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  • update on several fronts

    1) dinner.  purposely chose easy recipes this week.   currently in the middle of preparing this one.  looks like fall comfort food — i plan on celebrating all of the seasons even if the weather…

    September 17, 2013
  • bite

    giving annabel a bath this evening, i noticed a funny looking bruise on her shoulder.   except on closer inspection, it wasn’t a bruise — the markings were clearly mouth-shaped.  toddler mouth-shaped. it’s not the…

    September 13, 2013
  • annabel [and me], 17 months

    good morning! i’m trying something new:  a morning writing session every week or so.  i’ve been a bit nostalgic lately for the days when i did this routinely, and realized . . .well, why…

    September 11, 2013
  • setting up for success. [or at least attempting!]

    things that are working ✔ planning in fun.  outings with friends, dinners with family, date nights.  whatever.  because i find that if i don’t, then nothing good happens with my [limited] free time. ✔ hiring help.…

    September 8, 2013
  • observations

    [this is my 2nd time writing this post, which PAINS me, but i wanted to share some things] 1. i have been tracking my time.  and it has been instructive.  i have noticed:  …

    August 31, 2013
  • some good things: a list

    1) annabel is learning words without us ‘teaching’ them [repeating, emphasizing, pointing out in books] to her now.  i love it when i find out she knows something that i didn’t realize she did!…

    August 28, 2013
  • thanks + some action steps

    seriously, you all are the best. your thoughts and comments were so uplifting, and so many good suggestions. this weekend was . . . well, it had its ups and downs.  one sobbing session…

    August 26, 2013
  • hi

    still alive.  mostly. so, we have internet!  after quite a bit of a wait.  but i will be honest: that’s not the only reason for my silence.  with the sad retirement of google reader,…

    August 23, 2013
  • day 1

    Survived!!  Hooray!!…

    August 13, 2013
  • updates

    day care: follow up as always, thank you all for the outpouring of thoughtful responses.  i ended up contacting both the center director and the room’s main teacher [who was not there when the…

    August 11, 2013