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Skinny Hair*
If you follow me on Facebook or Twitter, you’ll know that for the past several weeks I’ve been complaining about my hair. I normally have thick, semi-curly hair that I actually quite like. I complain about it from time to time when I get bored with the style, but in general I love my hair. It is usually obedient and does what I want it to. During my pregnancy my thick hair stayed incredibly thick. I don’t know that I gained a ton of extra hair, but I sure wasn’t losing any. Then, when the wee-bean was 2 months old, it started falling out. I was prepared for post-partum hair…
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Wedding Decorations*
Ah, summer. The wedding season. As the warm weather rolls in, our mailbox usually fills with wedding invitations to fill up our summer weekends. The Hubster and I sat down to look at our summer schedule a little while ago, and we both realized that it was unusually… open. And that’s when it hit me: we have no weddings this summer. We seem to have hit that point in our marriage when many of our good friends are already married and our wedding announcements have changed into baby announcements. Our opportunities to get dressed up, ogle beautiful wedding decorations and eat far too much cake are steadily declining. It’s official:…
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An Awkward Hostess*
Last night I had the wee-bean all snug in her bassinet, the kitchen was clean and the Hubster was shooting something or other on the xbox with our little neighbour friend / brother / son. It was the perfect time to write. So, I did. I wrote out a big blog post. I edited it, and clicked publish. Then the WordPress gods decided to rally against me and deleted the entire thing without a trace. No draft saved, no “back button” magic. It was just… gone. *sigh* I was much too tired to try and rewrite it last night, so, here I am. My post was a confession of sorts,…
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I Bought Shoes!!!
My wee-bean is on her 3rd nap today. She slept for 2.5 hours this morning, 45 minutes at lunch, and she just went down again. So this is what it feels like to have a baby that naps. My kitchen is clean, the laundry is done, my errands are complete and now I can sit and write without feeling the least bit guilty. I like this. :) Yesterday I vowed to devote more time to my writing, and joked that a little therapeutic shoe shopping might help. When Ruby finally woke up this morning, I decided there was no time like the present, and went out and found two fabulous…
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I Heart My Shoes*
Earlier this week a good friend of mine contacted me about starting a blog. She was looking for a way to explore some ideas she has, and felt that blogging could be a good creative outlet for them. (Of course, I wholeheartedly agreed. Blogging = love.) As we were covering the basics on which website to use, and how to set up the style and look of it, she inevitably asked me the question I think all writers have battled: “What should I call it?” It got me thinking about my own blogging journey, and took me right back to the day in 2006 when this little blog was born.…
