Baby MIDDLE Names

Tomorrow is a big day: the ultrasound is in the morning, and, if the baby is cooperative, we will find out if it is a girl or a boy. If it is a boy (which I unreasonably expect), he will have his great-grandfather’s name. But if it is a girl, then I transform [...]

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Works-For-Me Wednesday: Pregnancy

Everyone has stuff that gets them through pregnancy. Here are mine:
1. Tank tops with bralets - I hate bra shopping. Hate it, hate it, hate it. And shopping for bras when I am huge and my rib cage is expanding so nothing will fit right is even worse. So [...]

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The Biggest Fear

Every mother recalls some piece of foolish dogmatism from her pre-mother days. My favorite story is from an old friend who had two daughters. Her first daughter was one of those preternaturally sweet and gentle children who obeys without question or discipline. When this daughter was little, my friend said she frequently [...]

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More Plumbing Woes

We have a new leak. This time it will be an even bigger job.
Our house is over 100 years old, and still has some original cast iron pipes. One of those original pipes is cracked and must be replaced. When these houses were built, the basement and foundation were laid [...]

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Everything AND the Kitchen Sink

Az the Husband is the only happily married man on his shift. This sometimes means that his coworkers appeal to him to explain women or relationships. He is a terse, phlegmatic man, and his responses are somewhat unpredictable. Too much moaning about the cruelty of women, for instance, may elicit something like: [...]

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