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Sleeping baby, restless mind
Everyone is asleep. It’s 7:30 on Saturday morning and I’m sitting on my couch with my coffee (nonfat milk and Truvia) listening to the whirring sound of Pringles’ swing. All night long she has been...
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Flourish: The Housewife Project
When the subject of your blog is you, I think you have to bring something new every now and then to keep people interested. That’s right YOU. Get on it. You’re boring me. This is one of the writing pet...
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The Housewife Project, Day 2
Me, to myself: Oh, the first WEEK doesn’t count… Uh-oh. I see a dangerous trend emerging. I woke up this morning at 4:00 because Pringles needed her seventh diaper change of the night. She pooped seven...
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Blocked
I feel blocked. Not just creatively, but physically. I have an 11 week baby who hates to be put down. I can put her in a carrier, but then I can’t bend over and pick things up, so inevitably, I drop...
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I’m Going to Disneyland!
Sometimes I miss my twenties because it was awesome to know everything and be smarter than everybody. My thirties have been far and away the best decade of my life. I became a teacher, had copious fun...
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Flourish
Last night, I couldn’t sleep. Much of it was my cough, dry and persistent with lots of pain. Odie bought some cough medicine, but he accidentally got the kind with alcohol in it, so I couldn’t take...
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Progress, not perfection
I really appreciated the informative and supportive comments of my readers regarding my toddler’s sleep situation. Thank you, all! Last night I tried an earlier bedtime. V was showing signs of being...
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Day 8: The Housewife Project
I belong to a group of mothers on Facebook and we requently post questions to each other asking for advice. Recently, I posted the following: “I get to be a stay-at-home-mom for 20 blissful weeks. I...
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Reflections on housewifery, week 3
I’ve received such excellent advice from readers about being a housewife. I have such intelligent, creative and experienced readers (remind me to include “shameless pandering” on my list of categories...
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Salad Days
I love hanging out with women and having women friends, but god damn it if I don’t get tired of talking about food. “What are you doing?” “How are you eating?” “What’s your exercise program?” “You...
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