Monthly Archives: February 2007

This morning V. came in as I was settling Noah in his highchair.  He made some squawking sounds at that and angled for a nurse; I told him he could have one after breakfast. He ate pretty quickly and then … Continue reading →

Before I had a kid, and even when Noah was a wee babe, I would occasionally hear a mum (why it’s never a dad…) say that she liked grocery shopping because that was her time to relax. And I would … Continue reading →

I got my editor to agree to push the deadline for the profile piece even further back.  This means I can actually reflect and rewrite and things – v. v. unusual for the deadlines I’ve been working on, although I … Continue reading →

This is mostly for me, but is public anyway. Today is Noah’s 18 month birthday! 1.5 years! But that is not what this is about. This is about how my metabolism officially turned around sometime in November. After a low … Continue reading →

Things are going better and better with V.  Noah is visibly more content with her each day, although he still melts down now and then.  I continue to be impressed at her professionalism and caring (from what I hear through … Continue reading →

I remembered as I was rocking Noah tonight that I had wanted to record this somewhere and I pick here, so. The playgroup on Fri was nice – smaller than anticipated, which made it more enjoyable.  At one point the … Continue reading →

… about the NY Times article on praise. Go read it here! And imagine I wrote something that succinct and thoughtful. Meanwhile I was going to post last night that I felt like my background funk had lifted, but today … Continue reading →

I should be cleaning or chopping melon for tomorrow’s festivities but The Secret has crossed my path again and I am so pissed, again. Sort of. Look, I, like most human beings, want to believe and really pretty much do believe … Continue reading →