Skillz

They include improved grip and increased volume.

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Women on the verge, with great good humor

If you’re a mom or are contemplating being a mom, and you haven’t stumbled upon Let’s Panic!, please do.  You can thank me later for directing you to a fantastic source of belly laughs and tears later.

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Have you seen my baby lately?

She’s ever so cute.

Soooo tired…

Spouse calls that her Popeye smile.
The classroom I’m using this semester has hookups for a laptop to do PowerPoint and whatever else I need to project on the wall.  I had a few slides to show to students yesterday, so I connected my laptop and got busy doling out reading assignments [...]

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Well, that was unexpected.

Lactating women are well aware that the sound of a baby crying–usually their own, but often any baby–can trigger their letdown reflex.  This lactating woman was not aware that the sound of two cats yowling at each other over the turf boundary that is our backyard can do the same.

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A whole new world has opened up

On this, my only day off during the week, I figured I should keep with the regular schedule and try to feed her a bottle around noon.  I went to the fridge and retrieved the 2 ounces I pumped yesterday, convinced I was going to have to dump at least half of it when the [...]

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Month 3

Nuala,
Today I start teaching.  What, this is supposed to be about you?  My anxiety isn’t your problem? I beg to differ!
You have so far refused to take a bottle, which has caused no end of consternation for your father and me.  Over the weekend, I left you with Dad while I worked at the library. [...]

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What a weekend…

The weekend before I start classes–the weekend before we hand her off to a babysitter for a few hours a day–Nuala decides we’re not worrying enough about the state of her gut and the weird substances it produces, and throws in an extra helping of fussiness with a side order of refusal to eat.  Fantastic!
Because [...]

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You know what I love most about the internet?

Well, okay, I love Hulu the most.
But a close second is the Google.  Sure, because it can find that little bit of information I’m too lazy to find in an actual book, and in a matter of a split second, but also because it can find all kinds of information I just shouldn’t be reading.
If [...]

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Bits and pieces

Things are getting a little hairy lately–and I’m not just talking about my legs, which I’ve all but lost the will to shave.  What can I say, shaving drops mighty low on the to-do list when I’m trying to pack three hours of work into the forty-five minutes that Nuala sleeps every two or three [...]

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Somebody had a birthday party yesterday

I think it was this big guy.  And when I say big, I mean “one-year-old the size of a two-year-old” big.  I took a few dozen pictures and discovered the difficulties of exposure in natural light with a white-blond, lovely and pale subject wearing darker clothing.  I did get some good shots, though, of which [...]

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