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Baby M finally got her feet wet in a pool during this weekend’s heat wave. In contrast to her baths (which she definitely does not “enjoy” in any way), she absolutely loved the pool. Tragically, the last swim classes of the summer started 2 weeks before she hit the 6-month mark, but now [...]
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A few weeks ago, we painted our front door. ORANGE. We painted it ORANGE. Bright crazy shiny wild ORANGE.
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I was going to take a photo of our house and go “photoshop-crazy” to find the appropriate orange color to pick, but Mr. M thought it would be much more fun to [...]
[Fair warning: the post below does not discuss any political opinions, but just a political candidate]
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This is my friend Manan. We were classmates at UCLA and both received our MPPs from the School of Public Affairs a few years back. In other words, we whispered in class to each other [...]
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You’re a whole 7 months old today.
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You love to clap and have become quite the master since you started two months ago. You clap when we say “Yay!” You clap when Mom and Dad give you big giant smiles. You clap when Memphis acts all silly with [...]
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I said I’d explain the TV set-up earlier this week… so here it is! Yes, that’s right. Three TVs on a wall. The center TV for your main action, and the two on each side for whatever else you’d like your brain to overload on.
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For Saturdays and [...]
. Last year, I was introduced to the awesomeness known as Operation Baking GALS by a fellow WeddingBee (you can read about her first Baking GALS shipment here!). The group unites volunteer bakers from around the country who want to bake and ship homemade goodies [...]
I have often pondered how my footballdays would be different if I lived on the east coast. I’d be able to go out to Sunday brunch, run some errands perhaps, or maybe even get in a morning trip to the park and the zoo! And then, I could be back at home by 1pm to [...]
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I apologize HBO… but I’m not going to be a fan of Boardwalk Empire. I saw the pilot episode, and it was done amazingly well. I was impressed with the clothing, the light, the sets, the acting, and even the artful way that you dealt with the mob hits. But at the end of [...]
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[photo of Baby M on Thursday morning at 6:45AM]
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I happen to remember far too well the feeling of returning to “work/school” after a 3-day adventure in Vegas. You’d arrive and start the party that night… stay up until 4am… wake up at 7am to stake out your pool spot… sleep in [...]
[photo by kevindooley]
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On Wednesday, there were two envelopes in the mail from law offices in Sacramento. Normally we only get mail from class-action lawsuit firms that want us to sue our home builder, so these envelopes were a little out of place and I’ll admit I was a bit [...]
I think most people honor Labor Day weekend in the way it was intended… in other words, they do the exact opposite of work and make sure you find time to PLAY!
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For my Labor Day, my best friend Audrey flew up from LA to “get away from it all” and not do any [...]
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The “well-baby” exam is sort of a misnomer. Sure, you visit the doctor to see if your baby is doing “well” and thriving and all that jazz, but they’re mainly about shots. Icky horrible shots… that put Mom or Dad in a position they never want to repeat… holding their baby’s legs still [...]
