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Now, I know I have a mind for details. Once I input them I usually remember them (I’d like a word stronger than “usually,” but no one can say “always”). So it’s funny/weird to me when I get asked questions I know they know the answer to. Or, at least, I [...]

My mother-in-law e-mailed the other day, asking for clarification on our due date. Jay’s e-mailed response: “The official due date is the 10th. But Amy has been feeling that he might come early. It might just be wishful thinking though.”
I know it’s wishful thinking. And every-other-day I feel totally relaxed (Even comfortable, almost!), and resigned [...]

I have these one-on-one consults I do for teaching FAM, and it is interesting to me how talking about something so personal seems to allow someone to completely open up about other parts of their lives.
I suppose I’m a fairly open person myself, so I didn’t think much about the freeness of others speaking to [...]

I have a number of random thoughts to dispense today. Most of them have to do with babies, because mine is on my mind right now.

Currently Reading
You Can Write a Novel (You Can Write)
By James V. Smith
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I’m still waiting, still reading, and still writing, but it’s all different too.
I have my laptop now (though nothing else of my many orders has yet arrived), and it’s already proving to be a wonderful resource/tool. I’ve been able to use it [...]

We had some old friends over for dinner last night. Lovely evening.
Really, they’re quite different from us (Lifestyle-wise: They exercise for entertainment and grind their own flour), but they have kids our kids’ age (ish), and they’re very gracious people. We have a lot of fun talking with them.
The last time we had [...]

It’s interesting hearing about how devoted our generation/culture is to “instant gratification.”
I can’t deny it, but today I’m recognizing a type of… affinity with previous generations: With the type that hovered over the Sears catalogue, looking for that perfect something, then waiting impatiently for the mail to bring the desired item.

Currently Reading
The Mommy Manual: Planting Roots That Give Your Children Wings
By Barbara Curtis
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Our family spent this Saturday doing very Saturday things: