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Posts from ‘June, 2009’

A guilty mother’s work is never done

My worries about Peyton’s upcoming clinic visit and my excitement about the upcoming trip to Chicago for BlogHer collided in my dreams.
I dreamed that she relapsed and I couldn’t go on my trip. I was suddenly plunged back into the world of chemotherapy and treatment and being a fulltime nurse and you know what I [...]

WHO packed the crazy and the paranoia in the same box!?

Peyton looked like crap last night.
Walking through the store where she started complaining that her tummy hurt, I looked at her.
REALLY looked at her.
Her skin? Sheet white.
Her eyes? Deep grey circles under.
Just overall feeling like a bucket of poo.
Of course, my heart sinks to the tips of my toes.
And I know that she was tired [...]

Guestpost: “Kissing, Waxing and the Chicken Ring Theory” by A Mom Two Boys

I have this thing about trying to find something good out of a situation, even when it’s mostly crap and the good sometimes has to be really lame, like “well, it could have laid eggs in my ear!”
Sometimes it’s not so hard to find the good thing.
When my dear friend Heather lost her [...]

Guestpost: Across the Pond by Motherbumper

Katie = Motherbumper = Wicked Cool!  I have never known so many Canadians in all my life and I wasn’t sure what I expected when I started meeting these other bloggers from across the border.  Would they all like hockey? Would they be wearing clothing made of something they killed and skinned themselves? How many [...]

I should be unpacking something

This is just a random update of what’s going on with us in the land of Georgia.
The kids are still cute.  Need proof?

So, as of today we’ll have been in the new house for two weeks.
Two weeks.
I have all those boxes unpacked.
Everything looks amazing and shiny and clean.
We are a well-oiled machine of productivity and [...]