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June 2, 2008: The Keeper of the List
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Right on the heels of my babysitter post I find out that my mother-in-law will no longer be babysitting on Mondays. I don't know if I've ever given you the details- on Mondays my mother-in-law (and, for the last two...

May 30, 2008: My job
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When Phillip got home tonight I didn't want to tell him about my day. He'd spent the last eight or nine hours sitting at a desk writing database reports and lurking about a windowless server room and showing people how...

May 19, 2008: When Target ISN'T the most joyous place on Earth, I KNOW!
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Jack has his one year appointment today. I have a list of questions a mile long. He will also get shots. So we're not going to talk about it. Instead, let's discuss my weekend, which included a sunburn (O GLORIOUS...

April 30, 2008: Maybe package up the perspective with some Bombay Sapphire
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How awful will you feel when your baby suddenly returns to his angelic state mere hours after you have moaned about him on your website? Super awful. So horribly terribly AWFUL. [Also, note to self: do not call your mother...

April 7, 2008: My Monday posts are always so delightful
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Have you read Swistle's post today? I got up on the wrong side of bed this morning and it's made me feel a little better. I don't understand how I can be so angry and upset and frustrated. I had...

March 31, 2008: Still searching for a shower door blaster
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Nearly a year into this gig, I am still stumbling all over the ways my life has changed. Home all day, in charge of the more domestic-ish stuff, keeping the family calendar in my head, keeping the baby's schedule in...

February 26, 2008: Worth
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Some time ago Phillip sent me a link to Suze Orman's new book Women & Money, which he swears he downloaded legally from Oprah's site. (What he was doing on Oprah's site and why he thought I would read this...

February 19, 2008: SAHM angst. Shut up, me.
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The baby is walking his way around the room, holding on to the wall, his toy basket, the coffee table, the bookshelves, the couches. And he keeps looking back at me to see if his current spot is Officially Sanctioned....

February 1, 2008: A step in the Outside direction
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Oh, Fridays. The day when I really have nothing to do and no friends to see, and the day that my old moms group gets together and occasionally sends me the "hey, are you still out there, come join us!"...

January 23, 2008: The internet IS my therapist!
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I will have you all know that I had a great day yesterday. A FANTABULOUS DAY. I wrote that post in the middle of doing many things. Napping, eating, playing, crawling. And going out to coffee with a friend and...

January 22, 2008: Long, angsty, introspective and HELLO, SAVE IT FOR THE THERAPIST
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So I've been thinking about why Doing Stuff With A Baby has been freaking me out so much lately. It started a few months ago when I felt overwhelmed by my involvement in three moms groups. I officially dropped out...

January 18, 2008: In which I need someone to smack me around a little
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Phillip just left for work. I just put J down for a nap. Phillip has one of his big Updating Servers Something Or Other tonight and I'll be lucky if he's home by midnight. I saved this week's episode of...

December 12, 2007: Do you think Tim Gunn reads mommyblogs?
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Guess who did not cry when we put him in his bed last night? Guess who slept through the night AGAIN? Do you hear that blissful beautiful noise? THE ANGELS ARE SINGING. He's waking up at five freaking thirty, but...

December 6, 2007: Excuse me, where is my medal?
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I know this is going to come as a shock to many of you, but sometimes Phillip and I don't get along. Publicly we are The Picture of Wedded Bliss, but on occasion we need to have Discussions. One of...

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 15, 2007: When you're a SAHM, the office meetings are called Moms Groups
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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...

July 19, 2007: Why I love you guys, part 487
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Thanks for the birthday wishes everyone. There's nothing like announcing it's your birthday to guilt people into leaving you comments. It's the next best comment-generator to giving birth. On my big day I attended my first mom's group thing, went...

July 16, 2007: Stay at home mom
Comments: 10 | Categories: Tending to the prince , This Mom thing

What do you do with a two-month-old? Most days it's just him and me and I battle selfishness all day long. I want to sleep longer in the morning or take a shower when I get up or eat when...

July 10, 2007: Two months old
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Jackson doesn't know what you're talking about. He and Pat are buddies. I had a little bit of a freakout this weekend. I'm feeling like the novelty has worn off. I don't have a newborn anymore. I've been doing the...

July 6, 2007: Odds & Ends
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Phillip Cheung's Get The Baby To Go To Sleep Playlist, aka Here's To Hoping Our Baby Likes Banjo Jazz: Up & Running- Bela Fleck The Landing- Bela Fleck Forgiven- Deb Talan First Light- Bela Fleck Song D- Bruce Hornsby Song...

July 3, 2007: Material girl
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Last night I was hanging out with some mom friends and we were talking about where the moms hang out in Seattle. There is, of course, the universal mom hang out spot- Target. Go into any Target at 10:30 in...

June 18, 2007: This is what Linda Hershman would call an utter waste of time and talent
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Good morning, Internet! It's 6:30 here on the West Coast and I've been up for three hours. That sounds bad, but it was actually a pretty good night. The baby is hanging out with me in a borrowed bouncy seat...

May 29, 2007: No real train of thought, but a post nonetheless!
Comments: 8 | Categories: Tending to the prince , This Mom thing

Phillip went back to work today. I am home. Alone. With a mewling infant. Okay, so not very alone. Lunch was delivered by my old friend Neighbor and her eight-month-old and my in-laws are here right now. ("I can hold...

May 21, 2007: Correspondence
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Dear Friends Who Came Over This Morning And Did All My Dishes And Made Me Breakfast And Watched The Baby So I Could Take A Shower, You are the awesomest. Please come back tomorrow. XOXO Maggie Dear Witch Hazel, You...