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The SHU Box

  • the Weekend Blueprint

    Weekend Blueprint Approach Before having children, I never went into the weekend with much of a plan.  Sure, there would be a restaurant reservation here or a dinner party there.  But the rest was…

    May 19, 2014
  • deep breath

    I’ve been back at work for 2 weeks. Long enough for the shellshocked feeling to wear off and the fatigue to set in.  I am not going to lie:  things have felt a little…

    May 15, 2014
  • motherhood

    Just a few things I didn’t understand before having Annabel and Cameron: — just how much liquid an overnight diaper can hold (a LOT, and yet sometimes not quite enough) — how a non-rushed…

    May 11, 2014
  • still alive

    I have less time to write now that I am back at work.  SHOCKING, yes?  (No.)  But I do miss it already, and I’m still alive. Very tired, but alive. Limited updates: 1) I…

    May 9, 2014
  • weekend notes

    1.  The unplugged challenge is still going well.  I took the entire day off of the internet and my phone yesterday (only exceptions: texting, using the actual phone, and FaceTime) — and it was really…

    May 4, 2014
  • Day 1

    I SURVIVED! Also, I: * did not cry all day * felt somewhat weird about how I did not feel all that emotional about it all, but maybe I was just feeling too panicky to really…

    May 3, 2014
  • MAY and my unplugged challenge

    This is going to be a big month. May always has a special place in my heart.  My birthday is on the 20th, and our anniversary the 27th.  Growing up in Philadelphia, it was…

    May 1, 2014
  • April Goals: Follow Up

    I identified a few goals for the month of April in this post, and promised I would report back on 4/30.  Well, here we are . . . so here you go!  There were…

    April 30, 2014
  • brief updates, by the numbers

    3: days of maternity leave left before I am back at work.  (Yes, I’m starting on a Friday.  Yes, that was on purpose!  Very happy to have one catch-up day and then a weekend…

    April 29, 2014
  • a DITL: on maternity leave

    I took these images and took notes on my day on 4.23.14, a wednesday. I am excited to share my DITL post in a link-up for the first time on adventures in tullyland. For…

    April 26, 2014