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Since I love books and I love talking about books, I recently joined Mother Talk Book Club. Our first book came out and was sent to me, and it landed on my doorstep with a thud. I had no idea what the book would be, so imagine my surprise when I opened the [...]

“We can hook up the dishwasher next weekend,” Angus says.
“Thank God,” I nearly sob. “I can’t face washing by hand anymore.”
“That happy to see the dishwasher again, huh?”
“At the first rinse cycle I think I’m going to orgasm.”
“Uh…”
“There’ll be so much shaking you won’t know if it’s me or the dishwasher in ecstasy.”
“Well…”
“I’m going [...]

So my monthly book review this month featured Water for Elephants, a book not only NOT about infertility, but really not even about babies. Or women, for that matter. Because while the book did have a great deal to do with a man’s love of a woman, I felt the book was quintessentially [...]

I didn’t write yesterday as I was enjoying yet another round of flu to hit this house, so I alternated between crawling to the toilet to vomit and crawling to the bed to sleep, not an easy feat considering they’re re-roofing the house right now.
But I also didn’t write as I needed some time to [...]

In November 2006 I tired of rocket riding gerbils. There’s only so long you wanna’ work with those little fuckers, it was past time to move on. I needed something new, I needed to get away from the 18 hour days, the endless phone conferences and emails, the hassle, the hell. At [...]

OK, slight change to a more upbeat issue, as Day 1 of Children Home Alone has passed and we can confirm that both children in Sweden are still alive. Thus begins Day 2 of Children Home Alone. Will keep you posted (and many thanks for the suggestions yesterday, some of which are getting [...]

You didn’t think that the Swunt had completely disappeared, did you?
The kids are coming this weekend to stay for a few days. Honestly, I was pretty against this. I don’t actually want Melissa and Jeff to come for a visit, and it’s not because I don’t want to see them, because I do. [...]

They are saying goodbye in their own way. Playing outlawed tunes on outlawed pipes.
Aye, fight and you may die. Run, and you’ll live… at least a while!
Ride wi’ me men, and if you canna’, then walk wi’ me!
They may take our lives, but they’ll never take… OUR FREEDOM!
The builders decided yesterday was Talk Like [...]

The other day we saw a small band of Mormons doing the rounds on our street. Not to be stereotypical, but you can kinda’ see them coming – bicycles, ties, short sleeve shirts, and Bibles tucked into their backpacks (always black) slung tightly over their back. The Mormons go round door to door, [...]

I figured since I am being labelled a Mommy Blogger (or so I’ve noticed in a few places) I should maybe, you know, blog about the babies.
The babies are 7 months old, or almost 32 weeks old. I’m not sure why I still bother about that weeks business. I suppose it’s because it [...]

I’ll never forget the day he showed up outside the house. Cocky, self-assured, a swagger that only Pony Boy could compete with. He took up as much space as he could get his hands on. If he could’ve had a bell-bottomed pure polyester zoot suit and sunglasses the size of Kansas City [...]

“It’s not that I don’t care about you anymore, because I really do,” Angus says, his head down. “I’m sorry about this.” He sighs and runs a hand through his hair. “It’s just temporary, it’s not that I’m tired of you, I just feel we need a break.”
His shoulders drooping, he looks [...]

Many years ago I was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. When I finally got the diagnosis the relief was instant, like a wave that pushed me under to a place where I no longer had to panic and struggle, I could simply drown amongst the answers. Extreme sufferers of BPD also have dissociation, [...]

We were watching a news clip this morning about how much neighborhoods have changed here in the past 50 years. They showed children skipping rope, playing games, throwing a ball around in the street while mothers chatted and rocked baby prams from side to side.
“Wow,” I said, shifting Nick to the other side of [...]

The Money Pit.
Anyone else seen it, or is it only saddos like myself? A young couple (played by Shelley Long before she started taking herself too seriously, and Tom Hanks before he became, well, serious) buy a dilapidated house and try to rebuild it. Their contractor promises it’ll be done in two weeks. [...]

Late last night April and Patrick met their gorgeous son. I’ve known April for a while now, and am very happy for her and her family. She’s been so ready for so long now, and I know that feeling of “Please take this child out of me, I’ll even whiz by KFC [...]

Recently I’ve begun packing up the nursery, getting it ready to be moved. The first things to be moved were the babies’ books, which now rest in the study. With huge, huge thanks to people who sent us books, my folks, an ebay compulsion, and The Book People (I think their books fall [...]