are my new favorite days. Look, I like being home with the Snapper and it’s its own challenge, but it’s not particularly intellectual for me. Tuesdays and Thursdays he is going to daycare full days and it is awesome. I come in the middle of the day to nurse him down for [...]
Archive for January, 2008
Tuesdays and Thursdays
Posted in Dissertating, Reading, The Snapper, Writing on January 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Damn.
Posted in Uncategorized on January 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Obama had this to say, which was nice. Guess I’m officially on his wagon now.
How to Look Good TRULY Naked
Posted in I'm angry today on January 29, 2008 | 3 Comments »
TLC’s new How to Look Good Naked caught my eye in the promos, and not just because of the word naked. Giggle. OK, maybe. But I was intrigued by the idea of celebrating women of less-than-commercially/socially-ideal body types. The show comes on just after my group home guys go to bed [...]
Your Life is Now
Posted in Planet Sster on January 21, 2008 | 7 Comments »
I don’t know if it’s the phase the moon is in or if it’s because the loosely connected bloggers on my reading list have more in common than they think, but they’ve been reading my mind: Abebech speaks here of what coming close to death even when she’s played it safe has taught her; American [...]
And We’re Back!
Posted in Adoption, Parenting, Planet Sster, The Snapper on January 17, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Ah…cup of tea, napping baby toddler (sigh). I may get to take a shower before noon! Score!
1. The Snapper is taking up two of our better habits, reading and music, and this is making us very, very happy. Just this week he has begun to bring me books to read! Thus [...]
Clothing help, please!
Posted in Uncategorized on January 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Ok! I need clothing. For a winter wardrobe, if you can call it that, I have two pairs of jeans, several very old t-shirts and two nice (ahem) sweatshirts. That is all. Motherhood has blown all of my good sweaters out of circulation. I was happy with my summer wardrobe [...]
Why I Dislike Edwards the Least
Posted in Uncategorized on January 10, 2008 | 4 Comments »
First off, if you’re running for president you’re almost automatically an ethically compromised person, at least in terms of what you probably set out to do at the beginning of your career (if, indeed, you started out with ideals and not just the oil lobby suggesting it might be nice if you ran). Politicians need [...]
Pink for Judy
Posted in Uncategorized on January 7, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Judy hasn’t met me and doesn’t know me–I’ve never even commented on her blog, but I’ve been reading her razor-sharp rants on adoption for a few months now. And now, as a woman, as a mother through adoption, as a person just like the rest of us doing her best to live intentionally, passionately, Judy [...]
Caucus Notes
Posted in The Prairie on January 3, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Me: Hey, Edwards staffer! Please tell me your candidate’s latest position on troop withdrawal from Iraq.
Edwards staffer, turning significantly to my right, meeting my husband’s eyes: So glad you asked that! [super-long answer that I find acceptable but nauseatingly peppered with statements like, "well, you know I was just talking to Elizabeth the other day..."]
Me, [...]
