I have been thinking a lot about what is in a name for the past few days, maybe because the anniversary of my adoption is coming up next month. A few years ago, my mom remarried and needless to say, changed her last name. She married, a slightly overprotective, well meaning scientist/gentleman farmer who offered to adopt any of her twelve children ( Read more... )

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I simply adore my new job. The work isn't hard, but it is kind of dull. My favorite thing about my job is I get to take a break from designing intstruction to change my little guy's diaper and then read a book with him snuggled up on my lap. I still can't believe they pay me for this. And give me benefits.

Jeff doesn't know I have this blog. He knows about my other "sanitized" one. I wonder if he would get nervous if he knew about this one. He cautions me all the time about putting to much about our family "out there."

**sigh** How did I end up here?

But the flesh is weak. My flesh is weak, to be specific. Actually, it’s my bones ( Read more... )

I am incredibly bad at keeping resolutions, so I am going to set ones I ( Read more... )

I got a phone call today from my exhusband. We argued about child support, as usual. He thinks he pays too much, as usual, and I think he pays the correct amount, as usual. After all, is what 2 different states have agreed is the minimum amount that a child needs and it isn't some outlandish arbitrary number I have pulled out of my butt. But I ( Read more... )

Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday dear John,
Happy birthday to you!

Or rather, I don't have to go anywhere, work comes to me. I just got hired by a firm to do instructional design remotely (I told them I didn't want to relocate and they said, uh, okay, just stay way you are and you can do it from your place). $53K for part-time work. Not as much as I would have liked, but since I don't have to pay daycare and I ( Read more... )

Every day with Luke is so amazing. I try not to feel huge amounts of guilt because I missed so much of this with Matthew, but guilt is something we do so well in our family.  But I digress.

The amazing thing that Luke is doing today is combining signs and words ( Read more... )