ok so here goes…

So I have been meaning to address this smoking thing, and decided to do it NOW before leaving on vacation with the could of explanation looming over my head until my return.
But, where to begin? Where to begin?  As I have mentioned many times before our family lives… well, everywhere else. We have a parent [...]

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cup half empty

I breastfeed.  In the beginning I wanted Violet to be exclusively breastfed, and while I was home on maternity leave all went great.
Then I started back to work.
I have already mentioned that my supply is getting lower and lower.  And now I think I know why.  I work a job that sometimes involves crisis management [...]

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vacation?

Sunday/Monday I leave for British Colombia via San Francisco.  I am driving to Canada with BOTH of my sisters, my TWO MONTH old, and my husband who meets us in San Francisco.  We are going to SEE HIS MOTHER.  Vacation?  You answer that question. 
I love my mother-in-law, minus the normal complaints, and am stopping over [...]

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Texas

Just got back from Texas.  It was long.  It was good.  It was bad.  Confused?  Me too.
Originally I am from a small coastal town in south Texas – my siblings attend school in Texas.  Right now, my parents are alternating between their home in Texas and their apartment in Knoxville where my dad works.  My [...]

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how to smoke a cigarette

More on why later.
No one would answer my calls or messages requesting instructions, but it’s okay I figured it out.
Am still a little disturbed that the website actually exists, but I guess I used it so I can’t be too surprised.  Right?
(And no need for lectures -  I am smoking nowhere near the baby)

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predicament

I am supposed to go to Guatemala in August.  I guess I can’t really say ’supposed to’, let me rephrase – I have a trip planned to Antigua, Guatemala in August to follow up on a course in Spanish and on spanish in the social work world, etc. 
Up until Violet was born, I had planned [...]

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madcap

Madcap: HUSBAND BIRTHDAY EDITION 26/BABY CAN SMILE EDITION 1/THREE LEGGED PET EDITION 2/DOMESTIC INEPTNESS EDITION 5,078,345
I have not fallen out off the face of the earth: here is a madcap of the last week.
First: HUSBAND’S BIRTHDAY, EDITION 26

Katherine Specialty: Cupcakes with cat hair – YUM (and inevitable in our house)

All the husband’s favorites: wine, [...]

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trio

Tomorrow is my husband’s birthday.
Sunday is Father’s Day.
Next Monday is our anniversary.
I am all tapped out of creativity.  Help.

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protein mask

So, after my evening shift the hellish week of constant working is over.  At least until Monday, and then at least I am only working my regular shift, and not constantly at one job then the other then the other around and around and around again.  Phew. 
And what is the perfect way to end this [...]

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fun with referrals

I am more than a little nervous that when someone searches for this:

Top Searches: what does it mean if my baby urine smells like maple syrup,  lazy
they are linked to me.  More specifically this.
Apparently, this baby has been eating too much curry.

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