A little bit more on Micro Penguins

I found out during dinner tonight (which is apparently the only time that we converse as a family — at least insomuch as we can hear each other over the noise of Henry pretending to be the evil robot on the Incredibles) that it was actually Isaac who invented the Micro Penguins. He got [...]

Health status

I just realized I never updated what’s going on with me so far. I still have the high blood pressure, and the amniotic fluid levels were on the low side, so I’m supposed to lie down a LOT — as much as I can; 20 minutes for every hour I’m up, or any time [...]

Save the Micro Penguins

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Mabel created this poster in Microsoft Word and has given me permission to post it here. Unfortunately her fancy font colors and formatting didn’t survive the cut-and-paste into WordPress.
She wants to put some of these posters up around the neighborhood and wanted to know what I thought people’s reaction would be. I told [...]

Samples

To check that my high blood pressure isn’t pre-eclampsia, I had to do a 24-hour urine collection. That’s right, I had to collect all my pee for a full day and night. At this stage of pregnancy normally I have to get up to pee a couple of times each night, but last [...]

A random drama from my checkered past

I’m not sure what made me remember this story this morning — I might have been thinking about a thread on some blog where we were talking about being or not being confrontational. I’ve often said that in some ways I have the mind and heart of a maverick, but in temperament I’m also [...]

Kids these days

Isaac discovered recently that he can buy tiny plastic Pokemon figures for .99 on eBay with free shipping from China or England. I don’t know how the sellers are managing to make money that way, but Isaac’s already had one arrive (it took several weeks) and is waiting on another. To win his [...]

It’s good to have an 11-year-old boy around to keep us apprised of beautiful love songs

Isaac brought this delightful original, “Mario Kart Love Song,” to our attention.

I try not to hate January, but every year it gives me new reasons not to love it

UGH!
Dean and Henry and I all went to Urgent Care on Saturday after I’d done some internet searching and decided we likely had bronchitis and might not get better without an antibiotic. They couldn’t really tell whether what we have is viral or bacterial, but since Henry’s a little guy and I’m pregnant, they [...]

Travel tips from Rosie

Rose: “I’m sad because we didn’t go on a trip.”
Me: “You like going on trips, don’t you? Where would you want to go?”
Rose: “Uh, Utah. And one of those places that has stairs, and doors, and swimming pools, and new play places, and you have to use a card to [...]

Could have been so much worse, really

I had the kids watching a DVD this morning so I could nap. I’m still trying to shake off this horrible, wretched, miserable, awful flu/cold, and that’s pretty much my life this week — trying to sleep as much as I can while the kids watch TV, and trying not to think about how [...]