archives: 2008
happy new year and all that crap
January 01, 2008
"Hello, 2008. So far, you’ve been just… meh. Today we just hung out around the house in our pajamas and did not much of anything. Maggie took one nap beautifully, fought the other one until she was hiccuping and sobbing and we felt like The Worst Parents Ever, and then she fought bedtime pretty good too. [...]"
too tired to think of a title
January 06, 2008
"Quick rundown of the last couple of days. Friday: Dan calls and asks if I want to go to the Steeler playoff game on Saturday. UM, YEAH! So we’re going. My mom will babysit because she is awesome. Saturday: We all wake up, do our morning routine, I leave to go to the tile store (still looking [...]"
part of the human race again
January 08, 2008
"I’m finally starting to come out of the fog and haze that was Saturday through Monday. I’m pretty sure Maggie had some sort of ear infection- fever, screamed bloody murder when we put her down anywhere (hence, NO SLEEPING FOR ANYONE.) and she had some very minor cold symptoms. But by Monday morning when I [...]"
recipe: Singapore Rice Noodle
January 09, 2008
" When I started working at Pitt, oh so many (six? eek!) years ago, I discovered my favorite restaurant. A small, dive-y-looking Thai place called The Spice Island Tea House. I ate there every Wednesday, without fail. I even had Dan bring me dinner from there after I gave birth- a much-needed and much-deserved meal, I [...]"
when did I get so random?
January 11, 2008
"For the last 4 days, I’ve been fighting semi-successfully not to get The Sick from Maggie. It’s working, kinda. I’ve been drinking Airborne several times a day, trying to rest. (Thankfully, Maggie has been cooperating with that goal like a good little girl. Maybe we’ll get her that pony after all.) I woke up at [...]"
it’s never done, it’s only due
"I had an English teacher in high school who used to say that- meaning, you can ALWAYS keep revising and fixing and editing and changing things, until forever and ever, Amen. But eventually, you have stop and just CALL. IT. A. DAY. So. New blog template. I’m still at odds with the little scroll-y window thing [...]"
my first born
January 12, 2008
"Found this at Julie’s blog :) Here you go mommies- a survey all about your first born! (The full, detailed story is here) WAS YOUR FIRST PREGNANCY PLANNED? Yes- do I ever do anything unplanned? heh WERE YOU MARRIED AT THE TIME? Yes, for 4 years WHAT WERE YOUR REACTIONS? I was shocked, even though we’d been trying. Seeing those 2 pink [...]"
a letter
January 14, 2008
"Dear Yoga Class, You made my legs and arms feel like jelly. I’m assuming that means you did your job? Sorely, Jen More posts like this: I really need to work on the balancing poses though January 31, 2008 faking it April 25, 2006 Operation: No More Muffin-Top. August 30, 2008 almost finished December 7, 2005 bringing sexy back January 16, 2008 "
bringing sexy back
January 16, 2008
"Today was my second Yoga class (actually, today it was ‘Yogilates’, which doesn’t that sound dirty? heee!) It wasn’t dirty though. Just very, very hard, especially since I was still sore from Monday. But I’m totally digging it. A high school friend has a yoga/pilates studio that she has now combined with a local gym, [...]"
shameless, I know
"Just want to brag about my own handiwork for a moment: the lovely Janet has a new blog template, some of you may recognize it! When I mentioned I was working on a new one over here, she said she loved the current one. So we tweaked it a bit (LOVE the cherry idea, Janet [...]"
maybe I should have done some of these things earlier in the week
January 18, 2008
"Today is one of those days where I have about eleventy billion things to do, and I’m not sure how I’m going to fit them all in. The added variable is Maggie’s nap schedule, which, for the past week up until yesterday, was non-existent. Schedule? HA! She laughs at my attempts! Drs appointment at 1pm for [...]"
The Mom Test
January 20, 2008
"My mom sent this to me tonight- made me giggle. I was out walking with my 4 year old daughter. She picked up something off the ground and started to put it in her mouth. I took the item away from her and I asked her not to do that. “Why?” my daughter asked. “Because it’s been on [...]"
quick
January 22, 2008
"Baby is sick- either AGAIN or STILL, I can’t figure out which because she never got totally better from the last 2 weeks. Snotty, coughing, rattling in her chest. Poor thing. So cancel morning meeting with client, cancel daycare day, schedule first ever doctor’s appointment for something other than checkups. Did I mention we hate January? More [...]"
how anticlimactic
January 23, 2008
"Dude. I just transferred a sleeping Maggie from her carseat, in her big puffy winter coat, into her crib, and SHE DIDN’T EVEN WAKE UP. I am Super Mom. I hope she sleeps for like 5 hours. Thankfully, Maggie does not have any sort of complicated infection from this Virus From Hell that’s been floating around [...]"
2007
January 24, 2008
"Since we’re almost 1 month into 2008, I figured I should finally finish my ‘look back at the blog in 2007′ post (just like Janet does! We love Janet.) I only started this one IN DECEMBER. I’m slow. Sorry. When I look back at 2007, it’s pretty much All Baby, All The Time. I was [...]"
book recommendations
"I’m almost finished with Book #7 in the Harry Potter series (DO NOT TELL ME HOW IT ALL ENDS. I HAVE MADE IT THIS FAR WITHOUT EVEN A HINT!) and after that, I will have zero books left on the shelf to read. Which I’m kind of excited about, because it means I can start [...]"
being a parent is like having no freaking clue. EVER.
January 26, 2008
"Whew! My Amazon wishlist is now chock-full of 33 books to read! Thank you all for your recommendations… and keep ‘em coming if you haven’t already. The only problem I have now is: which should I read first?!? So last week was a rough week. Maggie was sick… seems like it’s been this way all of [...]"
focus on the good
January 27, 2008
"I hope you all don’t think that we’re having an entirely miserable time with this whole Parenting Thing- especially those of you who haven’t experienced the ‘good stuff’ yet! Like these. (Please excuse my stupid singing. When you have a kid, you’ll TOTALLY UNDERSTAND.) Gracie is not a fan of Maggie very much. More posts like this: Good-bye, Señor [...]"
show yourselves!
"I just checked my site stats, which I haven’t done in months. And, much to my surprise, I am getting a lot more visits than I used to. Which kind of puts the pressure on to write interesting stuff! But it also makes me wonder who is visiting, because I only get like a 1% [...]"
bling
January 29, 2008
"You may remember a few months ago when I lost my wedding band. Well, I went to visit my sister’s jeweler who she raved about, and they gave me a great deal on custom-fitting a band around my engagement ring. I picked up the finished product today. It’s so weird getting used to seeing All Those [...]"
cool urban chic, that’s me baby
January 30, 2008
"First, thank you to everyone who ducked out from behind their keyboards to delurk! I loved reading comments from people I’d never heard from before, and also from those of you with whom I have regular email conversations. Now, I still know that there were a lot of you who didn’t comment (I got WAY [...]"
I really need to work on the balancing poses though
January 31, 2008
"A friend of mine from high school has a yoga and pilates studio, and they now offer free childcare (w00t!) so when there was a free 1-month trial, I signed up immediately. I’ve lost all of my pregnancy weight (w00t! again) but I am still severely out of shape. Which doesn’t mean that I was [...]"
why I do what I do
February 04, 2008
"People have asked me before why I blog. I understand that if you’re unfamiliar with the ‘blogosphere’ (Lord, I hate that word.) it can seem like a strange place. And truthfully, it probably is. A bunch of random people, writing about random things from what they did last night, what they ate for lunch, the [...]"
it’s late and I have a headache
February 06, 2008
"I feel like I have eleventy billion things floating around in my head to share, but none of them are really good enough to devote to an entire blog post. So, you are going to get 3 very random paragraphs. I’ve decided to start taking Maggie to daycare for a second day each week. She’ll now [...]"
bumps and bruises
February 09, 2008
"The other night, Maggie’s aunt Michelle booby-trapped our dining room chair by putting her coat on the back of it. Maggie thought it was a good idea to pull on it, thus landing the chair on top of her. Screaming ensued, complete with Lots of Drama and Tears. For about 20 seconds, until we distracted [...]"
