As my life slowly regains some normalcy, it has occurred to me that life with two small children, at least for me at this stage, feels much like a crazy quilt in terms of time management. I never know what the scraps of time will look like on a given day, though the general goal [...]
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September 8, 2009
Well, I wasn’t expecting that
This past Saturday, my in-laws were scheduled to arrive in our town to be there before the baby arrived. My husband also had the day free, so I decided that if I made it to that day with no baby yet, I would have “one last hurrah” and go out and get my hair cut, [...]
August 30, 2009
Menu Planning Monday
I’m trying to continue on as if there won’t be a new mouth to feed in our family this week, but there very well could be! Keeping busy with normal tasks around the house and menu planning/grocery shopping helps me to stay focused on the day at hand. Even this past weekend, when it was [...]
August 30, 2009
Eviction!
Today I’m at 39 weeks. I woke up to blissfully cool weather . . . the past few days have been scorchers here in Oakland. Yesterday it got up to 95 degrees, and as we have no AC, as soon as my son awoke from his nap, I took him to the mall just to [...]
August 28, 2009
Still here . . .
No sign of the baby yet, but for whatever reason, I’m totally fine with that right now. My calendar has been intentionally left as clear as possible in the final week approaching my due date (Sept. 6), and as I’ve finished most of the meals I wanted to prepare before the baby gets here, I [...]
