Today I am being interviewed over at Misadventures with Andi. I hope you’ll click over if you don’t already follow Andi’s blog. This is my carrot soup that I talked about in my last post. Huge success, largely thanks to Young Knight’s (and his Papa’s) willingness to wash all the runts that had been pulled out of the ground. I… Read More
All is well. All is not well because I had the CVS exam and discovered that I have a perfect child. In fact I did not have the exam at all. I decided against it when I learned that there was even a greater risk of miscarriage than with a regular amniocentesis and that this doctor would be going in… Read More
It used to be that when you flew into Hong Kong airport, the planes would have to fly directly towards a mountain with a bulls-eye painted on it. At the last minute, they would veer a sharp right and start the descent. The landing strip was particularly short, located in the heart of the city, flanked by tall buildings on… Read More
It’s a small world I live in. I iron small polo shirts and wash small little underclothes from the (almost daily) accidents. We set small traps to catch the elusive mouse who races through our vents and terrorizes us at night (grrt grrt grrt) I make small meals for myself with lots of ginger that I sit and eat while… Read More
I spend (what some would say) an inordinate amount of time sleeping these days. I eat, I throw up, I go back to bed, I drag myself upright for maintenance purposes – shower, laundry, pick up the kids, cook – then I escape. In books, in dreamland, where there is no worry, no nausea. Sometimes I wonder if I will… Read More
Whoever invented the term “morning sickness” never actually witnessed someone with pregnancy nausea. I’ve never met anyone who was just sick in the morning. They either glow their way through the entire nine months, or they are “mildly uncomfortable,” or they are heaving their guts out from day one. That one’s me. Yes, you are forewarned on the subject matter… Read More
