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I am blessed to still have both my grandmothers in my life. The Swimmy is doubly blessed to know her great grandmothers. And I? Am triply blessed to get to watch her know them. My paternal grandmother is not only a very cool woman, but she has impeccable taste and a collection of jewelry that [...]

Dear Wiggly, Hi! Welcome to the first of many bloggy-type letters that may or may not be written to you as you develop and grow. I’m sure at some point these will either collectively (a) make you feel really good or (b) embarrass the ever-loving shit out of you. Either way, I’m the mom and [...]

People! It is a good day. It is a day of hunger. Hunger that apparently could be satisfied with glazed donuts, chocolate milk and an Antone’s super-sized po-boy. Yes. Those were the foods that I wanted to eat today. AND THEY DID NOT MAKE ME ILL! Amen. And tonight? Mexican food. Look out – I’m [...]

Okay, it’s no secret that I’ve been wrestling with a non-stop biological duet of nausea and constipation with Wiggly-to-be. In the vein of “I’m really sick and tired of this and now declare that I will no longer be a victim of biological functions!”, I tried very hard to overcome these issues. By playing a [...]

I am constipated for the gazillionth time in three months. Hi. Too much information? Tough. I hate this. Haaaaate. I am supposed to be on my way with Husband and The Swimmy to meet ArtsyDaughter, OldestDaughter and The Boy over at MILtastic and JackTabulous’ place to have a lovely dinner to celebrate Husband and ArtsyDaughter’s [...]

12 weeks! It’s a fetus! I had an OB appointment today and our first “real” ultrasound. Eventhough I’m a TechWhore, I don’t seem to own a scanner, so I can’t show you the very bad quality ultrasound picture, but I can tell you that the little one was all kinds of wiggly and is just [...]

Tomorrow Husband starts his newest adventure (career-wise). He is returning to work with some of his original partners in his previous career. I guess that makes this a new, old job. This was a difficult transition for him to make because he left this firm when we got married to work with my family (on [...]

A wonderful thing happened to me today. Amazing. Extraordinary. I? Have ASTHMA! Yes! You have no idea how glad I was to hear this. Let me explain. For three years I’ve had this seasonal, but annoying cough. This cough has run the gamut from “every now and then” to “I’ve coughed so hard I broke [...]

I convinced Husband to go shopping today. See, usually, I get to do all that. But for the bigger things, like suits, he must join me because I never know how something is going to fit and I am NOT into returning and exchanging. It annoys me. And so today’s challenge? A tuxedo. Yes, a [...]