July 2010 Blog Posts (25)

This one always had the smell of BS about it, but the reason I'm taking the time to highlight it is that, well, so did the Iraq war, and so many other stories lately. And although I fancy myself as someone who has a pretty good "BS detector," it is precisely the acceptance and allowability of such "gut-thinking" itself which allows for people (myself included) to make "conclusions" without restricting them to only the facts in evidence. The very phrase "trial by media"…

So here's what's all going on in that arena lately:

*Ultrasounds! I never thought I would get tired of them, now I hate them. I dread having to go in for the ultrasound hoopla. It means being touched AND smeared with sticky goo. Boo. It doesn't seem to help matters any that aside from one, all of them have been performed by the same tech. I can't believe she still checks my armband when I go in for them. She…

That's what I woke up to this morning. Poop. Everywhere Poop. Well, first I woke up when the hubs ventured in to tell me the baby had a blow out poop, and he needed to change the sheets, and where were the extra sheets again?

This may not have been annoying if it wasn't for the fact that I have spent the last TWO WEEKS re-organizing all of the closets in the house and boxing up everyone's sheets in rubber maid boxes: NB has a box for sheets and blankets, the baby has a…

IKEA has conquered the world. What with its flat-packed boxes of DIY furnishings and funky tchotchkes with impronounceable names, family-friendly play areas and fairly inexpensive food, it's quite the goofy new version of shopping for dumbfounded Americans. We drive great distances to find the giant stores, get lost within its ratmaze of seemingly unplanned aisles, and succumb to the treasures within, only to emerge half a day later, squinting, into the harsh sunlight of the outside…

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Today was chock-full of appointments. This was the schedule:

8:45 - Get up. Check email. Repost bunk beds for sale. Sigh over how much laundry needs to be folded in a house with no AC when it's already 91 degrees out.

9:15 - Take son to shrink. Drop him at door and head to Panera for breakfast bagel while working on questionnaires for wedding couple and their families.

10:27 - Meet son back at shrink's office and drag him to Target, where middle son's…

Okay, so men and women are different and closeness breeds contempt and all that shit. But there are times when it is patently clear that my husband HATES ME WITH A PASSION, and now is one of those times.

And I get it; I'm annoying. I'm definitely imperfect, despite my mother ingraining the fact into my brain that Mothers Are Perfect And Are Never Wrong (Even When They Are). Here I am, 40, laid off, overweight, messy, loathe to bother with makeup unless it's a true outing, and…

An Iranian military court has convicted and sentenced to death two suspects charged…

Dear Not That Kind of Pump,

My Medela feels like it’s not sucking as hard as it used to. What do I do?

Sincerely,

Stuffed and Leakin’…