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Hello!  Missed me?  Probably not, but that's ok. Thanksgiving weekend was grand.  Jenny took the train down Wednesday afternoon, set to arrive just before D's bedtime. &nb...
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Marcy posted an article on Life is Good - Nov 26, 2009, 12:50 pm
Just a few things I'm thankful for today: My loving,supportive hubby, who has been getting up at 4:30 am with the kiddo the past week or so to let me sleep in, and hardly ever complains about...
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Marcy posted an article on Life is Good - Nov 25, 2009, 10:37 am

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Marcy posted an article on Life is Good - Nov 23, 2009, 10:34 pm
You know, despite having some severe apprehensions, there are times when I do look forward to having another baby eventually.  For example, I was just thinking how nice it will be to have an immo...
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Marcy posted an article on Life is Good - Nov 22, 2009, 12:25 pm
I signed up for Sew Liberated's Holiday Traditions Exchange this year.  I remembered her doing this last year, and when she announced it this year I lamented not being able to join since I do...
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Marcy posted an article on Life is Good - Nov 20, 2009, 10:23 pm
Today has not been the best of days.  Part of the problem has been the change in mammography recommendations for women that was announced a few days ago (here's a pretty good article talking ...
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Marcy posted an article on Life is Good - Nov 19, 2009, 9:56 pm
We've been keeping Donovan's car seat rear-facing so far.  After reading up on how much safer it is, it became clear to both Zach and I that we really wanted to make sure D stayed rear-fa...
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Marcy posted an article on Life is Good - Nov 18, 2009, 5:09 pm

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Marcy posted an article on Life is Good - Nov 16, 2009, 7:39 pm
Saturday morning we headed over to a French Festival Zach had heard about.  It turned out to be mainly a big room full of people selling their French-themed homemade crafts, though they also had ...
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Marcy posted an article on Life is Good - Nov 15, 2009, 1:01 pm
six word sunday challenge After 2-3 weeks of VERY early wake-ups, D seems to be "sleeping in" till 6am again.  He's still waking up at night some (1-3 times on avg), but now also goes ba...
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Marcy posted an article on Life is Good - Nov 12, 2009, 11:28 pm
I recently came across a post on Sew Liberated (one of my favorite blogs- she makes me wish I were more crafty) about making a nature corner for her son.  I thought this was a great idea, to brin...
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Marcy posted an article on Life is Good - Nov 11, 2009, 9:12 am

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Marcy posted an article on Life is Good - Nov 9, 2009, 9:56 pm
Zach left this morning for a conference in LA, will be back tomorrow night-- at midnight.  Which means I'm solo parenting it for 2 days.  Tonight wasn't too bad, hopefully tomorrow w...
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Marcy posted an article on Life is Good - Nov 8, 2009, 10:17 am
six word sunday challenge
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Marcy posted an article on Life is Good - Nov 7, 2009, 8:19 pm
Soon after Zach and I got married we sat down and talked about when we wanted to have kids.  We discussed various potential plans and how kids would get in the way of them, but we were both set o...
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Marcy posted an article on Life is Good - Nov 5, 2009, 11:18 pm
So it's Day Five of NaNoWriMo, and so far I'm kinda kicking butt. Last month I mentioned how I signed up to try to write a 50,000 word novel during the 30 days of November.  I was a ...
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Marcy posted an article on Life is Good - Nov 3, 2009, 7:20 pm
I've been noticing lately how I've become more self-assured over time, and care less about what others think of me or the things I do.  I still care some, of course, and always will-- but...
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Marcy posted an article on Life is Good - Nov 2, 2009, 9:05 pm
So this morning D and I went to the park, and while there I saw a woman whom I vaguely recognized, but knew I must know since she recognized D immediately.  She asked how old he is now, then foll...
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Marcy posted an article on Life is Good - Nov 1, 2009, 10:05 am
six word sunday challenge More Halloween pictures here.
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Marcy posted an article on Life is Good - Oct 17, 2009, 12:31 pm
So we're in Austin.   We flew out yesterday morning, our first time to try the new route via Alaska Airlines, and frankly I might like them better than American.  I swear the seats were ...
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Marcy posted an article on Life is Good - Oct 15, 2009, 9:04 am
Today is Blog Action Day, and the theme this year is climate change.  What does this mean?  It means that over 7,000 blogs all over the interweb will be writing about climate change today, i...
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Marcy posted an article on Life is Good - Oct 14, 2009, 9:39 am

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Marcy posted an article on Life is Good - Oct 13, 2009, 9:43 pm
Rainy days always seem to make me feel "off."  Especially one like today, the first rainy day of winter, when it hasn't rained in months.  Or certainly not constantly, all day long like ...
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Marcy posted an article on Life is Good - Oct 12, 2009, 12:36 pm
Months ago I bought Donovan a furniture set from Ikea that included a kid-sized table and 2 chairs, made of unfinished wood.  It was cheap, and I figured I could paint it myself and maybe even do...
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Marcy posted an article on Life is Good - Oct 11, 2009, 11:11 am
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Marcy posted an article on Life is Good - Oct 9, 2009, 9:35 am
I've been trying to involve Donovan more in little chores around the house both to help me get them accomplished, and to get him involved in our household and into the habit of helping out.  ...
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Marcy posted an article on Life is Good - Oct 8, 2009, 10:36 am
So I started reading this book called Raising Your Spirited Child by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka.  It was highly recommended by a friend who found the book very helpful to her in learning to deal with h...
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Marcy posted an article on Life is Good - Oct 7, 2009, 11:58 am

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Marcy posted an article on Life is Good - Oct 5, 2009, 11:27 pm
Lil' D has been  having a rough week.  It was just Wednesday that he fell and bit the hell out of his lower lip (which is thankfully healing nicely, and very quickly).  Then this mo...
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Marcy posted an article on Life is Good - Oct 4, 2009, 3:33 pm
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Marcy posted an article on Life is Good - Oct 3, 2009, 10:43 pm
So back in, oh let's see I think it was um APRIL, I ordered this Butterfly Garden kit from For Small Hands, a wonderful website that sells lots of Montessori-inspired things, from child-sized gard...
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Marcy posted an article on Life is Good - Oct 2, 2009, 12:14 am
Yesterday morning I was clearly being WAY TOO SLOW getting ready, so Donovan was throwing a bit of a fit outside on the patio while I rushed around inside, and in his running around and crying he mana...
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Marcy posted an article on Life is Good - Sep 30, 2009, 6:10 pm
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Marcy posted an article on Life is Good - Sep 16, 2009, 10:43 pm
D and I spent a good 2 hours at the playground this morning. Usually there's not many people out yet in the morning, but today there happened to be 3 other blond-headed boys all about D's sam...
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Marcy posted an article on Life is Good - Sep 15, 2009, 11:27 pm
As much as I wanted to get a second cat, I was worried for a while that she'd cause a bunch of trouble and stress and basically too much to deal with when I've already got my hands full with D...
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Marcy posted an article on Life is Good - Sep 14, 2009, 3:40 pm
Despite the lack that for the life of me I couldn't decide what I wanted to do to celebrate my birthday this year, yesterday turned out to be pretty fabulous. I didn't get to sleep in much si...
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Marcy posted an article on Life is Good - Sep 13, 2009, 10:33 am
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Marcy posted an article on Life is Good - Sep 12, 2009, 1:08 pm
Ok, first of all, a big THANK YOU to everyone who commented on my last post! All the advice was very helpful and appreciated. I've been trying to really stick to a rule of only eating when he...
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Marcy posted an article on Life is Good - Sep 9, 2009, 9:00 pm
I've been having a really hard time figuring out how to deal with Donovan's eating schedule. How often shoukd he snack? How long is a reasonable amount of time for him to sit and eat, and ho...
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Marcy posted an article on Life is Good - Sep 9, 2009, 12:01 am
So I've closed down my Etsy shop. It's been pretty slow-going for a while. I had been on a big kick to really try to "do it right" by putting a good bit of effort into the shop-- working on ...
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Marcy posted an article on Life is Good - Sep 7, 2009, 8:53 am
Andrew (Zach's brother and carbon copy... except fo the freckles) is here visiting. He arrived Friday afternoon and is staying through next weekend. His arrival has coincided nicely with the ons...
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Marcy posted an article on Life is Good - Sep 6, 2009, 10:30 am
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Marcy posted an article on Life is Good - Sep 4, 2009, 9:57 am
It's a few months aways still, but I've already started thinking ahead to what we'll want to give Donovan for Christmas, and his 2nd birthday next year. One thing I'd love to get for ...
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Marcy posted an article on Life is Good - Sep 3, 2009, 8:38 am
I kept waking up last night and not having the best of sleep, ending up in waking up on my own at 6am and figuring at least then I'd feel awake for when D woke up rather than like a complete zombi...
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Marcy posted an article on Life is Good - Sep 1, 2009, 10:43 am
Before you have kids, you have all these expectations and ideals of what kind of parent you'll be-- how you'll interact with your kids, what kinds of stuff you'll do/allow or refuse to, et...
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Marcy posted an article on Life is Good - Aug 31, 2009, 1:35 pm
I met Pat when we both were training for the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer, I think summer of 2007? We bonded instantly over our shared experiences as Montessori teachers, cat lovers, and fellow igrant...
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Marcy posted an article on Life is Good - Aug 28, 2009, 9:37 am
Water. The essence of life. I turn on the tap a hundred times a day, never thinking of it. I drink water, I water the plants, I put water in the kiddie pool outside for Donovan to play with, I try ...
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Marcy posted an article on Life is Good - Aug 27, 2009, 9:26 am
A few months ago I started reading P.E.T.: Parent Effectiveness Training by Dr. Thomas Gordon. I got about halfway through, and then for some reason or other put down the book and didn't pick it ...
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Marcy posted an article on Life is Good - Aug 26, 2009, 3:15 pm
It's amazing how quickly Donovan can pick things up when given the chance. Around his first birthday we've been using a bit of sign language to help with our communicating, and although he do...
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Marcy posted an article on Life is Good - Aug 25, 2009, 5:25 pm
Prompted by the upcoming football season, Zach talked me into going ahead and getting cable TV. He called Comcast over the weekend and talked them into getting us a decent deal on a "triple package" ...
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