26 weeks, clocking in. It's a boy.

I'm pregnant. Due in June. nearly 10 weeks, now.

Took us 8 whole months. Goodness gracious.

That's all I've got right now.

Just wanted to post here on the "public" setting to let all my readers (all 12 of you) know about the passing of my mother in law. We were there visiting her and within a week, she was gone. We have great memories of her just over the last 6 months. I know I will treasure my memories of her and pass them along to my kids. My mother in law defied ( Read more... )

One of my close friends is moving away today. She has been like a sister to me for the last four years, and I will miss her family so much!

How is it that there is a $150 discrepancy between my bank account balance, and my ledger, in my favor? I'm failing to find my error, but I am not going to look *too* hard for it.

For some reason, these guys get me every time.

One of these days, my kid is going to say "That's what She said" and I'm not going to know what to do.

Inspired by gyttja

"The Female Brain" by Louann Brizendine
I liked this one, as a good summary of mostly current research on the effect of ovarian hormones on brain development. A good starter for the lay-person who is interested in sex differences.

"Blink: The power of thinking without thinking" by Malcolm Gladwell
Lots of cool anecdotes and examples ( Read more... )

Today we watched the second half of Lord of the Rings: Return of the King. I cried like a baby.

Now, my conversion to girly-girl-hood is complete. Somebody help me.

Have you guys ever heard of Impostor Syndrome? Supposedly it mostly affects graduate students and women in academia, but we had a guest speaker in grad school who may have been the author of this website. Anyway, here are the "symptoms ( Read more... )