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‘So Romeo would, were he not Romeo called’

Ah, names. I’m so screwed.
So Julia Roberts and I were on about the same timetable for our pregnancies, which made me stupidly fascinated by hers. I’ve been surreptitiously watching the wires so when she finally had the tykes, I had to know “what she named them”:http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzz_log/entry/2004/11/30/0400/.
Am I the only one who doesn’t think Phinnaeus and […]

Back in the USSR

This’ll be brief, because it’s fricking cold in this house and I want to go take a hot shower.
The weekend was terrif; the baby shower was awesome; it was great to see everybody again; tryptophan is my new favorite drug.
The drive home, which we made at 4:40 p.m.-12:30 a.m., was hassle-free and easy. Turnpike workers […]

Good bread, good meat, good God, let’s eat

This is the portion of the program where we all bow our heads in praise for my brother’s girlfriend Ashley, who brought me such wonderful baby things in such copious quantities that it really is like a dream come true. And yes, I was dorky enough to say that out loud.
I made everyone in […]

And then I cried.

Mary Beth would like to apologize in advance for the following post. She’s extremely sleep deprived and not a little retarded as a result.
Nearly had a heart attack today. I lost my purse between the coffee shop [which was called Beaner’s, I shit you not] and my folks’ house.
Trekked back to Beaner’s, but they didn’t […]

It’s snowy in Cleveland, but it’s sunny in my heart

Dear Internet:
*Tell me:* Shouldn’t all of your socks be white and match? My sister doesn’t seem to understand this. I’ve tried to explain this to her but it’s not sticking.
*Other strange things:* The absolutely rockin’ PA toll-takers who struck, ensuring that we save more than six dollars in tolls. Rock on! Fight the Man! […]

Gracias

Hope you’re all having a happy Thanksgiving. This year I’m giving thanks to Iain for being the best husband I could hope to have — we see eye to eye on everything, and I know that he’s going to be a terrific dad. These last few months in the new house have been fantastic, too […]

My brain says Let’s Go, but my body says Don’t Move

Ah, another gray, foggy Baltimore day. Our entire quarter-acre property is blanketed in six inches of wet oak leaves, which of course makes a glorious breeding ground for CRICKETS!
I’m trying not to panic. I know from experience — experience being last Sunday — that trying to rake leaves at this advanced state of pregnancy is […]

Silver lining, man

House is clean, laundry is a-whirling, “Mean Girls” has been viewed [two thumbs up], shower has been taken, and crickets are nowhere to be found.
Plus Carol says you can buy Faygo online.
Damn good day, I think! And now I get to eat steak and potatoes!

Like sands through the hourglass …

Because I might, for some reason, want to remember what it was like to be me at eight and a half months pregnant, I am going to to document a 24-hour span.
*12 a.m.* Nudge Iain with my knee because he is snoring again. Take care not to knee him in the balls, because he […]

A cricket a day keeps the sandman away

Oh, these dratted short production weeks — Too many publication cycles, too little time.
The upshot, though, is that next week is a short week, and I get to go home to Ohio and have a baby shower with my girlfriends and see the fam. The other downside is that we’re not having our usual […]

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