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That Myth in Genesis (Venus Envy)
lyrics and music (c) 1991 Linda Noel Schierman ( Read more... ) -
Twelve Steps Guidelines for Facebook Addicts Like Me
1. Don’t stop in the middle of a task to check Facebook. Wait until you’re done with a task, then check Facebook.
2. Figure out how many times a day you check Facebook. Then decide on an upper limit (like once an hour or ten times a day), and don’t check it any more often than that.
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The Saga of Saga, Chapter 2: Ten Weeks in the NICU
Saga was born ten weeks early, and stayed in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU, pronounced "nick-you") for exactly nine weeks and six days. She came home on Saturday, September 8th, the day before her due date. She came home weighing six pounds, nine ounces (Cecily calls it "six pounces"), and measuring about 19 1/2; inches in length. In other ( Read more... ) -
ABCs of the NICU
A is for Amplatz / Alarms ( Read more... ) -
I've Been Nursing in the NICU
(to the tune of "I've Been Working on the Railroad ( Read more... ) -
The Saga of Saga Begins
One week ago today, at 30 weeks’ gestation, our daughter Saga Desiree Richardson was born. She weighed just over 3 pounds and was 15 inches long, and was delivered by emergency C-section around 9:45 a.m. on Monday, July 2nd, 2012 (her expected due date had been September 9th ( Read more... ) -
It feels just like a broken heart (Trying for the umpteenth time to get LJ to post this)
Erik und ich waren zum Greifen nahe daran, ein Haus zu kaufen, und zwar dieses , direkt in unserer Nachbarschaft, nur zwei Straßen von unserer Wohnung entfernt. Es hat vier Schlafzimmer und eineinhalb Bäder, dazu eine Garage für zwei Autos. Und es schien nichts daran so verkehrt zu sein, dass wir es ablehnen müssten, wie bei den anderen, die wir ( Read more... ) -
Posted mainly for the appreciation of joyeuse13
I set out to write down my criticisms of the "Little Pim German" DVD series that Cecily and I have been getting from the library. This turned into quite a long diatribe (but I'm trying to be useful and give constructive criticism, really ( Read more... ) -
Playing House, again
Morgen früh gehen wir uns wieder Häuser anschauen, diesmal möglicherweise so viel wie neun am selben Tag. Die Immobilienmaklerin, mit der wir im August Kontakt hatten, hat uns eine Liste von 27 Häusern geschickt, die ungefähr unseren Voraussetzungen entsprechen, und Erik und ich haben uns die Fotos und Informationen dazu im Internet angesehen und ( Read more... )