Captain has this friend named Kyle.  Kyle is 18.  And Kyle's in jail.

I could go into this long roundabout explanation of how Captain and Kyle met, or why Kyle's in jail.  Suffice to say that Kyle made some dumb choices--a not-uncommon consequence of being a teenager--and thusly is serving an 8-month stint in the County Correctional Facility.

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Captain and I are eating a simple dinner tonight, just cheeseburgers ( Read more... )

Meme: 10 things I've done that perhaps you haven't.

1. Hiked to the top of Angels Landing in Zion National Park, Utah.

2. Without anesthesia, birthed a healthy baby boy less than 1 hour after arriving at the hospital.

3. Accepted a drink from the keyboardist of Depeche Mode, Andy Fletcher, at his bar/restaurant in London, "Gascogne."

4. Toured ( Read more... )

Next week I will have been a mother for four months. Michael Orion turns 4 months old on Feb. 4 ( Read more... )

I loved and identified so strongly with this snippet of wisdom, I just had to have it where I could reread it.  Quote lifted from a comment made by houseofleon , in banshee 's journal:

"here's the deal, sometimes when you get so much new stuff (i.e., a great husband, a house, a life in the real world, and a son) all of these things make it hard to justify that you ( Read more... )

Picked up from boymeat 's journal -- the states I have visited:

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3:00 pm. Baby is starting to make those snuffling grunts and intermittent cries that mean he'll soon be waking from this now 3+ hour nap (hallelujah for that break today!), and when he does wake, he'll be *HUNGRY*. Which means for me, that I'll be planted on the sofa, breastfeeding, for an hour or so very soon ( Read more... )

I loathe to say this, but ( Read more... )

Captain and I are pleased to
announce the birth of our son:

Michael Orion
born Monday, October 4, 2004
at 5:12 PM

weight 7 lbs 5 oz
length 21"

Labor and birth were (blessedly!) speedy and 100% natural.
The three of us are all safe, happy and healthy; we are resting and adjusting to the new family life at home.

See pictures here.
(Many thanks to Captain's ( Read more... )

After reading banshee 's entries over the past few days, I decided to peruse the listings here in Saratoga Springs, just to keep myself apprised on what's available, and how the prices are running.  The past few times I've looked, I've been rather discouraged.  Captain and I have been keeping an eye out for another reasonably-price multi-family, to ( Read more... )