Old Fashioned Girl

Thursday, July 26, 2012
I have been holding off on buying a Kindle (or any kind of e-reader) for months. I understand the appeal - takes up less space, download books instantly - but holding a book,...

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mamamonday: one can be enough

Monday, July 23, 2012
When you get married, people want to know when you're going to start having kids. You finally have one and you think, now people will STFU about our reproductive status. They do. For...

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Week in review

Friday, July 20, 2012
[+] Eli is super mobile now. He's getting to be really speedy at crawling, especially when he's heading for something he's not supposed to have. He's like a magnet when it comes to...

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Cosmetically challenged

Tuesday, July 17, 2012
My mom never wore makeup when I was growing up. And I don't mean, "nothing except for a bit of powder and lipstick". I mean none. Zip, zero, zilch. The closest thing we...

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7 things I hate about being old

Thursday, July 12, 2012
Mama Kat's Writer's Workshop prompt this week is to list the seven worst things about being an adult. It was surprisingly hard to come up with seven things that are really terrible about...

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mamamonday: things to remember

Monday, July 09, 2012
There are so many things about Eli right now that I don't want to ever forget. He'll be eight months old tomorrow and it's such a fun age. I feel like I say...

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2012 Goal Check-in

Friday, July 06, 2012
2012 is halfway gone. As the French say, "Qu'est-ce que fuck?" How did THAT happen? Back in January, I made a list of monthly goals for the year. The halfway point seems like...

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All over the place.

Tuesday, July 03, 2012
I had a bit of a come-to-Jesus with the ol' blog last week. I was getting fed up with the whole blogging thing and feeling like I don't have anything interesting to write...

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