lake Highlands, I think? On Northwest Hwy.
BLEARGH. Terrible, terrible night with quasi-sick 1yo, who is still coughing and full of snot. Two weeks of this is catching up with me.
@SKEdman I was planning to make that!  Then guys came to do grout in kitchen so I am considering not cooking to avoid messing up new grout.
@SKEdman I mean, I was planning to make that *tonight*. Funny!
@markadams44 Haven't read that, but thought "Crazy for God" was really interesting, thought-provoking, etc.
OK, mommy poll: what is better time for birthday party with 3yo & 4yo kids? Saturday morning (10am) or Saturday afternoon (3pm)?
@Selkie1970 @SKEdman Thanks! My almost-4yo quit napping so long ago that I wondered what was the best option. (Pre-nap? Post-nap?)
@kathykrey Thanks!  That seems to be the unanimous consensus. Wish you guys were for me to invite! :)
What a fabulous video from the American Museum of Natural History http://youtu.be/17jymDn0W6U (via @astropixie)
Caught episode of Good Eats today where Alton Brown talked about how he lost 50 lbs. Interesting and entertaining, as usual.
Am idly browsing houses in cities where @DoctorMac has had phone interviews and just found one with a BOMB SHELTER.
Gave children saltines for snack after 3yo played with Play-Doh. Realllllllly need to vacuum now.
Home from church with 1yo, who is sick with the cold she got in nursery LAST Sunday.
The countertop dudes are finally here (yes, 8pm on a Friday) installing & the noises coming from my kitchen are making me afraid.
@kathykrey Replacing our crappy tile countertop with granite. It is very very pretty, but has not been most pleasant 2 days.
@Selkie1970 What a cutie!  Happy birthday, little man.
Morning routine is challenging with no kitchen sink.
RT @jasonboyett: I propose that Pat Robertson resign from the 700 Club and be replaced by Conan O'Brien. Who's with me?
Just cleared off my kitchen countertop for the last time.  Soon it is getting RIPPED OUT. RIP, crappy tile countertop.
3yo is demanding to know how babies come out of a tummy. In front of the dudes ripping out our countertop.
Tried recipe from @ArtisanBreadIn5 for 1st time today. Bowl not big enough, apparently. Dough about to spill all over my counter.
Should take action on this soon.
Taking down all the Christmas cards, finally.
Since @DoctorMac is at a guys' night out & will be gone past girls' bedtime, I feel entitled to a glass of red wine.
@Selkie1970 Hmmmm, maybe both.
Mopping floor immediately before feeding children dinner was not a good move as far as feeling like I accomplished something today.
Kind of teared up tonight hearing 3yo pray for @DoctorMac's father, who is having a serious cancer recurrence.
Croupy croupy baby...  We did not have a good night.
@amyforestell LOL
Poor 1yo is so, so miserable. 3yo is crying too right now, actually, mostly from maternal neglect, I believe. Send help!
My house is so dirty.  Someone should really do something about that.
@SKEdman Pregnancy always turned me into such a clumsy mess.  Be careful.
Such immodesty is unbecoming, I know, but MAN, I made the most yummy fried rice for dinner. Spicy, carby, salty deliciousness...
@aldousmom Cute! Am jealous! Really want to dye my hair but haven't managed an appointment yet.
1yo slept terrrrrribly last night. Has made me thankful for a) her normal sleep habits and b) tea.
Just glimpsed "The View" while turning on "Blue's Clues" for 3yo to watch during shower. She claims it was football.
This weather makes me want to BAKE, which is bad because that makes me want to EAT.
Feeling the inexorable pull of the hair dye.
RT @FakeAPStylebook: When it is raining put a circumflex above all vowels to prêvênt thêm frôm gêttîng wêt.
My plans for 2010: putting our house on the market, moving, not adopting http://trunc.it/4ikef
Who has a corn bread recipe they like? My standby source for, well, everything is Mark Bittman but I don't like his.
Have not started thank-you notes yet. They are starting to weigh on my mind.
Have finally come up with excuse to make trifle. It is sitting there, glowingly, in glass bowl in my refrigerator.
@veronimitch Funny! And good for you.  I can't stand hemming and hawing and misinformation when it comes to sex and our daughters.
@beckfromfrogandtoad There's this: http://iamglutenfree.blogspot.com/2007/03/cinammon-roll-of-your-dreams.html
Am feeling soooo much better this morning. Also, pukey virus has brought me to my pre-3yo weight! It's a New Year's miracle!
Wish I could lay on the couch and ignore my children today. Or, alternately, that I did not feel so wan and sick.
Am doing significantly better, though. Have eaten an entire bagel and managed to take whole shower without having to rest in the middle.
#10yearsago I was in NYC, in Times Square (well, right in front of Macy's, actually) watching the ball drop. It was really cold.
3yo has fallen prey to 1yo's stomach virus. And it might just be power of suggestion, but I feel a bit iffy myself.
Am siiiiiiiiick. Head so hard to hold up, baby so heavy, food so problematic.
@aldousmom Yay! I haven't gotten a chance to really pore over mine, what with the holidays, but it's sitting in my reading pile.
1yo puked on me last night and today. This is the 1st time in my life as a mother I have been puked on.
Really hoping 3yo doesn't get it.  And me neither, while I'm going around hoping things.
Cutting out the Deco Vibe Flippy Skirt from @HotPatterns and excited to sew it up. Got it as a Christmas gift from @DoctorMac!
Vomit! Poo! Be glad you are not at my house today.
Have finally worn out my Dansko clogs, purchased 10+ years ago and worn A LOT. That was a good shoe purchase. Will miss them. RIP.
Wish @DoctorMac did not think they were kind of dowdy, or I would buy another pair.
@beckfromfrogandtoad Wait, a light to see through your boobs?  I am having a hard time picturing this.
@beckfromfrogandtoad WHAT?! This was a CHRISTMAS present?
Am pretty good about organizing 3yo's hand-me-downs for her 1yo sister, but dude! Where do the socks go?! Cannot find them.
My babies are asleep wearing footie pajamas, the candles on the tree have been lit and then snuffed, the nog has been drunk.
@kathykrey Oh dear!
Whoa, whoa, whoa-- it is supposed to SNOW today?! We are supposed to get 1" of snow!
It is SNOWING. This is the closest I've ever come to a white Christmas in my whole 31 years of life.
Staring down HUGE MESS that has been left behind by 1yo's birthday cupcake.  Need to get out vacuum. Procrastinating.
@veronimitch I agree.
3yo says that she doesn't like the food I cook, she wants to watch more TV, and she thinks she should have more presents.  I never!
Think I have overdone it with the Miralax and prunes for 1yo. Please stop pooping, baby.
@chaseafterwind My two favorites are Chanel Chance and Jil by Jil Sander.
@veronimitch Poor you guys...  That is utter misery.
Happy birthday, @DoctorMac! I put a goofy picture of us on the Internet: http://silgeland.blogspot.com/2009/12/birthday-boy.html
One year ago I had a baby.  Happy birthday, Violet! http://silgeland.blogspot.com/2009/12/one-year-of-violet.html
Think I will give 11mo some Miralax for her birthday dinner tomorrow.
@beckfromfrogandtoad LOL. That reminds me of when I play Trivial Pursuit & ponder learning something about sports just for green category.
Up too late packing Christmas gifts for out-of-town family. I've GOT to get these things in the mail.
Researching places we might move, instead of finishing up all the Christmas stuff that needs to be done. Procrastination!
Oh, I really want to see this movie now! BABIES - Official Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB36k0hGxDM
Got a Christmas card today addressed to people we bought this house from, 2 Christmases ago.
@DoctorMac What?!
My children just took longest naps ever. Worn out by grandparently fun, I suppose.
In-laws just left for the airport and now it is back to just us.
Am wearing short sleeves. Am not happy about this.  Come back, winter, come baaaaaaack...
@SKEdman Congratulations!  What exciting news!
Playing Wii bowling with @DoctorMac's parents.
@markadams44 Sometimes we think we should be, but no. :) We go to your typical evangelical non-denominational church. You're RC, right?
In-laws are coming in town tonight so today is a day to CLEAN.
Just licked a lot of Christmas card envelopes. Yuck.
11mo only wants to eat cheese.  Mmmmm, delicious cheese...
Until a few moments ago, 3yo thought that "savior" was another word for "baby". Ah, Christmastime...
Thanks to @kathkrey for my new profile pic.  Am soooo happy with our portraits.
Suspect I have let sourdough starter die. Now will have hockey puck for dinner with our chili?
Really close to the end of the next Aubrey/Maturin novel and it is VERY EXCITING. My silly children will not let me sit & read it, however.
Am LOVING this website: http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/  I love graphs.  Sigh...
Saw the Pleiades from my backyard tonight.  So pretty...
Have bought Christmas tree and ferried it home on the roof of our car.  Hooray!
This morning I learned that when cooking oatmeal in the slow cooker overnight, it is important to actually turn the slow cooker on.
3yo keeps asking to bake cookies. Have been so virtuous about not baking, but think I must relent. And then exercise self-control. Harumph.
Am committed now. Sugar cookie dough is resting in refrigerator. 3yo had fun squishing dough, now looking forward to using cookie cutters.
Am pretty much always annoyed with Focus on the Family, but now, EXTRA CHRISTMAS ANNOYANCE: http://bit.ly/7vBlWR (via @chaseafterwind)
Croup!  Booooo...
FINALLY made a good green smoothie this morning.  I think the key is letting blender run for loooooong time, like 2-3 minutes.
Also, IT IS SNOWING AT OUR HOUSE.  Yippee!  Hooray! Tra la la!
RT @nprnews: Complete this sentence: "Justin Timberlake is wearing an NPR t-shirt because...." Here's our list: http://su.pr/2rwWXC
Got our first Christmas card of the season in the mail today.  It was from.... our realtor. Hmmm.
@DoctorMac is trying to teach our 3yo how to Wii bowl. Not sure how well this will go.
You could eat off our dining room floor.  But not in a good way.
Oh, Will Ferrell... RT @Selkie1970: Ok people, this was the funniest thing I saw this morning! http://trunc.it/3rmg3
Today is free admission day at art museum. Want to go, but 11mo has snotty cold and 3yo seems like she will soon as well. Such a conundrum.
@amyforestell That drives me a little crazy. When I see hair like that, I feel an overwhelming urge to run up and cut it off.
After all my shopping/consumerism angst, I just bought Christmas gifts for the girls: ADORABLE shoes for 11mo, AWESOME lunchbox for 3yo.
Online shopping makes me HAPPEEEEEEEEEE...
Really want to buy myself some new warm tights but am restraining myself and stepping AWAY FROM THE COMPUTER.
Back from having family portraits taken by @kathykrey. Can't wait to see them!
@SKEdman Hey, I'm making turkey stock right now too!  Smells almost as good as the original cooking.
Used blue bulb suction-y thing on 11mo (well, actually made @DoctorMac do it since he is PEDIATRICIAN) & now she will not go back to sleep.
Had my first ever pumpkin spice latte this morning. Tasted pretty good but am weirded out by oily orange residue left inside cup.
Running my Ergo through the laundry. This will guarantee that 11mo has an especially fussy, needy afternoon and want to be held nonstop.
Oh, leftover stuffing, how I love you...
Think I may have to go out to buy dog food on Black Friday. Have made a dreadful miscalculation.
Making brine for the turkey.  Thank you, Alton Brown, for introducing me to this; I will never go back.
Furnace is running this morning and house feels so cozy.
Taking 3yo to get her first real haircut.
Blanching haricots verts for Thanksgiving.
Have a lot of phone calls to make today.  Why do I hate the phone so much?
Got a smashing haircut today, and now have the new Star Trek movie awaiting me.  Tra la la!
I heart J.J. Abrams.
@beckfromfrogandtoad I have a longstanding crush on Christian Bale that dates back to the 1992 masterpiece _Newsies_.
Improvising vegetable soup for dinner.  "Everything, into the pot!"
@SKEdman It's not you. They were hurt by a freeze this year and there's only a limited quantity (or so my produce co-op has told me).
10mo baby has a fever. This makes me want to offer her more cowbell, but probably should go with baby Tylenol instead.
Made this for dinner and it was sooooo good: http://orangette.blogspot.com/2007/10/sneaky-sneaky.html
Today's poop-related update: 10mo's diaper rash is much better but now she is constipated. Sigh...
Back from Thanksgiving party at 3yo's preschool.  Am glad no actual Native Americans were there to witness that.
10 years ago today bonfire at A&M fell & a family friend who would have become my brother-in-law died. Thinking of my sister & her husband.
@chaseafterwind Yes, I know at least one of them does that. My husband is angling for one for Christmas.
Just had a rare-for-me cup of coffee and waiting for the caffeine to kick in. Also, coffee is delicious.
Back from storytime at the library and fun at the playground on this windy, chilly day.
Haircuts, doctor appointments, working out-- these are the things that befuddle me with logistics as a SAHM.
I am SO not a fan of animal print on little girls.  Of course, should also probably admit I am not a fan of animal print for myself.
Yay, my serger is working again! It helps when you are not exhausted/sick and actually thread the darned thing correctly.
I have a really amazing number of slightly different red spools of thread.
Feeling a tad jealous of @FlyingPhotog and everybody else at the shuttle launch and #nasatweetup
Yay yay yay! The first honestly chilly day around here!
Why don't I roast garlic more often?
Just cleaned all the crevices on my range. I am only motivated to attempt such things after a glass of wine or two.
Catching up on email.  My inbox is smaller than it has been, I think, since 10mo was born.
Feeling grateful to @DoctorMac who is spending his day off mucking about with plumbing and caulk and leaks.
Watching Okkervil River on Austin City Limits. And getting kind of skeeved out by lead singer mouthing the microphone with his moustache.
@veronimitch I have TERRIBLE cabbage roll memories from the summer I spent in the former USSR. Loved lots of food there, but not those.
November makes me miss New England. Of course, should just be glad it isn't outright hot here anymore.
Watched '95 movie version of _Persuasion_ and drank hot chocolate tonight.  What am I, back in college?
Also, Captain Wentworth is so dreamy.
Six weeks from today until Christmas: http://bit.ly/vqkwh
I love this-- Don't Get Organized http://bit.ly/SSjDN
10mo is fighting off some pretty serious diaper rash so she is having lots of diaper-free time. Ah, baby nudity...
Have made last minute decision to make applesauce to eat with pancakes for dinner.
Strongly suspect I will be wishing for a food mill before the evening is out.
@Selkie1970 Yeah, except I chose not to peel the apples. Me = lazy. (I diced them up pretty small, so am hoping for the best.)
Have a fever. Sigh... Less than 24 hours until @DoctorMac gets back home.
@astropixie That is HORRIFYING.
I feel like craaaaaaaaaap.
My normally well-behaved serger is not cooperating. Sad.
3yo insists that "Gesundheit" is Chinese. I believe I have Kai Lan to thank for this. Soooo, xie xie, Kai Lan.
November is too late to be getting bitten up by mosquitoes.
@DoctorMac I wish that too.  Or maybe that we were going out on the town together; I can't decide.
Ugh. Have sore throat and aches and malaise.  Also my normal arms & legs have been replaced with lead ones.
Ugh, TIRED. @DoctorMac has been gone for 3 nights and each one has been worse than the one before.  Come on, progeny-- cut me a break.
Why does 3yo strip down to nakedness when she throws a tantrum?
RT @SKEdman: Hahahahaha! http://bit.ly/5LuLj
It really *was* a beautiful day today. ♫ http://blip.fm/~fz8ni
@Selkie1970 Oh dear.  You cannot have been having a good week.
OH MY HEAVENS.  I made this soup for dinner and I think I could eat the entire pot: http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/001525.html
Have managed to put both girls to bed by myself, without too much difficulty. Am now deciding between red wine and hot chocolate.
Have FINISHED our home study application and put it in an envelope (almost 1" thick).  Will deliver it to adoption agency tomorrow.
First thing 10mo does when she wakes up in the morning is clap and say "mama" in her sweet baby voice.
10mo baby learned to climb stairs today.  Nooooooooooo...
Astonishingly beautiful day (although maybe a bit too warm for my taste) and just back from the playground.
Just took out the compost, or as @DoctorMac calls it, the "vegetarian circle of life".
@SKEdman 15yo Newsboys?  How is that even possible?
Listening to this tonight at home with my two girls.  Gosh, I love this hymn. And this recording of this hymn. ♫ http://blip.fm/~fxbz7
@DixieGirl Age.  Just age.  Nothing you can do to speed it up.  It is awfully nice when it happens, though.
I think our dog is almost entirely deaf these days.  Poor old doggie...
@beckfromfrogandtoad Oh no!  Am so glad to hear she is OK.
Am flying solo for the next 6 days.  We miss you already, @DoctorMac.
Dude, the squirrels in our backyard today are a) numerous and b) MANIC/INSANE.
The last haircut I got is not growing out well.  Soon I shall have to take ACTION.
@veronimitch I am SOOOOOO with you on the roasted garlic.
It is so nice to not get spit up on anymore.
The first evening after the fall time change-- always so weird and surreal feeling.
@amyforestell  Aaaaaaaugh, Indian food...  I am so hungry right now but I have to COOK dinner.  Sheesh.
Had such a fun time with @joy4ever18 today while she visited from Cincinnati. You are so missed!
Just got a flaaaaaat tire on way to pick up 3yo from preschool.  Able to get back home because tire pump owned by preschool teacher.
Was fingerprinted today for adoption home study.  Now must be careful to avoid doing bad things because I am in THE SYSTEM.
@astropixie They didn't fingerprint me either, but I got my TX license when I was 16, which was a shockingly long time ago now.
Am so glad for time change.  FINALLY, not so dark when we're trying to get up in the morning.
Considering turning on the furnace.
@SKEdman Yeah, that has been going round Facebook and the blogs.  What is up with that?!
Have really fallen off the wagon in past few days as far as eating habits go. It's a brand-new morning, right?
@DoctorMac Jealous! Me! Also, I should be asleep.
RT @astropixie: this is cool: cell size and scale http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/cells/scale/
Need to make pumpkin cookies for 3yo's preschool class tomorrow. Any faves out there?
FYI, am choosing to interpret that as "including pumpkin", not "pumpkin-shaped".
@veronimitch Hey, I made rye bread last week!  With a sourdough starter and no seedy-things, so not quite traditional, but still-- good!
Wow, after mere minutes of googling, the word "pumpkin" now looks impossibly unlikely to me. Pumpkin, pumpkin, pumpkin.
I have not used shampoo in over a month: http://bit.ly/7kdQS
Have lost one of 10mo's shoes AGAIN.
Found baby's shoe!  It was in the car, where she likes to take off her shoes and gnaw on them.
Back from the pediatrician where we got everybody all vaccinated up.
Oh, I would LOVE to win this $100 gift card to Yummie Tummie: http://trunc.it/2xtkn
Ooooo, my Burda magazine and my La Leche League magazine arrived on the same day.  Yay! Sewing/breastfeeding fun!
Don't tell 3yo that I let 10mo play with her markers while she's at preschool.  (Caps firmly on, of course.)
It's a biting/crying/exhausted/non-napping baby for me this afternoon, I see.
Oh my gosh, I chose the WRONG DAY to wash my Ergo (and am really regretting selling my other wraps). Fussy, needy baby.
@veronimitch We try to eat mostly plant-based diet but have been known to try a recipe then comment, "This would be better with bacon."
Our dog has surreptitiously puked FOUR times today. Every time on a different rug.
Pondering whether I am ready to participate in the cell phone lifestyle.
@DoctorMac The Tivo is entirely full and stuff is being deleted. I blame college football season.
Have decided I only like to eat cabbage in 2 ways: raw in salads and in stir-fries.  All other cooking methods = blech.
My baby is 10 months old today. She won't be a baby for much longer, will she?
Oh my gosh, I LOVE this dress: http://bit.ly/PJteT
Think 10mo baby may be TOTALLY OVER pureed foods. Sigh... At least she tolerated them one more month than her sister did.
@beckfromfrogandtoad Oh, I have SUCH a soft spot in my heart for that Beastie Boys song. It was the opening music for every performance
@beckfromfrogandtoad of the improv troupe I was in during college.
@beckfromfrogandtoad Oh, it was. It definitely, definitely was.
Delicious breakfast, mmmm-- banana, pomegranate seeds, Greek yogurt, cinnamon.
@beckfromfrogandtoad Heavens, that is beautiful! Did you take that?
I have the urge to paint a room. I wonder if @DoctorMac will let me...
Love listening to the sound of rain.
@amyforestell For you, Amy: http://bit.ly/2OD3cQ
@SKEdman Like Costco very, very much. Only have visited BJ's once (when still lived in CT) but did not seem as good to me.
@spencerb Let's see, what was it... Sam Adams Oktoberfest. Pretty good!
@spencerb Yes, I do!
@astropixie @amyforestell I haven't really written any details about it yet, but I am actually 3.5 weeks into life w/o shampoo.
@astropixie I plan to write a bit about it when I hit 1-month mark this coming week. In the meantime, there is a TON of info out there.
@astropixie I bet you'll like it! I know I have.
Had lots of fun at state fair, but now 3yo is overtired & INSANE. Can hear much shrieking, screaming from bath @DoctorMac is giving her.
Cleaning the ceiling fans, which have been running continuously since about March.  DIR-TEE.
@veronimitch Awwww, really? End of a day without school/work? Can't be that bad, right?
Pomegranates are a lot of work.  Also, beer is yummy. (Well, good beer, at least.)
Just back from running.  Now off to State Fair where I will immediately undo all its benefits by eating fried foods.
I wish food processors didn't have so many crevices.  So hard to clean!
Spent this evening wading through a HUGE PILE of adoption paperwork.
Have these, the best black beans EVER, cooking in the slow cooker today: http://trunc.it/2lhbk
I am so ready for the time change-- so dark in the mornings!
When both my children are asleep, our hardwood floors seem SO CREAKY AND LOUD.
I love Rich Mullins.  He was super awesome.
Am now 10 lbs below my pre-second-baby weight, with another 10 lbs to get to my pre-first-baby weight.
Am reading Marion Nestle's _What To Eat_. Really good book, but am in section on fish right now and am now DEPRESSED. Empty oceans, anyone?
@kathykrey Nothing fun or easy, sadly-- more veggies, less sugar, more exercise, more fiber, less white flour, and so on and so forth.
Dinner is vegan-- yay! It makes me happy when I manage that.
Oh, my. Some interesting crafts: http://www.regretsy.com Interesting REAL crafts. (via @veronimitch)
It is 500% humidity today and supposed to be close to 90F.  Fuuuuuuun...
9mo baby's new hobby is trying to smash her fingers in drawers and cabinets.
@Selkie1970 Scientific evidence supports you-- lack of sleep messes with your satiety hormones. What works for me is cosleeping; 9mo nurses
@Selkie1970 maybe 2? 3? times a night but I don't really wake up. When she has really tough nights, exercise is 1st thing to go for me.
@Selkie1970 I still try really hard to make good food choices but is HAAAAAARD when one is exhausted.
Just ate half the broccoli I roasted to put on tonight's pizza.  Seriously, it's that good.
This pear baby food I made is DELICIOUS. I want to eat it on ice cream.
9mo is wearing shoes for the first time EVER today.
Bought new tires today. Spending that much money on something I don't really want makes me feel a) responsible & b) chagrined.
RT @Blacktating What's scarier than ghosts & goblins? #Nestlefamily. Join our Halloween boycott and say #BooNestle! http://bit.ly/DbRww
Just spent 60 seconds thinking I had left my Ergo at the Costco tire center.  Was srsly thinking, "MY LIFE IS OVER. HOW WILL I FUNCTION?!"
Fortunately, then remembered where I had tucked it in the car (not its usual place, natch).  Apparently, it is my parenting/sanity crutch.
@veronimitch Yes! Pomegranates!  I always end up thinking, "Why bother?" when I am done.
I like that the recipe site I am using to make baked oatmeal is offering me wine suggestions to go with it. Moscato for breakfast, anyone?
Went running this morning and it was actually *cool*. Almost like it might be October or something.
A nap is a beautiful thing. A clean house is as well, so now I shall buckle down and get ready for our busy weekend.
Today is the day we choose to celebrate our dog's birthday. (We don't know when she was actually born.) Happy 9th birthday, Abbey!
Bah! Another hot day...
Have I admitted yet that my new hobby is watching Youtube videos on how to style curly hair? No? I am turning into vapid shallow type.
Have stayed up way too late learning about National Parks.  Must go to bed and not be seduced by John Muir and the Grand Canyon.
Library storytime, playground, beautiful weather, Central Market trip-- a good stay to be a SAHM.
@Selkie1970 Oh, hooray!  So exciting!  I just love seeing their little baby butts crawling around.
Am liberally spattered with blood from injury 9mo just sustained involving a tumble, her new teeth, & the inside of her mouth. Gore!
Migraine. Booooooo. Have progressed through vision disturbances and numbness on left side of face to stabbing pain behind right eyeball.
Have used quantities of caffeine to mitigate migraine, as is my habit. Downside is that it leaves me feeling twitchy and spent.
9mo baby has started babbling. It's nonstop "mamamamamamama" around here.
Very glad that @DoctorMac seems nearly himself today.  Soooooo, probably not swine flu.
@DixieGirl That sounds goooood. Have stopped keeping Nutella around the house because I have no self-restraint with it.
Hmmmm, suspect that @DoctorMac may have swine flu. He is ILL.
Just back from Whole Foods in posh part of town.  Everyone there was, shockingly, very posh.
My running shoes are super squeaky.  Does that mean anything?
Aaaaaaah, this is so beautiful I want to buy it RIGHT NOW: http://trunc.it/222vy Will practice delayed gratification, however.
Just received free tickets to State Fair in mail as perk for one of the museums I belong to here. Hooray! Fried food, here we come!
RT: @kathykrey Two surveys of doctors on health care. Very different results. A look at the poll methods. http://tinyurl.com/l9ztuk
Making ghee. Can I really keep it in the pantry when I'm done?  This makes me nervous.
Well, it's official. My parents no longer live in Texas. Am glum.
It's the end of the day and I have a lot of snot on my shirt, none of it mine.
Keep forgetting to mention that due to a home-hair-dye-attempt gone slightly awry the other night, I am now Goth Mommy.
@toddleddredge These things are so regional. In the Northeast, I was one of the youngest mothers (1st baby at 27) but here in TX am older.
8mo baby looooooves mango, just like her sister did. She is not as fond of sweet potato as I feel she ought to be, however.
8mo baby has a runny nose AGAIN. We just got over her last runny nose! I disapprove!
I am so happy about this rain.
@Ebell1993 How exciting!  Think of all the possible futures out there for you... :)
Grrrrr, 3yo's Laptop Lunch popped open in her backpack AGAIN, making huge mess. Fighting urge to make immediate replacement purchase.
I see that @laptoplunches has a version 2.0 that supposedly won't pop open in backpack, but considering going plastic-free instead.
Nearly 3/4 of doctors support public option: http://bit.ly/sD659
Went running in the rain this morning-- so lovely, cool, misty!
Buffy vs Edward: a feminist critique-- http://bit.ly/2jkULd
Oh, how I love this cool rainy weather!  So delightful!
Ordering convertible car seat for 8mo as she has pretty much passed weight limit for old one. Maybe will make her stop crying in car? Maybe?
@Selkie1970 YES, it is such utter misery. She really really really hates the car.
The need to get my knives sharpened grows more urgent every day.
@DoctorMac Just continuing to provide you and our children with meals.
@aldousmom I recognize that pattern! I did it out of pink corduroy for oldest daughter when she was toddler. Yours is super cute.
This doesn't happen too often to me, thank goodness, but produced an EPIC DINNER FAIL tonight.  Ended up eating watermelon & prosciutto.
RT @chaseafterwind This might be old news, but I just heard on TOTN @SciFri that Dr. Francis Collins is the new head of the NIH! Awesome!!
Cannot find stamps to send letter. Realizing I last saw them in 3yo's hands.  Thought I confiscated them but fear they are lost forever.
On to-do list for today: Make pirate eye patch.  Really, being a SAHM is so awesome.
Heading to Costco.  @DoctorMac will be sad that we're going without him.
Eating baby carrots and baba ghannouj.
Hmmmm, baba ghannouj now on skirt.  Sigh...
Pureeing some sweet potato to freeze in ice cube trays for 8mo.
I have a snotty, snotty baby. A baby full of snot, as it were.
Researching yoga studios.
Am getting siiiiiiiiiick.  Can feel the nasty virus-y upper respiratory sickness coming on.
Today is the day that I man up and start feeding 8mo twice a day.
5pm on a Friday is a tough time to be a SAHM.  The 1+ hr before @DoctorMac gets home stretches out pretty long.
Internet was broken ALL DAY.  So, so sad.  But now can feed my habit again, so-- yay!
Between Gmail being down one day and having no internet the next, I am SUPER BEHIND on email.
Poor 8mo baby is teething hardcore.  Will only nap/sleep when in physical contact with me.  Sigh...
Hmmm, I didn't know this!  Check out the video from Jason's Deli: http://www.jasonsdeli.com/
@markadams44 Congratulations! Girls are super fun. :)
Peanut butter is very good, but man, almond butter is crazy delicious.
@astropixie I sometimes dream about dental disaster as well! I idly googled it once and supposedly it means you are worried about money.
@beckfromfrogandtoad Happy birthday to you!
Goodbye, August.  You are my least favorite month.
I have decided that today I will GET THINGS DONE. 1st on list, take 3yo to preschool and then get car inspected.
Just changed out of an outfit that had on it spit-up, prune/oatmeal mush, breastmilk, pee, olive oil, and marinara. A good move on my part.
Have tonic and limes in the refrigerator.  Seems like something important may be missing, however.
@SKEdman I cannot IMAGINE doing that for myself, but have considered posting "short stories" from that era.  Would be nearly as bad.
Made this for dinner with the last of this week's eggplant: http://bit.ly/3hXRtI
 Yummy!
Just fit into a pair of jeans I haven't worn in, oh, 2 years or so.
Of course, it's too hot to wear jeans, but still...
I need to get my knives sharpened.
RT @kathykrey: 5 Myths About Health Care Around the World http://bit.ly/2kHpEb
There is huge drama/kerfuffle going around on email about my CSA. Yes, my CSA.
It appears to be mostly about the quantity of eggplant.  Oh, the DRAMA.
@amyforestell Deeeeee-pressing.
Am considering becoming one of those people who don't eat refined sugar or flour. Have been having MAD cravings in recent months.
Roasting yet *another* pan of eggplant cubes.  We shall remember the summer of 2009 as the season of the eggplant.
Think 8mo might be transitioning from catnaps to 2 long, largely predictable naps a day.  Yay!
Am watching @Pipandsqueak's 2 girls for a couple hours.  Four girls under 4 in the house!
Got up early to go running before @DoctorMac went to work and now feel EXHAUSTED. At only 8:30am.
@amyforestell I always went with Dr. Silge, figuring it can't hurt to be more professional (female, young-ish, etc).
1st day in new preschool class for 3yo!  Off we go!
@kathykrey All of the above?
@amyforestell Aaaaaah!  The HORROR!
Listened to this while running this morning-- like it so much. ♫ http://blip.fm/~c4goy
Back from the farmers' market with weekly CSA haul.  Got 22 eggplant this week. TWENTY-TWO! (12 of those are tiny miniature ones, but still)
What if they had a cooking show where the host did all the cooking with a baby in an Ergo?
Amazed how well children slept through HUGE thunder storm last night. Cannot say the same for poor, scared doggie.
Heading to the fabric store for a zipper for my new skirt and a handful of 5-for-$5 patterns.
It is too early for me to be looking at the monthly weather forecast and hoping to see something pleasant at the end of it.
Another 100F degree day...
7mo baby just took 1st real tumble resulting in head bonk.  So sad, definitely going to bruise.  Sigh...  Totally my fault too.
I want a mandoline. The kind used in the kitchen.
Just caught another pot holder on fire.  This is a recurring problem of mine.
Just knocked out about 1/4 of a HUGE watermelon that came from CSA with 3yo. Fulllllllllllllll.
Off to meet the teacher at 3yo's preschool.
Another day, another eggplant or three.
@amalah I saw some of those comments and thought, "Whah? These people are readers of your BLOG, right?"
Am usually a stickler for profile pictures being of the actual person who the account belongs to, but have succumbed to my baby's cuteness.
Now, shall do some sewing.
Feeding 7mo baby some green mush, then heading off to goodbye party for my parents.
@Selkie1970 Hey, I won that diaper sewing contest you pointed me to! I won 2 new diapers! Thanks so much!
Just escorted a tiny gecko/lizard type thing outside to save him from the certain death that is our house.  Those things move FAST.
I think I've tweeted this before, but it is just so fun: http://galaxyzoo.org/ You can help look for supernovae now too!
Off to the last swimming lesson of the summer for 3yo.
Feeling very happy because friends just got judge's approval to adopt 4 siblings they've been pursuing. Hooray!
Pondering how to cook the eggplant today.  I believe we shall go with involtini today, slices sauteed & wrapped around cheesy goodness.
@SKEdman As do I. One of my most wonderful memories from grad school was an observing run during Perseids. Amazingly beautiful.
Just ordered a book light so I can stop using @DoctorMac's iPhone as illumination to read while I'm helping 7mo go to sleep.
Is anyone else feeling dismayed that the AAP now wants us to keep babies rear-facing in carseats until age 2?  The HORROR...
I heart kale. I really do. I wish CSA would send us giant mountains of kale instead of eggplant.
@SKEdman Oh no! That's dreadful!
7mo baby has sprouted first tooth!  Tiny sharp edge poking out from bottom gum.
Getting Evite invitations for goodbye party for my parents before they move away.  Wow, they are really leaving, aren't they?
@amyforestell Yay, Amy! You can do it!
@amyforestell Yay! Dr. Forestell it is!
Home from church with sick-ish 3yo. Always feels so weird.
Sometimes Sesame Street has too much drama for 3yo and she cannot handle it.
Starting reading Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell last night.  Oh my goodness, so delightful!
Pureeing some mango for 7mo baby.  Soooooo good-- want to pour it over ice cream or mix it with rum or something.
@toddleddredge We were OK with drivers licenses, but had birth certificates for kids.
@Selkie1970 Peach and blackberry cobbler!  Oh my heavens, delicious!
@Selkie1970 Probably wouldn't have to-- maybe just cut into smallish dice, then wouldn't risk getting mouthful of peach skin.
It was "crazy hat day" at Costco this past Sunday and 3yo is still talking about it.
Also, she has explained to me that mommies have milk inside of them but little kids only have pee and poop inside of them.
@Selkie1970 Quiche (with or w/o crust, or potato crust).  Souffle.  We have eggs for dinner like that pretty often.
@beckfromfrogandtoad Dude, those are some CRAZY stories.
Feeling bummed because an organization whose goal is the welfare of children has policies that are sort of anti-breastfeeding.  Sigh...
@ironsoap Wait, wait-- did her water actually break?!
@ironsoap Oh my goodness!  So exciting! Here's hoping for some effective contractions to start up nice and soon!
Boy, it is not kidding around about summer out there.
Am about halfway through a book that is looking to be rather terrible.  To finish it? Or cut my losses?  I've always been a book-finisher.
Book is hand-me-down from my mother who warned me, "It's not very good. You probably won't like it." Should have listened to her.
Good heavens! Am making eggplant parm for dinner and if you didn't know, it is a LOT of work.  Looks tasty, though.
7mo baby brought forth poop-tastraphe! poop-splosion! on way to church this evening.
Spent the evening there with poop on my skirt and wearing a shirt that was not mine.
Feeling happy to see the scale moving again after it not budging for 3-4 weeks.
Support World Breastfeeding Week, add a #twibbon to your avatar now! - http://bit.ly/4nzaD9
7mo baby ate actual non-negligible amount of peach/banana/oatmeal mush today.  Hooray!
Gave 3yo pair of safety scissors for the 1st time today.  She has been cutting up the IKEA catalog for over an hour now.
The Case for Early Marriage (from a UT Austin sociology prof): http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2009/august/16.22.html
@SKEdman LOL-- ball like a big party wear you wear a ball gown.  Not an actual, um, ball-shaped item.
Just picked up CSA produce for week and am now swimming in eggplant.
Pan-frying okra.  Am obviously model Southern housewife.
Well, it's looking pretty definite now-- after 30 yrs in Dallas area, my parents are moving to the Windy City, Second City, Chi-town.
I am a Facebook de-friending FOOL.
7mo baby thinks I am an excellent singer.  There's no accounting for taste.
@amyforestell OMG, latex warnings!  That brings back the memories.  Your float is JUST TOO LARGE.
I think I would be willing to pay actual money to be able to take a nap today.
Oh, what a lovely cool(er) rainy day!
3yo is pretending to be a farmer who is pretending to be a cow.  Very meta of her.
Playing Farm Town on Facebook.  There! I admitted it! I feel better now.
Gah! Just used shredding blade instead of slicing blade on food processor in attempt to make slaw for dinner.
Effects of the two on broccoli are noticeably different.
@SKEdman Oh, that Rod & Staff brings back the memories... Used it for science? grammar/writing? I think?  First I saw actual Mennonites
@SKEdmand at homeschooling fairs at age 11 or so I was BLOWN AWAY.
@SKEdman And I kind of wanted their clothes.
Have I tweeted yet about how I have lost the ability to dress myself? Serious, paralyzing case of nothing to wear.
Privileged 1st-world, rich-American dilemma, I know.
@Selkie1970 I vacillate between feeling vaguely libertarian on one hand and persuaded that YES! THIS WILL WORK! on the other.
@Selkie1970 System is seriously broken now, though-- really need to change SOMETHING.  And SOON.
@Selkie1970 LOL! Who knew?
The battery in my watch has been dead for about a year.  I think this means I am officially a no-watch kind of a person.
Fed 7mo baby avocado & zucchini today.  Well, at least *I* thought it was good.
@toddleddredge @beckfromfrogandtoad Yes! That is EXACTLY what I want when I have a nasty cough.  And it seriously works.
3yo is watching Sesame Street while I finish up dinner wherein Grover is yelling "Stella!" beneath a window.  Oh, I love you, Sesame Street.
@beckfromfrogandtoad Honey is HUGE.  Seriously, it works. Hubs is a pediatrician and it is what they all tell the parents to use.
Writing a letter of recommendation/support to be translated & sent to a judge in Brazil for some friends adopting from there.
Such lovely clouds and drizzle outside today.
Praying for my MIL who is having surgery for colon cancer today.
Am making this for dinner with summer squash from CSA: http://bit.ly/ggueY
Oh, nap.  How I love you.
Our house is so peaceful and lovely and AIR-CONDITIONED today.
RT Awesome vintage Lego ad! http://bit.ly/8AQkq Thanks, @kathykrey!
@chaseafterwind Those kind of questions have been big for me lately.  Definitely struggling with contentment these days.
@SKEdman Any day when you DO have AC after a day when you do NOT automatically is a day full of win.  So not me, sorry.
@SKEdman Did not mean that to sound gloating-- am just still giddy about the lovely cool breeze in my house.
Fed 6mo baby peaches today.  She made a face that would be more appropriate if I was feeding her pureed lemons & sour patch kids.
Aaaaaaaaand our AC is broken.
Temperature in our house is 86 and climbing.
It is 89 degrees inside my house and the HVAC repair guy is due anytime in the next 2 hours.
@beckfromfrogandtoad Swine flu! You are the 1st person I know (well, does it count as "knowing" you?) to have it!  Hang in there...
Now 91 degrees in our house BUT the repair guy just left to go in search of a capacitor that will hopefully SOLVE ALL OUR PROBLEMS.
AC is now fixed. Hooray! Now just must wait to see how long it takes house to cool back down.
@toddleddredge Oh, I hear you. I was right there with you.  Recently purged CD collection and had some embarrassed groans/nice memories.
Another heat advisory kind of a day.  Thanks, National Weather Service, for telling me that it's hot out there.
Off to IKEA for a $30 high chair and lunch.
@beckfromfrogandtoad We really need to switch climates for a week. Think a week of cool rain would help me face the ~10 wks left of summer.
Oh, IKEA, how I love you.  And how I hope never to be separated from your beautiful, affordable housewares...
Wow, 1-year subscription to Real Simple for $5 on Amazon.  That's the kind of splurge for myself I can get behind.
Making mole sauce.
Oh, @toddleddredge!  That was HORRIFYING!
Another day, another mosquito bite (or three).
@amyforestell That's, um, ODD.  And many thanks for the kind words. :) I do remember browsing the other diss in the library at the very end.
@amyforestell I remembering reading all the dedications and also I remember looking at Inese's and thinking, "Uh, not gonna happen for me."
I have grown afraid to walk into dark rooms because of the GIANT WOOD ROACHES that are trying to flee the out of doors & live in our house.
Just cut out 3 tops for myself. Hopefully will get them sewn up this coming week.
My around-the-house clothes & my pajamas are veeeeeeery similar but entirely separate, with no crossover.
Makes getting ready for bed on a lounge-y evening kind of humorous-- must change from THIS nursing tank & knit pants to THIS ONE.
@kathykrey Have you read her blog or book?  Really interesting idea.
Feel like I want to start baking my own bread.  Sadly, I need another hobby like I need a hole in my head.
@amyforestell Mine was so short.
Just found my ex-fiance on Facebook. Have not spoken since the weekend I broke it off.  Do not think I will friend him.
Feeling sorry for people dating in the age of Facebook.  What do they do in the case of break-ups?  Un-friend?
@astropixie Yeah, my now-long-ago dating history never involved staying friends, but I know it is often not like that.
When I am done breastfeeding, I am going to wear dresses. A lot. I long to wear them.
@beckfromfrogandtoad Yes! Exactly!
6mo baby appears to have forgotten how to fall asleep.  Aaaaaaah, the cryyyyyyyying!
Udon noodles, where have you been all my life?
Making pizza dough for dinner. Yeast is MAGIC.
Playing with Blurb when I should be folding laundry.  Think I know what we'll give family for Christmas now...
Just picked 4 perfect, beautiful orange (supposed to be that color) tomatoes the size of marbles.
Hail!  Little pea-sized hail is now melting in a warm summer rain in our backyard.
Also, sun is brutal, unrelenting, hostile.  Craving some cloud cover or rain or something.
@Selkie1970 Yes, why? In my particular case, I do not. Would like to leave ASAP. Am trying to exercise discipline in being content, though.
I love the way my hands smell after zesting an orange.
Have just spotted our second lizard/gecko-type creature in the house of the morning.  Wondering how many there actually are in our house.
Off to free admission day at the art museum!
OK, maybe free admission day at museum in the middle of the summer was not greatest idea ever. Craaaaaaaazy busy.
Back from baby's 6mo check-up.  All vaccinated up and it turns out she is giant baby at just under 19 lbs!
@kikiriri I cannot believe that about the small FBs.  Violet is halfway through the snaps on the mediums.  What the heck is going on?!
@Selkie1970 Sounds FAMILIAR.  Darned babies.
6mo baby voluntarily opened her mouth for food for the 1st time ever!  Hooray! Am sorry to inform you, @DoctorMac, that it was for squash.
6mo baby is trying to kiss me with tongue.
Feeling slightly guilty about not taking 3yo to see fireworks. Not guilty enough to brave the triple digit temps, though.
@SKEdman Hubs likes to joke around July 4th that USA is ACTUALLY founded on sinful rebellion against God-given authority.
@beckfromfrogandtoad Oh, I love BOTH those movies you watched yesterday. Have great weakness for surreal Hong Kong movies.
Am baking for a dinner get-together tomorrow. Have made lime curd to fill a layer cake and now just want to eat it with spoon.
@toddleddredge I am with you! This is our 1st year back in TX where it is illegal due to fire risk and I am SO GLAD.
@beckfromfrogandtoad  Hahahahahaha! We always got that catalog growing up but I have not thought about that in YEARS.
Have started dreaming about giant wood roaches and Jillian Michaels
Ah, the smell of chlorine & sunscreen...  Off to swimming lessons for 3yo.
So hot that it hurts. July, I do not love you.
@astropixie Gosh, I just LOVE that era and style of music. I like that dude who films his gramophone playing a record.
@beckfromfrogandtoad What's the URL for the pumpkin gingerbread?  I have some pumpkin puree in my freezer from this past fall still...
@beckfromfrogandtoad Oh, right-- Babycakes, like in NYC. So I suppose my pumpkin will sit in freezer a while longer...  Really must cook it.
Feeling grumpy and judgmental tonight.  Need to snap out of it into forbearing acceptance & kindness.
Feeling the urge to purge undergrad textbooks. Do I want to continue to store/move 10yo edition of Halliday Resnick & Krane?
Even if I teach that course at some point, will get new edition.  Review copies, baby!  And that diffEQ textbook never did me any favors.
Feeling very purge-y altogether actually.  Have lived in house a year & am realizing how many things we have never touched/used/looked at.
Am considering taking most of my LM Montgomery to Half-Price Books bc have not read in years. And because of LIBRARIES. Talk me out of it?
@amyforestell Yay! It does feel kind of insane, doesn't it?  But pretty exciting too!
@ironsoap Yay! I'm glad it got there safe and sound.
Eating an amazing, locally grown peach. #thingsilikeabouttexas
Shopping at Hispanic grocery stores #thingsilikeabouttexas
@beckfromfrogandtoad Oh heavens! I really want those Nanaimo Bars now! Have never heard of them before.
Grrrrrr, just shooed a squirrel away from garden who was eating tiny green tomatoes. He had one in his mouth as he ran away. Darned nature!
High temp just 93F degrees today! Almost 10 degrees cooler than yesterday!
Running shoes really emphasize the big-ness of my feet.
Moved up to level 2 on 30 Day Shred this morning.  Upper body feels a little jelly-ish.
Hair = bad right now.  Really must address this soon.
@beckfromfrogandtoad Hubs is a doctor and that article makes me want to pack us up and move to Canada.
@beckfromfrogandtoad Aaack! No! The preshus music!
@ironsoap LOL
Just gave 6mo baby a bath. How is it possible for a human being to smell this good?
Aaaaaah! Giant wood roach just appeared and then DISAPPEARED while I went to get vacuum to dispose of him. WHERE IS HE?
Am considering getting rid of my waffle iron. Have not used it since we moved into this house a year ago.
In contrast, use rice cooker several times a week.
Just got email from CSA man who says that turnips are DONE! HOORAY! And soon we will have tomatoes & peppers & watermelon & peas & others!
3yo is playing in her little kitchen with pretend food. Just offered me "dessert" made of butter, chicken, & ketchup.
Am THISCLOSE to finishing the binding on a little quilt. Am so super slow at hand-sewing.  Sigh...
Another triple-digit day here. Hot. Looking at the weather forecast in Portland & daydreaming about being there instead.
@beckfrogandtoad Oh, I love having a dog!
Tantrum ahoy!  Think we may have to skip 3yo's swimming lesson because sadly she has LOST HER MIND.
@Selkie1970 Bummer! When I ordered from them, I got a bunch of elastic and stuff too, so I didn't know they did that.
Yep, missing 3yo's swimming lesson as she has crashed in post-tantrum nap.  Sad for her because she likes them, and sad for wasted $$.
Converting some bras I actually like to nursing bras.  Sewing machine, ho!
@Selkie1970 I bought mine online from Sew Sassy.  You just need the clasp and a little bit of elastic.
@Selkie1970 I am done already; it took 10 minutes.  Google "convert nursing bra" for some instructions.
@SKEdman Oh, you have made me chortle this morning! And you took me back about 20 years to my homeschooling days. Many of my friends
@SKEdman stopped math before algebra because why would they need it?  Still can't believe these ideas are so pervasive.
Setting up meals for @FlyingPhotog and Liz after the birth of their new baby!
Listening to the Doors.  Say what you will about the Baby Boomers-- they made some good music.
Wow, it is light sooooo late right now.  Farewell, summer solstice...
@SKEdman Oh, I love Sarah Vowell.  Have you read any of her history books?
Back from La Leche League meeting.  So nice to spend the morning chatting with like-minded moms.
@SKEdman YES. Have been back in DFW for a year, and that has been the hardest part of being back. Still bums me out occasionally.
@DixieGirl There was a point with Violet where WATER gave me heartburn.
Eating an amazing peach that grew a mere 60 miles from here.
6 months ago today, sweet baby girl was born! 6 years ago today, our funny dog came to live with us!
How do I ALWAYS manage to call doctors when they are closed for lunch?
@amyforestell Yay! Chop it off!  It is so liberating and transformative! :) I love getting drastic haircuts...
@kathykrey Yes! What is up with the greeting-card-company version of men?!
Have new kitchen faucet! Is great improvement in many ways, not the least of which is no more leaking into under-sink cabinet.
Tried to convince 3yo this evening that ALL cars have only 1 steering wheel.  She insisted she saw some at the store with 2.
@FlyingPhotog Yay!  Good luck to both of you!  (Well, mostly Liz...) :)
Have I mentioned we are having kitchen sink plumbing problems?  Smelly wet cabinet, currently no cold running water, all a mess.
We'll get a new faucet out of the mishap, so that's kind of nice, I guess.
@flyingphotog http://twitpic.com/7t3e9 - Congratulations, you guys!  She is just adorable!
Think I have recovered from morning's trip to splash park. It is (or maybe more accurately, I am) so miserable outside these days.
Have taken a nap.  Feel much less depressed about the weather and the state of my kitchen plumbing.
@toddleddredge That is really interesting. Sometimes I think Christianity is so foreign to Brits that it gets treated more fairly.
Am increasingly unhappy with my current haircut. Am annoyed every time I see myself in the mirror. Will have to take action soon.
@Selkie1970 Happy birthday! I chuckle at you and your "last birthday for a while".
This week has been so busy!  I think we are going to skip a pool playdate and stay home today to catch up on stuff.
@beckfromfrogandtoad I am shocked, absolutely SHOCKED, to hear that. :)
Seriously, people.  Where do the pacifers go? WHERE?!
On the menu for almost-6mo baby today: sweet potatoes. Now have big smears of orange puree on MY shirt. Forgot how messy this part is...
Hmmmm, it's looking like a real DINNER FAIL over here right now.  Leftovers, @DoctorMac?
Back from first trip to pool with two little ones.  Thought of you, @toddleddredge!
@toddleddredge Yeah, it was challenging with both of them but nothing untoward happened.
RT: @kathykrey Breastfeeding associated with HS GPA and odds of attending college. http://tinyurl.com/nnymsh
Making my 3rd potato/turnip gratin in as many weeks. Of course, did not eat any of 2nd one as it fell prey to power-outage-related spoilage.
House is all full of racket as workers try to make our house more energy efficient today.
Looking forward to them finishing so we can turn AC back on.  Hot, hot, hot.
Power was out long enough last week that I am STILL feeling happy about being able to run the dishwasher, AC, refrigerator, etc.
I am so glad that 3yo will consent to eat sandwiches now.  A whole lunchtime culinary world has opened up!
On vaccines & autism from Harvey Karp: http://tinyurl.com/kqx2c6
@kathykrey Yeah, tofu smokes up quite well.  It's a little delicate but it doesn't melt like cheese or anything.
Happy anniversary, @DoctorMac!  It's been a very happy 7 years.
After derailment caused by birthday & power outage, feel very motivated to get back on good-eating lose-baby-weight plan.
A day of food. Picked up massive quantity of veggies from CSA, fed baby 1st food ever (avocado), and now @DoctorMac is smoking tofu outside.
Have been without power &gt;24 hours because of big storms Wed night/Thurs morning.  Have escaped to parents' in search of AC and wifi.
Our power! It is on! Just 36 hours later! So so happy!
Looks like some DRAMA is soon to come down outside.  Spring weather in Tornado Alley...
@SKEdman Storybook Playhouses are quite cute, quite fun. My 3yo enjoyed running around & through them.
Good morning, internets!  It is my birthday! Am 31! Am having cake for breakfast!
@astropixie Yeah, thanks for the dead mouse picture on my birthday.  While I was eating breakfast. :)
Just found out our sweet aging doggie has canine equivalent of breast cancer. Feeling a little sad and worried for her.
@toddleddredge  Just prayed for her and for wisdom for the doctors.
@beckfromfrogandtoad I love Gordon Lightfoot.
RT: Baby O'Really designer nursing pads giveaway! http://bit.ly/DP4aU @bfmom
Overheard at our house tonight: "Yes, that's stupid, but is it as stupid as the name Renesmee?"
Picking over fresh shell beans from the farmers' market.  There are leaves & stems & shells & NATURE mixed in.
Have made enough peach puree to last until Thanksgiving, I think, and 5mo baby hasn't even started any baby food yet.
The peaches are just so gorgeous and PLENTIFUL right now.
Kissing 5mo baby's nose over and over again.  She finds it quite amusing.  Shall try to refrain from eating her delicious nose.
Summoned for jury duty but can get out of it because I have little children.  I knew I had them for a reason!
@beckfromfrogandtoad 1 and 1/6
Making refrigerator pickles and zucchini bread from huge CSA haul.  Contemplating what to do with *more* turnips this week.
@beckfromfrogandtoad Oh my goodness, I am so sorry.  Hang in there.
No chocolate in the pantry = a slightly sad afternoon
Rediscovering Jars of Clay: a bit of weltschmerz for your Monday evening. ♫ http://blip.fm/~7gmee
Listening to a warm summer rain falling on our vegetable garden.
Think that 5mo's spitting up may be winding down.  Hooray!  Not that I'm about to break out the dry-clean-only clothes or anything though.
@DoctorMac http://twitpic.com/6f344 - Is that a worm?!
Made a quiche for dinner with duck eggs, courtesy of my aunt (who keeps them, along with geese, chickens, etc)
I am so glad I figured out how to make my sewing machine sew on buttons.  I am not a fan of hand-sewing.
Usually try to wear layers to facilitate nursing w/o baring belly but cannot anymore. Too, too hot. I give up.
The temperature differential between the back of our house and the front is dramatic.
@ironsoap Dude, I got 2 UTIs in my last month, one of which I seriously thought was going to KILL ME.  That is NO FUN.
@ironsoap  Last month of pregnancy, I mean.  Not actually last month.
Am suspicious that new make-up is causing my skin to misbehave.
Also, am wishing that this is not something I still worry about since I am about to be THIRTY-ONE.
Babies are awesome. In case you haven't heard.
@AnotherJulia That's a shocking number of us! :) Growing up it was an unusual name (in the States at least) and everyone called me Julie.
3yo's favorite toys lately: post-it notes and empty spray bottle
@kikiriri LOL!  That's a great mental image.
Cleaning while both girls are asleep because family is coming in town from St. Louis.  And I HATE cleaning during "me" time.
Very excited about family coming, just to be clear.  Just wished I'd planned better.
So. Many. Mosquito bites.
@SKEdman Cute! I love short pixie cuts like that.
Blanching collard and beet greens from CSA.
@toddleddredge Happy birthday!
3yo is up WAY past bedtime because of Memorial Day BBQ and is melting down.  Worth it, though; had a great time.
Wow, my house is a MESS. I relax for just a few days and boy, entropy sure takes over.
5mo baby is starting to be interested in my food.  Just another couple of weeks before we'll start her one some "real" food!
@amyforestell That color test went around all the sewing blogs I read about a year ago.  Crazy, right?
@Selkie1970 I did avocado 1st last time.  This time I'm thinking sweet potato or avocado, then oatmeal.
@Selkie1970 Baby only poops every 5, 6, or 7 days so I'm definitely NOT starting with rice.
WHERE have all the pacifiers gone?  I know I have bought about a dozen of the ones she likes, but I can only find 3!
Have found a whole pile of skirts that will now zip up now!  Pre-preggo shirts are still a LONG way off, though-- ah, breastfeeding...
We watched this movie A WEEK AGO and this song is still stuck in my head. ♫ http://blip.fm/~6yatg
@Selkie1970  Aaaaaaaaah! I've cut down on baking lately because of my losing-weight efforts, but oh merciful heavens that looks SO GOOD.
@SKEdman Who's the pretty baby?
I am AMAZED!  @DoctorMac just replaced the gliders on a drawer in our crappily-built kitchen and now it OPENS!
OK, I take back everything bad I said about the Dallas Farmers Market. Full of good stuff today.
Baby is 5 months old today! This past month has gone slower than the early ones, for which I am very thankful.
Jane Austen mash-ups-- I cannot get enough EVER: http://bit.ly/18kB3k
Holy cow, in 2009 there's a $12,150 tax credit for adoption!  That's the bulk of the cost of a domestic adoption.  A good year to adopt.
@amyforestell No, I'm sure it wouldn't happen in 2009.  Probably 2010 or 2011.  Hope those tax credits are still there!
@chaseafterwind Google "2009 adoption tax credit" and there are a bunch from adoption agencies, lawyers, etc.
Just had 4-minute power outage.  Thought we might have to leave in search of AC for a minute there.
Looking at travel websites.  Why?! I don't actually want to pack up my 3yo and 4mo and go anywhere.
@kikiriri Yes, WHY DOES PAPAYA SMELL LIKE VOMIT?! I don't understand why anyone eats the stuff.
Artificially inflating my post count on a forum so I can sell something on it.
@Selkie1970 They upped the post count to be able to sell since the last time I sold something on there.  The NERVE!
Off to storytime at the library.
@Selkie1970 I'm trying to find your email; I have a wrap you might be interested in.
Aaargh, mosquitoes in our house! I grow unreasonably angry when they land on my baby's head.
3yo has a little cut on her finger and is weirded out by it.  She calls it her "hole".
Very rarely eat meat at our house but for special treat made scallops tonight.  MY FAVORITE.  SO SO GOOD.
My oven is clean, thanks to @DoctorMac.  I married a good one, that's for sure.
It's one of my grad school friends explaining the photon!  http://bit.ly/Fl2bm
@anchobean  I have that DVD!  I don't do it everyday, though. I think it's a really thorough workout for being just 20 minutes.
@Selkie1970  So Outlander, really? I think I WILL read them because people like them, then I read reviews and think I WON'T.  What say you?
3yo asked for peas for breakfast.  Eh, why not?
Hung diapers out on the clothesline to dry.  @DoctorMac would be so proud of me.
I love the slightly green color of extra virgin olive oil.
Wow, I walked dog just in time.  Dramatic thundery Texas spring rainstorm.
Downside to having baby on my back in the Ergo: she can spit up on my back.
I've got to watch the LOST season finale soon or I am going to get it spoiled for me. Must make a date with the Tivo...
Making seaweed salad with 4mo baby in the Ergo.
@Selkie1970 On the front.  I haven't tried her on the back yet-- I wonder how she'd do...  Definitely much easier to cook with baby on back!
Poor 4mo baby has been in uncharacteristically terrible mood today.  Makes me sad not to be able to make her happy. :(
@Selkie1970 Definitely could be teeth, but it's so hard to know until they actually pop up. Here's hoping they're both cheerier tomorrow.
Grrrr-- came out from putting 4mo down for nap to find 3yo has drawn with blue marker all over self, chair, table.  Washable, but still.
There are pretty much only 2 things I would really miss if I became a vegan: honey and cheese.
Mothers' Day Mexican Martini-- alliterative fun!
A little bummed that I'm up this late on Mothers' Day doing laundry and dishes.  Oh well, that's life, I suppose.
Had green smoothie for breakfast and then went to Pilates.  Feeling very, very virtuous.
Insurance quotes and vaccination records and home appraisals-- wheeeeeeee!
@FlyingPhotog No, thank goodness.  Just catching up on a bunch of keeping-the-house-running business.
Wanting to keep chickens in our backyard.
Finally found the Play-Doh I lost track of yesterday.  Was all stashed in the play kitchen, the oven to be specific.
So humid that none of our doors work right.  Thought that our back door was really stuck for a minute there.
Upon inspection, everything in garden appears to be doing well except bell peppers and oregano.  Even have a few tomato flowers!
@SKEdman DMA, since it's so close to our house. But I grew up in Ft Worth so the Kimball is where we always went on field trips in school.
Reading Omnivore's Dilemma.  Really, really good book.
Oh my gosh, Diane Rehm is SO IN LOVE with newspapers.  Super annoying.
Think I may be shedding more than our dog right now. Am ready for postpartum hair loss to calm the heck down.
@FlyingPhotog Oh, In-n-Out is my FAVORITE.
Lanolizing wool diaper covers.
Interesting: buy local or go vegetarian? http://tinyurl.com/czks2v
@amyforestell  Oh, I am so sorry.  Thinking about you and your mom this afternoon.
Went to art museum this afternoon with 3yo and 4mo.  I love that place.
Migraine caused me to just take 2+ hour nap. Also drank coffee to control caffeine.  Am not going to be able to go to sleep until LATE.
I mean, drank coffee to control migraine.
During rush hour today 3yo, 4mo baby, and I drove in the HOV lane. Contemplating whether they count or if I was cruising for a ticket there.
Overwhelmed with how beautiful my daughters are.  (Yes, they're both asleep.)
What is your NPR name? http://silgeland.blogspot.com/2009/05/autophobia.html
@FlyingPhotog Prayed for you and your family this afternoon.
Having serious issues opening giant Costco jar of marinated artichoke hearts.  They have foiled me!
Considering modern mop technology.
Dog is going CRAZY with thunderstorms.
@beckfromfrogandtoad  Aack!  The horror!  And there's no reason to "make a fuss about it"?  What the heck?!
@beckfromfrogandtoad Yes, and we should let all the other mammals know too.
Off to the library to pick up another book that will probably take me another 3 months to read.
Sheesh, it's humid today. On the upside, 3yo's hair is a mass of adorable ringlets.
Bribing 3yo to wake up from nap with chocolate milk and Backyardigans. She does NOT like to wake up.
Having an energy audit and hearing about all the ways our house is hemorrhaging our precious AC.
@beckfrogandtoad I feel like my reading is richer for you being around, and I am so sorry that life is so sorrowful right now.
@DoctorMac Oh, dear. I am very appreciative of you trying, though.  Another day, perhaps?
Carried a bottle of red wine to the BYOB Italian place just a short walk from our house. Yummy.
Also, @DoctorMac weeded our tiny vegetable garden this afternoon and it looks so tidy now.
Went running outside this morning for probably the last time for many, many months.  Summer!  (shaking fist)
Let's have a little talk about tweetle beetles.
Read _Fox in Sox_ to 3yo and was peppered with "why?"  Realized that there is no good answer to that for this book.
Sewing the binding on a little doll quilt.
3yo very concerned about the fate of Humpty Dumpty.
Waiting for high-efficiency window guy to come for a quote on Earth Day.
4mo baby can roll over from back to front!  Not the other way yet, though.
Have had such a lovely couple of hours with sweet, funny 4mo baby while 3yo is at preschool.  Happy sigh.
Why have I not been grocery-shopping at Fiesta since we moved back to Texas?!  So much better...
@SKEdman I have it and like it pretty well. Really good, well-rounded work-out for just 20 minutes. It's a pretty intense 20 minutes, natch.
Think I am FINALLY caught up on laundry from trip.
Also, am really glad that 3yo is in bed and hoping she wakes up happier.  Not A Good Afternoon.
@kathykrey :) I think that "yay" and "yea" are 2 spellings of the same word, and "yeah" is a synonym for "yes".
Tomorrow is Earth Day so RT: @bfmom Breastfeed for Earth Day! http://tinyurl.com/c8ypsj
Produce co-op got ataulfo mangoes again this week.  So delicious!  Cannot get enough!
Changed profile picture since I haven't had pink hair in months and months.
After week in CA, 3yo is having hard time adjusting back to normal life.  MUCH screaming about, well, everything.
Annnnnnd now we've had a potty accident and a time-out (unrelated to each other). Not a good afternoon, but thanks to all for kind thoughts.
3yo told me that she would like to calm down but sadly is "busy crying".
Back from trip to faraway in-laws.  Funny how it is SO NICE to return home, even when it's in your not-so-favorite city.
Also, one result of having a pet sitter instead of boarding your dog is returning to a REALLY DIRTY house.
Had delicious prix fixe dinner in downtown of little town in Sonoma tonight while in-laws watched 3yo.  Very, very delightful.
@FlyingPhotog I just LOVE the name Amelia.  Too cute!
Made it to northern CA.  Very beautiful here but still feeling exhausted from trip.
Putting 3mo baby in beautiful hand-smocked Easter dress done by my mom. Hoping she doesn't spit up on it.
I made the HUGEST mess at dinner tonight.  A gazillion pots dirty, and melted Gruyere on all of them.
Finally had old pediatrician fax 3yo's records to new pediatrician in TX.  Am going on 3 months late for her annual check-up.  Yikes!
3yo will finally consent to eat sandwiches.  Finally!
3mo baby thinks her thumbs and fingers are the GREATEST.
Picked up 3yo from preschool after Easter party there today.  Eggs & bunnies & chicks-- syncretistic fertility symbols galore!
@amyforestell Yay!  That is so exciting; you are doing so great with this job search.
Mmmmm, steel-cut oatmeal on this chilly morning.  Enjoying our spurt of cool weather while I can.
@kikiriri Oh no, that is dreadful.  A baby with a cold is always such misery.
Just zipped my pre-pregnancy jeans! Looking a little muffin-top-esque but omg, they totally zipped and buttoned and everything!
Feel all glassy-eyed and fuzzy-brained.  A long week, I guess?
Just unfriended someone for the first time on Facebook.  Person was WAY over the top with quizzes and becoming a fan of things.
Mmmmm, arugula compost surprise: http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/ Happy April 1!
50-year-old doorknobs keep falling off in my hands, despite @DoctorMac's best efforts to repair them.
Soaking some seeds to plant in vegetable garden later this afternoon. Here's hoping we have more luck than with our fall garden.
@ironsoap and @Dixiegirl Oh, so exciting! Having a girl is awesome.
Went to gym for first time since 3mo was born.  Left 3mo in care of other people (at the gym), also for first time.
vacuuming + sling = baby Ambien.  Works every time.
@Selkie1970 Yes! My toddler pretty much dropped her nap around 2nd birthday but 7pm bedtime?  Pretty awesome!
Husband just set things up so we can watch Hulu on our television. Does that seem, well, backwards to anyone else?
Trying to explain death to 3yo.  In the context of dead bug on the floor.
Just renewed library book AGAIN.  Same library book I have been renewing since before 3mo was born.  Will eventually finish it?
@AnotherJulia No, it's not even a particularly long book-- one of the Aubrey-Maturin series. I just haven't been a diligent reader lately.
@FlyingPhotog No accumulation, huh?  There's a shocker... :)
3mo baby just spit up on my keys.
It's thunderstorm/hail/tornado season in north Texas and it LOOKS it outside right now.  Weird green sky.
3yo told me I "look just like a seahorse". Not sure how to take that.
Quinoa and apple / Three dollars' worth of French Brie / Eaten standing up #lunchhaiku
RT @bfmom  101 Reasons to Breastfeed http://bit.ly/26Za
Making cheese.  I know.  I'm kind of scared too.
Have been rocking the Indian food lately.  Mung bean dahl over the weekend, saag paneer tonight.
@DixieGirl omg, YES.  My favorite T-shirts were from Down East Basics.  They run very small, so check the size chart.
Up early to go to farmers' market for produce co-op.  Drowsy yawn.
Feeling happy and in love with baby and 3yo.  Oxytocin and sunny mornings are good things.
Have the hardest time convincing 3yo to eat breakfast.  We do this EVERY DAY, for Pete's sake.
Off to the #Dallas Arboretum on this gorgeous spring day.
Am cooking mung beans while wearing cloth-diapered baby in an organic hemp sling.  Am uber crunchy.
Ew. Dog just ate some diced raw onion that fell on the floor.  Just to make sure her breath was especially rank, I suppose.
@markadams44 Oh, how I miss all things HEB...  I really wish we had those in Dallas.
@Selkie1970 The potty we used was the Baby Bjorn one-- simple design, easy to clean, no noxious characters, no BATTERIES for heavens sake.
@amyforestell  A limo! Wheeeeeeeeee!
Back from Costco and they were all out of delicious $7 red wine I got last time.  Sadness.
Also, 3yo now likes goat cheese but still refuses grilled cheese sandwiches.  Toddler eating habits are so weird.
@astropixie Is it against the rules to drink Guinness when sick?
@astropixie Sadness.  Hot toddy for you then!
Baking blackberry upside down cake for friend who just a baby.
Actually, baking two in case one loses structural integrity in upside-down process.
Dear husband @DoctorMac is home!  Hooray!  And now am going running-- 1st time to be alone in a week.
Ah, postpartum hair loss-- we meet again.
@toddleddredge @beckfrogandtoad Am 30 minutes late to this party, but Firefly! Is so wonderful! And don't forget Dr. Horrible!
@toddleddredge @beckfrogandtoad I consider myself a Joss Whedon fan for those, although am not super impressed with Dollhouse yet.
@toddleddredge Also my DH and I keep calling that one character Helo.
Laughed so hard at (and charmed by) this morning's xkcd comic.
@AnotherJulia Yes, a good time was had! She got so exhausted that we had a meltdown later that evening but she was full of glee while there.
@DoctorMac http://twitpic.com/25odc - Nice!
@DoctorMac I found the steampunk Backyardigans!
Have 1 hour, 15 minutes to leave for late service with 12wo, 3yo, & myself sort of presentable.  All currently in PJS. CAN I DO IT?!
Contemplating some caffeine.
@SKEdman And now contemplating little town/little people from B&TB. Interesting change from usual Hollywood love affair with small towns.
@SKEdman I read an interesting bit on that in Ebert review of _Sweet Home Alabama_.  Interesting, I thought: http://tinyurl.com/aa24b5
How Not to be a Breastfeeding Nazi: http://tinyurl.com/c72aro
Signing a waiver for a birthday party that 3yo will go to in a few hours.  A WAIVER.
@kikiriri No, no, waiver is not fault of parents, who are very nice. Party is at an "inflatable party zone!!!" Hoping Grace has a good time.
3yo is still asking about Christmas tree.  Am now remembering when I could make her forget about something just by hiding it.
Another weekend, another birthday party, another INSANE TODDLER MELTDOWN.
Watching episode of X-Files.  Gosh, I loved/love that show.
Keep seeing @DoctorMac's car in the driveway and thinking, "Yay! He's home!" Then remember, no, he just got a ride to the airport.
OK, now MUST go to get food for parents coming over tonight.  Sadly, this means I must take children out into cold rain.
Living the single-parent life until Tuesday as @DoctorMac left for another conference today.
@toddleddredge I always prewash everything just in case it will shrink or do something weird, unless I plan to dry clean the finished item.
@AnotherJulia Yes, I want to join your meeting and I shall bring what?  Virtual brownies?
@AnotherJulia Of course, in real life I am right now eating brown rice and tempeh for lunch.  More virtuous, but not quite as decadent.
@FlyingPhotog Yeah, I don't have any privacy at my job, either. :)
@toddleddredge  Yay, sewing!  That is most favorite hobby, and is a real creative, fun outlet for me.  Remember to have fun!
Neighbors across the street have had various plumbers' trucks there for a good 2 weeks now.  Starting to feel rather sorry for them.
Ordering seeds for garden.  Dreams of delicious juicy tomatoes dancing in my head.
@amyforestell What?! I think that is not a good sign.
Listening to children's album by They Might Be Giants.  Highly recommended.
Having sparkling Shiraz for the first time. Mmmmm, I can has more?
Hmmm, results of fruit-leather-making-attempt not that good.  Maybe that is something that should be left to the professionals.
Just made appointment to go to vet for allergy-ridden dog at a time when I will have to take both girls.  Why, oh why?
50-lb dog + 30-lb toddler + 13-lb baby = quite a challenge
Back from vet.  Spent more than I would have liked on doggie antibiotics.
Attempting to make homemade fruit leather since both @DoctorMac and 3yo love it so much and it is so expensive.
Spontaneously decided to give 3yo first haircut tonight.  Really just evened out sides but she looks darned cute.
Eating Greek yogurt & mango.  Really, really good.
3yo is running low-grade fever.  Suddenly tantrums and long naps of past few days make more sense.
Painting my toenails for the first time since about October or so when I was GIGANTIC.  Much easier when not pregnant.
Was knitting, now blanching and shocking some broccoli. Very, very domestic.
Have huge pile of clothes on bed. Am sorting through piles and boxes trying to find spring clothes that fit.  Ah, postpartum life!
Putting away winter clothes and sorting through various sizes and hand-me-downs.
@AnotherJulia Hmmm, I'm going to have to remember to buy summer clothes for new baby in sizes for late summer & fall.
@AnotherJulia Nothing will be in stores but will still be HOT in September, October.
Finished sewing new set of cloth diapers for baby this morning. Hooray! Turned out very, very adorable.
3yo has taken to a very literal view of colors of clothes matching.  Need to explain concept of neutrals to her.
Hair is really poufy today.  Not sure why.  Also, am paying bills.  Bills and poufy hair!
@AnotherJulia Ah, this must be an Americanism.  Poufy = big, full of volume, fluffy.  Not necessarily a negative thing, depending.
@jtdostert How the heck did you find me?! Good to hear from you.
Went running earlier this evening and saw trees all budding and blooming.  Spring is definitely springing around here.
Getting ready to hang out with my college roommate who now lives in Ukraine and I haven't seen in 9 years.  Yippee!
Old college roommate, her Ukrainian husband, and 2 children just left.  So fun to hang out them...  And she brought me Russian chocolate!
Finally feeling more human.  Blargh, that was one heck of a virus.
Pretty chilly here this morning.  Might be the last hurrah for winter around here.
Think our sweet old dog may be going deaf.  Either that or she doesn't want to come when called anymore.
3yo wants me to sing a song about basketball.  Really can't think of any.  Maybe if I were more in touch with my inner urban-ness?
On plus side, weather is GORGEOUS today.  3yo is wearing a little dress and bare legs.
Playing with a new toy that probably only my fellow sewing types care about: my big honkin' snap press!
Just herded a lizard out my back door as if I were a sheepdog.
Today's new cold symptoms: teeth aching (from sinus pressure) and vision blurry (from yet another bad night of sleep)
Worst night of sleep in recent memory due to cold.  Am losing voice and asthma is kicking in--  I shake my fist at you, Mr. Virus!
@AnotherJulia Maybe I need to stop by a bakery for a healing pastry. :)
Feeling pretty rotten today-- managed to do only bare minimum of useful things.  Thus things are looking a bit disheveled around here.
Hate it when I have a bad night's sleep and cannot even blame 9wo baby.  Head cold-- blargh.
I published my 100th blog entry today!
@toddleddredge Oh, give Joss a chance. :) This one not super original, I'll grant you, but I really liked the pilot.
Dollhouse not as good as Firefly so far, but maybe that means it won't get cancelled.
Drinking shockingly good $7 bottle of red wine with @DoctorMac.  Maybe this recession won't be so bad...
8wo's baby acne is starting to disappear like the cradle cap did.  Soon her adorableness will TAKE OVER THE WORLD.
Have ominous sore throat and achy, woozy head.  Do NOT want to get sick.
Ugh, am coming down with cold.  Hope magical breastfeeding immunities keep 8wo from getting sick because baby with cold = misery.
Stole music quiz meme idea from @SKEdman if anybody wants to play: http://silgeland.blogspot.com/
Bought more brussels sprouts at the store today because they are SO DELICIOUS and I CANNOT GET ENOUGH.
@Selkie1970 Roasted with olive oil, S&P, whole garlic cloves @ 400 for 40 min. Splashed whole mess w/ balsamic vinegar at the end. DELISH.
Just had abortive shopping trip to Sam's on what I thought was free one-day pass. Shopped for an hour only to find they actually wanted $15.
Walked away from whole shopping cart full of stuff on principle.  Hmmm, just what I needed-- another reason to dislike Wal-mart.
@amyforestell Yeah, we actually belong to Costco and after today, they have more of my loyalty, I think.  Sam's-- yuck.
Never thought I would say this, but roasted brussels sprouts are DELICIOUS.
@SKEdman I used a Mark Bittman recipe, but I bet the Ina Garten one would be good too.
Catching up on 5-month-old episodes of Heroes.
Oh my goodness, is there anything better than a baby smiling a huge toothless grin as she falls asleep?
Want to contribute to science?  Check out Galaxy Zoo 2: https://www.galaxyzoo.org/
Oops!  Dog just ate entire leftover birthday cupcake dropped by 3yo.  Can't be good for her, but not really good for 3yo either, is it?
@amyforestell This week I hope that too!
Trying to remember when babies stop spitting up.  Curdled breastmilk, blech.
@Selkie1970 Curdled breastmilk is what all the fashionistas will be wearing this spring, right?
7wo baby is delicious.  I shall eat her up.
House is in shambles from 3yo's birthday party.  But it's the best kind of shambles.
Lots of crying here at our house; @DoctorMac still not home at 7:30pm.  Big sigh...
2yo is now a 3yo.  Happy birthday, Grace!
@FlyingPhotog Yes, yes, it is a requirement.  What do you think-- Petunia? Chrysanthemum? Rhododendron?
Cooking and cleaning for toddler birthday celebrations in the next few days.
@FlyingPhotog Hooray!  Having 2 girls is all the rage. :) Actually, it's really lovely.
Don't Click: http://tinyurl.com/amgzs6
So it turns out if I were a cat, I would be dead.
Maybe don't click that don't clicky thing.
On further reflection, think I made one too many batches of cupcakes for birthday party. Now hoping some people want more than one.
Found a couple of CSA possibilities-- hooray!  When I looked this time last year, there was NOTHING in the Dallas area.
Had wild, dramatic storm come through last night.  The warning sirens went off and everything.  Spring in Texas...
Went to postpartum check-up at midwife's office; now making homemade enchilada sauce for dinner.
Just realized that one of brochures the midwife gave me on the ring, Mirena, etc is entirely in Spanish. Darn my lack of bilingualness...
Made it until 4pm without being majorly spit up on by 7wo baby.  New record.
So @SKEdman, @beckfrogandtoad, @toddleddredge, you really aren't at all concerned about the impact of bigger populations on the planet?
@toddleddredge I bought brussels sprouts based on your raves.  So I roast with olive oil and balsamic vinegar?
Wow, almost everyone I follow on twitter is full of joy and happiness today. Distinct lack of sarcasm and complaining.
Sheesh!  Why can I not get caught up on laundry?
Went to neighborhood BYOB Italian joint tonight.  Mmmm, pasta and red wine.
Almost-3yo has told us that her brain is under her hair.
Warm, warm day.  Sandal weather just around the corner: yay!  Pedicure weather just around the corner: sigh...
6wo baby spits up down my shirt and on to my bra more often than you would think.  Should buy more turtlenecks?
Looking for a good read?  Check out http://tinyurl.com/cffwce on Amazon and be sure to check out the reviews.
My house was so tidy at 2pm.  At 7pm, not so much.  Sigh...
@kikiriri  Oh, potty training-- I think that is my least favorite part of motherhood so far.  Good luck...
Wish Grace's preschool directory had parents' emails so I can evite them to her birthday party.  What is this, the 19th century?!
Sitting down to dinner without @DoctorMac while he works late.  Sad...
Think 6wo baby grew overnight.  She seems much bigger this morning.
Any advice on extricating sleeping baby from Moby-style wrap?  Can remove sleeping child from slings & Ergo w/o waking but this eludes me.
On Facebook?  You might like Austen book: http://www.much-ado.net/austenbook/
I like putting pumped breastmilk in skinny bottles because then it looks like I've accomplished more.
Worried about milk supply?  retweet @Blacktating: Breastfeeding Mother's Guide to Making More Milk. http://tinyurl.com/cjl5lm
2yo will turn 3 in less than 2 weeks. Need to get my act together if I'm going to do a party.
When prompted to go to bathroom, almost-3yo answered, "But I'm not potty-trained!"  Um, yes, you are.  Have been for a while now.
About to leave my house and run away.  For exercise, of course.
Finally worked up the nerve to tell Bible study leader that I wasn't coming back this spring.
Making pizza dough in the food processor for dinner tonight.
Pondering hemlines.  Should I go longer? shorter?  Feel at a loss as to what is current.
3rd night in a row of inconsolable crying jags from new baby.  Disorienting and dreadful, I must say.
Preschool cancelled today-- time for indulging all our hermit tendencies!
Played pirates this morning.  2yo said I was the "caftan", begging the question-- what is pirates wore caftans?
Email has been piling up in a bad way since new baby was born.  Must start chipping away at inbox...
Nursing baby and reading books to 2yo while freezing drizzle falls outside.  Very cozy and peaceable in here.
Having a glass of red wine and getting dinner ready.
@toddleddredge Interesting.  My Facebook experience is quite the opposite.
Just dropped rice on baby in sling.  Not too hot, fortunately.
New baby is one month old today!
Also, today 2yo thinks post-it notes are the best toy EVER.
Freakish 78 degrees out, have no short-sleeved clothes in 0-3 month size.  1-month-old baby now wearing GINORMOUS onesie.
2yo asked if inauguration coverage on TV was football.
It's a time-out kind of day.  Sigh...
Did 2nd round of olive oil on baby's head for cradle cap today-- so much improvement!  she has beautiful delicious baby head now!
May have just fed the dog two dinners.  Not sure.
Somehow increasing our family size 33% has increased our family's laundry by, oh, 100% or so.
@kathykrey Oh, you poor thing...
2yo calls her slinky a "curly".
Grace made GIGANTIC MESS of her lunch.  That's what I get for writing blog entry while she eats.
Finally went on walk that I've been planning to take for, oh, 4 days or so.
It's starting to stay lighter noticeably later.  The dark days of winter are ending, aren't they?
Feeling conflicted about watching Battlestar Galactica tonight.  Am about 1.5 seasons behind so probably shouldn't. WANT TO, though.
@beckfrogandtoad OK, you just made me splutter my oatmeal from laughing.  Mary Crawford? Isabella Thorpe?
For anyone who has written an academic paper in the sciences: http://tinyurl.com/a5pbnu
3-week-old seems especially wide-eyed and sweet and amazed this evening.
Grace is watching Neil Patrick Harris on Sesame Street while I get dinner ready.  Dr. Horrible has made me inordinately fond of him.
Had a dream last night that PBS was showing a new adaptation of _Pride & Prejudice_.
Feeling like I'm getting my sewing mojo back.  Maybe will cut out a skirt for myself in the next few days...
Wondering what the secret is to keeping tiny baby socks on tiny baby feet.
Heard today that @DoctorMac is officially a board-certified pediatrician.  Hooray!
Staying home from church with new baby & sick-ish toddler, @DoctorMac going to hospital-- does not feel like Sunday.
@astropixie What yoga DVDs do you like?
Putting cloth diaper on Violet for the first time.  Ah, fluffy cloth-diaper booty-- so cute...
Toddler appears to be coming down with a cold.  Please, please don't give it to 2-week-old with microscopic nasal passages...
Just got SO LOST trying to buy a bouncy seat off craigslist.  Finally made it home, but am now exhausted.
Good heavens, need to look into breast pad options.  This is outta control, and definitely NOT what happened with Grace.  Leaky...
Going through piles of clothes trying to find things that fit.  Have SO MANY DIFFERENT SIZES.
Skipping out on free admission day at the museum today; just sounds like too much to navigate with 2-week-old and toddler.
Watching original _Thomas Crown Affair_.  Steve McQueen is dreamy but some sequences of that have NOT aged well.
Violet's umbilical cord FINALLY fell off yesterday.  Now for her first real bath!
Posted Violet's birth story to blog, if you are in the mood for a little TMI.
Regular navel ring back in.  Further evidence that I am no longer pregnant!  Yippee!
Just ordered birth announcements.  Cannot believe I'm getting them done this early.
Migraine this morning-- yuck.  Suspect that body is telling me to slow the heck down.
Taking down Christmas ornamments-- Violet in sling, Grace directing me.
Eyebrows could use some professional attention.  Wonder how long it will be before they get some.
Lights in master bathroom burn brighter when microwave (in kitchen) is running.  Quirky old house...
Quiet alert brown-eyed 1-week-old.  Happy sigh...
Do not like the smell of lanolin.  Is that what sheep smell like?
@SKEdman Lakewood, wow!  That is so close to where we live!  Have not been to Cock & Bull yet but keep hearing good things about it.
My mom just cleaned my bathrooms and my dad just raked our leaves.  Very, very thankful.
Eager for Violet to gain enough head control to nurse side-lying easily.  Floppy, floppy newborn neck...
The first person I followed on Twitter was @DoctorMac. http://tinyurl.com/9cflat #firstfollow
2yo just refused ice cream in favor of seconds of peas.  No accounting for taste...
Just posted Violet's birth video to blog.  
Having aspect ratio issues, but will deal with that tomorrow.
Had weight check for new baby today at doctor's.  Weight is maintaining or maybe up a bit, and color is not unacceptably yellow.  Yay!
They say you'll leave the hospital after having a baby looking ~5 months pregnant-- quite accurate in my case, I must say.
About to light the candles on the Christmas tree with our 2yo in footie pajamas and dark-eyed newborn.
What a lovely Christmas...  Also, newborn diapers are the size of a postage stamp.
I can totally touch my toes.  It's awesome.
Home from hospital.  2yo is OBSESSED with new baby sister.
Good morning, Internet!  I had a baby!  Violet Noelle is about 18 hours old.
Time elapsed yesterday from prostaglandin to baby being born: 4.5 hours.  It was, um, intense.
Up at 4am with contractions.  Going into spontaneous labor?  I hope so...
Think I might be in early labor; getting ready to go to the hospital anyway to get checked, maybe get some prostaglandin, maybe have a baby?
About to cook birthday dinner for @DoctorMac, one day early.  Hooray for him being born!
Grace wants to know if my brain can come out of my head.
Have Prostin induction scheduled for the morning.  Organizing house suddenly seems much more urgent.
Am taking my puffy swollen sausage fingers to bed.
Just found out that Ira Glass and Philip Glass are cousins of some sort.  Weird!
This won't mean much to you non-Texans, but good heavens, Central Market at Christmastime is AWESOME.
Daughter is all rash-y and fever-y and sick.  Poor miserable toddler...
Dude, Claudette Colbert's eyebrows are CRAZY.  They do make me feel a bit ungroomed and unruly, though.
Have ANOTHER UTI!!!  Here are some more exclamation points to express my feelings: !!!!!
Feel so mentally flighty and scattered tonight that I cannot even gather the concentration to respond to emails.  Pregnancy is WEIRD.
Grace just told me she had a question for me.  When I asked her what it was, she answered, "The microwave."
All these Braxton-Hicks contractions are getting ANNOYING.
Back-to-back trips to IKEA and Costco this afternoon = lots of contractions tonight
Have been sleeping surprisingly well, given my delicate condition.  Weird, but welcome.
Back from toddler's Christmas party at preschool.  Tiny children sang me Christmas carols; it was lovely.
Replacing more ugly beige outlets with pretty white ones.  I will eventually live in a house with proper grounding, right?
Someday I'm going to make homemade eggnog.
So the weather outside is actually somewhat frightful right now-- sleet, frozen slippery roads, etc.  House in contrast is very cozy.
So puffy and swollen tonight.  Hands and feet look disconcertingly unfamiliar.
Snow!  Lovely dusting of snow!  Who would have thought?
@beckfrogandtoad I'm always a fan of doing a gift from World Vision for those "have everything" types.
Back from OB appointment!  Dilated 1 cm!  Tra la la!
Yawning.  So, so sleepy...  Too late in the day for a nap?  Or caffeine?
Finished my box of raspberry leaf tea last night so going to have hot chocolate instead.  Chocolate tones the uterus, right?
@astropixie  Castles?!  Dude...
Can see the light at the end of the Christmas-gift-buying-sending tunnel.
Due date is 2 weeks from today!  Baby is officially full-term!
Have been LAZY today.
Making big batch of homemade refried beans.  Can't I tweet about anything other than what I'm cooking?  Sheesh!
Tried to explain to Grace about having middle and last names tonight. She didn't believe me.
Just put 2 seitan-spaghetti casseroles in the freezer for after the baby comes.  Feeling capable and prepared.
Also making Alton Brown's fudge.  Feeling indulgent.
Feeling more human after a day of antibiotics.  I have been SICK, people.
Dryer is fixed after working only half-heartedly for going on a year, thanks to kindly repairman who just left.  Hooray!
Grace just said her Curious George stuffed animal was actually Baby Jesus.  Ah, uproariously funny heretical toddlers...
Have been struck by UTI from Hades.  Must... get... antibiotics...
So sluggish this morning after @DoctorMac's work holiday party last night.  Uurgh, am too pregnant to stay out past 9pm.
Putting together crib, which is SUPER EXCITING to our toddler.
Just asked @DoctorMac if I have gone totally crazy.  He responded kindly, "Yes, but it's OK..."
Feeling a bit of weltschmertz about Christmas consumerism, my dad losing his job, world poverty...  Am so cheery!
Have obtained infant car seat from storage!  Can now have baby!
@kikiriri Grace had really bad diaper rash right around 3-4 weeks too.  We switched to cloth and it seemed to clear up, but maybe unrelated?
@kikiriri Oh, and I remember a little diaper-free time helping a lot (on a waterproof pad, eventually combined with tummy time).
Enjoying this Christmas song very much: "All That I Want" by the Weepies
Homemade granola baking in oven smells SO GOOD.
Oh, and have not left the house in two days.  Am hermit!
Economic downturn just got personal-- my dad got laid off today!
@beckfrogandtoad That is so strange...  FWIW, the false positive rate on HPTs is practically zero.
Life has felt exhausting and crazy for the past week or so; perhaps today is a day for holing up in the house and hibernating.
Grace's lunch is entirely yellow today: macaroni & cheese, pineapple, and corn.
@toddleddredge Ooo, ooo, sewing, my totally favorite hobby!  I have been sewing since childhood but I have some posts to recommend:
@toddleddredge Here's one to start with from my favorite sewing blogger: http://tinyurl.com/6rszm2
@toddleddredge If you're motivated by sewing apparel, I recommend this book (along with a basic reference or two): http://tinyurl.com/6mw5oe
Dyeing my pink hair back to brown.  It clashes with Christmas decorations.
Have gotten to stage of advanced pregnancy where total strangers enjoy commenting on my enormity.  Sigh...
Getting Grace out the door for preschool this morning = pulling teeth.  Sheesh, I thought we dealt with that one already.
Enjoying the colder weather so much!  Is actually cold enough that I wish I owned presentable pants that fit.
Wow, my daughter likes rice.  Seriously.
Sterilizing/boiling pacifiers and bottle parts-- exercise in futility? Never could get Grace to have anything to do with any of that.
Packing my bag for the hospital.  Trying to decide whether I'd prefer to wear my own pajamas or a hospital gown + my robe while there.
Making turkey stock because I scored the carcass at the end of last night.
Baking a pumpkin pie.
Just realized that due date is one month from today.  Really really really ready to not be pregnant.
Dreamt about wearing my regular clothes and protecting my baby from attackers.  My subconscious is not into subtlety.
Annoyed by incorrect use of "discrete" and "discreet" in reference to nursing bras.  Wondering what a discrete nursing bra would be.
Houses on either side of us are now on the market.  Was it something we said?
@DoctorMac has a super weird schedule this week, Grace has no preschool, and thus I cannot keep track of what day it is.
Cannot find Grace's baby doll.  House is not that big-- WHERE is it?!
@astropixie  I think a squash would work totally fine and you would hardly notice a difference.  Sweet potato pie is good but different.
Stuffing banana peppers.
Potato chips are so delicious.  Salty, crunchy, starchy goodness... Nom nom nom nom nom.
Sewing a crib dust ruffle.
@astropixie Making pumpkin puree from an actual pumpkin isn't too hard if you're up for a little roasting in the oven (any squash will work)
Going to hear my dad play at a coffee house.
Paid a cover to hear my dad play.  Totally worth it, though, because he sounded great.
Running the furnace and eating hot oatmeal this morning.  Is actually cold outside!  Hooray!
Blargh, so full after lunch.  No longer room in abdomen for both a big meal and the baby.
Some perspective for me this morning: http://www.globalrichlist.com/
Baby in utero has hiccups again!  What is wrong with this child?!
Rewashing stash of small cloth diapers after their ~2 year stint in a box.
It's that time of year when I have the microplane grater and whole nutmeg out a lot.
@DoctorMac has been hogging the computer during all waking hours doing "work" for his "job".  The nerve!  It's cramping my style!
Wee unborn baby has the hiccups.
Very, very drowsy.  Only 7:30pm.  Not sure how long I will make it tonight.
Listening to sweet off-key toddler singing.
Almost put cumin (instead of cinnamon) in Grace's oatmeal this morning.
We're finally turning off the ceiling fans after running them continually since we moved in this summer.  They are DIRTY.
Vacuuming teeny tiny smidgens of Play-Do out of the carpet.
Aaargh! Just spilled soup on the shirt I was going to wear to church tonight!  Do not own enough maternity shirts for this kind of thing.
It's been a Braxton Hicks kind of a day.
@spencerb All about your name: http://tinyurl.com/6emmul  That website/blog/book is great if you two are thinking about baby names, BTW.
Have had low-grade craving for rice pudding for months now.  Am finally making some.
Blowing bubbles and drinking green tea.
Now cannot locate the lid to the bottle of bubbles.  Sigh...
Now cannot locate the lid to the bottle of bubbles.  Sigh...
Really interesting: http://tinyurl.com/5qz5k3 Has anybody read anything by that Lauren Winner person?
Broke my personal no-yoga-pants-outside-the-house rule.  Am slob?  Or just very pregnant?
Lovely cool rain.  But later today it's supposed to be 80 degrees again. :(
Naps are awesome.
Grace is trying to lick jelly of her toast.
"off", I mean
Entropy is slowly having its way with our house.  I declare today "Fight the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics Day".
I wish people called me a space cowboy.  Or the gangster of love.
Or Maurice.
Mmmmmm, leeks sauteeing in butter and olive oil.
Despite delicious leeks, dinner was not so great.  And there are a LOT of leftovers.  Sigh...
Am wearing concert T-shirt from high school. Must have worn my shirts GIGANTIC back then because fits OK over 33-week belly.
Moon is awfully pretty tonight.  Wish I had a telescope to look at the craters and whatnot.
Of course, it's way too bright at my house to see much besides the Moon so maybe that wouldn't be the wisest investment.
Got up verrrrry early to watch friend's 2 girls (2yo and baby) for the morning.  Realizing I am big slacker when it comes to waking times.
Also have realized that I only have vague hazy notion as to how to feed a baby a bottle.
Whew! Visitors are gone; morning went well.  However, three little ones under 3yo = a lot going on.
Dishwasher making strange noises while running.  I don't trust that thing; it is sneaky and irresponsible.
Whatever else you think, this is a good thing: http://tinyurl.com/5m5qtc
Wow, you can hear the NPR pundits beaming over the air waves.  They are giddy, I tell you.
Feeling so much better today.  Obama winning the election healed me of my cold!
Gosh, I love statistics and graphs and data. Am super geek. http://tinyurl.com/6engau
@SKEdman if oblivious evangelicals annoy you, I'm not sure that moving to Texas will result in a decrease in your annoyance levels.
Back from maternity tour of hospital. Am actually going to have to do labor again, aren't I?
Major sleep FAIL last night. And now have a fever.  Being sick and very pregnant and caretaker to a 2yo is not the best combination.
Grace is very confused about the difference between her Halloween candy and her (gummy bear) vitamins.
Is it seriously just 2:30pm? Is this the longest day EVER or what?
@spencerb  It's wonderful.  My life is more funny, messier, and richer. Of course, pregnancy kind of sucks, IMHO (says the 32-week pg lady).
Am hormonal, sleep-deprived trainwreck coming down with a cold.  You may want to avoid me.
sudafed + long nap = feeling better
@spencerb Congratulations! That is so exciting!
Making coffee and hot breakfast for in-laws. Smells SO GOOD but kind of feel like I need a nap now.  Maybe should drink some of the coffee.
So hot all the time. Metabolism is fiery furnace fueled by pregnancy hormones and ridiculous Texas "autumn".
OK, MUST get more domestic stuff today.  In-laws coming to visit from CA around 5pm.  Clean! Cook! Laundry!
So thirsty when I wake up. Feel like I could drink the whole carton of orange juice.
Googling "cat face paint" to see how to make Grace look like the Cat in the Hat for Friday.  Results are way more involved than I want.
@astropixie Oh, that is such a great idea!  Fun!
Got shockingly little done today.
So so so so happy that it is cooler today!  Should not let weather determine mood so much!  Not healthy!
Just got phone call from hospital.  They want their money BEFORE baby is due.  Aack! Sticker shock!
Showing Grace her own birth video on the computer.  She is very interested but doesn't seem to believe me that it is her.
Praying for @DoctorMac as he takes HUGE STRESSFUL board exam today.
@SKEdman here in Texas (no surprise) I am much more likely to see defaced, and thus I assume stolen, Obama signs.
Switched to flannel sheets a few days ago, but think it was a premature move.  Too warm!
LONG Sunday afternoon nap bliss.
Cast my ballot today on last day of early voting in Texas.  Lots of people, but not too long a wait.
Baked a cake but have now realized I don't have enough powdered sugar for icing.  Now have to delay cake gratification!  Untenable!
Sprouts in vegetable garden can now be measured in inches instead of millimeters.
Oh goodness. Grace just asked me where God is.
Poor dear doggie ended up having outpatient surgery today-- she is sore and out of it, we are somewhat poorer.
Got out new little pink Converse this morning for Grace. She is in LOVE.
@toddleddredge Ron Paul, I presume?  I'm tempted myself. :)
Listening to Aimee Mann and remembering what an awesome movie _Magnolia_ is.
About to go to the vet with toddler in tow. 50-lb dog who HATES other dogs on a leash, 30-lb toddler holding my hand, hugely pregnant. Fun!
Listening to sweet, croaky, just-woke-up toddler voice.
@kathykrey I LURVE LURVE LURVE _This American Life_.  I think my favoritest thing on NPR.
I love our rice cooker, perhaps to excess.
Grace has been really into opening/shutting doors today.  She is driving the poor dog crazy.
It doesn't seem much like Saturday when @DoctorMac is at the hospital.
Just had a toddler-is-too-quiet-up-to-no-good moment.  Clothes for new baby currently removed from dresser and strewn about nursery.
Getting ready for a trip to the park.  Hooray for cooler weather!
Feeling HUGELY pregnant today.  Feet so far away.
A weather website that knows my zip code just offered me cold weather exercise tips.  Um, what?
@SKEdman you're arguing other rich countries don't work as hard to save preemies? Still would count as live birth, then death for statistics
Sewing curtains for new baby's nursery.
Listening to gentle rain.
My 2-year-old is loading the washing machine with laundry.  Score!  And another reason front-loaders are awesome.
This is supposedly the last week with highs in the 80s.  Please, please, please, please...
Wow, just slept for a good chunk of Grace's time at preschool.  So much for all that stuff I was going to get done.
Replacing outlets in the new nursery so they are pretty and white instead of ugly and beige.  Scary 50-year-old wiring...
Have re-evaluated my position.  1950's wiring in new house is not nearly as scary as the 1920's wiring in our old house.
Realizing that putting up curtain rods is a two-person job.  Sigh...  Must wait until @DoctorMac gets home.
Lentil soup in the crockpot, tiny sprouts in the fall garden-- a domestically satisfying morning.
Had eyebrows threaded this afternoon and they are now a little more, um, dramatic than normal.
Thinking about @DoctorMac as he has a killer day today after what has proved to be a killer week.
Feeling emotional because I was unkind to Grace this morning when she fought getting ready for preschool.
Back from uneventful OB appointment.  Have to start going every 2 weeks now!  Yikes!
Have ALMOST convinced myself to use public transit to get to free-admission-day at the art museum downtown.
Museum was really packed because King Tut exhibit is in town, but we had a really lovely time nonetheless.
Cool and rainy this morning-- so refreshing and almost autumn like.   Of course, now it's warm and humid, which spoils the effect somewhat.
Dropped bottle of soy sauce carrying groceries in from car.  No injuries from broken glass, but foot and sandal now smell like Chinese food.
Seeds for autumn garden FINALLY arrived yesterday.  The sun is now warming our planted garden!
Have been sick with a stomach virus.  Doing much better but still droopy and weak.
Am paying bills and picking up house like real human-type person.  Refreshing!
Have held off turning on the TV until 4pm.  Consider this a success, but now must go crawl into bed while Grace absorbs Noggin.
Cutting up what I expect is the last watermelon of the summer.
Kind of bummed that it's so warm on October 1, but thankful for air conditioning.
At the gym this morning, heard 2 separate pairs of SAHM-types laughing about Sarah Palin/Katie Couric/Tina Fey.  It's the zeitgeist, baby!
Oh, the irony!  After tweeting about being grateful for AC, it appears to be broken!  Temperature slowly rising in house...
84 degrees and rising in the house.  Blech...  Repair man coming tomorrow, thank goodness.
Grace found some new fleece footie PJs in her drawer and insisted on wearing them tonight. Even though high today was 92.
It's getting hard to tie my shoes or paint my toenails.
Finally buckling down to address the blackish grout in our guest bathroom with a bucket of bleach water, then will bathe dog.  Work, blech.
Grace LOVES to swiffer.
It's a Well Tempered Clavier kind of afternoon.  Fancy speakers that @DoctorMac insisted on seem like a great idea all of a sudden.
In high def, you can tell that everyone on the debate, including Jim Lehrer, is wearing make-up.  Ew.
Getting ready to paint the new nursery.  Tra la la!
Painting all done!  Now must go shower and try to exfoliate all the paint off of me.  I must be the messiest painter ever.
Grace just fell out of bed.  Crying, disoriented, sleepy toddler... :(
My due date is 3 months from today!
Getting a verrrrrry slow start to our day.
Just bought things to transform Grace into the Cat in the Hat for Halloween.  Cute!  Hopefully...
Stopped by 2 secondhand shops looking for hot-weather maternity clothes after the gym this morning.  Big FAIL.
SERIOUS nothing-to-wear issues today because it got hot again. DO NOT WANT to buy more hot-weather maternity clothes!
Just realized I was supposed to be at a group meeting HALF AN HOUR AGO.  Really, cannot overestimate how much I am losing my mind.
Should I be concerned that Grace's cheapo watercolor paints from the dollar bin at Target smell like formaldehyde?
Listening to Lyle Lovett to remind me that I like Texas.  I like Texas... don't I?
Going to pick up Grace from preschool wearing yoga pants.  Hopefully not first step on slippery slope leading to being on What Not To Wear?
@SKEdman, I really loved _A Winter's Tale_.
Very sad finger-smashing incident this evening.  Another time I am SO GLAD Rob is a doctor-- a pediatrician, no less.
Grace just asked me to sing the germ song.  I... I don't know a germ song.
Just looked in the refrigerator for the crayons.  They were not there, in case you're curious.
Back from my first trip to a park since moving to TX.  What?!  Why are you looking at me like that?  It's been unbearably hot.
Grace's time at preschool going SO FAST today.
Have decided to plant a fall garden.  Ordered seeds and everything.
Monday morning, lots to do.  Too bad cannot located brain.
Grad school friend IMed me that she just got out of seminar where my dissertation work was cited.  Feel all warm and fuzzy.
GORGEOUS outside, high temp today supposedly below 80, drank coffee-- feeling very chipper and happy.
Note to self: Do not make homemade Jello out of blueberry juice.  Unless in the mood for a laundry challenge.
Currently depressed by _The Lorax_.  Poor barbaloots...
Think unrelenting headache might be due to Ike's imminent arrival.  Am turning into my dad with weather-forecasting headaches.
Hmmm, Grace's "bites" seem to have doubled since this morning and she just threw up.  Maybe have been struck by a pestilence.
Got AWESOME toddler math book at library today: http://tinyurl.com/3l58ws Definitely keeping an eye out for this author.
I could swear that Tylenol is actually a placebo, for all the good it does on headaches.
Just found over a dozen new mosquito bites along Grace's arm, shoulder, and back.  They are EATING HER ALIVE! AAAAAH!
Nothing on the schedule today-- I declare it baking/library/reading/nap day.  I think Grace will be on board for everything but the nap.
Grace is napping! Must walk away from computer and give my gestating self a nap.
Explaining the difference between nostrils and a nose.
Eating the last piece of nectarine pie after my trip to gym this morning.  Sorry, @DoctorMac!
Again noticing the length of my blog entries.  Twitter is probably a good medium for me because I am so darned long-winded.
Making a GIANT vat of marinara sauce, for dinner tonight and the freezer.
Having pho for dinner two nights in a row seems to be working its magical healing powers.  Starting to feel better.
Had glucose screen at OB appointment today.  Woozy sugar-crash headache-- blargh!
Throat is ominously sore.  Thanks, @DoctorMac. (Don't worry; will not hold it against you.)
Feeling pretty sick, along with @DoctorMac.  If Grace gets sick too, this is going to be one heck of a weekend.
Attempting to redeem some terrible nectarines I bought by turning them into pie.  Hopefully will not be a case of garbage in, garbage out.
Making my very favorite I-am-sick comfort food: pho with beef and rice noodles.
Also, am cooking beef for 1st time in 2008.  Am sick; environmental concerns take a backseat, I guess.
Overwhelmed by sheer amount of artwork a toddler produces.  Putting it in the recycle bin doesn't make me a bad mother, right?
Suddenly suspicious that I may have given the dog two breakfasts this morning.  Seriously, am losing my mind.
Tremendously wonderful day so far with Grace-- coffee shop, reading books, folding laundry, eating lunch.  Full of sweetness and light.
GORGEOUS outside this morning.  Warm but not hot, breezy, sunny.  Must put stroller back together so can go for a walk.
Making scones for late-afternoon playdate.  Still too warm outside to indulge anglophilia by making tea to accompany them.
Discussing the relative merits of Dr. Horrible and Newsies with @DoctorMac.
Feeling a bit groggy this morning; might try to nap between dropping Grace off at MDO and going to OB appointment.
This morning I tried to go to my OB appointment one week early.  Sometimes I miss my brain...
Eating fresh figs and goat cheese. Gastronomic BLISS.
Just realized I only have 1 more month in 2nd trimester.  Then will be in 3rd trimester, then will have a baby.  A BABY!
Free admission day at Dallas Museum of Art.  Time to go be cultured, or something like that...
@kikiriri Movies?!  Um, what?
Went to the bathroom this morning and Grace told me I did a good job going peepee in the potty.  Um, thanks?
Making Annie's Mac & Cheese with heavy cream because we are out of milk.  It's either going to be disgusting or absolutely delicious.
Whole Foods' faux Oreos are not nearly as good as the ones from Trader Joe's.  Oh, how I miss you, Trader Joe's...
3 bugs buzzing around our house this morning.  Cannot WAIT until it gets cold and they all die.  Am bloodthirsty and murderous, apparently.
Grace always give me the orange crayon to draw with.
Grace just put her panties on herself.  They're backwards and her waist and legs are in the wrong holes, but you know, way to go!
Thinking that Sarah Palin looks kind of like Tina Fey.
Boo!  There are no refresher childbirth classes at our hospital between next week and one week before my due date!
At least I was able to schedule a tour...
Grace's (mis)pronunciation of "hippopotamus" is very adorable.
Grace is at MDO for 2nd day.  Feel a little more lost without her than on Monday.
Pics of pink hair are up on Flickr and blog, for those who asked.
Chiffonading basil for dinner tonight.  I love that word: chiffonade!
Am now the proud owner of some magenta hair!  Woo hoo!
Sometimes when I go to address an envelope, I can't remember if the stamp goes to the left or right.
Drawing with Grace.  She keeps asking me to draw umbrellas, I think because they are one of the few things I can actually draw.
Getting ready for first day of mothers' day out!
Just made concrete plans for turning my hair (well, part of it) magenta.
Got in and out of Central Market for less than $50. Did not listen to the siren call of the fancy, delicious cheeses.
Am wishing my hair were magenta or purple this morning.
Unwelcome return to pregnancy tummy troubles in the past few days.  Trying to decide whether to attempt the gym anyway.
Just spent precious toddler naptime making new masthead for blog.  Why, oh why, are you so addictive, Gimp?
Bread toasting smells so delicious.  Better than actual toast, I think.
Cleaning our house for a guys' night out here tonight.  Might mention gender inequity, except, well, it needs to be cleaned anyway.
Just got 5 bowls dirty making a batch of brownies with Grace.  Am having volume estimation issues today, apparently.
Going to the meet-the-teacher time at Grace's MDO this morning!
Back from MDO.  Grace now running around the house crying and screaming, "I want to go to school."  Hmmph.
Tantrum about not being at preschool appears to be winding down.  That was a doozy!
Had super sweet drowsy snuggling time in our bed with Grace this morning.
Instituted potty training chart/sticker system late yesterday and have had smashing success so far.
@astropixie Happy Atlantic Crossing!
Cool medal count maps: http://tinyurl.com/5o4gkl  When the Soviet Union didn't come, we totally cleaned up!
After 4 visits from the cable company and several hours on the phone, a cable guy just fixed our problem in a 5 minute visit.  Hooray!
Grace just dropped a whole banana on the floor and Abbey ate it.
The loss of the banana has resulted in a very upset morning.  It's hard to get over such a loss.  Even though we have other bananas.
Considering a Sunday afternoon nap.  Pros: delicious snoozy resting.  Cons? Anybody, any cons you can think of?
Enjoying some rain and cooler weather this morning.  So refreshing!
Grace has put herself down for a nap of her volition for the 3rd day in a row.  I guess I can't say she has dropped her nap anymore.
@kikiriri I was SO BOSSY to my younger sister when we were little.  So bossy that I squirm in embarrassment when I watch old home movies.
Hit brick wall of exhaustion at 4pm.  Hard to walk around now that my arms and legs are made of lead.
Heading out to my first in-real-life yoga class in one BILLION years.  Expecting my butt to be kicked.
Was wrong!  Am having a girl!  More at http://silgeland.blogspot.com/
Making banana muffins this morning.  Grace is an excellent banana masher.
Getting ready for hosting our first playdate at the new house.
Has not been over 100 degrees in quite a number of days and am astonished at how much cooler it feels.
Going through tiny baby clothes now that I know I can use them again.  So tiny!  So adorable!  Want to rub my face in them and eat them up!
@kikiriri, yes!  I think I twittered it yesterday and it's up on the blog.  We're excited!
Grace was totally awake for no apparent reason from 2am to 5am.  Am now a hot mess.
Leaving for my ultrasound soon!  After months of being noncommittal, have become convinced in the last 5 hours that am having a boy.
Chomping Tums.
Off to the neighborhood library for the first time!
Farewell, Isaac Hayes.  I never thought I would hear the theme to _Shaft_ on NPR multiple times in one day.
Getting ready for having my parents over tonight.  Gluten-free dinner, here we come!
Just got back from water aerobics with the 60-year-old ladies.  Fun!
Waiting for the dishwasher repair guy.  Again.
Having a tough day in the stomach/exhaustion department.
What Grace ate for dinner tonight: raw red onions and Nutella.
NPR just told me that 22% of greenhouse gases are from agriculture, 18% from livestock.  Vegetarian, anyone?
Snacking on super delicious fancy cheese from Central Market while cooking dinner.  Can never be vegan because of the existence of cheese.
Meeting a girl for lunch who I met on the internet.  Am so 21st century!
It is too hot here.  So say we all.
Monday mornings make me very glad I am not the one venturing out into the world of commutes, bosses, and cubicles.
Could have SWORN I bought tuna for nicoise salad tonight but apparently did not.  Am losing my mind.
Did Bebo Norman for reals write a song about Britney Spears?  That. Is. Odd.
Philosophy beauty products are now added to my personal black list, along with Arbonne.  Grrrrrr...
Grace and I just did the Hokey Pokey.
Hair is in pigtails for 4th day this week.  Slightly infantilizing, but hair is too short for ponytail & it is too hot for hair to be down.
Just watched some Dr. Horrible.  I heart Joss Whedon.
Got a little tan at the pool with Grace yesterday.  Oops!  Wonder what I would have looked like without the SPF 50.
Just finished hanging ALL the rest of our pictures on the walls.  We really live here, don't we?
Ooooo, have gotten to the random-moments-of-dizziness stage of pregnancy.   This happened last time, too.
Am loving that there is a decent independent pizza joint really close to our house.   Mmmmm, pizza for dinner tonight...
Just took out regular navel ring to replace with flexible pregnancy piercing thingie.  Am definitely pregnant these days!
Just had eyebrows threaded at a kiosk in the mall by nice Middle Eastern lady for $10.  WAY better than waxing.  Am now converted!
Whew!  Just waited a heck of a long time at the DPS for a Texas drivers license.  REALLY glad that Rob was home this morning with Grace.
So hot outside that the AC is chugging its hardest and barely keeping the house below 80.  Yikes!
Dishwasher. Is broken. Again.  Am again faced with a dishwasher full of dirty dishes, along with all the dinner dishes.
It was a Sesame-Street-for-Grace, nap-for-me kind of afternoon.  Feeling much better than an hour ago.
Chopping up pico de gallo for dinner.  Smells SO GOOD.  Super pregnancy smelling is good for something!
Absolutely must vacuum today.  Little puffs of dog hair are wafting past me in the dining room.
Grace has discovered a deep love for Post-Its.
Just tried stand mixer for the first time since bringing it home and IT STILL DOESN'T WORK.
Oh, and when I ran the dishwasher last night, something went awry and it never opened the little soap dispenser.  AAARGH!
There are a lot more bugs here than in Connecticut, and somehow they make it into our house.
I love the smell of onions sauteeing in olive oil.
Pregnancy-induced heat rash on the inside of my elbows is driving me BONKERS.
Want to eat whole jar of lemon curd spread on toast. Will stop myself at 3 slices instead.
Serious nothing-to-wear issues today.  All cute maternity wear is in the laundry and only clothes left are wildly unflattering.
Just picked up Kitchenaid mixer from repair shop.  Hopefully our appliances will all stay functional for a while now.
Dishwasher is again fixed (hopefully for good this time).  Hooray for robot-like things that do household chores!
Smell of watermelon = summer
Am pretty sure I felt the baby kicking last night!
Staying home from church with sick, whiny, fussy Grace.  Hope I don't get it...
Grace and I were just playing a really complicated game involving imaginary bicycles.  I kept doing it wrong, apparently.
Grace has just told me she wants to not "do" the hiccups.  Oh, if only it were that simple...
Internet is SO SLOW.  Reminds me of back in the olden times.  Especially annoying because our phones use the internet.  Garrrrgh...
Elmo laughs at inappropriate times.
Trying to face today on a woefully inadequate amount of sleep.  So, so tired of feeling fragile and Victorian.
Feeling better after naps all around.  Very grateful my seldom-napping 2-year-old made an exception today.
Dishwasher broken again.  Upside: repairman actually saw it not work.  Downside: huge pile of dinner dishes with no robotic helper.
Grace slept until 7:45am this morning. Score!  Actually feel rested right now.  Double score!
Just carried in big load of groceries; now need a shower.  It is HOT here.
Got more done today than I have in a long time.  Now going to bed at 9pm.  Pregnancy strikes again...
Am now very distrustful of dishwasher.  Cannot stop myself from opening it mid-cycle to see if there is really water in there.
We will be paying CT auto taxes until January 2009.  I shake my fist at you, Connecticut!  You with your #8 highest tax burden in the US!
Watched Sunset Boulevard yesterday while doing a pile of ironing.  Still feeling fixated on silent movie starlets.
Tired of waiting for a call from dishwasher repair person...
Dishwasher mysteriously worked fine when repairman finally arrived.  Feel like homeowner who cried wolf.
Excited to see @kathykrey tonight!
Last weekend, AC broken.  This weekend, dishwasher AND disposal broken.  Definitely the better of the two evils, but still no good.
Am washing my way through the dishwasher full of dirty dishes.  The old-fashioned way.
New backyard is infested with mosquitoes; Grace is a tasty treat to them.
Sesame Street = 1 hour nap for exhausted, pregnant mama.  Seldom is such superior parenting to be seen.
Grace has accumulated a pile of allen wrenches from all our new IKEA furniture.  Apparently they are way fun.
Air conditioning functional again after visit from repairman, thank goodness.  Am truly happy to feel that cool air.
Pregnancy is turning me into a hobbit-- I have started eating second breakfast.
AC is broken!  The temperature in our house is 84 and rising, no repairman able to come until the morning...
Grace fell out of her new big-girl bed last night.  Hopefully no repeat performance tonight!
Feeling drained by our marathon IKEA visit yesterday and the subsequent  huge pile of furniture needing assembly.
Sitting in my new living room.  Still quite a number of boxes within eyesight, but we're getting somewhere.
We have the internet!
Last day with internet until things are all set up at the new house.  Farewell, sweet internet-y goodness...
Grace had an actual tangle in her hair tonight.  Quite a milestone for her to even have enough hair to tangle.
Hooray!  Grace slept through the night in her own bed for the first time since we came to Texas.
Will officially start living at our new house with Grace tomorrow!  Crashing at my parents' has gone quite well.
Have "Denial Twist" stuck in my head, which feels a little weird since we're getting for church.
Rob and I have now been apart for my birthday, our anniversary, and Fathers' Day.  Boo!  Can't wait until @DoctorMac arrives this week.
All our stuff is in our house!  Friends and friends of friends worked like little ants and carried it all out of our containers. Hooray!
Have I tweeted yet about how hot it is here?  It. Is. Hot.
I was the mom of the wild, screaming toddler at the store today.  Being the mommy can be hard!
Am 30 years old today!  Looking forward to what the next decade holds.
Made a Target/Container Store run today and gosh, people are friendly here.  I sort of forgot.
We made it to my parents' last night!  So glad not to have a day in the car ahead of me today.
Went over to our new house today and I still like it! Which is good, since we have a mortgage for it and stuff.
Driving through TN and AR today we passed from EST to CST, pushing my pregnancy-induced 9:30pm bedtime into the embarrassing zone.
About to start our last day on the road!
We saw over a dozen Cracker Barrels as we drove all day through Virginia and Tennessee.  No exaggerating.  Who knew they were so ubiquitous?
Driving cross country makes me wistful for rural life.  This is fairly ridiculous, all things considered.
Today: CT, NY, NJ, PA, MD, WV, and VA.   That's a lot of states for one day!
The beginning of my last full day in Connecticut!
Am pregnant!  Heard the baby's heartbeat this morning at the OB/GYN.
My pile of stuff to keep Grace occupied on our 4-day drive looks woefully inadequate.
Played piano at church for the last time in New Haven this morning.  Just a few more days before the big drive begins...
Managed to dress Grace and myself in totally different colors today.  It is shocking how often we end up wearing the same color.
Things I did today on foot: had breakfast at a diner, went to drugstore, got a fancy haircut.  Hooray for no cars!
We got a rice cooker last Christmas and I think it has caused me to lose the ability to cook rice in a regular pot.
Grace still asks for her jacket before we go outside, despite the balmy warmth.  Old habits, I suppose...
One week from today Grace and I drive away from Connecticut!
Apricots are the perfect size for toddler hands, and QUITE popular over here right now.
At the tail end of a phlegm-y cold and have run out of Kleenex.
Feeling fragile after terrible, horrible night's sleep.  Allergies? Cold? I don't really care which, but it should STOP.
Steadily making my way through a bottle of cough syrup, but feeling SO MUCH better than yesterday.
Just spent lovely, balmy morning at the park with Grace and other pals.  Will now stop complaining about New England weather.
Will leave for Texas 2 weeks from today!
It was over 30 degrees warmer in TX than CT today.  Granted, 90 degree weather is not my favorite, but spring should come.  At some point.
After we both took a nap this afternoon, Grace informed me my hair was "crazy" but also "happy".
Kind of weird to realize that, after several really big financial transactions, we own a different house today than we did last Monday.
WHEN is it going to get warm here?!  Since I only have 2 more weeks in New Haven, I'm assuming sometime after I leave.
The washer & dryer here are coin-operated.  Have done $10 worth of laundry since Wednesday.
Grace is doing some extravagant and vigorous dance around the living room, complete with arm waving and loud singing.
We are having an especially delightful toddler day today.  Who knew such a tiny person could be so full of humor and smarts and sweetness?
There's no toaster here so we use the broiler, which is not as foolproof.  Just turned two pieces of bread into charcoal briquettes.
Watched a friend's toddler with Grace today. Didn't realize that a sweet 2-year-old girl could be such a tough hooligan.
@DoctorMac is playing ball outside in gorgeous springtime with Grace; am about to take Mothers' Day nap.  Bliss...
Planning my Mother's Day dinner online and think I'm in the mood for Thai.   Mmmm, coconut chicken soup and green curry.
Just to be clear, a restaurant will be making aforementioned dinner, not me.
Sore throat.  Grrrrr...  Am afraid some kind of cold is impending.
@DoctorMac just did a bang-up job of cleaning our kind of disgusting sublease bathroom.  Am overflowing with gratitude.
Gray, rainy, kind of cold.  Bleh.
Continuing her interest in all things latch-related, Grace has learned to open doorknobs.
Grace keeps putting her baby doll in time-out.  Not sure what the baby doll did but really glad right now that we decided against spanking.
Grace absolutely exhausted me today so yes, she is in bed at 7:35.  We reeeeeeally need @DoctorMac to get back.
Catching up on Lost while @DoctorMac is in Hawaii; now about halfway through season 3. Have so missed television; does that make me shallow?
May have just found source of icky smell in sublease's refrigerator: open package of feta.  Blech.
Just had my 2nd pair of slippers in 3 months come apart.  Darn you, Target, with your cheaply made footwear!
@DoctorMac, mmmmmmm, malasadas...  A good reason to go to Honolulu.
So cold here!  Warm clothes all gone to Texas, where they are doing me very little good.  May be reduced to buying a Yale sweatshirt.
Just had most harrowing experience of motherhood yet.  Grace LOCKED HERSELF IN HER ROOM.  To which I have no key.  Had to call landlord.
Just cleaned our house for the last time.   Am sort of sad, sort of glad.
When and how do toddlers learn to stay sleeping on their beds?  I keep finding Grace half sliding off her bed when I check on her.
Have yet to have an inarguably warm shower in our temporary apartment.  Brrrrrr...
Sleeping in the sublease tonight.  It sort of feels like we're in another country.
We have slept at 89 Central Ave for the last time.
Last night was less of a success in the big girl bed.  Yawn...
Our moving containers were just picked up and now our stuff has begun its long journey to Dallas.  See you sometime in June, stuff!
House is empty of furniture and littered with random crap that still hasn't made its way to freecycle, etc. Feel sore and somewhat glazed.
Rainy, gray, and kind of cold.  Too bad all my warm clothes are packed away.
Absolutely cannot believe it is the last week of class for the semester.
Grace slept on a big-girl bed for the first time last night.  Does it count as a big-girl bed if it was an inflatable mattress on the floor?
Am starting to feel really batpoop insane about the packing/moving.  Unfortunately, there are STILL infinity boxes to pack.
Grace is wearing capri-length pants today and she keeps pulling down the hems and saying, "Mommy fix pants."
Trying to make a pile of clothes to use for the next two months while our stuff is in storage-- it is much too big.  Must cull pile.
Taking my class on a geology walk in Sleeping Giant State Park today.  Wishing I actually knew more about geology.
I am craigslisting and freecycling like a madwoman!  Must get rid of all this stuff!  Before our moving containers get here!  On Tuesday!
I swear that the buds on the trees are bigger and more plump looking today at 5pm than they were when I woke up.  Spring!
None of us has gone to the grocery store since we returned from Texas on Saturday.  The cupboard-- it is bare.
Just wrote a blog entry, mostly to avoid packing more boxes.  Procrastination will not get us moved to Texas, will it?
Ali Larter is on the cover of this month's Lucky magazine and I can't see her without thinking she is evil.
Drinking red wine from a tumbler because our wine glasses are packed.
Grace has slept past 7am for two mornings in a row.  It feels like FOREVER since she has done that.  Hallelujah!
@ironsoap, I have heard about that-- the price of copper has gotten so high that people go around stealing it from pipes and stuff.
Back from trip to Texas-- We have made an offer on a house in Dallas!  Woo hoo!  We're now negotiating with the sellers.
Aaargh!  Printing out PDFs that need to be initialed and faxed back to realtor TONIGHT and our printer just started running out of ink!
Teaching my students all about the phases of the moon.  Fun!
Have not packed a single box in a day and a half.  This is Not Good.
Do you ever look at old photos of yourself and wonder how you got your hair to look like that?
Just packed up the first boxes for our impending move.  In less than a month.  Yikes!
Happy last day of work before a week of vacation, @DoctorMac!
Boxes packed: 7
Boxes still to pack: infinity
After two years, Rob has just started taking over Grace's bedtime routine.  It feels somewhat like a vacation!
Just packed up the first boxes for our impending move.  In less than a month.  Yikes!
Grace was singing "Head, shoulders, knees, & toes" this morning and added "bottom" in there somewhere.
Did Pilates yesterday for the first time in FOREVER and am really feeling it in the abs.
Today's lab is about sunrise & sunset times, and it makes me want to break out into song like a Russian Jewish musical theater person.
Out like a lamb?  It's blustery and 37 degrees outside.  Sigh...
Think we finally have the extravagant TV-watching (due to Grace being sick) under control.
Just had a BAD night due to stomach bug (Grace's, not mine).  Now feel like head and limbs are full of leaden mush.
It's in the 50s today and it feels so balmy and spring-like.
Jonesing for a pair of Chuck Taylors as a solution to all my spring shoe-wearing conundrums but question if I am hip enough to pull it off.
Leo and Cassiopeia and Ursa Minor, oh my!  It's all constellations in my astronomy lab today.
Rob bought a label maker today and just stuck a sticker on me identifying me as "wifey".
Grace just had her first dentist appointment and it, surprisingly, not that bad.
Just signed a contract to sell our house!  Three cheers for not being stuck with this house while trying to move to Texas!
Grace just put on my running shoes and announced, "Gracie goes running!"  She has realized the shoes are getting lonely.
It is the middle of March and there was FREEZING RAIN during my walk with Grace this afternoon.
Just got back from really fun morning out with Grace; she is now utterly flipping out at the prospect of being home.  Feel boring right now.
Grace just had a blueberry-themed breakfast: blueberry yogurt, blueberry muffin, and, um, blueberries.
Some prospective buyers are coming to our house this evening for their FOURTH visit.  Please make an offer!
Getting ready for our open house tomorrow...  Clean, clean like the wind!
Dare I say it?  Does Grace sleep through the night now? It only took 2 years!
Am drinking gin & tonic-- so healthy!  Can now fight off both scurvy and malaria!  (Have been reading one of the _Master & Commander_ books)
Grace just ate an entire can of mandarin oranges for breakfast.  Weird, but excellent for warding off the scurvy.
Grace had ate an entire can of mandarin oranges for breakfast.  Weird, but excellent for warding off the scurvy.
Slight bummed because my mommy-friend just called to cancel our coffee night tonight.  Sad...
I seem unable to twitter without a typo.  This is somewhat funny because I am quite a stickler for spelling and grammar.
Grace just asked us to "tickle back".  We can't decide if we should form a band called Tickleback, or maybe we are bringing tickle back.
There is nothing chocolate-y or sweet for snacks in our house.  Time to a run to Trader Joe's for a box of something chocolate-covered.
Back from St. Louis and grandfather's funeral.  Tired, very glad to be back with husband and baby.
Grace is super clingy monster toddler after my weekend trip.  Dropping her off at the babysitter to go to work was fairly heinous.
@DoctorMac: That's where they went!  When I cleaning up this morning for the house showing, I was puzzled by their absence.
Grace is eating attempting to eat a sandwich face-on, rather than edge-on.
Will miss many things when we move away from this house but will not miss carrying laundry and toddler from 2nd floor to basement.
Simultaneously, if that wasn't clear.
Grace slept in her own bed until almost 7am!  New all-time world record!
All Grace wants to eat today are her gummy bear vitamins.
Have been slowly feeling worse and worse all day.  Am fairly certain I will wake up officially sick tomorrow morning.
Big piles of fluffy snow!
Vacuuming.  Again.  For another house showing today.
Just got back from getting Grace stuck with her 2-year-old vaccine.  Ah, such great sorrow...
One of my new favorite uses for our two-monitor setup: Grace can watch videos of other babies on Vimeo while I check email.
Working on a preschool application for Grace for the AUTUMN.  Seems a bit ridiculous but would like to get a spot at this place.
Woke up to Abbey's poop upstairs.  Few things make me want to take up swearing like this situation; it just seems so appropriate.m
AAARGH! Had my sewing machine serviced this week and just discovered that they messed it up! Still can't sew!  Going into sewing withdrawal!
We have 2 showings scheduled for the house tomorrow!
Note to self: never try to cook with phyllo dough again.  Such frustration!
Wow.  A dozen or so toddlers (along with their mommies) just left our house and it is now a DISASTER.  A birthday party tornado hit us.
Few things are more delightful than having your toddler ask you for "more tickle?"
Baking a chocolate cake for Grace's birthday tomorrow!
@DixieGirl Half of that, actually-- it's her 2nd birthday today!  Two years of Grace!
I think Grace has officially grown out of her current shoes.  Where did I stash the next size up?
@ironsoap When I was in grad school, we would all arrange our desks so our profs could not see the screens from the doorways/hallways.
Went to DMV this morning and it was closed for no apparent reason.  Why, oh DMV, why?
Realtors just came to our house and totally rearranged all our furniture!
The trash man cometh.  Fortunately, Rob got everything out to the curb last night.
Hmmm, the tax man cometh, too, doesn't he?  We should get on that.
Our realtor wants to put on the MLS that our house is a cream puff.  Mmmmm, cream puff...
Mmmm, just sated my recent sushi cravings during a lovely dinner out with @DoctorMac and dear daughter.
Another lovely white dusting of snow today.  Gosh, I love living here...  Snow will always mean magic to this Texas-bred girl.
Ah, the cathartic joy of a good haircut, especially after not having had one for 6 months...
Lovely white snow coming down to dust the ground.
Grace just successfully blew her nose.  Perhaps her days with the blue bulb syringe thingie are over.
Leftovers for dinner-- I am such an excellent homemaker!
Contractor just showed up to finish our new front door.  Only 2 days late.
Ron Paul called our house today.  He said we should go vote tomorrow.
Going to browse my latest Burda sewing magazine in bed before nodding off.
Mmmmm, breakfast today is homemade granola from a Nigella Lawson recipe.  Highly recommended.
Laundry, laundry, always laundry...
Just went on a really long car ride for errands.  Grace slept the entire time and is now chipper.  Unfortuantely, now I am drowsy.
Removing the dishes from our kitchen shelves to clean them (the shelves, not the dishes).  Have not done this since moving here 3 years ago.