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Programs it would be useful for my to know intimately, and I haven’t taken/don’t have the time to learn:
*Adobe GoLive (the website software we own)
*Textpattern and/or Wordpress (blogging software Jay wants me to learn to I can shift this over to the family website)
*Power Point (apparently what I feel aught to happen isn’t a part [...]

At this point I’m not planning to restart the storytelling group in the fall. We easily agreed to put it on-hold for the summer (there are very few members involved enough to “vote” anymore), and I expected we’d start again once school began, but now I think my focus has shifted.
I may have mentioned before [...]

Currently Watching
House, M.D. - Season One
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Jay and I were talking again last night about how were alike, and different.At the store yesterday, I was on-assignment to buy the first season of “House” with a 20%-off coupon. While I was there I ended up buying an additional 4 movies. There was a display [...]

My body let me know at the beginning of the weekend that I pushed it too hard last week– the first week Jay was back at work full-time. I won’t belabor how, but I found it frustrating the same way I’ve found certain people frustrating. Two (maybe three?) jobs in a row I [...]

Currently Reading
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Narnia)
By C. S. Lewis
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Yesterday I was (basically) scolded by a nurse for quitting Elisha’s thrush-med regimen so soon, and then got another hand-slap for quitting even though I’d been on antibiotics (which are notorious for encouraging yeast growth). And then I was told the med record [...]

Jay went back to work full-time yesterday, and since the baby is “instant priority,” the girls got quite a bit less time. So far today his napping has been better (he was awake at the most inopportune times yesterday: When it was time to make lunch, the beginning of nap-time, dinner-time. Then sleeping after [...]

I agree with my friend who said every baby deserves a party. And I hope I don’t forget that as more of my friends and acquaintances have babies.
But with this latest baby I wasn’t comfortable calling his party a “shower.”

Currently Reading
The No-Cry Sleep Solution for Toddlers and Preschoolers
By Elizabeth Pantley
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I’m so hopeful It’s only been 2-days in a row, but it bodes well for being alone in-charge of 3 little ones
I’ll know “for-real” starting next week, but we’ve had (what I hope are) some break-throughs in the last couple [...]