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holidaze, just me, NaBloPoMo

in which i avoid blogging tonight

by calm mama • November 13, 2011

Procrastinating on writing my blog post by adding to Amazon-dot-com wish list for Jonah’s upcoming birthday and the holidays instead. There’s a wish list for me also. With a very expensive camera lens on it. (Sigh.) I was doing well…

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conversations, feeding, NaBloPoMo, preschooler pics

a perfect day

by calm mama • November 12, 2011

What happened from 7-ish to 9-30ish is a blur. I recall cooking breakfast. Scrambled backyard eggs in unsalted Irish butter (salted with pink salt) and leftover pork roast, a tiny piece cut into tiny pieces. Faux bacon. Toast. Jonah’s breakfast…

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bloggy love, just me, NaBloPoMo

what would nablopomo be without a meme?

by calm mama • November 11, 2011

Here’s the meme madness I participated in last time I na-blo-ed. And today, thanks to that Blogher ad over there on my sidebar and the links below it, I have become hip to Sunday Stealing‘s meme theft services. Awesome. According…

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just me, NaBloPoMo

eeyore and shleprock are my patron saints of blogging

by calm mama • November 11, 2011

This is what I have decided. And I have decided to embrace it. Eeyore and Shleprock are my patron saints of blogging. Which isn’t to say that I don’t have good days. (Too many double negatives in there, head hurts.…

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conversations, just me, NaBloPoMo, now i am 3

today we were fragile

by calm mama • November 9, 2011

I picked Jonah up from school today with two of his friends. We currently have 3 carseats strapped in the back, artifact of nanny share days, so I volunteered to be carpool mom. Of the two girls joining us, Jonah…

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medical, milestones, NaBloPoMo, now i am 3

pediatric dentist

by calm mama • November 8, 2011

Today was Jonah’s first “real” visit to the dentist. We took him once before, about a year ago. He sat in a kid size chair at a kid size table in the corner of the room and watched while I…

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