Category Archives: reflecting

Sick, Puke, Sick, Laundry

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Laura

Feel free to skip this post if you’d prefer not to read details about sickness or if talking of puking makes you a bit squeamish.  I won’t mind.  In fact, I’ll never know! On Friday, I was sick.  Really sick.  … Continue reading →

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The Sins of the Fathers – Revisited with a bit more perspective

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Laura

I have a day more of perspective now on what happened on Sunday, along with the amazingly kind and wise words of my Aunt Zona and my friend Nicole to help me too.  So I just wanted to write a … Continue reading →

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The Sins of the Fathers

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Laura

It’s possible that none of this would have happened if I’d actually remembered that I was supposed to read Scripture in church yesterday.  If I had, I would have read the passage in advance, practiced, looked for the difficult-to-pronounce words … Continue reading →

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That’s What I Get For Announcing to the World that I Trust My Baby

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Laura

Yesterday, I posted about how we try to trust Ellie and ourselves in our parenting.  That particular post has been viewed almost 100 times so I know lots of people have read it.  There’s a certain amount of pressure to … Continue reading →

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We Trust Our Baby and Ourselves

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Laura

I’m joining in with Emerging Mummy’s “Practices of Mothering” carnival today.  She’s inviting people to share “what we do – or try to do – to help us enjoy parenting right now.” Here is what is working for me right now. … Continue reading →

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Procrastination, After All, Is But a Symptom

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Laura

Here’s my list of what I’m currently procrastinating about: 1. Making dining room curtains (meant to have been done by the end of January) 2. Starting the “Kickin’ It Old Skool” blog series (meant to have been started last August) … Continue reading →

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Project Organize: Day 4 – Ellie’s Books and Toys (continued)

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Laura

Continuing with my organizing theme for the week, today I’ve managed to box up all of our books that we aren’t using right now. That has left a very bare bookshelf. Now I just have to get working on making … Continue reading →

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Project Organize: Day 3 – Ellie’s Books and Toys (a la “Simplicity Parenting”)

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Laura

Continuing with my organizing theme for the week, today I am beginning to sort through and organize Ellie’s books and toys. Here are the toys that we have for her: There are a couple other little toys that we keep … Continue reading →

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Why Dread the Inevitable?

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Laura

One unexpected result of becoming a parent is that I’ve become the surprisingly frequent recipient of negative comments like these: She’s crawling?  Watch out – your life is about to get much harder! Enjoy this time.  It’s the easiest it’s … Continue reading →

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Who Needs Toys, Right?

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Laura

What do you get when you have a mama desperate to get dinner made, a baby who just wants her mama to play with her, and a lot of potato and carrot peelings from the compost bucket? A delicious dinner, … Continue reading →

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