>This post originally appeared on the Nashville Scene blog, where it made people foam at the mouth. The child-free movement is getting some media attention lately, possibly because it’s uber-hip to be a parent right now. Child-free social groups have been around for years to help adults without kids to connect. I can sympathize with […]
March 9, 2007
>The Eggplant Parmesan has been digested and so far, no labor, although technically I’m supposed to give it 48 hours to take effect. I realize that eating eggplant to stimulate labor is a stretch, particularly when I haven’t even reached my due date, but humor me, people. This baby is kicking the stew out of […]
March 9, 2007
>The first time I was pregnant, my due date came and went without so much as a Braxton Hicks contraction. I tried to remain calm, but as someone who hates being late, missing my due date was humiliating. And so resolutely, I took action, trying: -Car rides on bumpy dirt roads-Sex-Spicy foods-Sex-Long walks-Sex-Shaking my fist […]
March 8, 2007
>When I heard the chainsaw outside, I knew whatever was going on couldn’t be good. Across the street, a couple of guys were buzzing branches off one of two Bradford Pear trees in our neighbors’ front yard. But these weren”t just any Bradford Pears. In a subdivision filled with hundreds of hardwoods miraculously left standing […]
March 6, 2007
>About a year ago, I attended the second birthday party of the son of a friend of mine. Before the party, she had made sure to mention to me that little McParkerson was only allowed to play with wooden toys that did not feature characters from television shows or movies. I watched as McParkerson opened […]
March 4, 2007
> I call this “Pregnant and Provocative.” Or “Touch My Belly and Die.” I can’t believe I’m doing this. It’s one thing to post your belly pic after you’re all nice and slim again- It’s another thing altogether to do it when you weigh more than you’ll ever tell anyone (including your doctor) and are […]
March 3, 2007
>This post originally appeared on the Nashville Scene blog, where it generated quite a bit of discussion in the comments. Hubs and I had dinner last night at the Firefly Grille. The coconut cake was so amazing that it gained an immediate position on my Last-Meal-if-I-Ever-Find-Myself-On-Death-Row list, but that’s not the point of this post. […]
March 1, 2007
> It’s Perfect Post Award time and this month marks a very special one for MommaK and me- It’s our one year Perfect Post Awards anniversary! I’ve been stunned both by the numbers of you who’ve joined in on the awards (I have more than one hundred of you on my Perfect Post mailing list […]
February 28, 2007
