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around here : full weekend

October 27, 2014

Things I did this weekend: >Chores & laundry >Finished a Project Life spread >6.2 mile run >Attended a birthday party for one of Meredith’s old classmates >Pushed through M’s meltdown during said birthday party >Met a friend for coffee sans kids >Took the kids to the park >Finished reading Attachments >Planned dinners for the week ahead >Cooked chicken >Went to church >Drove across town & back for a Halloween party >Attended book club >Church family life group >Crafts with Meredith Things I didn’t do this weekend: >Vacuum >Any cleaning other than the bare minimum >Make a homemade dessert to bring to life group >Open the computer even once >Have any time to myself >Or with my husband >Or see the rest…
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around here : full weekend

October 27, 2014

Things I did this weekend: >Chores & laundry >Finished a Project Life spread >6.2 mile run >Attended a birthday party for one of Meredith’s old classmates >Pushed through M’s meltdown during said birthday party >Met a friend for coffee sans kids >Took the kids to the park >Finished reading Attachments >Planned dinners for the week ahead >Cooked chicken >Went to church >Drove across town & back for a Halloween party >Attended book club >Church family life group >Crafts with Meredith Things I didn’t do this weekend: >Vacuum >Any cleaning other than the bare minimum >Make a homemade dessert to bring to life group >Open the computer even once >Have any time to myself >Or with my husband >Or see the rest…
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currently

October 24, 2014

Genius: Listening to my gut on Wednesday and taking Liam back to the doctor even though he had just been there on Monday. Turns out he has asthma and now we have much better treatment for it. I’m hoping he’ll be looking much better by next week. Fail: Well the morning I documented last week felt like one big fail! But also, we are struggling with dinners for Meredith. Right now I am cooking mostly paleo, but Meredith doesn’t want to eat just meat and veggies. But if she doesn’t eat, she gets suuuper cranky. And I also don’t want to cook her something different every night. I don’t want that to be the norm. Any ideas? Currently: administering breathing treatments. elbow-deep…
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currently

October 24, 2014

Genius: Listening to my gut on Wednesday and taking Liam back to the doctor even though he had just been there on Monday. Turns out he has asthma and now we have much better treatment for it. I’m hoping he’ll be looking much better by next week. Fail: Well the morning I documented last week felt like one big fail! But also, we are struggling with dinners for Meredith. Right now I am cooking mostly paleo, but Meredith doesn’t want to eat just meat and veggies. But if she doesn’t eat, she gets suuuper cranky. And I also don’t want to cook her something different every night. I don’t want that to be the norm. Any ideas? Currently: administering breathing treatments. elbow-deep…
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a weekday morning last week

October 23, 2014

One weekday morning last week, as soon as I got up, I decided on the spur of the moment to document my morning in detail. I had no idea that it would be the most stressful morning that week. Reading this now I am not sure whether to laugh or cry. On one hand, the kids aren’t usually THIS needy. But on the other hand, this is not really out of the ordinary. Meredith is an intense child, which can make her super awesome and fun, but also difficult. So here you go: a detailed examination of a weekday morning in the life of a working mom, with a spirited child and an infant. *** 3:30 am: I first wake…
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