I listen to NPR a lot, which means I hear a lot of news. Which means I hear a lot about the economic crisis and foreclosures and underwater mortgages (ie: when homeowners owe more on their home than the house is worth.) As a big fan of metaphors, I came to the realization today: IRead the whole post >>
Archives for November 2011
True Life: My Baby Slept in My Bed.
I got an email from a reader a few months ago who saw photos from this post with our mini-co-sleeper next to our bed. She wondered how we like the co-sleeper and asked me if we slept with Gabe. I’ve never written about one of the most important, most favorite parts of Gabe’s early months: GabeRead the whole post >>
Bittersweet.
Tomorrow morning, I’m leaving Gabe. As in, I’m getting on an airplane and flying to Washington D.C. for a work trip for two nights and three days. Logically, I know that he is nearly 14-and-a-half-entire-months old. He is over one and I will be fine not seeing his sweet little face each morning. That IRead the whole post >>
Reader Questions: Shampoo-Free.
After two posts about cleaning my hair without shampoo, I am here to answer more of your questions! Any more that you have, I’ll answer in the comments. Since several of you have asked me versions of these questions, I wanted to take some time to answer them in case they help others. When IRead the whole post >>
November Pumpkin Treats.
Pumpkin-flavored goodies get a lot of attention in October. Everyone’s all a-flutter about pumpkin spice lattes and pumpkin pancakes and carving pumpkins and such for the month of October. Then, aside from pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving, poor little pumpkin is thrown by the wayside, neglected and forgotten in favor of Christmas cookies and peppermint mochas.Read the whole post >>
