Archive for November, 2007
Saturday, November 17th, 2007
By Popular Demand
And by popular demand, of course I mean Grandma. Not that the rest of you weren’t waiting for new cute pictures of Noah.
Noah really is willing to play with his choo-choos approximately 60% of the day. This was during that window, before he got bored and started throwing them. Including at the television. Which was […]
6 Comments » - Posted in Personal by Liza
Wednesday, November 14th, 2007
The High Cost of Infertility Treatment
Did you know that last week was National Infertility Awareness Week? Or that infertility affects 12.5% of the US population? I saw a few blog posts about it, but didn’t get organized to add my $.02 until now.
I hesitate to declare myself part of the “infertility community.” I don’t have PCOS, I haven’t had any […]
14 Comments » - Posted in Personal, Pregnancy, TMI, Money, TTC by Liza
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
21 Months
Dear Noah,
A few days ago, you turned 21 months old. Hard to believe, but you’re now “almost 2.”
There have been some big milestones this month. You’re completely weaned now, although neither of us is very happy about it. Yesterday morning you broke my heart, sobbing and crying for “babboo” while I cuddled you and said […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Personal, Letters by Liza
Sunday, November 11th, 2007
Content Rating Smackdown
Disclaimer: I don’t do anything like this in my job any more.
I know a lot about censorship and content rating systems. I spent several years working as a software product manager for the “parental controls” products of major Internet service providers, another year cracking the “you must make this more accurate” whip, reviewing customer complaints […]
6 Comments » - Posted in Personal by Liza
Saturday, November 10th, 2007
Grrr. GRRR. That’s the sound of two Mama Bears!
I picked Noah up from day care one evening this week, and immediately noticed that something was wrong.
There were two small scabs forming under his right eye. One was about a millimeter in diameter, the other, a bit more than twice that size.
“What happened!?? What happened to Noah’s face?”
“Oh, I’m sorry, that was Jane.* I […]
1 Comment » - Posted in The Real Live Boy by Liza
Thursday, November 8th, 2007
I’m a Poet and You Didn’t Even Know It
Last year, I didn’t enter Looky, Daddy’s Haiku contest, but the finalists made me laugh hard enough to snarf coffee.
This year, I got inspired to join the party — and my entry was selected by an actual published poet, Claudia Carlson, bribed by Looky, Daddy to be the judge, as one of the 10 finalists.
So, […]
2 Comments » - Posted in Weblogs, Writing, You May Be A Winner by Liza
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007
NaNo, NaNo
This is Mork, calling Orson.
No wait, that’s not true. (But does anyone else remember loving Mork & Mindy as a kid? Or am I the only dork who wore rainbow suspenders?)
But I’m not talking about that NaNo, NaNo. I’m talking about NaNoWriMo, which I’m going to shorten to NaNo, even though it’s already short for […]
