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Chicago, Part 2

The continuing saga… Saturday–My mom invited my aunts and uncles and associated cousins to come by the house to hang out, meet Cooper, and have some food. Oh, and ooh-and-awww at her kitchen that my uncle and aunt remodeled. Since I suck and didn’t actually get pics of the kitchen itself, you will have to look past…

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Chicago, Part 1

I realized that after all my belly-aching and obsessing over the closing of St. Francis Hospital that I never actually shared with my adoring public the details of my trip to the Windy City. Thursday–after fighting rush-hour traffic made worse by the rain, Justin got Cooper and I to the airport, where I wisely…

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Can’t Stop!

Okay, I’ve been caught up in Comment Land here and here. I really should be making bottles, going to bed, or catching up on all the fine blogs in my reader and blogroll. But I.Can’t.Stop! Really. I can’t. Not sure why the carseat one is occupying so much of my attention…probably because I am (1) crazy and a glutton…

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Shoulda Never Left

I won’t get into the dirty details, but lets just say, I’m kinda glad to be back home. I mean, I missed Justin, Gavin, and my pets, but um, I don’t think I will ever leave my house and job for more than 2 or 3 days again. With how much I have to clean up at both places, I really don’t think I want…

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A Little Bit Patriotic

As I suspected, my very minor political article below scared-off readers/commenters…what can I say, politics can be polarizing and most folks don’t like getting into those types of conversations. Maybe it’s because I live in DC and am constantly surrounded by politics and a lot of super-left liberals that are…

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