Owner: A Brain Like Mine: Diary Of A Feminist Housewife URL:http://www.abrainlikemine.blogspot.com Join Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 23:45:01 -0500 Rating:1 Site Description: A personal answer to the old feminist question: With a brain like yours, why are you home with the kids? Opinion on arts, religion, culture, homeschooling, family life, love, faith, knitting, politics, science, kids, and anything else that bounces my way. Site statistics:Click here
Denver Aquarium 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Again, with the signs. Look, sharks, which are good for the ecosystem! Predators are very important to the health of the reef. What kind are they? I dunno! It doesn't say on the %$#*ing sign! What is their range? What do they eat? Cool facts about these particular ones? A sample of skin to feel?About three of the very cool fish there were in each tank were labeled on each tank, each of which was teeming with about twenty cool fish and other creatures. But the reef is in danger! Do you need a plush baby seal? No, we don't have seals on exhibit. Would you like a balloon hat?Minimal education, maximum sensory overload with canned soundtracks. Goofy store. Dreadful food options (not really surprising). No shark teeth at the store, no Triops, no science kits, no origami, no marine animals from the Mezosoic. Just four kinds of cups with kid names on them, stuffed animals (there were some good ones) and a few books.Ultimately it was a feeble attempt at political correctness that wasn't con Read more:Denver
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Lions & Tigers & Bears, Oh My! 1970-01-01 00:59:59 We got back from Denver. Had to decompress. Pulled funky old carpet out of half of the house and finished the concrete to relax...Two weeks later hurricane prepped in freak-out mode. I mean fuhreak-all-the-way-out to the point of complacency alternating with despair. Expecting a Charley/Donna. Said goodbye to the house. Again.Not a word from my father's side. On the national news and not a word. That's that. The lesson of the hurricane. Clean house. Let go.Went to NYC, had Wilma but not cable. Mom and puppy were wet but safe in Orlando. New York was lovely and autumnal. We ate amazing winesap and mutzu apples, fresh pumpkin ravioli, and congee with roast duck, and saw a new dinosaur. Glad we bought those thrift-store sweaters in Denver and Cow-boots in El Paso (we love the Lucchese outlet!). K found a girl to be penpals with at Union Square Park.We were sooooo damn lucky on this coast. We're basically fine, but this is my first day back online. There are many chainsaws and much dyin Read more:Lions
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Books, Health and Gratitude 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Just read a charming book at Tattered Cover called God Bless the Gargoyles by Dav Pilkey. On a totally visceral level I found it to be fabulous. Now I sit back to analyze and I don't even believe in angels, who figure prominently, but I'm not sure that matters. I'm not even sure about the political conclusions one could draw from some of his theory. But I'm also not sure that's what's important. It's a children's book, after all, and as such gives a helpful and inspiring message to everyone. I like the beauty of the way it's written, the faith is tantalizing, the illustrations are lovely and expressive. I'm such a sap, I actually cried. Gimme a little credit though! I expected it to be drivel! I did not expect to find a book with a heart!On another note, I'm totally in love with Vintage Knits by Facett, Hargreeves, et al, and that makes me feel so helpless, because, let's face it, I'm nowhere near being able to make any of those little morsels. Gaaaaa. Can't Read more:Health
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Bodywork, Dairy, Nursing, Formula 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Just found this. I've seen the likes of it before, but this is just the cat's meow of info!That raw goat blend sounds like a great substitute. Great soy info, and he's really honest about the need to use a processed formula base. The expense sounds prohibitive for most. We could never have done it. I'm glad I knew enough about nursing to want to know more, and that I was able to do it, and had great support and information around me. I don't know how people do it without adequate support. Maybe they don't. The whole family has to be on board, and then there must be outside support as well.I really don't know anything about formula. My first was virtually without solids for her first year, and nursed until 3 1/2, only weaned because she didn't like the taste of colostrum when I was carrying my second. She nursed through most of the pregnancy, and for about three months post-partum. Then the baby had a growth spurt and I called off the extra nursing. I never pumped or used bottle Read more:Dairy
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Natural Labor Induction? 1970-01-01 00:59:59 I just want the Braxton Hicks to become productive. I want the baby to come out. I even found myself in the shower this morning uttering heathen prayers about it, when, no doubt about it, the God of Abraham and Sarah responded, "Why? Because you're impatient?", exactly like the friendly Jewish mom down the block might say it.Okay. It might not have been God. It might have been my more rational self, which often expresses itself in the voice of a friendly Jewish mom. Go figure.Nevertheless, I am obsessed. This baby is long and clearly wants more room. I'm feeling very inclined to gently influence the situation. And I'm totally over the bedrest thing.Here's how our midwife put it. I can get up, the baby's good and well done, but I may end up with Braxton Hicks contractions to tears again, which will exhaust me and do nothing, and then when I do go into labor I'll be sore and tired at the outset, which would not be good. Fine.I found this gem of midwifery for natural induction of la Read more:Natural
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Shortfalls & Opportunities 1970-01-01 00:59:59 P's taunting mention of Civ5 forced me & K to play CivIII today...that dastardly Joan d'Arc is not to be trusted, especially on a hot, wet archipelago. I'm told Civ5 is like crack, ruins people's lives, and is not to be played. Wanty, wanty.I feel like I've been in a vacuum of post-Wilma catch-up. It has been kind of a working vacation, frankly. Have electricity, but am so busy with unpacking, organizing, homeschooling, yard taming, I haven't even watched t.v., not even news, in days. Oddly pleasant. Then I hear about France. We have family in France. I don't know how they stand it. Maybe the cheese is actually drugged. It is so good...There is a real eye-opener (for me) article on the New Orleans/Katrina debacle. It leaves me both glad to have my suspicions confirmed, and wondering about the wisdom of my inevitable re-immersion in media. I knew New Orleans was bad before, but had no idea the extent. Got it from Arts & Letters Daily, possibly my new favorite portal.Been thin Read more:Opportunities
Flying Spaghetti Monster-ism 1970-01-01 00:59:59 I loved this. We've been talking about it and passing the word (evangelizing?) ever since. It is truly funny. And important.There was an article at the top of Arts & Letters Daily today from the London Times Online about the Vatican going with Darwin and distancing itself from the "American Fundamentalist" gang and their "bad science and bad theology". Basically they're calling it the revisionism it is. It's not any different to attribute scientific intention to Genesis than to claim Jesus was a homosexual. How's that for strange bedfellows?I found it a relief to finally hear religious heavyweights speak directly about this issue. Not that I regard all their opinions equally, but at least they've been to college.
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Holiday Countdown & A Cold 1970-01-01 00:59:59 We're all sick with a bad cold. Except the grands, they're blessedly free of it. B had to be nebulized three times yesterday, and I can hardly breathe but don't have anything for it. Still, the show must go on. We have to go hunting for a turkey today as Costco didn't have any yesterday. Strange.Also it's finally cold, but suddenly, and, for us, very. Baby D only has one sweater and no warm jompies. (I can't remember how p.j.s became jompies...) I couldn't sleep last night from waking to cover the kids, check the livestock, feel D's ears, nurse her warm again. The good news is T just called and they're on their way home. We're having rib eye on the grill, asparagus, red potatoes, salad with papaya and avocados, and a coconut custard in an oreo crust with strawberries on top.Nursing has been hurting again because of teething. She's almost five months. She's chomping every time she latches, jumping and wrestling, has gas, twists, wants to see what she hears. I'm pretty sore. Read more:Holiday
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A Nano-Labor 1970-01-01 00:59:59 My main thought after the last post was that I needed to relax.I hopped in a hot shower, lotioned my belly with Jason's Cocoa Butter Lotion, massaged my shoulders, hips, feet and ankles (including SP6) and hands (including LI4) with Aura Cacia Patchouli & Sweet Orange aromatherapy massage cream. Ahhh. I leaned back on the pillows and began to fall asleep.Wham! Wham! Wham! A battering ram inside me began to slam down. Was it just the baby? Was she dropping rather suddenly? Was I dilating? I felt dizzy and began to shake. The shaking happened with B, as did enough of a pre-labor that T's stepmom booked tickets from England to help after the birth and ended up attending the birth.Then an earnest contraction hit me, with the battering ram all the while. I had about three, some rescue remedy, and then they settled into about a minute long every three to four minutes. Not consistent or rythmic enough. But definitely doing something. Other than keeping us awake. T got me a glass of wine
Turns Out I'm A Thing 1970-01-01 00:59:59 I have matching blemishes on my forhead, above the eyebrows. Given how evil I felt today, I wonder if I'm sprouting horns.Pregnancy brain is kicking in. Oh, was I supposed to call you? What is that common thingy called? Oops, I'm driving the wrong direction. What did you say? I'm sorry, I'm falling asleep.Chiro today, hormones are great, I'm a solid cat 1 and holding. Vitamin store trip resulted in Rainbow Life prenatal vits, borage oil, cod liver oil, red raspberry leaf caps, dha-heavy fish oil, probiotics, and a wierd cal-mag-phos powder that tastes like lemsip or theraflu. Oh, and slippery elm bark caps, for as needed...Teaching the hsers knitting on Friday. That should be fun.Also, the new Weekly Standard has a fascinating, and really right on target, imho, article on the new GOP base. Meaning me. I didn't think we were alone, but it's amazing to find out now we're such a thing. Also amazing that I can't even tell my more libby friends, because they think humans are a pox Read more:Thing
Again, What About The Kids? 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Regarding an insert on Betsy's Page (ignore the somewhat lame flame-fest in "comments", and if that trackback doesn't work for you, it's http://haloscan.com/tb/betsynewmark/ on Tues. Oct 11, 2005:She's right in that the stats are not the cause. And Teresa Heinz is just wierd in my opinion. But Betsy Newmark is missing something very important.The first mistake she makes is in quoting that Idiot Warren Farrel on anything, much less touting his book. He's so bitter and seething, Freud would have a field day. He reaches far and wide for anti-feminist factoids, and finds them, but everyone knows you can use the Bible or statistics to prove just about anything you like. He may be reacting to the extreme on the other side, but I have rarely read such caustic misogyny anywhere, except maybe 19th Century texts on female sexuality. His bio reads like a he's liberal crony type, and his attitude is that of one of those "sensitive" types (he's just "Warren", and dig the flavor-savor) who pr Read more:Again
Ooooh, I love this '20's sweater 1970-01-01 00:59:59 This just looks so sweet, and filet is so fast...I might have to make this. I might have to finish what I've already started. My inner good cop, bad cop struggle is well under way. Can you believe I just waltzed right into a needlepoint shop in Cherry Creek and bought little kits for the kids, and some canvas and a few skeins of color for myself? I don't even do needlepoint! I used to embroider in my late teens/early twenties. That must count for something.And it's not enough to just buy a painted canvas (which I didn't, couldn't do), nooooo, I have to buy blank, because I'm not just going to learn needlepoint, I'm going to design and paint my own canvas.And I've pulled out my grey sweater at least three times. The yarn is going funny.Anyway, here's the new provocateur:photoshttp://crochet.about.com/library/weekly/aa011500.htminstructionshttp://crochet.about.com/library/blbirdfiletsweater.htmthe stitcheshttp://crochet.about.com/library/weekly/aa050298.htm
The Thinnest Strings 1970-01-01 00:59:59 We had odd and sad news this morning. Two aquaintance-friends went off to Greece on a cruise, and we just found out from another friend, who went to help, that one of them died of meningitis. Got sick and within a few days was dead. In Greece. And if that's not bad enough, they were living just outside of New Orleans. That alone would be plenty. Life is so tenuous. Flowers seem so inadequate.On a lighter note, it appears Ruby has a cold. It's wierd to hear a dog sneeze all night. Poor baby. So no going out on the town today because she absolutely cannot bark in the room again. I'm tempted to give her a benadryl and try to go out anyway, but we really can't afford a kennel, nor would it be good for her at only seven months old. So we're stuck except for walks in the park. It's a nice park, so it's not so bad. Frankly I may be coming down with something, too, so it's just as well.We're about half-way through the first Redwall book, so we'll all just curl up and read today. It'
World & Virtual World 1970-01-01 00:59:59 It's been a very technical day. I finally made the leap to the new Blogger beta template. You won't notice much difference, but the sidebar had to be redone, for the most part.But how do I get code onto the post template? I have to wade through the new code and cross my fingers. What is this new code called? I could at least google some help if I knew. The problem is there's no entry for code in the post widget, and no widget for the purpose otherwise, and the posts themselves will not accept java. Manana fer sher I'll figure it out.It was also a very purgative day, and not just because of my still runny nose. I'm back in get-rid-of-it mode. I conquered several boxes in the office. More than that, I can actually see quite a bit of floor, though not much desk surface. I'm trying to get it cleared out so T and I can share a desk and free up some studio space.The biggest news is the buyer for our NYC apartment signed the contract tonight.
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Back In The Saddle, Mostly 1970-01-01 00:59:59 You gotta, gotta, gotta run through the CIA personality quiz! What a riot! It's actually fun, no matter how many times they describe themselves as bureaucrats, not Bonds.I know. I've neglected you.I've been sick as a dog with bronchitis, while nursing, mind you. Plus I just woke up with my first post-partum period. Five measly months, seven weeks of which were post-partum bleeding. So it's only been three missed periods. Whoopdedo. Not much of a honeymoon. Also the holiday, the Brit in-laws, T and Mom home, B sick as well, fearsome teething and two birthdays.The good news is we've all had a great time anyway, and I can eat shrimp without ill effect. And blondies (from the new Joy) with Ghirardelli 60% Cacao chips. I'm not totally excema-free, but it's not worse, and even a tad better. I'm not sure why, but that's okay for now.I've been wanting to bounce this off of you. Shifting gears, now.When we were camping the Jackass movie came up. Several of the guys engaged in that fon Read more:Saddle
Boca, Borat, No Kisses 1970-01-01 00:59:59 I'm still chuckling."I could not concentrate on what this old man was saying. All I could think about was this lovely woman in her red water panties. Who was this C.J.?"That was the moment I knew for sure that Sacha Baron Cohen was a genius. I think I may have been one of the few in the theatre who was laughing unstoppably at this segment. Genius.Why the stilted laughter at that one?Maybe it was too close to home for the Naples/Chicago masters of the universe crowd. Although they were sophisticated enough to find the rest of it roaringly funny. I think, perhaps, my proximity to serious feminism growing up and in my adult life as well may make it funnier to me. It was up there with the shape-shifting segment. Holy mackerel.A woman's brain is smaller than a man's, in fact "...is size of squirrel."Just hilarious. I loved the look on Borat
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Beta, Baby 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Cuddly and technical were a luscious combination today. I held the nursy, would-be fussy baby, kissing her cheeks, cradling her naps all day long while I learned some awesome new hacks and toyed with the idea of adding a third column to the blog using Beautiful Beta's script tutorial. Will I, or won't I? I'm not so confused by widgets and CSS anymore, but aesthetically is it what I want?What I really need is a way to add stat info and ads to the bottom of each post in the template. It's the only thing still missing since the switch to beta. I can't find someone who's made a hack for getting java to trail each post. No problem in the old Blogger, and probably not so hard in beta, I'm just not sure where it goes.Dinner was delish BBQ chicken using Stubb's basting sauce and then dipping in the mesquite BBQ sauce. Rice. Greens. So yummy I wanted to eat more even though I was full. I ate three clementines instead. I'm back down to my pre-preg weight, which is really good, but cloth
Work, Entertainment, Bugs 1970-01-01 00:59:59 I'm still coughing painfully, maybe it's a relapse. Derned bronchitis. I'm quite bored of being sick. I'm telling people if I don't make it to things, that's why. That I'm sick, not bored! Mom and T are out of town till late Tuesday, so I'm just trying to lay low, but have urgent errands regarding the NYC apt being under contract, so resting is not so easy. I'm just so tired!The good news is the designer of the project loves it, and loves the new samples Mom did, unbidden mind you. He wants more on this house, and two other places. One here, one in Michigan. We're booked through April, so that's summer and maybe Sept/Oct (hurricane season) up north. It's pretty exciting.Anyway, here's a cute project for a sick day, or odd minutes waiting in an office. It's a tiny origami box made from a post-it.I also found cryptic and addictive entertainment with fridge magnets and people no doubt fobbing off work to say things like, "I spoon gingerbread into little tiers," or, "I enjoy Read more:Entertainment
Bronchitis 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Not the worst ever, but bad enough at night.We're brainstorming. Will post more tomorrow.
Holiday Homework 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Yes, yes, and yes. (Roughly: Bush not conservative, gay not a choice so religion's attitude problematic, and don't mess with the breast! -- thanks for those two, T).Also, Farsi is in the top ten on the internet, and not for the reason you may think.And she may not be arguing for homeschooling, but the old critique of the modern education system (Animal School, scroll down and click) is nicely presented (thanks, C).I may have bronchitis again. What could be more fun than bronchitis pregnant? Bronchitis over Thanksgiving with an infant! And today is a main cooking day, on top of which the kids are supposed to go to Roots & Shoots at the park to finish their centerpieces for St. Matthew's House and drop off the boxed potatoes. Maybe we'll take ours over directly since it's down here.Cough, cough. Sputter. Cough.
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My Feminism 1970-01-01 00:59:59 I have to clarify what I mean when I say I'm a feminist.Feminism
is about women, men, and women in relation to men. Even those who might argue that men shouldn't enter the equation have no choice but to address men, since they are 49% of the population of the world.I am a third generation feminist, insofar as my grandmother was an actress/beatnik/airforce wife who didn't really revel in the cook-clean-kids thing. She did it, but certainly had other interests. And her vote always cancelled out my grandfather's in elections. He did not hit her. Her mother always voted, as soon as she was legally allowed to (1920, for those who weren't sure). She pioneered Texas and didn't marry until she was 28. My mother has always been very active in politics, lay ministry, and the feminist critical dialogue in the NYC Art World. Feminism is my briar patch. Like the smell of turpentine and linseed, it feels like home. It is not just a vague media term for me.I firmly believe we are at the point o
Scrappy 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Here's the thing. I think people shouldn't bring up scrapbooking in polite society like they shouldn't bring up religion or politics. (I'm not sure what that means about this blog...)Either you think it's harmless or the greatest thing since sliced bread, or you think it's insipid navel gazing and a waste of a woman's time, treasure and talent.Is it wrong to put it that way? It might be mean. Is it wrong to think it might be mean? Is that patronizing?No! I think women should be able to defend it, and the hours spent on it, in a meaningful way. Hours and hours, countless dollars, all to make a meaningless monument to their impression of a person or event. It's a diary gone amok. (And don't even try it, this blog takes a few minutes every few days, it is not even close). It is an imposition on the memories of the people included. It denies them their own impressions. The people included are, ostensibly, the beneficiaries, yet it is controlling of the past, and even present, by t Read more:Scrappy
Denver Zoo & Godzilla 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Okay, the DenverZoo
is pretty cool. Nowhere nearly as cool as the Miami Metro, but somewhere between that and the Carribean Gardens in Naples. Very funny to come all this way to see fake cypress and mangroves, but we got to see the underwater fishies. Too cool. The snow leopard cubs are really awesomely cute and beautiful. The cats are pretty stunning in general. Great reef aquarium stuff there, too. Komodo dragons, also cool.Supremely bad signage though, all around. From signs not in the right places, to the Asian elephant seemingly being called African, to not being able to read from a distance what thing you're about to see, to not being consistent about saying where creatures are from or to what they are related. Nary a cladogram. My favorite bad sign? In the Tropical building, there's a tank of fish listed as endangered, but it doesn't say what they are. Just miscellaneous endangered fish. That was pretty entertaining. Also not enough water fountains, no playgrounds. Get it to Read more:Godzilla
3 What Ifs & A Cat 5 1970-01-01 00:59:59 What if Aeon Flux is an allegory, which you may or may not choose to view as sinister, about white, euro-derived people not reproducing in reality? About them being afraid of the outside world/jungle, afraid of dying out? Just a thought.A fella by the name of Andrew A. Joppa wrote a gem of a letter to the editor in the Naples Daily News today comparing Marxism and Islamism (scroll down, his is penultimate. The "serious" one right before it is pretty funny...). What if, he asks, Marx had made a religion of his thoughts? Then we'd have another "primitive sociopolitical system" masquerading as a religion. I have to figure out how to have him to our next party.Regardless of the wars communism initiated,the lives it took or the destruction itspread, it would have been excused becauseit was being done on behalf of a greatreligion. These typical acts of communistswould be described by its apologists as"not actually what communism teaches," andthat "most communists aresn't reallylike that" -
Cough, Sputter, Choke 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Sick as a dog. Can hardly breathe.And not just because of the inane Jesus ads inundating my blog. Kool-Aid nitwits. I wish the bots, or spiders, or whatever they are, could discern the difference between zealotry and well considered practice . I have a "religion" label, so my blog is a prime target for this kind of drivvel. "Why Jesus is the only answer"? Give me a break! Adsense is also idiotically putting lesbian singles ads on posts with "feminism" labels. Very smooth and subtle. Sheesh.I haven't put any of that very delicately, have I? Well, if the shoe fits...It's going to be funny if the "our god is God" gang is advertized with the lesbian singles. Heh.I've been sick since a week before Thanksgiving, been coughing since just after. Feels like forever. Plus it's been five weeks of T and Mom being away during the week, and now they have to stay an extra day, and T will be on deadline back here through Thursday. They're both pretty wiped out. But the client is happy. A check wo Read more:Cough
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The Doctor Said... 1970-01-01 00:59:59 What if, I asked myself, this cough that does not change was not bronchitis, but some heretofore unknown alergic reaction to either a virus (is that even possible?) or something usually only minor culprit in the air? And what if, I continued, that being the case, a wee dose of aged Zyrtec would make all the difference?So yesterday I took one. And it helped. But not enough. By noon today I was near tears again, experiencing every centimeter of my trachea (which one is not supposed to even feel) as a fiberglass insulation tube. T called and my breathing was labored again, so he came home and took me to the doctor because I was afraid to drive.The verdict: B and I both needed antibiotics, had inflamed and "weeping" tracheal linings, well on their way to proper bronchitis, treatment the same regardless. He also gave B a non-albuterol inhaler. Ava-somthing or other. Which I'm thinking is good, because albuterol sucks. Too speedy.Hopefully the result of this drug-fest will be healthy lungs Read more:Doctor
Dangly Bits 1970-01-01 00:59:59 I'm taking my cough to the other coast to look at property for the 1031. But while coughing today, I checked these things out:1. I got some 1031 info, but need more about investment property.2. I love Make magazine, but might like their sister Craft just as much.3. It turns out Indian weenies are smaller, but the article also points out that they obviously work, if population is any indicator.4. On the phone with J today I realized I've never heard anyone say, "I just loved our moving company! They were so courteous and careful. Everything arrived on time and in great shape!" No. It's always some tale of woe because it would cost more to sue than to just replace the lost and broken stuff. Yet we may have to eat it with at least some of the stuff in the city.The plan as it stands now is T, baby D and I go up after Xmas, tag everything, pack as much as we can, have a fire sale, and come back. Then T drives back up with the truck, packs the art and other valuables/breakables, meets the
Something Like News 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Okay, any time now.No. Really.The midwife said the sonogram shows baby D about a week ahead of LDMP gestation. She's good to go. And she's the most active child I have ever carried. She takes nano-naps, and the rest of the time she's boomboom, stretch, boom, press, hiccup. If we could just work in a little dilation I'd feel better. Bedrest is funny that way. Not yet, not yet, not yet, okay....GO!The catch? The midwife also said while I can get up and move around now, the Braxton Hicks contractions are uncomfortable, relentless, and unproductive. So I may just be thoroughly miserable with nothing happening. Heh. And then tired out when something finally does happen.I want you to know, I have been thinking other-than-baby thoughts. I've even written a long diatribe on conservative feminism. Or my feminism anyway. But my brain is pretty distracted. I don't trust my editoral skills with only about 25% devoted to non-baby thoughts. She's wiggling low, low, hurting, and pressing up an
Not Embracing It 1970-01-01 00:59:59 I had a stircrazy meltdown today.The Associate Rector came over for Eucharist. It was lovely. And we talked and laughed afterwards, which was good. She brought a pretty knitted prayer shawl from the Trinity knitters, and said flowers would be coming later.Flowers arrived, and they are Dick & Tony's from the altar this morning, and beautiful.But they were in the hands of a gorgeous, well dressed woman from church.So I freaked about the state of the house right after she left.We fired the maid about a month ago, and I was doing the house, but for the past two weeks every surface has gathered dust, and bird-down and seed hulls and cat fur, and the dust has gathered clutter, and then the clutter has attracted papers and pencils and screws and post-its and miscellany, which have gathered dust, and catalogs, and the dustbunnies (from a certain red dog) are like tribbles, and the house seemed hot and stinky, and I freaked. The state of the house was demoralizing and embarassing. The flowers Read more:Embracing
Tday, Bday, Xmas & a New Core in a Pear Tree 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Okay, two weeks of the British Invasion (T's parents were here for turkey) and ten weeks of the bun in the oven. Met the midwife last night. Hooray for homebirth!In a moment of exasperation I googled "secular sonlight" and found a secular Sonlight curriculum message board! I'm so relieved! The real nitty gritty! I need Core 3 for January, but was worried about a couple of the books.Back and forth about the local Waldorf group. They're far away. And I have hugely mixed feelings about Waldorf, all for good reasons. But these folks are the ones who will be most supportive of homebirth, extended breastfeeding, etc. I know some of them, and really won't see them otherwise. It really could be worth it. And the kids like the other kids involved. Back and forth...Also I absolutely must make a plan for B's bday party! I'm just so pregnantly discombobulated. I love the bucket tag set in the new Hearthsong catalog. That would be fun in the back yard. That and maybe a bounce house. The weath Read more:Xmas
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