Monthly Archives: July 2009
Latch/Unlatch: What I Did With My Eldest While I Nursed the Baby
I don’t entirely remember nursing Trucker and watching Cake alone at the same time when he was really little. Someone else was almost always around in the beginning. I remember wishing I’d spoken to Cakie about how he could “help” … Continue reading
Filed under b00b food, my second son, my son, Post partum, Trucker
Why Do I Blog? Ask Me Something Besides That, K?
Why? I just finished reading Bri’s post about BlogHer. BlogHer seems to be like some kind of grown-up summer camp with booze and goody bags. It sounds fun, but also uncomfortable. After all, as much as I enjoy meeting people, … Continue reading
Filed under blogitty blog blog, nothing at all
I Am On A (Not-So) Lonely Road
Traveling, traveling, traveling. I spend a lot of time wishing I were traveling. I get jealous often, in a not-mean way, of folks like travelher, who make it a priority. I have entire summers off. But my partner does not. … Continue reading
Filed under baby gear, my hon, my second son, my son, Trucker
What I Have Given Away
The glider. I sat in it so many times with Trucker nursing. Then taking him off. Then gliding him to sleep. We’d bought it when A was eight months pregnant with Cakie. The woman who sold it to us lived … Continue reading
Filed under baby gear, my second son, my son, NYC What is it about you?, Trucker, TTC
Half-Assed Housewife’s Handy Tip of the Day #2
Don’t throw away those pitiful stumps of tasty cheese that are left over from your party cheese tray. Stick them in the fridge. (Even if they got a little — er– sweaty.) The next evening when you are too exhausted … Continue reading
Filed under Half-Assed Housewife's Handy Tips
Tide and Turning Around the Car Seat
My baby is one. It is bittersweet, I tell you. I don’t even know how to feel. The week leading up to his birthday, I was anxious and stressed and a tad angry at nothing in particular. We had a … Continue reading
Filed under my second son, NYC What is it about you?, Trucker
Half-Assed Housewife’s Handy Tip of the Day #1
Use an ice cream scoop (the kind with the little button the swoops the ice cream out of the spoon) to put cupcake batter into the cupcake cups. It comes out perfectly proportioned and you don’t need to lift the … Continue reading
Filed under nothing at all
Last Year Today
I blogged twice. I lost my mucus plug. My honey had put me on her own honey-imposed bed rest. Because my feet had turned into sausages the night before. The day before I had written a draft of how I’d … Continue reading
Filed under Labor & Birth, my hon, my second son, Third Trimester!?!, Trucker
