Archive for September, 2005
Wednesday, September 14th, 2005
What’s in a Name?
Now that we know Lil Smudge is a boy, the conversation about baby names has changed — and much more dramatically than I would have guessed.
When it was, "if we have a boy, we’re leaning towards Ulysses Sebastian Arnold; if it’s a girl, we’re leaning towards Mildred Ophelia Myrtle," most people — even family […]
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Tuesday, September 13th, 2005
I’m so excited! And I just can’t hide it!
I really, really, really intended to wait and blog about this later, like tomorrow, or maybe even later than that.
But when I have something on my mind, I’m incredibly bad at keeping it inside. Which is probably what makes blogging so much fun in the first place.
So…drumroll please!
The ultrasound this morning reveals that […]
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Monday, September 12th, 2005
Too Much Cake
The cast of M*A*S*H threw Jill a surprise mini-shower before their show on Saturday night — imagine my surprise when she came home with 3/4 of a sheet cake on Saturday night! And with a very cute card and a gift card for Babies R Us.
Incidently, the cake was VERY nice, decorated with lavender […]
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Monday, September 12th, 2005
Which Dyke to Watch Out For Are You?
You scored as Clarice. You are Clarice, a driven, liberal, workaholic lawyer. The Bush Administration has caused you a lot of anxiety lately. You have orders to cut one volunteer commitment and spend more time playing GTA3 with your son Raffi.
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Friday, September 9th, 2005
Herky-Jerky Dancing and the Unbearable Whiteness of Being
Yesterday, I got an almost unbearably funny — in the unintentional humor sense — email message from the "What to Expect When You’re Expecting" people. Here was yesterday’s message:
Week 19: What Not to Do
These moves may work great when you’re not pregnant, but don’t even
think about trying them at home (or at the gym) […]
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Friday, September 9th, 2005
Houston, We Have Contact
Just as I pulled into the grocery store parking lot last night, I had the strangest feeling in my belly.
Now this pregnancy has been chock full of gastric excitement, so over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been skeptical about whether any of the movement I’ve felt could be Lil Smudge, when digestion or […]
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Thursday, September 8th, 2005
Heartbreaking NYT Article
I just read an article (reg required), not on Katrina, that nearly made me cry. (And I did cry by the time I was done writing this.)
There is a heartwrenching case winding its way through the legal systems of both Vermont and Virginia.
A lesbian couple, Janet & Lisa, who originally lived in Virginia, […]
