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Get Your Ducks In A Row
Every single one of my New Years Resolutions have already been derailed, in the first six weeks of the year. My resolutions weren’t anything revolutionary or out of the ordinary. Not even all that difficult really, with the exception of that 33 grams of fat thing (multiple sources recommending this as a means of preventing […]
Cancer and Marriage
A marriage takes a lot of work; so does keeping a day job (or going to school), maintaining a home, and raising children. When you have cancer, there are times when the fight for your life takes more work than all of the above combined. Since my diagnosis, I have been reaching out to women […]
Box of Colors
Today is 10/10/10 and I spent a good portion of it coloring. With crayons. In a coloring book. It surprised me how much I enjoy coloring. It is so calming to spend a few minutes moving a crayon across the paper. I especially love coloring books; I don’t even have to think of what to […]
Imperfect is the new perfect
Reflections of Motherhood Imperfect is the new perfect: for all you moms and future moms out there, this clip is amazing. Worth taking the 4 minutes to watch. If you could go back to right before the birth of your first child, what would you tell yourself?
Walkthrough of chemo day for a cancer patient
Ever wondered what a day of chemotherapy was like for a cancer patient? I thought I’d bring you along today, and give you a snapshot of what cancer treatment looks like. I hope its helpful to the newly diagnosed. Obvious disclaimer: of course, every patient’s treatment is different, and each cancer treatment center is different. […]
Retail Therapy: “I’m a little teapot…”
I ran away to the mall a couple days ago. Everything was coming at me from every direction and I was in need of some retail therapy. Problem is, I have neither time nor money at the moment. Then I somehow silenced the nagging “you don’t have time for this…” long enough to find myself […]
Gifts and Stuff
We’re in the middle of packing up our apartment to move. (Yes, we’ll be moving in the middle of my third trimester. I suspect whichever highly paid university administrator that came up with the ‘pregnant students must move from married housing to family housing in the third trimester’ policy has not actually been pregnant.) Being […]
Meme & Company
First of all a note about the weather: This is Seattle people, it rains here. There is no reason whatsover to be driving 20 MPH on I-5 just because it rains. It rains all the time. That’s what we’re famous for. Get over it or get off the road. Once I arrived at my appointment, […]