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Fighting The Hard Fight

August 28, 2009

Being overweight has been one of the most soul-crushing things that I have ever faced.  I hate looking in the mirror and thinking, “I should be doing more.”  I hate seeing my body ravaged by the symptoms of Poly Cystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS).
Losing weight is hard.  Waking up at 4 a.m. so I can get [...]

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Alone at last

August 24, 2009

I used to think that Moms love naptime because it offers them a few moments peace during the day.  The eye of the storm, peace in the middle of the hurricane.  Maybe even time to clean the babyfood off the ceiling.
Now I know that it’s really all about being able to go to the bathroom [...]

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Cruisin

August 17, 2009

Wiggles has started cruising around the room hanging on to the furniture.  Actually, he hasn’t made it around the room, just from one end of the couch to the other.  He won’t bother trying to cruise to come to Mommy or Daddy, but boy can he scoot when he spots an abandoned ink pen at [...]

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Love at First Bite

August 14, 2009

Brenton was working security and I was causing trouble.  He decided he had better keep his eyes on me; he hasn’t taken them off of me since.
I was a freshman in college starting out my second semester as a welding engineering major (I switched to psychology later).  Brenton was in his sophomore year studying to [...]

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Laundry lessons in Motherhood

August 13, 2009

Peekaboo and folded laundry don’t mix.  With each “peek”, another piece of laundry ends up in a crumpled heap on the floor.  The good news is that I can still fit all our clothes in the drawers folded or not.

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