I will be moving my blog over to WordPress.org this weekend, so it may be offline for a couple days. I’m not sure how this will all work, but hopefully I’ll be back up and running by Monday. Thanks for your patience during this time!
Archive for September, 2009
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Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged blog, moving, offline, parenting on September 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Briefly Noted: 4 more blogs involved in the Tag Reading System giveaway
Posted in Giveaways!, Miscellaneous, tagged blog, blogging, giveaway, LeapFrog, LeapFrog Tag Reading System on September 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Just in case you haven’t increased your chances of winning the LeapFrog Tag Reading System bundle that I and 9 other bloggers are giving away by visiting their blogs, here’s another brief rundown of why I think these blogs are great. Blog Salad — Ron S. Doyle is one of the wittiest writers I know [...]
Gettin’ my baby fix
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged baby, baby fever, baby fix, family, nephew, parenting, sister on September 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My sister came over yesterday, bringing with her my 3-year-old nephew and my precious little 1-month-old nephew, whom I’ve been holding and cuddling as much as possible. They’re staying until tomorrow, giving me lots of time to get in a good dose of baby. He smells so good, makes the cutest noises and he just [...]
Briefly Noted: 3 other blogs in the LeapFrog Tag Reading System giveaway
Posted in Giveaways!, Miscellaneous, tagged blogging, children, family, giveaway, kids, LeapFrog, LeapFrog Tag Reading System, parenting, parenting blogs, parents, reading, reading to kids on September 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Just in case you haven’t increased your chances of winning the LeapFrog Tag Reading System bundle that I and 9 other bloggers are giving away by visiting their blogs, here’s a brief rundown of why I think these blogs are great, beginning today with the three whose contests are ending the soonest. Confessions of a [...]
Bumpaholics, part 2
Posted in Discussion of the day, tagged babies, bumpaholics, children, family, kids, larger families, parenting, reproduction on September 22, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I’m finally coming back to the horrifically offensive piece published by Women’s Health regarding “bumpaholics” that I posted about a few weeks ago. Along with the crimson vision-inspiring claims were a couple laughable ones. The author claims that part of the reason why women become bumpaholics is because they relish the attention they get while [...]
Repost: Our Disposable Society
Posted in Gripes, Miscellaneous, tagged children, disposable items, disposable mentality, family, family issues, Great Depression, kids, parenting on September 17, 2009 | 3 Comments »
The disposable mentality seems to get more prominent with each generation. My grandmother, who was an adult during the Great Depression, saved everything. She seemed to be subconsciously worried that something of a similar nature could happen again and she was going to be prepared. The only reason she doesn’t save everything she owns anymore [...]
Say it can’t be so!
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged aging, children, family, family issues, kids, mom, parenting, Tom and Jerry, TV on September 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The following took place after school today: “Did you watch ‘The Fairly OddParents’ when you were a kid?” Cody asked. “No, that show wasn’t invented when I was a kid,” I said. “So, what DID you watch?” he asked, clearly awestruck by the fact that this particular cartoon wasn’t on when I was young. “‘Scooby-Doo,’ [...]










