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Dry January? Drinking/No Drinking, Part I

Dry January? Drinking/No Drinking, Part I

Written January, 2021 I want to talk about drinking. Are you doing a Dry January? Getting stone cold sober for a month? Then what? The idea is you'll drink less because you've reset your system. But February 1st comes around and it's off to the boozy races again? I'm...

Dry January? Drinking/No Drinking, Part I

Written January, 2021 I want to talk about drinking. Are you doing a Dry January? Getting stone cold sober for a month? Then what? The idea is you'll drink less because you've reset your system. But February 1st comes around and it's off to the boozy races again? I'm not a fan of abstaining for a set period. It feels like a diet and diets are for the birds. However, I have started to take a peek into my own drinking habits and it feels scary to...

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Quarantine Home Schooling Blues

Quarantine Home Schooling Blues

I never wanted to home school my kids. Never considered it for a nanosecond. I have crazy respect for teachers. You guys are amazing! Parents who...

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Mom’s Turn by Jennika Ingram

Mom’s Turn by Jennika Ingram

I want to share a parenting book by Jennika Ingram. It’s her debut book called Mom's Turn: A journal for the first year of motherhood and stories to...

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Eleuthera!

Eleuthera!

April 2015 Day 5 in this beautiful place. There's some things I've learned about vacationing with little kids. It's not a vacation.  I'm not...

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Doing nothing.

Doing nothing.

I want to do so many things. I make a lot of lists. I wake up and jot down to-dos in my planner (yes, I still have a paper day planner). Exercise!...

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Baby Pippa Bird, Part II

Baby Pippa Bird, Part II

Continued from Part I, recap: I was at Saint John's. I had the dreaded Hep lock in place and they were monitoring the baby for 45 minutes before...

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Baby Philippa is here! Part One

Baby Philippa is here! Part One

Baby Philippa Blair Bird was born early on Wednesday, June 25th, just after midnight. This is my birth story. Dum dum. (Trying to make the Law &...

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