People were asking how I was feeling, being so close to the due date. Most were surprised when I said that I felt pretty good, and that I wouldn’t mind being pregnant for a couple more weeks. The reason, really, is that at the moment I’m not sick, so I feel a lot [...]
Dr. Sanity has a good post on postmodernism, science, and politics. I’m just picking a couple bits about intelligent design out of context here:
One thing you can say about the religious right is that their desire to teach “intelligent design” (a theory I do not think has sufficient evidence to be included in children’s [...]
Finally I’m getting some nesting energy, in the evenings. I’ve been using it to tie up some loose ends in the birth preparations, and finish various little projects. Last night I even did some of next week’s tasks from my things-to-do-before-labor list. I don’t feel like starting anything new right now.
The baby’s [...]
It occurred to me, not too long ago, that just because my mother never made nice, fluffy mashed potatoes, didn’t mean that I couldn’t make them now. So I have been, and they are so, so good.
I don’t put much stock in the baby’s actual due date. OLC came at 42 weeks and 3 days, and wasn’t postmature at all. (On some of the hospital paperwork, they even put her down as “39 weeks”–I have no idea why.) For home birth purposes here, my midwife can attend births [...]
OLC and I went out on the playground after dinner, and stayed out until it was getting dark. Then, on the way in, she used her muddy mitten to pick up a piece of ice and start munching on it. I told her it was yucky, and she agreed and dropped the ice. [...]
I have an acquaintance who is not a Christian. Every time I run into her, I just know that Jesus is thinking this about her: “I’ve had my eye on this one for a long time. She doesn’t know it yet, but I’ve chosen her for my own. She is extra [...]
The CPSIA just keeps getting worse and worse: now all children’s books printed before 1985 are to be considered unsafe and not resold; there may be lead in the pigments. (I’ve read that the law is so broadly worded that libraries may also be affected, depending on the interpretation of “distribute”.) Ballpoint [...]
I’m mildly bummed out that CRAFT Magazine will no longer be printing magazines, though they’ll still be keeping their web site and craft blog active. I have all but one of the ten quarterly issues. It was a bright and inspiring magazine, and they actually got me, who normally won’t pay even $3 [...]
OLC had a surge of interest in learning to use the potty right around the time she turned 2, but I was wiped out by morning sickness, fatigue, and serial colds at the time, so I didn’t put much effort into potty training. It was easier to change her diaper a few times a [...]