tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28968676596442550522012-01-02T06:37:34.939-05:00Or, "What It Is Like To Be Married To A Doctor, And How To Love It, Too"Amanda C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02725419601355536782noreply@blogger.comBlogger1291100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2896867659644255052.post-18971345272966724552010-04-27T11:01:00.007-04:002010-04-27T11:46:57.244-04:00

Wow. I hadn't realized it had been this long since I touched my blog. A lot has happened since the beginning of November, besides the fact that we've been in 2010 for almost six months now. Here's a short list of what has occurred:1) I did manage to complete NaNoWriMo in November and went over the 50,000 word count by 100 words or so. I was very proud of myself for sticking with it, even on those

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I guess it's been a while since I wrote anything here. I've been busy with my moms' group and family doing all sorts of things. I've also been gaming a bit with friends, reading for my monthly book club, wasting time on Twitter and Facebook, and sewing A LOT! Over the past few weeks, I think I've done more sewing than I have over the past year, though that's probably not true. My sewing teacher

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We spent the month of August traveling and seeing all kinds of new (and old) places and friends. I think I already mentioned that we went to Charleston, South Carolina, during the last week of July with my husband's family. We rented a huge house near the beach and had a great time swimming in the Atlantic, sight-seeing around Charleston, and eating all kinds of seafood. I think we ate a record

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Yesterday, we celebrated our son's 3rd birthday and my and my husband's 8th wedding anniversary. V was due on August 8th, 2006, but because he was breech, we went ahead and scheduled a C-section/external version. My husband wanted to schedule it on a Friday, so he could have an entire week at home with me, and it ended up being scheduled on our 5th wedding anniversary! The night before, I

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After we first moved to our new house, I took some pics of the wonderful wildlife in our area. Even though we live in a small city, our neighborhood is so near wooded areas that we constantly find deer and rabbits in our backyard (and sometimes our front yard). This week, we've had a newcomer!Twice this week, I've caught this little guy loping through our back yard to the front yard and across

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I don't think I mentioned I got a new laptop recently. When we moved to our new home, B bought himself a new Sony Vaio for work (and entertainment) purposes. I took over the five-year-old HP laptop and used it for all sorts of things, namely the Internet and e-mail. A while back, the hinge that connects the monitor to the keyboard and keeps it upright broke because a certain little boy in our

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So, I got a request for pics of my new glasses. I didn't intend to buy Juicy Couture glasses, but they were the only ones that really looked the best. Plus, I got Transitions lenses, so I don't have to buy/wear separate sunglasses. Here are the new spectacles:They're not a drastic change from my last ones, just a different color (brown), and a somewhat boxier shape. Oh, and definitely chicer. I

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Yesterday, I turned 32 years old. I really can't believe that I'm in my thirties. I guess when you're really young, you think that 30 is old. Then, you get there, and you realize that it's not at all. A lot has happened in the past year. We've moved to a new town, I've made some great new friends, I'm closer to my family, and I just feel settled in life. Some days that's really good, and some

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I realized, recently, how verbal my son has become this year. It's been really hot lately, and Wednesday afternoon, I decided to pull his kiddie pools out to the driveway, so we could cool off a bit. I absolutely love his little rigid pool because I can lay out in it, and there's still enough room for him to play, too. The water felt great, and we both had fun splashing around and trying to get

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I just can't pass up a giveaway for a pretty dress! Plus, the makers of said dress help women living in poverty. It's a win-win situation all around! Yay!Marseilles Dress SHABBY APPLE GUEST GIVEAWAY!!!!

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This past Christmas, my sister-in-law gave V a rigid kiddie pool. I decided that, since we already had two inflatable baby pools, we might as well pull out the new pool, too, and have a baby pool party in our backyard. Earlier this week, I was sweeping out the garage, and I realized that V really needed something to keep him entertained. I love the fact that we have a water faucet and a hose

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We're back from our vacations to Chicago and Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg. B and I had such a lovely time in the Windy City. I kept myself very busy while he attended his conference lectures. I discovered on my own that Millennium Park was only two blocks away from our hotel and a very short walk from there directly to the lake! We had a great time walking the Magnificent Mile on Michigan Ave. and

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That whenever something major happens with my son (illness, accident, whatever), my husband is working and in the middle of something, so he usually can't get away to help. This was the case, yesterday. V and I had a great morning babysitting two of his little friends from my moms' group while their mother spent time unpacking and baby-proofing their new home. Then, we were supposed to go to our

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I just realized it's been a while since I posted here. We've been busy, especially with traveling over the past few weekends. We're still not done, either! This weekend was Easter at my in-laws', which was so much fun! Next weekend, we're going to spend some time near Louisville with our college friends at "Thunder Over Louisville", a super awesome, super LOUD fireworks display that kicks off the

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Two nights ago, I finally got fed up enough with how we've been sleeping (or, not sleeping, as the case may be), and I decided it was time to enforce a sleep schedule. I don't know why I didn't do it sooner. Well, I do know why. When my son was smaller, I hated letting him "cry it out". He's so stubborn, he'd cry for two hours straight and still not be tired. However, two nights ago, I

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My sewing teacher asked me last week if I wanted to make something for my son during my next sewing lesson. She had a cute pattern for a denim cowboy vest, and I was immediately excited about finding the fabrics and notions, because it included adding fringe and fun buttons to the front. Like my last sewing lessons, I was able to get the vest finished with help from my teacher, and I added the

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A little while back, I posted about a crazy idea I had rattling around in my brain. Well, today, I made it happen! I had a little more time on my hands, since V woke up not feeling the best, and we decided to stay home instead of go to the scheduled meet up event for my moms' group. While cleaning the house, I started thinking about what I might do, and then, I just did it! Behold: "Ask The

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At the risk of turning this into an "All About Sewing" blog, I'd like to share a couple of my more recent sewing projects. I've mentioned my great teacher before. Her plan for my lessons has been really wonderful, because I've come home after each session with a completed project. Last week, she wanted me to learn some "precision" cutting and sewing. I made a 4-in-1 place mat, which is

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If you've never heard the group Il Divo sing, then here's your chance: Four hot guys with beautiful, operatic voices singing at one of the most breathtaking venues ever. What's not to love? (Thanks to my MIL for e-mailing me the link, this morning.)Have a great day!Best,Amanda

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When I started this blog way back when, I wanted to make it a forum for other spouses of physicians and their thoughts and questions about married life. Well, things change as they always do, and it's now become a blog about my personal life with my son and husband with an occasional aside about living with his career. After I wrote my guest post for my friend Momma Bear recently, I received an

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I started taking sewing lessons over two weeks ago, and I've been having a blast with it. My teacher is just amazing, and we were able to finish my very first sewing project during my second lesson. It helped that we had gone over the pattern during my first lesson, and that I had laid it out and cut out the pieces at home before the second lesson. I was surprised at how everything from high

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After perusing Wil Wheaton's blog, I came across this YouTube clip of a very talented "experimental musician", as Zoe Keating calls herself. If you can't tell, as she finishes a phrase of music on her cello, it is somehow "remembered" by her Macbook, and it continues to play under the next phrasing of music, making it sound as though the music is being played by a quartet (or bigger). It's some

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See, I told you I'd come back! And, I have a couple of things to talk about since I last posted. Besides the fact that I've kept myself busy and away from the computer as much as possible over the last couple of weeks, I've also taken on a couple of outside responsibilities:1) One of my mommy friends from Ohio sent me an e-mail last week asking if I'd write a guest post for her blog, and I

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I've known for a while now that I'm totally addicted to the Internet. Once I joined such social networking sites as Twitter and Facebook, it was the end of my social and home life as I know it. Well, almost. I still get out occasionally to meet up with the moms in my new play group, and B and I have been to quite a few gaming parties at our house and elsewhere. However, I've found that most

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Opera House Glove and Caplet GIVEAWAY!!!!My inner cosplaying-self is squealing with glee for these gloves, caplet, and especially the feathers! This blogger makes beautiful things, but mostly for little girls, so I really get excited when she gives away something for us big girls! ;) I hope I have a chance for these. They'd make a great addition to any 30's style costume for a murder mystery

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As most of you are probably aware, the Midwest has been slammed with a massive winter storm, particularly where we live in southwestern Indiana. I think we've received around 8 to 10 inches of snow total in the past couple of days. I managed to get the driveway shoveled before B came home early from the office yesterday, only to discover this morning that it had been recovered with a fresh

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I forgot to include some pictures with my post of V's latest antics, so here are a few recent ones taken around Christmas time and this past month:Best,Amanda

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While checking my e-mail earlier this afternoon, I heard V walking around the dining and living rooms on the main level of our house. All of a sudden, I overheard him yelling, "Oh, crap!" repeatedly. He was just fine, and it sounded like he was trying the words out for fun. I realized, though, that we're now at the stage when B and I need to watch what we say around him. Actually, my first

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I realized recently that I haven't really updated you all on V's latest antics/accomplishments. He'll be 2 1/2 years old next month on the 4th, and he's really blossomed and come into his own recently. Here are a few of my favorite new words/sayings/things he does:--He's started putting words together to make simple sentences, usually beginning with a person's name followed by another noun with

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I'm really glad that my college sends me email updates on what's occurring there, even though I graduated eight years ago. Otherwise, I wouldn't have known that one of my favorite professors had passed away last Saturday. Professor Denis Kelly taught philosophy and religion classes at Marian College, and I was lucky enough to have him for a course on Asian philosophies. Though my memories of

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I discovered that you can find profound truths in the most unlikely places, even on Twitter. I wrote the following tweets this morning after writing an e-mail to a friend:Don't you hate it when you think about an e-mail afterward, and realize the words you typed weren't exactly the words you wanted to say?So much feeling and actual thought can be lost during the translation of an idea from the

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While reading through my Twitter feed today, I found a couple of interesting and completely random things.A long time ago, I discovered a great website called "The Brunching Shuttlecocks". It was full of hilarious commentary, funny movie reviews, and random geeky things that appealed to my inner-nerd self. The website, unfortunately, couldn't last forever. I was surprised, and thrilled, then,

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Happy New Year, everyone! Hope your holiday was as great as mine (post-Christmas, of course). We managed to get healthy enough to have some friends over to our place for pizza and gaming. I made poached pears for dessert and managed to kill Dr. Lucky all in one evening. It was great fun, and even better, everyone stuck around long enough to toast the new year with sparkling strawberry and

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It's sort of becoming a tradition that our son gets sick around Christmas. Last year, we were at my in-laws' house, and on Christmas Eve, V came down with a nasty stomach bug. Luckily, he was fine all day on Christmas, and neither B nor I had any symptoms until some time after the holiday. This year, it seemed our big gift to each other was that same nasty stomach bug. V started in with it

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We spent this past weekend with my family for our annual Christmas get together. On Saturday evening, we opened presents at my parents' house. It was a lot of fun, and the biggest surprise of all was for my parents. My siblings and I gave them handmade gift certificates that they can turn back into us to receive tickets to a Chicago Cubs game as well as a hotel for a weekend stay in Chicago.

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We finally got our Christmas tree out and up last Friday. B thought it would be a good idea to leave the ornaments off for a while, so our cat and our son could get used to the fact that there's a small, fake pine tree living in our front room. It's pre-lit, which saved us so much time from the usual untangling of lights, making sure they work, and winding them around and around the tree.

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I took V to his pediatrician's office today because he's been sick for the past three days. At three o'clock Sunday morning, V woke up with the worst cough I've ever heard. It had that "barking" sound we've all been told could be a sign of something like whooping cough. He coughed so much that he suddenly had difficulty breathing. It was very scary, both for him and for B and I. The

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Several years ago, I graduated college with an Early Childhood degree. There were big plans for teaching Kindergarten for a while before ultimately getting a Master's and Ph.D. in Child Development and teaching college level courses. Then, as someone said to me once, life happened while I was busy making other plans. Various events occurred that caused my teaching career to end only months

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It's been two days since we returned from our trip to Los Angeles, and I'm still a little jet-lagged. V must be, too, because it's ten o'clock in the morning, and he's still asleep! It's been tough getting back into any sort of routine, but that has a little to do with our traveling fatigue. We had a wonderful time with B's younger sister in Pasadena and other areas of L. A. just seeing the

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B, V, and I will be leaving tomorrow for another week long vacation. We'll be spending the weekend at B's parents' house because they bought us tickets for the "Radio City Christmas Spectacular" in Cincinnati tomorrow night. It's an early Christmas present and something they've wanted us to see ever since they saw it last year. As an extra bonus, it'll be a "date night" for B and I, while V

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After I married my husband, I received a lot of recipes from my mother-in-law that were passed down to her by HER mother-in-law. One of them is a recipe for lasagna that our whole family absolutely loves. It's also an excellent dish to serve while entertaining. I recently doubled the batch, so I had two lasagnas baking at once. They fed our board-gaming group with a little to spare. I also

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I've had a great week with my hubby at home. We've done a lot and not done a lot, depending on the day. I managed to read the first book in the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer. I was instantly hooked and am now working my way through the second book. If you're into vampires and romance novels, I highly recommend it, even if you're NOT a teenager. I even finished the first book in time to

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My husband started a week's vacation yesterday after his call shift ended at the hospital. He decided that he'd prefer to spend this vacation chillin' around the house instead of traveling, especially since we'll be spending his next vacation (in two weeks!) in Los Angeles. He spent his first night on vacation leading our Dungeons and Dragons group through his very own campaign. We had a great

Amanda C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02725419601355536782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2896867659644255052.post-89535081200398936642008-11-11T17:03:00.003-05:002008-11-11T17:44:18.054-05:00

Do you ever have days when you hate being a parent? Actually, let me rephrase that. I don't hate being a parent. I dislike being the "bad" parent most of the time. You know, the one who's always saying, "No, you can't have another such and such (insert applicable foodstuff here) because we'll be eating dinner soon", "No, you can't play with the video game controller right now because we have

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Before I had my son, I always thought I would never have my future children use pacifiers, just like I thought I would never co-sleep with them. Then, I became a mommy for real, and most of my thoughts on how to parent disappeared. Co-sleeping became the norm, and we suddenly found a need for pacifiers because V hated riding in the car in his rear facing infant car seat. Plus, my raw and

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Like many Americans around the country, I've been glued to my television since the polls closed in my home state. I watched as CNN projected which states would go to which candidate. I watched as the polls closed on the West Coast, and Barack Obama was declared the next President of the United States. And, I was moved by the celebration and sense of joy (and, maybe, of relief) that was being

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Tropical Tree Frog Costume GIVEAWAY!!!!Finally, my favorite blog about sewing (and giveaways!) has a cute little frog costume that would be great for V's next Halloween! I hope I win!

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Amanda C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02725419601355536782noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2896867659644255052.post-83993333376207418552008-10-30T19:27:00.003-04:002008-10-30T19:31:11.001-04:00

Actually, do vote. In fact, take advantage of early voting if it's still available in your state. B and I did just that today with little V in tow. The line for early voting was insane! We were lucky because one of the workers saw us with our son and let us vote in a quiet back office while V drew on Post-It notes. So, our two absentee votes are in. How about yours? November 4th is just

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I won't bore you with all of the details from my little Chicago vacay. Suffice it to say, I had a great time with my three girl friends, and the break from the mundane things in life was much needed. Below are a few highlights from the trip.One view from our hotelAnother view of ChicagoDowntown Chicago at night from the top of the Sears Tower"Holey Cow!" We had a great dinner at Harry Caray's

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My mommy friend Kristin wrote on her blog recently about how she sometimes feels so unmotivated to do anything, and yet, she has so much to do. I've felt that way off and on for the past few weeks. I'll have these spurts of inspiration and motivation and energy, and suddenly, my entire house is clean, or I've just cooked the most amazing meal for my family and friends, or I went out and did the

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We're at my in-laws for the weekend. B's presenting at an OB/GYN conference near where they live, and V and I came along to play with cousins, aunt and uncle, and grandparents. While we're enjoying the crisp fall weather at a local festival, here's a little video my mother-in-law sent me to brighten your weekend:I love it when wedding couples make up dance routines for their receptions. It's

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V and I met our play group at Brown County State Park for a picnic lunch, today. It's the same place where B and I spent part of our honeymoon over seven years ago. The pictures I took on the way back home through the park speak for themselves.Best to you all,Amanda

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So, I've been the wife of an "official" practicing doctor for 2 1/2 months now. Here are a few things I've learned in the past six weeks or so:1. E-mail can sometimes be the best way to communicate with each other, especially when it's about something important or something that needs to be remembered by one of us.2. Sometimes, it's best to just go ahead and start eating dinner, even though he

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Just saw this Internet meme on a friend's Live Journal, so I thought I'd spread it around, too:BOOK MEME:* Grab the nearest book.* Open the book to page 56.* Find the fifth sentence.* Post the text of the sentence in your journal/blog along with these instructions.* Don't dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST."Then he turned and left the stage as the

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Wednesday morning, I took V to a local apple orchard/cider mill for what I thought would be a fun time of picking apples and sampling cider. We had learned about the orchard from one of the moms in my play group. Her son's preschool class was going to be touring the cider mill that morning, and she gave me a time when they might be there. I had the usual issues of getting V and I out of bed,

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Our new city has an annual international arts and music festival called the Lotus Festival, and it occurred over this past weekend. B was on-call all weekend and had a lot going on at the hospital, though he was able to come home for a little bit on Saturday. I decided to take the kiddo to a free event during the festival called Lotus in the Park, since we didn't have any other plans. It was

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Red Riding Hood Jacket GIVEAWAY !!!!!!!Okay, had to link to this awesome blog again! Every time I go there, I think of my little niece in these beautiful hand made outfits. Maybe I'll win one someday!

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***BIG LANGUAGE WARNING--POSSIBLY NOT SAFE FOR WORK***My mommy friend Kristin passed the following link on to the rest of us on Twitter. I thought it was pretty appropriate for the current situation in America, so I thought I'd do my duty and pass it on to you all:I went downtown yesterday to turn in my voter registration application, since we recently moved and I needed to change my information

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After writing the last post, I keep hearing and remembering new words from V. Here are a few that I forgot to add:"teet" = "teeth", which he's really into brushing right now"Okay!" = "Okay!""Why?" = "Why?" I thought we would be safe from hearing this word for a long time. Apparently not. And, it gets asked ALL THE TIME. I'm starting to have difficulty coming up with reasons and explanations.

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Just a quick one while V naps, and I get a little time to myself. Here are a few words or phrases I've heard V say in the past few weeks. The first "word" is how it sounds when he talks. The second is the actual word or phrase that he's trying to say.:-"dink" or "gink" = "Drink!" or "I want a drink."-"gaye" = "Game!" or "I want to play that game!" We've also heard through tears something that

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While doing my regular blog reading for the morning, I came across the following website on Punky Monkey's blog. I thought it was hilarious and couldn't pass up the chance to share it here.Dumb Laws: Find your state at the top of the page and discover what stupid laws may still be on the books. For example, here are a few things I found out about Indiana:-If any person has a puppet show, wire

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If you love to cook like I do and come from a mostly Midwestern family, then you've probably inherited or have been given lots of church cookbooks. You know, those cookbooks filled with casserole and dessert recipes written by grandmas who loved to cook with cream soups and lots of cheese? I absolutely love my church cookbooks. Most everything in them is fast, easy, and/or can be thrown into a

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It's been a busy week to say the least. I can't remember much of Monday, except that B was on call. He had a few patients in labor that evening, so V and I went to the hospital to have dinner with him. Apparently, the hospital's cafeteria closes around 7:00 pm, and we got there after that, so dinner ended up being McDonald's that V and I grabbed and brought back for B. Luckily, B was able to

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Kathleen Dougherty, writer of the blog "Grosgrain" and sewer extraordinaire, makes cute children's clothing and then, gives it all away through her blog. To be a part of the contest, you just have to link back to her blog! I saw her little sarsaparilla skirt and vest giveaway this morning and just had to get in on the action. I may not have a daughter, but I have a little niece who'd look

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After we moved to our new town, B decided to start a 4th Edition Dungeons and Dragons campaign. The newest edition of the game had just been released, and since we moved closer to friends who were interested in playing, B thought it would be a good time to try out his Dungeon Mastering skillz. Yesterday, we played our third session of our current campaign, which is set in the world of Eberron.

Amanda C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02725419601355536782noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2896867659644255052.post-19160219806191857852008-09-18T16:55:00.003-04:002008-09-18T17:47:54.515-04:00

I'll be the first to admit that I'm pretty overprotective of my son. We have specific barriers and safety precautions set up around the house, so that V can explore and play, and for the most part, we don't have to worry about hearing a crash and an "uh, oh" come from his room upstairs if we're nowhere near him. I've also tried to relax a little when it comes to things like V exploring in the

Amanda C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02725419601355536782noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2896867659644255052.post-65702446814133186592008-09-17T18:44:00.007-04:002008-09-17T19:16:49.961-04:00

I've found a great blog for moms called "Mom Spark". It looks like various moms post their favorite tips, recipes, and other things to share with the world. As I was reading it the other day, I found this awesome recipe posted by Summer. I decided to try it out for dinner this evening and received rave reviews from my hubby and son (though V tended to eat the biscuit more than the sausage).

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V said his first comprehensible sentence, this morning! My hubby will say that he's been speaking in sentences for a while, and it's true, but most of those sentences have been full of gibberish and few "real" words. This morning, however, when he ran to his bedroom to get his diaper changed, he jumped on the air mattress on the floor of his bedroom*, got under the covers, and said "I nigh-nigh

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Random thoughts for the day:1. When slicing open a frozen blueberry bagel before toasting it, it might be a good idea to make sure my thumb isn't so close to the knife. Ouch.2. Beautiful morning + 2-year-old = play time at the park.3. When playing at said park, it might be a good idea to bring our own shovel and pail. One communal shovel just isn't enough to go around and causes too many kid

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Friday night, B and I got all dolled up and attended the annual charity event for WonderLab, known as "Science Night Out 2008". His practice had donated a lot of money to the children's science museum long before B had joined them. However, they felt it was a good way to advertise his and another physician's new employment in town, and because of their generous donation, the practice was given

Amanda C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02725419601355536782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2896867659644255052.post-45943979787306947202008-09-10T17:49:00.006-04:002008-09-10T18:16:03.491-04:00

I officially announce that our son is a genius. Now, I know that every parent's kids are geniuses (geniusi? what's the plural?), but I truly believe our son has some hidden brilliance that's just now surfacing. For one thing, when he heard I was going to the basement to get my and B's dice for our gaming group tonight, he wanted to come, too. I don't like him wandering around down there, so I

Amanda C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02725419601355536782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2896867659644255052.post-75574737349757875982008-09-09T17:27:00.005-04:002008-09-11T10:49:09.693-04:00

It's been a frustrating day to say the least. One, the cat puked on the hallway floor at 2:30 in the morning. Guess who heard it? Guess who cleaned it up? Two, V wouldn't go down for a nap until way after his usual nap time this afternoon. At least he finally took a nap, though. While his nap was in progress, I decided to take a little time for myself. And, then, I wrecked my entire plan

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Dear Julie,Why did you have to puke on the hallway carpet outside my son's room at 2:30 in the freaking morning? And, why couldn't it have been your normal hairball, instead of the mass of yellowish yuck you left on my nice white, shaggy carpet? And, why did it have to happen when I was sleeping on my son's bedroom floor to help him transition into his new room? Why did you run into his room

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We went to the funeral of our friend's father today. V came along because we didn't make arrangements for a babysitter in time. I knew it meant that one of us would be ducking out of the memorial service at some point, since we couldn't expect our 2-year-old to sit through anything unrelated to "Blues Clues" or "Yo Gabba Gabba" for an hour. Luckily, a couple we knew from college was also there

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In the category of "I'm so blogging this":B and V were playing. The following (paraphrased) conversation occurred.B walks over to me and says, "V told me that he thinks you should make brownies."Me, laughing: "Oh, he told you that, did he?"B: "Yes, he said that." (The only way we know when V's hungry is when he sign's the word for "eat". This is a clever ploy concocted by my husband to get

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It will eat your baby alive!!!! Run away! Run away!

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B and I took the kiddo to a place called WonderLab this afternoon. It's a great science museum geared toward children, though it seemed the adults had as much fun as their kids when we were there. We've been to a couple of other children's museums since V was born, but I think all three of us had the best time at WonderLab than at any of the other places. It's much smaller, and because it was

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I'm not going to beat around the bush here. I hate this time of year. Every piece of media around is inundated with information about the current campaign struggle between Obama and McCain. Personally, I could care less. I know. What a terrible, cynical viewpoint to have during such an "important election". Again, I won't beat around the bush. I HATE politicians. Every one of them tries

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Yeah, she ain't what she used to be. Okay, so I'm only 31 years old. Yes, I'm admitting my actual age. Now, I don't want to downplay what happened to my friend earlier today, because it was truly devastating. However, I didn't think the day could get any worse, and yet, it somehow did. After V and I came home from an outing with our new moms group, I put him down for his nap and then, went

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So, to lighten the mood a little, I found this great website on one of my favorite forums. What would happen if the candidates for the presidency sat down to play Dungeons and Dragons with America as the Dungeon Master? It would probably go something like this.Best to you all,Amanda

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I just found out in an e-mail that the father of one of our best college friends passed away this morning. It was actually a long time coming. His father was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer around the beginning of this year, and his prognosis was not good. The fact that he lived through the summer was a true miracle. He was in home hospice care for the last few months of his life. Our

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Our little family has had a fun three day weekend, so far (well, at least V and I have). The worst part about it is it's been B's first call weekend for his office. Because of the number of physicians in his group, he only has one weekend call a month. It just so happens that his first one ended up being scheduled for Labor Day weekend. While he was busy delivering babies and seeing patients

Amanda C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02725419601355536782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2896867659644255052.post-88226644764630930702008-08-29T14:01:00.005-04:002008-08-29T14:14:00.125-04:00

I hoped V would stay in his bed last night, but unfortunately, it didn't happen. I woke up in the middle of the night to him crying in the hallway. When I finally made it out of bed, he had managed to creep down the stairs to the main level of our house, which is where the formal living room, dining room, and kitchen are located. The house was completely dark, and I don't know how he didn't

Amanda C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02725419601355536782noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2896867659644255052.post-46406304286552782692008-08-28T22:34:00.004-04:002008-08-28T23:31:12.651-04:00

It's 10:30 pm, and I just put our son to bed. His OWN bed. In his OWN room. That's right. On Tuesday night, my husband decided it was time for V to start sleeping on his own. It's been a long time coming. We've been co-sleeping since V was born, mostly out of necessity. B really needed his sleep during residency, and the easiest way to get it was to allow V to sleep in our bed with us,

Amanda C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02725419601355536782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2896867659644255052.post-51927809219100706912008-08-25T14:41:00.004-04:002008-08-25T16:04:31.523-04:00

As my mommy friends Kristin and Beth (and countless other mommy bloggers) share all of the wonderful things their little kiddos are doing as they grow, I've decided to get in on the act and write down some little tidbits about our son, so I can remember them when he's a rebelling teenager. He's been two years old for almost an entire month, and it's amazing how much he's changed even in just the

Amanda C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02725419601355536782noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2896867659644255052.post-19565163402956061402008-08-24T10:22:00.003-04:002008-08-24T10:55:44.517-04:00

I'm no Rachael Ray, but I do love it when I can find something to make for dinner that's (mostly) homemade AND takes less than a half an hour to finish. There are a lot of great cookbooks on my shelf full of easy, quick recipes. Sometimes, I get in a rut and make the same things a couple of times a month because I know my hubby and son will eat them. However, there are also those times when we

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Did I mention that I'm still sick? Yeah, I'm at the point now where I'm hacking my head off and coughing up lots of fun stuff. V's still no better with the runny nose and cough himself. I'm really getting tired of being stuck in the house, and I know he wants to get outside, too. I think a trip to the park or even our own backyard is in order, later.So, on to more fun things. My mommy friend

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The latest xkcd is up. And, lo, it was good:This actually applies to our (recent) life. When we first moved to our new house, we ended up getting our cable modem hooked up before our new satellite dish. When the satellite was installed, the guy cut our Internet connection by mistake when he was digging up the yard to bury the satellite line. So, we had to get the cable company from whom we're

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When I checked in with my mom while we were at Gen Con last weekend, she told me that she wasn't feeling very well and that V had the start of a cold, as well. He had caught it from one of his cousins, one of whom had just started Kindergarten that week. We picked V up on Sunday and found that he had a seriously runny nose and a slight cough. Mom was in her room in bed with a fever and a nasty

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I've decided to combine the last couple of days of Gen Con into one post, since I pretty much described our entire convention experience in the last two posts. The only differences between Saturday and Sunday and the rest of the con were B was able to attend with me over the weekend and I actually paid money to attend an event. B and I started out spending time together and with our college

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So, Day 2 was just as much fun as Day 1. The best part about these conventions is that you can really just spend your time doing whatever you want (to an extent), and it's been even more fun because I haven't really followed any type of schedule. I've just kind of gone with the flow and whatever happens, happens. I made it to the exhibit hall soon after it opened in full costume. I've tried

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Just a quick post to say I survived the first day of Gen Con and had an absolute blast! I didn't quite make it to the Indianapolis Convention Center in time to be one of the first people in the exhibit hall, but I was able to get to the Paizo Publishing booth to buy a copy of The Dead Gentlemen's movie "The Gamers: Dorkness Rising". They premiered the movie at Gen Con two years ago to

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Only two more days, and I'll be having the time of my life at Gen Con Indy! For those of you who don't know, Gen Con is a huge annual gaming convention in Indianapolis featuring all forms of game play: board games, role-playing games (RPGs), live-action role-playing games (LARPs), collectible card games (like Pokemon or Magic: The Gathering), traditional card games, video games, miniature games,

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I had to laugh when I read today's xkcd:I hadn't driven around Indianapolis outside of I-465 by myself in a long time. Friday night, when I was to meet my friends for that "wild" night out, I missed my exit to my destination and had to go one exit north and then go south on a side street. Luckily, I vaguely remembered my way around that side of the city. Leave it to Mapquest to know nothing

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Friday night at 8:08 pm (on 8/8/08 to be exact), the Summer Olympics opened in Beijing, China. Thank God for DVR. I missed the opening ceremonies because some friends thought it might be fun to surprise me with a wild "Girls' Night Out". Don't ask me about what happened. I've decided not to blog about it in all fairness to my friends who had a great time, though I spent most of the evening

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So, I have to blog this because I think it's interesting and wonder what others out there in the Interweebs might think about it. When B and I started looking at houses in our new city back in March, we fell in love with our current neighborhood as well as the house itself. The area is quiet, wooded, and full of wildlife. The only possible problem we had with buying the house (which didn't

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I'm happy to report we made it through the first week of B's new job as an OB/GYN. Technically, it's not completely finished, since he's seeing patients in the office today. However, he did have his first call night on Wednesday and sailed right through it. Every doctor's practice does things differently, and his office is no exception. He works with five other doctors, and he will take call

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Here are a few glimpses of our weekend and yesterday while celebrating V's big day!Have a great Tuesday, everyone!Amanda

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On August 4, 2006, at 9:44 a.m., my husband and I celebrated our fifth anniversary by welcoming our beautiful 8 pound, 8 ounce baby boy into the world. Two years later, he's become a walking, talking, dancing, singing, smiling, laughing, rockin' little boy.HAPPY BIRTHDAY, V!!!! We love you!I'm having issues uploading pictures, so I'll try to repost later.Update: Apparently, I'm not the only one

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