I Have to Sit Down
Tips, advice, warnings? Read more
Tips, advice, warnings? Read more
Because some things are worth dividing yourself from. It’s one of those “let’s write ‘dog’ on the dog” moments. Sadly, I will be at the dentist all morning, and at a science fair all evening, so I hope the comments don’t get too insane. Read more
I had totally forgotten about this book until one of the kids dragged it up yesterday evening: Oh, Brother by Arthur Yorinks and Richard Egielski Like most of the books done by this pair, it’s quick, it’s funny, it’s more than a little weird, and it has a nice, happy ending. Two brothers can’t stop squabbling with each other, not even when their life depends on it. Things go from bad to worse until they have to hatch a ridiculous plan to survive... Read more
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Jen Fulwiler of Conversion Diary and “Minor Revisions” fame had her sweet baby boy last night! Her entire pregnancy has been an enormous ordeal — first a pulmonary embolism landed her in the hospital with lungs so clogged with blood clots, the doctors said she ought to be dead. Then she had to endure a horrible planned procedure which . . . I don’t even know what to say. I feel like that lady who had her baby in a tree... Read more
by being a good citizen and doing something super easy to protect religious freedom. Today is the last day to submit public comment on the new “proposed rule” for the HHS Mandate. As you must have heard a blillion times by now, the mandate would require employers to provide health insurance coverage for contraception, sterilization and abortifacient drugs. You have probably heard that the administration has altered the law and made a compromise that fixes the problem. Well, they haven’t. It... Read more
1. I don’t know how successfully I’ve hidden this in the few photos of myself that I’ve put online, but I am 5’5″ and in the last fifteen years, I’ve put on average of seven pounds of permanent weight for each baby. This is what happens when all you do is sit down. 2. I was having stabbing pain, excruciating burning from my lower back down to my toes, tingling, numbness, and general unpredictable sciatic misery, which finally sent me to the doctor,... Read more
Conk. Read more
Touchdown. Read more
Kind of a weird post for two days after Easter, but there you go. I have this icon over my computer desk. More about Passover and Easter later! There is a crazy little girl turning four years old today, and there is a cake to be made. Read more
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