Hank & I have been having a grand ol’ time saying “web of misery” in a Southern accent, every chance we get. PS I don’t know if you actually drink Jim Beam in the South. That was just a dig at making the leap from “occasional glass of wine” to Jim Beam. (huh?) In any […]
Damn you, Facebook. DAMN YOU. I had this friend, back in high school and after – one of my closest friends, and for a time, THE closest friend. During high school, we did everything together. We spent many days after school, and most of the weekend, at her house. Once I got my driver’s license, […]
Last night, while flipping through the channels, we came across “In the Womb” on the National Geographic Channel. Fascinating show, I can’t possibly list all the truly awe-inspiring tidbits of information we heard & saw – but you shoulda SEEN that little kangaroo foetus make it’s way out the internal womb and into the pouch. […]
Had my second doctor appointment today – ultrasound in the morning, then I go see the midwives later this afternoon. I’m really disappointed in the printout they gave us today, it’s not nearly as good as the many images we saw while there – images where it actually looked like a human being. As soon […]
I was much more zen and less complain-y and crotchety when I moved to Europe. I was far more peaceful and less critical, less gossip-y. I blame traffic. But seriously. I have a couple theories as to why I always seem to be more uptight in the States: 1. Well, honestly, when I lived in […]
I’ve realized that there’s another reason I hate Facebook. I have all these friends from Prague, some closer than others. My closest friends are stationary. They’ve all settled in Prague, have husbands and children (or want them) and go visit family occasionally, on holidays. Then there’s the friends that are more acquaintances. People I’ve known, […]
The other night, when Hank got in bed, with my back towards him, I started sniffing and said, “Did you have a beer?” “A beer? No…” I turned around to look at him. He thought for a minute and said, “Yeah, at work… like, 6 hours ago.” He’d long since changed clothes, had a couple […]
As much as we’d love to have a girl, just to give her a silly yet, in my opinion, cool name, I think we’re both leaning towards wanting a boy. We claim to not care either way (not that having a preference matters), but I think he has those feelings of wanting to be the […]
On good days, I feel excited at the prospect of having, as Calamity Jane said, a sidekick – a tiny little person that I’ll be madly in love with (I expect) who will manage to be both exhausting and wildly entertaining. I can see suddenly not be annoyed (or not so much so) at Hank’s […]
This kid might be screwed as far as names go. Hank is, of course, into sci-fi and horror and so am I. Meaning, I won’t fight for “normal” sounding names. When Hank rattles off names of movies we love (30 Days of Night, Daywatch, The Midnight Meat Train), I’m all too quick to imdb it […]
I know it’s early, but everyone keeps asking anyway. I finally got Hank to start thinking about names (I think he’s just afraid to start thinking about it already), but here’s where I’m still a girl. I want to think about names. I’ve had a few girls’ names I’ve loved for a long time. A […]
This has to be the longest I’ve gone without posting in a long while. I have all these posts on draft, but blah blah blah, they’re too long and rambling and why do I feel a need to be so detailed and explain every moment? Long story short: I wasn’t happy with my therapist’s tendency […]
