Yes, again. It’s a yearly thing. It’s a tradition. Since I moved to Portland, and since Dave and I have been together, we have moved five times. This will be our sixth move. In five years. We have never renewed a lease. I realize this sounds exhausting and maybe a little silly. Isn’t moving a [...]
Always, Always, Always Wash Your Hands After Public Transportation
March 11, 2013 By 7 Comments
You know this already, right? You know it intuitively. If you put your hand on anything while on a bus, or reach out to steady yourself, you can be assured that thousands of other people have also had their hand where ever you are putting yours. And who knows what may linger on the surfaces of [...]
Heigh Ho, Heigh Ho, It’s Back To Work I Go
February 6, 2013 By 5 Comments
I got a job. I mean, a job away from home. I was sort of, maybe, perhaps, thinking about going back to work, but I figured it was going to take me a long time to find a job that would suit our purposes. I wanted a job that I would enjoy, otherwise it wouldn’t [...]
Breastfeeding Travails: Pumping My Boobs Sucks Ass
January 18, 2013 By 11 Comments
This is a post about boobs. And not about sexy boobs. This is a post about milky, leaky boobs. If you’re not into that sort of thing, feel free to back away slowly and pretend you didn’t mean to come in here. Me and all the other leaky boob people will pretend we didn’t see [...]
Twin Boys. Six Months. Holy Crap.
January 14, 2013 By 7 Comments
Since having babies, I always scrutinize other peoples’ babies to see how much bigger they are. We have friends with twin boys that are a month older than our guys. And I looked at their babies and thought, Our boys will never get that big! I saw monstrous chubby kids, drooling and smiling and screeching [...]
New Car Adventures, Part 2
January 8, 2013 By 6 Comments
This is the post I meant to write yesterday. But I realized I hadn’t explained the whole new car thing. Which is a thing. A big thing, for us. For as little as we use the car, being a so-called “car lite” family, getting a different car was a BFD for us. And it was [...]
New Car Adventures
January 7, 2013 By 2 Comments
Okay, so I have a huge mental backlog of stuff to write about. Basically, half a year’s worth of stuff that has happened while babies have been happening. Like when Dave got locked in our bathroom. Or when our fire alarm went off while I was in the shower. It has pained me not to [...]
One Year Ago Today…
December 26, 2012 By 2 Comments
So one year ago today, Dave and I learned we were going to have twins. It was maybe the most monumental, shocking, earth shattering, terrifying and thrilling day I have ever had in my life. It took weeks, maybe months, for us to fully comprehend how much our lives were going to change. But a [...]
Ka-Pow! New Oregon Residents Up In Here
November 15, 2012 By 7 Comments
My mom first came to visit her new grandsons at the beginning of August. When she went back home to California, she casually mentioned to my dad that she wouldn’t be opposed to moving to Oregon. My dad called me up and demanded to know: “WHAT DID YOU DO?” Then my dad came for a [...]
New Mom Hair
November 2, 2012 By 4 Comments
What I like about this is that I can roll out of bed and instantly be the lead singer of any 80s pop band. Yes, the boys still recognize me.
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