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NaBloPoMo07

November 30, 2007: NaBloPoMo kicked my butt
Comments: 9 | Categories: NaBloPoMo07

We have friends coming over in half an hour to watch 'Hairspray'. Which I think is my new favorite movie. Which means 'Clueless' is now my second favorite movie and people, I did not ever think there would be a...

November 29, 2007: This is the last one, so help me God
Comments: 12 | Categories: Faith , NaBloPoMo07

Last day, last post on this topic. EVER. Gah. So! After four (five for Phillip!) blissful years in the NDCF, we decided to be Catholic. Or, to put it another way, commit to the Catholic church and not a non-denominational...

November 28, 2007: History of an addiction
Comments: 11 | Categories: Blogalicious , NaBloPoMo07

If you can believe it, there was no internet when I was in school. (I'm talking elementary school here, people. Not, like, college school. I am not that old.) My dad was somewhat of a geek for his time and...

November 27, 2007: All I want for Christmas is you. And the Philosophy skin care line.
Comments: 10 | Categories: Awesome , NaBloPoMo07

I spent hours shopping online yesterday. HOURS. Oh, every ten minutes I was wiping up strings of snot, but then it was right back to the computer. (Don't worry. Phillip took the day off so Jackson wasn't having to eat...

November 26, 2007: It's not Monday, it's Bonus Thanksgiving Day
Comments: 9 | Categories: Awesome , NaBloPoMo07

LAST night I was up fourteen times to put the baby back to sleep because he is SICK. Snotty, snorty and all around pathetic. It's like having a pug in the house- a pug with facial orifice drainage issues. (Which...

November 25, 2007: Yes, I know, it's my own fault
Comments: 10 | Categories: NaBloPoMo07 , Tending to the prince

The new thing now is waking up at 2 in the morning, finding oneself on all fours and loudly protesting in indignation. I curse the developmental stages and the near onset of baby mobility in my house. I've finally admitted...

November 24, 2007: Leaving out four bazillion details
Comments: 2 | Categories: Faith , NaBloPoMo07

Angela got married today. Is anyone as impatient as me to see the pictures? THE INTERNET IS WAITING. I intended to use the long Thanksgiving weekend to finish up Catholic Month, but I haven't felt like it. We've done a...

November 23, 2007: The tryptophan is wearing off
Comments: 3 | Categories: NaBloPoMo07

We took the baby downtown this morning to ride the Christmas carousel. I forgot how many crazies live here. For the last several years I've driven myself to an office in an out-of-the-way neighborhood and only gone downtown to meet...

November 22, 2007: Courtesy of a family of elementary school teachers
Comments: 1 | Categories: NaBloPoMo07

*sung to the tune of Frere Jacques* Turkey dinner turkey dinner Gather round! Gather round! Who will get the drumstick? Yummy yummy drumstick! All sit down, all sit down Cornbread muffins, chestnut stuffing Puddin' pie, one foot high All of...

November 21, 2007: Pears are yummy, but HONESTLY
Comments: 8 | Categories: NaBloPoMo07

I'm not going to be able to write anything today either. Gah. Stupid NaBloPoMo. Does anyone else's kid not eat? Everyone says not to replace milk/formula with solids, but my kid is not particularly enjoying the liquid diet anymore. He...

November 20, 2007: Filler
Comments: 3 | Categories: NaBloPoMo07

Wow, you guys. That was really helpful. And here I was thinking I was going to get lambasted from all sides! I thought I would enjoy writing about this Church Stuff, but it's been difficult. Writing it out is good...

November 19, 2007: I'm betting I'm going to be sorry I wrote this one
Comments: 18 | Categories: Faith , NaBloPoMo07

I started a "This is what I've learned in six months" post that turned into "The things I couldn't possibly have lived without" type of post which then turned into drooling over the Moby wrap and Cetaphil cream and then...

November 18, 2007: Day 18
Comments: 4 | Categories: I blame the baby , NaBloPoMo07 , This Mom thing

The Evil Weight Loss Challenge ends Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving. This morning I weighed in at my lowest weight since having the baby. But then? I ate pumpkin bread pudding. I ate an egg dish full of potatoes. I...

November 17, 2007: Bitter Ex Whatevers
Comments: 4 | Categories: Faith , NaBloPoMo07

I spent four years in a non-denominational campus Christian fellowship and I can't remember a single time when someone accused me, told me, stated, implied or even hinted that I might not be a Christian because I was Catholic. It...

November 16, 2007: The one thing I did not want to pass on
Comments: 3 | Categories: NaBloPoMo07 , Tending to the prince

I think my kid has Seasonal Affective Disorder. I am not even kidding. The evidence is as follows: The last two days have been miserable. Gloomy. Gray and dark all day with periodic episodes of Oh My God The Flood...

November 15, 2007: When you're a SAHM, the office meetings are called Moms Groups
Comments: 16 | Categories: NaBloPoMo07 , This Mom thing

I've tried not to say very much about this, I really have, but I need to vent. A little. On my website. So here it goes: THE MOMS GROUPS ARE KILLING ME. Whew! There. All better. I don't know WHAT...

November 14, 2007: The neurotic 18-year-old meets the Secret Cabal
Comments: 5 | Categories: Faith , NaBloPoMo07

I hate gloomy weather. I hate rain. I hate the cold. Most of all I hate the dark. Dark in the morning, dark in the afternoon, dark all day if it's a rainy dreary typical Northwest morning. Hate. So this...

November 13, 2007: Who CARES about the Greek?
Comments: 8 | Categories: Faith , NaBloPoMo07

Phillip was already a member of the NDCF when I was a clueless freshman, but I don't remember a thing about him. And he's not around for me to ask if I should have remembered him from that year. I...

November 12, 2007: I'm wasting valuable television time!
Comments: 5 | Categories: NaBloPoMo07 , Phillip

I didn't think it would happen. Not now. Not ever. And yet, FOOTBALL HAS INVADED MY HOME. As I sit in the living room, computer perched on my lap, Monday night football blaring on the television and my husband chowing...

November 11, 2007: I ALMOST forgot to post today
Comments: 2 | Categories: Food , NaBloPoMo07

But I didn't! 9:45 pm Pacific Coast Time! Phillip and I just got home. I ran upstairs saying, "I have to write a post!" and now I am here and I don't know what to write about. Hmm. How about...

November 10, 2007: A few items of interest. To me. Not to you.
Comments: 2 | Categories: Faith , NaBloPoMo07

I just wrote a Big Ole Post about the Crazy [Catholic!] Church People and the details of the Craziness and how the Craziness infected yours truly, but then I decided it was not terribly funny and/or interesting (except to me)...

November 9, 2007: Fifteen was dreadful
Comments: 12 | Categories: Faith , NaBloPoMo07 , When I was a kid

If I HAD to pick a moment in time when I became a Christian, accepted Jesus, turned into a goody two shoes church goer, however you want to call it- I could narrow it down to the first year my...

November 8, 2007: No, I did not forget to post today
Comments: 7 | Categories: Music & TV , NaBloPoMo07

But that doesn't mean I have anything interesting to say. Which means a television post! Whee! You television-less people (AND YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE) can skip this and come back tomorrow. Ciao! I just started watching Brothers & Sisters....

November 7, 2007: A bit of sap with your Wednesday reading
Comments: 14 | Categories: Jackson , NaBloPoMo07 , Tending to the prince

My kid is now working on hour three of his afternoon nap. Which is good, because he refused to take a morning nap and I've needed the last two hours to clean up the blood and gore from when my...

November 6, 2007: Giving in
Comments: 10 | Categories: Food , NaBloPoMo07 , Tending to the prince

Last night, because my mother-in-law was watching Jack and I was tired of the computer (gasp!) and there was still another hour before Phillip would get home, I busted out the food processor and - dum dum dum! - made...

November 5, 2007: Dear TV and Film Writers,
Comments: 10 | Categories: Music & TV , NaBloPoMo07

What are you doing to me? Don't you know I have a small child at home? Sometimes this small child does not go to sleep when he is supposed to. Sometimes this small child wants to be held all day....

November 4, 2007: My Protestant Youth Grouper
Comments: 11 | Categories: Faith , NaBloPoMo07

An interesting question may be: What in the world made me want to join a Christian youth group when I went to college? What was wrong with me? Couldn't I have just joined WashPIRG instead? Dutifully attended Mass at the...

November 3, 2007: Likes trains, hates to shop
Comments: 3 | Categories: Jackson , NaBloPoMo07

Oh crap! It's Saturday morning and here I am all, "Yay, the baby ate fast, now I can check my email!" when I remember I HAVE TO POST TODAY. Whose idea was this? Thankfully I have something to post about....

November 2, 2007: Can you believe the baby napped through this whole thing?
Comments: 8 | Categories: Faith , NaBloPoMo07

The other day my dad asked me if there was ever a time I considered leaving Catholicism (he brought up the "you know, you were in that thing in college") and I said, "Funny you should ask! How about I...

November 1, 2007: Bring it on, NaBloPoMo
Comments: 8 | Categories: NaBloPoMo07

Hello! Welcome to NaBloPoMo! Where I will be sharing with the whole entire internet a series of introspective, inarticulate, not-too-exciting posts about Being Catholic. Or why I decided to remain a Catholic. Or how I got to this point in...