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Oi. Colic.

2009-11-30T22:54:43Z

so. Wow. This is Colic. It's one of those things you hope is just an urban myth. Then it moves in with your new baby, and wow, is it real. Our little lady currently has two modes: asleep and pissed. When she's asleep, all is well. When she is awak...

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Quick knitting project update

2009-10-23T16:29:13Z

Well, just because I haven't posted any knitting projects, doesn't mean I haven't been knitting. Here are a few projects I've completed lately (as in the last few months) Two Noro Striped Scarves - this is an extremely easy and popular pattern (...

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Friday Forget-Me-Nots

2009-10-23T11:47:03Z

How I woke up this morning: "Mummy!" "ReRe, stop talking, you'll wake up Daddy." "I'm not talking, I'm whispering. Mummy! What are the germs in your mouth for?"

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Friday Forget-Me-Nots

2009-10-16T16:16:24Z

ReRe told me yesterday that if the baby doesn't know how to dance, then we'll have to dance and just pick her up and show her how. I asked him if that was how he had learned how to dance, and he said, no, he just knows how to dance. Duh. So, th...

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South Africa, by way of Mogadishu and Rexdale

2009-10-09T17:02:21Z

Hey, remember back in June when I said I couldn't stop listening to K'naan's new CD, Troubadour? Well, you are going to hear a whole lot more of one of the singles I mentioned, Waving Flag, because it is going to be remixed as the anthem for the 2...

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Friday Forget-Me-Nots

2009-10-09T16:45:17Z

More proof I need to curtail my son's exposure to pop music: he asked yesterday if he could listen to the "Bubble-Raunchy" song. He meant "Paparazzi". He also told me that Madonna is like a really old Lady Gaga. ReRe has decided that his job wi...

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Nesting urge - initiated!

2009-09-26T18:25:13Z

Wow, I never knew what people were talking about, until now. I am now in my 35th week of pregnancy, and woke up with the urge to wash, fold, sort, and put away/give away every piece of clothing in the house. Given my cold/flu, and the inability to...

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Friday Forget-Me-Nots

2009-09-25T16:24:17Z

The other day I showed ReRe a picture in a magazine of a couple kids roasting hotdogs over a fire. He looked concerned, and said they shouldn't be camping without their parents. I've been trying to prepare ReRe for the baby, including preparing...

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Children with Knives

2009-09-16T13:45:50Z

Now, there are few consumer items in the world that I will plug, since I feel like we could all get along with a little less, but there is one purchase I made recently that I wanted to share. I was invited to a Pampered Chef party at my friends' p...

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So what's my excuse now?

2009-09-14T01:58:23Z

There are so many things I haven't taken care of yet, and I'm at week 32 of this pregnancy. I haven't cleaned out my office to make room for the nursery, I haven't sorted out ReRe's baby clothes to see what to keep and what we won't likely use aga...

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