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Best Blog Post I’ve Read Recently…

My appetite is off. the. charts.  I don’t know if it’s running, breastfeeding, or what, but maaaan.  Fuel me up.  This is lunch numero dos. A Trader Joe’s microwavable curry over greens <--- lazy person’s lunch.   We’re having a fun day.  We drove the Husband to work (which sounds like a chore, but it’s [...]

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Awake

Goooood morning! I don’t want to jinx ourselves, but I think we finally found a sleep training technique that works – neither of us have had to go into Henry’s room at night for two nights in a row…. the only two times that has happened in his entire life.  I’ll do a post about [...]

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Phantom Baby Kicks

Henry was born well over 5 months ago.  But I still feel the kicks. A quick Google search is enough to convince me that I’m not alone.  Lots of moms feel Phantom Baby Kicks (PBKs).    Mine kick in (hah) mostly at night when I lay in bed; this was always when it was easiest [...]

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Smileday

I had such a good day. It was just one of those days that everything seems to fall into place.  Henry was in a good mood and we had a lot of fun playing.  He also napped well, giving me time to do all my chores and work.  And I got to squeeze in a [...]

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Tour of the New Holistic Wellness Center

It’s a normal Tuesday over here. We’ve played, gotten changed, and had breakfast.  This is rapidly becoming my new favorite breakfast:  toast with eggs, Soy Chorizo, spinach, and mushrooms.  So spicy.  Oh, and leftover cranberry sauce. Then, it was the doggies’ turn – food, playtime outside, gentle pets from Henry. Although I’m hanging out at [...]

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IronBaby

The problem with crawling… My laptop survived.  My sanity, however, is on life support.     How’s your Monday back going?  Mine is going well – lots and lots to do, but the Husband is home today, which is nice.  It meant that I got to go the pool with DadHTP for a swim.  We [...]

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Memories, Found

I sure hope you had a nice holiday weekend! We did!  We had a wonderful family lunch, attended a football game, and I even found the time and energy to run six miles.  And we ended things on a high note – Henry and I were playing upstairs in the TV room, and I swear [...]

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Six With NPR

Six miles.  Done and done. Normally, I rock out to the Pitbull station on Pandora – hey, what can I say…. I’m from Miami – but today, I tried something different.  I listened to NPR on my iPhone.  I took the one hour run to catch up on Weekend Edition and world news. Did it [...]

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Back to Normal

Anyone else ready to go back to normal after the holiday weekend?  Meeeeee.  It’s so fun to stay up late and celebrate with pie and potatoes and wine and treats, but man, oh man – so ready to go back to normal.  Normal is good. My mom and I played with Henry in the nursery [...]

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Miami v. Duke

Our one and only tailgate of the season!  We dropped the ball (ooooh, football pun!) on the pre-game food spread.  Normally, we are pretty creative and nosh on grilled peaches, veggie kebobs, and other fun fixings, but we made do with some veggie burgers and baked beans.  Tailgate games = played.  Karaoke in a parking [...]

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Shop ‘Til You Drop

Per Thanksgiving tradition… There’s no better use of leftover pumpkin pie than putting a slice on top of banana oats.  Trust me. How are you using leftovers today?  Leftovers are my favorite part of Thanksgiving.  <3   Anyone going shopping on Black Friday?  I think I will avoid the malls this year and do most [...]

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Chores, Tackled

James helped with the shopping… Maggie helped with the laundry… Pippa helped with… well, Pippa was lazy. I feel you, Pip.   I am flying through my pre-holiday chores.  I’ve still got to do all the floors (ugh) and tidy the kitchen, but I decided that scrubbing the kitchen would be a waste of time [...]

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Fall Flavors

First things first:  Have you ever had delicata squash? Angela from Oh She Glows recently wrote about this squash and said it was delicious, but I was sold when she remarked that you don’t have to peel it.  A SQUASH YOU DON’T HAVE TO PEEL? I’m there!  I hate peeling squash.  But this squash’s skin [...]

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Goldieblox + One Note at a Time

This is such a great idea for little girls; I just had to share.   In other news… sitting on my desk is my real, legit, published copy of my new Operation Beautiful book, One Note at a Time (!!!!!), which is geared towards 8 – 14 year old girls.  I can’t wait to show [...]

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