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Girl Parts
September 30, 2005 16:40
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Watching shows like Discovery Health Channel’s Special Delivery makes me realize how lucky I am to continue to have healthy, relatively uncomplicated deliveries. There are families out there who go through some seriously bad shit. I am blessed.

But that doesn’t mean I don’t have my own challenges to face. Today, it’s a “really bad” (to quote the doctor) yeast infection. He prescribed Diflucan to “kill the yeast fire” (I feel like California), then I get to take a 7-day course of Monistat. It’s unpleasant and uncomfortable and not exactly what I’d WANT to have happen, but still… between this and, say, placenta previa.. I’ll take it.
Backpack!
September 28, 2005 17:21
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Tags: thomas tv

Everybody knows how much I looooove (heavy sarcasm) Dora the Explorer. I mean, really, how can you NOT love a children’s show with such wonderful songs as, “I’m the map! I’m the map, I’m the map, I’m the map, I’m the map, I’m the map, I’m the map, I’m the map!” But my children are all completely enamored of her. I say “all” because even Thomas is crazy about her. He recently learned to say “nana” (for banana), and the very next day, Dora had a banana grove as one of her destinations. Dora the Explorer is BIG on repetition, so they must have said the word “banana” at least 15 million times. Each time they said it, Thomas said it.

Today’s show was about how Dora got her backpack. So the word “backpack” got repeated ad nauseum. Guess what words Thom...
Did you know I'm pregnant?
September 27, 2005 17:23
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Tags: pregnancy

Preg-head has set in. For those who don’t know, when you get pregnant, you get stupid. That is, you get forgetful, your attention span is shortened, and you just aren’t as witty or clever as you normally are. There are those who discount the phenomenon of Preg-head. Fuck them.

It gets worse as the pregnancy progresses. I am forever forgetting common words (things like “fire drill” and “chicken”), losing my train of thought, repeating myself, etc. Whenever this happens, Mike will usually point it out. “Did you mean to say, ‘Eat your fork’?” When I’m called on it, I just sigh, and say, “Did you know I’m pregnant?” That’s my catch phrase for, “Yeah, yeah… blame it on the baby. Dammit.”
Suck It Up
September 26, 2005 17:25
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On days like today, I wish my vacuum cleaner had a “nasal and sinus cavities” attachments. Sinus pressure suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucks.
Tacky
September 25, 2005 17:25
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Tags: media politics tv

OMG, y’all. What was up, y’all, is now down. I once again caught the Jerry Springer radio show on Air America. Apparently, his program is some kind of media-commentary thing. He was commenting on the Bush speech given in Louisiana, at night, after Hurricane Katrina. You remember that speech – the backdrop was all lit up? I kid you not… Jerry Springer called that speech “tacky.”

Jerry Springer.

Called a speech “tacky.”

…

Let he who is without a history of having the MOST classless television program in the HISTORY of TV cast the first stone.

Not only that, but he has got to be THE least effective radio host, ever. He seems almost incapable of completing a thought or a sentence. His poor guests are forever prompting him, finishing his sentences/thoughts, and otherwi...
Battle of the Bulge
September 25, 2005 16:26
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Tags: pregnancy

I was at an all-day crop yesterday. I wore one of my biggest pair of non-maternity jeans, and STILL spent all day buttoning/unbuttoning when I got up and sat down, rearranging the crop area, and otherwise fighting my clothing. I fear, friends and neighbors, that it is time to slip into the maternity clothes for the long haul. Which probably means I’m going to have to shell out more for maternity pants, since I have only two pair. MUST they gouge women so badly who are both tall AND pregnant? I mean, I know it’s some extra fabric, but not THAT much, for heaven’s sake!
Ultrasound
September 22, 2005 20:17
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Tags: pregnancy lindsey

It’s 5PM and we JUST got home. We were late getting to our doctor’s appointment, so we were late getting out, yadda yadda yadda. Anyway, I won’t draw this out: we don’t know conclusively what the baby is. Both the doctor and I thought we saw… something. But neither of us is 100% (or even 80%) sure. So… another month, we’ll have another ultrasound. sigh

I did get some super-cute ultrasound pictures, though.

First, the big ol’ head:

Spine

Foot

Face

Close-up of Face
Room Progress
September 21, 2005 20:21
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Tags: kayla pregnancy

OK, so it’s probably going to take more than 2 days to do the basecoat painting. OF COURSE. If I were a NORMAL human being, with a NORMAL body, I could easily do this job in 2 days. But NOOOOOOO. I’m NOT a normal person. I’m a PREGNANT person, with LOOSE JOINTS, and a BAD BACK, and DIZZY SPELLS. And after only one coat of primer on the four walls – nothing yet in the closet or the ceiling – I’m already having back pains and have to stop for the day.

This is so frustrating!!!! I want this job OVER AND DONE WITH. I know exactly ...
Ronnie
September 20, 2005 20:22
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I’m a pretty reflective person, I think. I’m often consumed with thoughts of things from my past – what went right, and (more often) what went wrong. In one sense, I have a lot of regrets – things that I now know were stupid actions/inactions on my part. On the other hand, I know that if I changed any one thing about my past, I wouldn’t have the wonderful present and future that I do right now. Still doesn’t stop me from mentally kicking myself in the ass from time to time, though. ;)

So last night – on the long, boring drive home from Spokane – I decided I’d turn it around. I thought about what was the single decision I’m most glad I DIDN’T fuck up? Aside from the obvious, of course – taking the leap into love and marriage with SexyHusband.

When I was fifteen, I was dumped by a guy named Michael. He worked (still works, in fact) with my mom. He was a couple years older than me, a few r...
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Air America Lineup
September 18, 2005 20:27
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Tags: media

Most of the news I get comes from CNN and Fox News – website and satellite radio, respectively. Occasionally, I decide to take a spin through the dial to see what some of the other stations and programs have going on. Some are entertaining, some are informative, some are just downright stupid.

Today, I flipped over to Air America (my absolute least favorite radio station, period). I heard a new host – one I hadn’t seen in their programming lineup before. Apparently, as an answer to the integrity of personalities like Fox’s Geraldo Rivera, they’ve added…

… wait for it…

…

… Jerry Springer.
Care-a-Lot, Book Review
September 17, 2005 20:28
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Tags: books pregnancy kayla

Nope, this isn’t a book review of a Care-a-Lot book. :) I did post a book review, though, if that’s your “thing.” On a related note, henceforward the baby I am carrying will be known as “Tummybug.” :)

I’ve been trying to focus more time and attention on redecorating Kayla’s room. She decided she wanted the room to look like Care-A-Lot, where all the Care Bears live. So first step was to take down all of the awful, fake wood paneling. That job is done, and beneath it is a patchwork of some kind of composite wood stuff, with some pieces of drywall (installed with the wrong side facing out) interspersed over the areas where structural changes were made.

To do this job right, I would take down all that crap, install new insulation and drywall, then do the mudding, painting, and mural. But I’m already 18 1/2 weeks pregnant, and haven’t the time or energy for that. So for now, I’m just patching the...
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Extraction Delayed
September 16, 2005 20:30
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Tags: pregnancy

I saw the dentist. He agreed the tooth (all my wisdom teeth, in fact, but especially a particular one) should come out, but he won’t do a wisdom tooth extraction without an X-ray. There’s no way I’m going to have an X-ray during my second trimester, so he suggested we just “baby it along” until the baby is born. Then I’ll likely have all four removed at once, while Mike sits in the waiting room with the newborn praying it doesn’t wake up hungry. :)

So, immediate crisis averted, but this poses new challenges. Now I not only am trying to eat lower-sodium, but I have to avoid anything that is too hard, crunchy, or chewy. Joy. There’s always grits, right?
Tooth Extraction
September 16, 2005 19:30
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I have a dentist appointment today, possibly to extract a tooth. I HAAAAAAAAAAAATE going to the dentist. :(
Drawing a line
September 15, 2005 20:38
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Tags: scrapbooking

I love scrapbooking, and I love looking at all kinds of layouts. Even those whose subject or style I will never use. But ya know… I really have to draw the line at layouts of stillborn births. I’m sure they bring comfort and healing to the parents, but right now… s’just not prudent.
Quote of the Day
September 10, 2005 20:39
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Tags: books

We have to start thinking of America as a family. We have to stop screeching at each other, stop hurting each other, and instead start caring for, sacrificing for, and sharing with each other. We have to stop constantly criticizing, which is the way of the malcontent, and instead get back to the can-do attitude that made America. We have to keep trying, and risk failing, in order to solve this country’s problems. We cannot move forward if cynics and critics swoop down and pick apart anything that goes wrong to a point where we lose sight of what is right, decent, and uniquely good about America.


This is a quote from Colin Powell, in his autobiography My American Journey. For a review, check out my Book Reviews.
Fat Ass
September 07, 2005 20:40
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Tags: jokes

I normally don’t go in for this kind of thing, but this one genuinely made me laugh out loud. Just bear in mind – no offense is intended. :)

WOMEN’S ASS SIZE STUDY

There is a new study out about women and how they feel about their asses!

I thought the results were pretty interesting:
85% of women think their ass is too fat…
10% of women think their ass is too skinny…

The other 5% say that they don’t care, they love him, he’s a good man, and they would have married him anyway.

Swoll like a tick
September 06, 2005 20:41
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Tags: pregnancy lindsey food

It always happens overnight, like a pimple erupting. One day, it’s not there. Then suddenly, without any advance warning, it is. The Belly.

I started showing today. I say “today” because although we went into town yesterday to run errands, and I was wearing much the same thing as I was today, nobody made a comment. A couple of people who already knew that I was pregnant asked how I was feeling. I told someone yesterday who hadn’t known I was pregnant about our impending addition, and they seemed appropriately surprised.

But tonight, at the Mexican restaurant, the very sweet checkout lady asked whether “the baby” was a boy or a girl. I was only accompanied by Adam and Kayla, and she gestured at my tummy. I hadn’t spoken a word about being pregnant at dinner, and I didn’t know this woman well enough for her to have heard through the grapevine. So she could just tell by looking at me.

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You're Gonna Be
September 05, 2005 20:42
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Tags: music

Reba is – and has been for twenty years – the best story-teller in country music, maybe in ALL music. That twangy voice of hers just pulls at your heart strings. Her latest single – You’re Gonna Be – speaks directly to me (and, I suspect, to many others). Lyrics below. Warning, Margi – this one will bring on the waterworks. Get a tissue first.

No, really. Go get one. I’ll wait. ;)
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You’re Gonna Be
by Reba McEntire
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6lbs and 9oz. lookin’ up at me
Like I have all the answers
I hope I have the ones you need
I’ve never really done this, now I know what scared is

Sometimes I’ll protect you from everything that’s wrong
Other times I’ll let you just find out on your own
But that’s when you’ll be growin’,
And the whole time I’ll be knowin

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Archives Moved
September 05, 2005 19:43
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Woof. Well, the massive job of more or less manually moving over all the archives from over two years of blogging is now completed. Unfortunately, all comments are lost – I just can’t take the time to manually insert those as well. There are also a few other changes – things that were in extended entries now aren’t. Some photos and links were lost, and most of the older intra-blog references became inaccurate almost a year ago, when I switched to WordPress.

Hopefully, having the blog/journal here, more directly under my control, will make maintenance easier. We’re using a home-rolled comment system and can tweak that a little as time goes by, to exclude comments when necessary. I still have some work to do on the stylesheet to make the blog a little prettier, and may eventually go through and make the merged “2frogs” and “Note-It Posts” entries look a little more coherent, but that’s a very, very low priority r...
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Comments
September 04, 2005 20:43
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Sorry about the problems with the commenting system. I made an elementary programming error, and failed to test. Everything should be working now.

And death to the Brazilian assholes who hijacked my template again at the old site. I’ll be changing my DNS just as soon as I get the archives all moved over.
Supreme Court
September 03, 2005 20:44
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Tags: politics media

Chief Justice William Rehnquist has died of thyroid cancer. I am not a Supreme Court scholar, so I am not the one best suited to write a tribute (or not) to the man’s legacy; I will leave that to others. I simply hope for peace and healing for his family.

With that said, be prepared for the hysteria from the Democratic Underground/Air America/MoveOn.org folks to be ratcheted up even more. Because now, it is up to a sitting, conservative, Christian, Republican president to nominate the Supreme Court’s Chief Justice. More “the sky is falling!” paranoia is on the horizon, as the Left’s pet issue – abortion “rights” – may be in real jeopardy. Finally.
Katrina
September 02, 2005 20:50
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Tags: politics

I know I’ve been keeping notably quiet about Katrina and the people stranded in the gulf coastal area. In part, that’s because I’ve been really busy trying to focus on making my new business a success, but mostly it’s just… what can you say?

I wish that we were in better financial shape to be able to offer more help.
I wish that we were close enough to offer our home to some of those heartbreaking families on the news.
I wish Jesse Jackson, Randall Robinson, and the other usual suspects would stop turning this into a racial issue.
I wish the people of New Orleans, Biloxi, and other coastal towns had heeded the mandatory evacuation notices and gotten out.
I wish the federal government had provided more help, sooner.
I wish the mayor of New Orleans and the governor of Louisiana had asked for help sooner.

But most of all, I wish those babies had milk. And diapers. And a roof. And a bed to sleep in at ...
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