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Sitting Down with Slouching Mom

Posted on September 30, 2007

I am cross-posting this at Tumble Dry. I read blogs. They’re funny, intelligent, brilliant, poignant, honest, inspirational, authentic, passionate, crafty, consistently cool, unflinchingly direct, dear, endlessly readable, and their authors have come to be my friends. I am not a master commenter, I tend to read and skip, read and skip. I know the majority of bloggers track their hits and know when I’ve been by, or if not me exactly, they know that nycap.res.rr.com has been on. Yet I know how precious comments can be, so I do try to slow down enough to leave them when I can. One name that is always there, no matter the blog and no matter my number in the line of commenters, Slouching Mom. She and…

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Sitting Down with Slouching Mom

Posted on September 30, 2007

I am cross-posting this at The Wink. I read blogs. They’re funny, intelligent, brilliant, poignant, honest, inspirational, authentic, passionate, crafty, consistently cool, unflinchingly direct, dear, endlessly readable, and their authors have come to be my friends. I am not a master commenter, I tend to read and skip, read and skip. I know the majority of bloggers track their hits and know when I’ve been by, or if not me exactly, they know that nycap.res.rr.com has been on. Yet I know how precious comments can be, so I do try to slow down enough to leave them when I can. One name that is always there, no matter the blog and no matter my number in the line of commenters, Slouching Mom. She and…

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The Quest Continues

Posted on September 29, 2007

I’ve read other bloggers refer to posting the content of spam emails as a tired, cop-out of sorts. And while I have found the odd priceless missive of spam love, I tend to agree. I hope the following will be the blogosphere embraced exception to the rule as it isn’t technically spam, though it is reposting someone else’s words. You see I am still trying to find maternity clothing. I have taken some of your advice, sweet readers-of-mine, and I’ve ordered from Old Navy, while my mom swooped in and called me, credit card in hand and Gap Maternity online in front of her and made a purchase. I have also been dipping my toe in the Ebay waters morass. I find that I…

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Well Color Me Tickled

Posted on September 27, 2007

For four years we’ve lived in this house, taking it from neglected and dated, to energy star approved and aesthetically enhanced. We ran the cable for the wiring, stuffed insulation in walls, hung drywall and valiantly tried to tape and mud ourselves. We repainted and reroofed, resided and replaned. We have landscaped and laid stone for a patio. We’ve installed babygates and all other manner of baby protective-type gear throughout the house. It has been our sole mission to provide a safe and wonderful environment for ourselves and our girls. The only thing that has been damnably out of our control has been the driving around our neighborhood. Day after day the same jack asses run the stop sign, staring back at our condemning…

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Kinda like Orbitz, but different

Posted on September 26, 2007

Living here in the Adiorndacks I feel duty-bound to enjoy the foliage. Hotels offer leaf peeper specials, restaurants boast their best harvest entrees, and the weatherman on the national stations point at maps indicating which areas are at peak. And I do, don’t get me wrong. The girls and I are out there every day oohing and ahing at the brilliant leaves in the trees as we walk clutching autumnal bouquets in our hands (actually they hold the bouquets for a moment and then stuff them emphatically into my pockets, “Ere you go, mama. No you got some leaves for you in your pocket right dere.” I got to thinking what can I do? Yesterday I shared photos, trying to transmit a taste of…

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