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I guess consider it stomach training for Christmas
Oof. I made a "gobbler pie" (shepherd's pie with turkey) for dinner and I overate. It was a crazy evening and so I didn't get to eat until after 8pm, sitting in front of the computer, and I just kept moving the fork from plate to mouth until I suddenly realized that I was stuffed. It was actually very good, but now I feel kinda icky ( Read more... ) -
not so jolly not so holiday
Mary-Alice isn't very happy these past couple days, I'm not sure why. Especially in regard to sleeping. She doesn't just cry, she screams, with this horrible velociraptor attack/banshee/death rattle combo. It's very rough going around here ( Read more... ) -
solidarity forever, for the union throws a good party
The Husband's schedule got changed so I had to get my SIL to watch Pippa while I took Mary-Alice to baby touch. [Potty stuff behind a spoiler cut as usual.]I may or may not have freaked out the other mothers when Mary-Alice would not stop fussing and was in a dry diaper, so I said I was going to take her to the bathroom, and came back with her in the same diaper, because she used the toilet ( Read more... ) -
Advent is upon us and I'm unprepared
I forgot to buy a wreath and candles and I cannot find the box with the nativity playset in it, so today's homily about advent being about preparation was apt. This will be the third year in a row where we didn't have an advent wreath for the first Sunday of Advent. (Last year I rigged up a psuedo wreath with some napkin rings and it was pretty ( Read more... ) -
things I need to write before I forget them.
As much as I like to snark about it, the seven quick takes format is very handy, so here goes ( Read more... ) -
do I sound like a helicopter? brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrp
I saw the doctor today and found out that I am finally recovered completely, according to the ultrasound at least. I'm relieved that I don't have to have surgery, of course, but I'm not as happy as you might expect because I still don't FEEL recovered. The doctor said it's normal to still be feeling like this after a second kid even without the ( Read more... ) -
placebo effect enhanced by being free
I got an amber teething necklace for free from another mom from a Facebook group I'm in. We've only tried it about 24 hours. The jury is still deliberating. She's drooling substantially less. Basically she's only drooling when she's nomming on her hand or a teether, whereas in the days previous she had been drooling all the time. I've gone back to ( Read more... ) -
toothsome.
Mary-Alice has started teething with a vengeance, very suddenly. I guess I should be grateful because Pippa started when she was only four weeks old, according to my journal. Man. I was so enjoying my sleep. I'm looking into trying a teething necklace on her. Wrap it around her chunky baby thigh under her sleeper during the night, so there's no ( Read more... ) -
annual Christmas list
This Christmas list is intended as a guide for people who already intend to purchase me or the girls a gift and want an idea of what to get, not a demand for presents from all and sundry. Most of the people who buy me/them gifts do read this blog so this is just here if those people want to look at it. You don't have to get something on this guide ( Read more... ) -
they were good days.
So the last Poirot aired Wednesday.
My quick takes on the final season:
Elephants Can Remember: Really quite good. Worth rewatching. Much, much better than the original novel. Actually BECAUSE it was so good, I don't have much to say about it, except that Zoe Wanamaker is amazing.
The Big Four: A mess, but sort of an A for Effort mess. The ( Read more... )