August 2010
14 posts
gingerspice asked: Congrats on baby Lucia, darling! She's beautiful!
In like a lion: a birthing story
The contractions started all of a sudden. The entire experience can actually be summarized as “all of a sudden.” Two Sundays ago, while I was taking it easy, per my doc’s order, I began to feel immense pressure of baby girl making her way down low. Not long after, the contractions started. Much like last time, I questioned their existence all together. Like a bad job interview...
It's bad when you have to tell yourself to take it...
I’ve been swamped with everything life. What’s more? The swelling in my feet have traveled my calves, so I walk around like my underwear are down around my ankles, like my legs have been bound together: stretched and stiff. 39 weeks. My body is pretty much, “Okay, I’m going through the motions until little woman wants to come out. I’m not going to be pretty. Deal...
This couple I know share a Facebook account. They both post things, general posts and posts to one another. It confuses the hell out of me because I never know which one of them it is posting. Plus, it’s obvious that there are relationship issues. Joint account screams, “We are for sure in an unhealthy relationship.”
Jolie's Concept of Time
The baby will be here after two more “Wet Wednesdays.”
strong hate for the water company
Remember that huge hole in our front yard from yesterday? Well, I was informed that they were replacing a service pipe that is connected to our home. They did this yesterday morning.
Our water isn’t working. It starts, slows, browns and stops. Late last night it wouldn’t even turn on.
We’ve been in direct communication with the water company since we got home from work last...
Mad Men Spec
As a mommy, I’m nervous about the foreshadowing present in last night’s Mad Men.
Is little Sally Draper going to pull down the curtains with comparably troubled, and from a now similar family dynamic, Glenn?
Did everyone else get that vibe? Like Glenn is showing her the ropes of growing up in a broken home, teaching her about how parents will now be “sleeping” with...
