| 9/1 |
10:25 AM |
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is headed to school with Liam for orientation. Tomorrow he rides the school bus all by himself. He can’t wait! |
| 9/2 |
11:13 AM |
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is the happy mother of a Kindergartener who’s happy to be in school. E is happy to have the house to herself. It’s a happy day.  |
| 9/3 |
7:23 AM |
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Uh oh, September (calendar) is missing. It’s probably floating around on the 113 bus or swirling in the wind like a carrier bag.  |
| 9/3 |
11:52 AM |
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has to give a description of Liam’s temperament, joys, concerns, and interests for school. Anyone have any input? (Surely Noah does.) |
| 9/3 |
1:15 PM |
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New potty training bribe: blueberries. |
| 9/3 |
5:10 PM |
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is dog sitting for the weekend and Dexter is totally reminding me of our neurotic little Murphy. |
| 9/4 |
8:32 AM |
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finds it amazing the things she can get done before 8 when she gets up before 8. |
| 9/4 |
8:52 AM |
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Elena has taken to playing with Liam’s sleeping buddy when L is gone. I think she misses him just a little bit! |
| 9/4 |
8:53 AM |
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Just joined a twibe. Visit http://twibes.com/radiantrecovery to join |
| 9/4 |
1:15 PM |
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LOVE this: http://tr.im/xRVY Made me feel good enough about myself to go bathing suit shopping today – which I loathe more than spiders. |
| 9/5 |
10:46 AM |
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is starting to taper off of second, and final, depression medication. Whooppeeeee! (Now you’ll know why if I’m a bitch.)  |
| 9/5 |
1:32 PM |
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Just overheard from L: Dexter! Dexter…come smell my finger!! |
| 9/5 |
9:22 PM |
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stayed up too late and is hungry. |
| 9/6 |
7:14 PM |
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At a b-day party in a garden surrounded by trees/paths, Liam to a little girl: “Hey, do you wanna come in the bushes with me?” Awesome. |
| 9/7 |
8:12 AM |
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is planning meals & listening to elena “read” to herself – nice but she keeps trying to engage me like I do when reading to her. Funny. |
| 9/7 |
8:53 PM |
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Macey has been stealing Dexter’s food at night. He eats 6 times as much as she does. She’s fat, lazy, gassy, & farting when she whines. |
| 9/8 |
12:42 PM |
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doesn’t believe that the printer can actually clean itself and thinks it’s just making noises to placate her. |
| 9/8 |
5:13 PM |
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obviously needs to listen to the weather. It’s hot – like shorts weather – and I sent the kids to school in long sleeves. Great mom. |
| 9/9 |
3:26 PM |
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wants to go to Mom’s Night Out tonight, but is so, so tired from meeting today and has another meeting in the morning. School is HARD! |
| 9/10 |
9:43 AM |
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has spent more in bus fare in the last 2 weeks than in the last year. Certainly is the easiest way to get to school though. |
| 9/10 |
2:56 PM |
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OMG…I have 18 things open in tabs in Firefox!!! |
| 9/10 |
7:58 PM |
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has done way too much in the last few days and is going to pay dearly for it. Glad I have tomorrow to recuperate. |
| 9/10 |
8:35 PM |
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is making tea to wind down & will then proceed to obsess abt how she can get all the intermediate Brain Age sudoku puzzles below 15 min. |
| 9/10 |
8:51 PM |
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is listening to Liam make weird noises to the tune of the music that the band plays in the mos eisley cantina. that kid cracks me up. |
| 9/11 |
7:23 AM |
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is tired, as is evidenced by the scotch tape she just put in the fridge. |
| 9/12 |
5:08 PM |
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will bet you $100 (or 1,337.74 pesos) that spring break in Mexico is going to kick spring break in London’s ass. Ole! Nacho! Fiesta! |
| 9/13 |
12:33 PM |
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wonders how poor one’s wiping ability must be to get a “diaper rash” at the age of five. |
| 9/14 |
11:35 AM |
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overheard Liam saying, in a VERY dramatic voice: “Ugh, these CABinets are so SMALL. Take me back to A-MER-ica.” Oops. |
| 9/16 |
9:13 AM |
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taking a mid-walk break to sit on a park bench at the Heath and enjoy the wide open green space, lush after a good rain. |
| 9/16 |
2:10 PM |
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knows that L gets out of school early on Wed, and that today is Wed, but didn’t connect that he’d be home early today until he knocked. |
| 9/16 |
9:37 PM |
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Liam: I have big dreams, Mama. I want to be a president and a great artist. I have only TWO big dreams – that is why I can’t ever sleep. |
| 9/17 |
11:23 AM |
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would like to barter with someone to be her personal shopper. Just to help me wade through the “noise” at the shops and bring me sizes. |
| 9/17 |
5:43 PM |
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is certain that she’s never run long enough or far enough to get a runner’s high. Wonder if I ever will. |
| 9/18 |
1:31 PM |
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is reading Little House on the Prairie to Elena. She LOVES it and I’m secretly enjoying it as well! |
| 9/19 |
8:07 AM |
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is on a quiet, peaceful, grey walk thinking & listening to the birds & Macey’s nails on the pavement before heading to IKEA with AL&E. |
| 9/19 |
5:12 PM |
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Much like the rest of the world, Elena is mesmerized by Beyonce’s Single Ladies video. Stopped her crying after nap. I’m all for it. |
| 9/20 |
8:48 AM |
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IKEA – Permanent markers in the “daycare” area (age 3 and up) without a build-it-yourself smock? Seriously? Are furniture people stupid? |
| 9/20 |
10:29 AM |
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Every time I cut a pepper and it has one of those weird growths on the inside around the stem, I think of Aaron’s teratoma. Nice right? |
| 9/22 |
2:07 PM |
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really doesn’t feel like doing much today. School is singlehandedly sucking my energy dry. This seems wrong. Very, very wrong. |
| 9/22 |
4:28 PM |
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Me to L&E: Guys it’s time to pick up for the cleaner tomorrow. E to me: Can you just pick it aww up and make it off wimits? Me: Damn. |
| 9/23 |
8:18 AM |
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Lots to do to get ready for a four-day weekend without the kids, but it will be well worth it. |
| 9/23 |
3:06 PM |
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dislikes US businesses who don’t answer their phone. Are you really going to call me back on an international number? I don’t think so. |
| 9/24 |
9:24 AM |
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is unimpressed with the small print. |
| 9/25 |
8:30 AM |
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is on a train headed for a weekend in Salisbury with buddies!!! |
| 9/26 |
7:44 AM |
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had a lovely walk this morning. Cold and brisk with a friend. Just the way I like it. . |
| 9/26 |
11:42 PM |
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is in her hotel room listening to a wedding party below her where everyone but Patrick Swayze (sp) is having the time of their life. |
| 9/27 |
4:59 PM |
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is enjoying some down time with her friends in the lobby and ignoring everything that she has to do this week. |
| 9/28 |
5:57 PM |
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is home and has been jolted back into reality. |
| 9/29 |
9:35 AM |
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is experiencing Macey’s pure joy at being allowed to sniff in Hampstead. Headed to the vet and meeting up with a friend. |
| 9/29 |
12:32 PM |
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is having a surprise lunch with Aaron! |
| 9/29 |
3:05 PM |
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isn’t sleeping. Planning meals & a busy food weekend instead so she can make the grocery order deadline! Oh well…sleep tonight, right? |
| 9/29 |
7:50 PM |
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is listening to E make up songs from her bed. Time for some sudoku, a good night’s sleep and hiding out at home tomorrow. YAY!! |
| 9/30 |
9:04 AM |
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is excitedly planning for a trip to Mac for 2 days (3 w/ travel) in Oct. to celebrate M & D’s 60th bdays and 40th anniv! Crazy, but FUN! |
| 9/30 |
2:36 PM |
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needs to order Halloween costumes for the kids to arrive in time to bring them back next weekend. eeeek! |
| 9/30 |
3:19 PM |
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is once again legal to drive in the United States. Wish that piece of plastic would work where I actually live. |
| 9/30 |
3:47 PM |
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is amazed that she has lived in London long enough to be the “playgroup” (read: moms getting together to yap) organizer. THAT is weird! |
| 9/30 |
6:02 PM |
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just ate home made beef stew and cheesy drop biscuits. Jealous? |
