While pregnant, one song or another always starts to speak with me. For instance, Travis Tritt’s ‘A Great Day to Be Alive’ was always on my lips during my first pregnancy. What I loved to dance to? ‘I Will Survive’ by Gloria Gaynor. Afterward, all I heard was ‘Chicken Fried’ by the Zac Brown Band. … [Read more…]
Just what every expectant mother wants to hear–Congratulations on your pregnancy, but you’re 35 so your eggs could be expiring– what!?! Let’s face it, common assumptions are that after 35 the risk for Down’s Syndrome and other congenital diseases/defects are doubled or tripled. The truth is that in any pregnancy, these problems can occur and … [Read more…]
Let’s stop for a moment and pretend we find out that your best friend, acquaintance, sibling, etc. is pregnant. What’s the first thing you say? If it’s not ‘congratulations’ you’re screwing up the conversation already. If your first thought is either: a. how many other kids they have and if it’s too many or … [Read more…]
I spent a good portion of each morning the last week or so just trying to slowly sift through what’s on our counters, cleaning the table off, throwing things out, putting things in the donation bucket, recycling, etc. We’re literally cleaning house, albeit slowly. Over the weekend I found a package of coffee filters that … [Read more…]
MARCH 18 2015 I started coughing one day and thought, wow, you know, I almost feel like all my ligaments in my abdomen are loose like when I’m pregnant– ha. Nah. I’ll start my cycle in a few days, no big deal. I went and counted on the calendar, did the math from the month … [Read more…]
To say that I’ve been distracted lately would be an understatement. For nearly 2 weeks I’ve been dealing with a ‘stomach flu’ baby and all that entails. I’ve done so much laundry I’m not actually sure which direction I’m walking at any point in time. I forget where I’m going and why although a completely … [Read more…]
Wow. Apparently my 6 year old is in the ‘hot ears’ stage. She hears everything and questions it. She heard a TV chef say that he would marry a guest for his cooking if he wasn’t already married. I could have ignored it, or pretended I didn’t hear, but I figured, eh, we’ve handled race, … [Read more…]
February was black/African American history month. Thanks Disney Junior for bringing up a whole can of worms for me to deal with in the middle of the day, you know when I have nothing going on..! My 6 year old looked at me blankly, said “Doc is African American?” and.. silence. Talk about having to … [Read more…]
I was watching a segment on tv a while back, and it was featuring ‘jazzing’ up every day items… with pom poms… at first I thought it was strange.. and then…
Forgive the horrible selfie, I rarely even have my picture taken, let alone attempt to do it myself, at the end of the day… rocking Christmas fluffy sleep pants, but hey, that’s life around here, I actually DID have on nicer pants before that, but my last tally of pants I can wear outside … [Read more…]