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2011 in review (as summarized by WordPress.com)
My first year of blogging, beautifully summarized by the good people at WordPress.com. Turns out I have “fans” in South Africa and Indonesia. Who knew. Thanks to everyone who read my posts. I’ll try to be better about sticking with … Continue reading
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Tagged blog summary, blogging, postaweek2011, wordpress.com
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Sneak peak …
This weekend Toby and I completed a new project. This particular project has actually been several years in the making, but it was well worth the wait. We unveiled our new baby this weekend at my mom’s company Christmas party. … Continue reading
Posted in photo booth, photography, Post a week 2011
Tagged christmas, christmasparty, highkey, homemade, partypics, photobooth, photography, postaweek2011, tulsadermatologyclinic
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Your mom may be a midwife if …
This past weekend our little family headed south to visit some friends. Not to Texas mind you, just to South Tulsa. These friends used to be neighbors, but for some inexplicable reason chose to leave this fabulous neighborhood and move … Continue reading
Posted in Misc., Parenthood, Post a week 2011
Tagged babies, family, friendship, kids, kidssaythedarndestthings, midwife, parenting, postaweek2011, pregnancy, steele, vagina
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Cheers, Chelle
Today my youngest little sister turns 21. In my mind there are actually two Chelles. There is the pretty obnoxious youngest sister I thought I had for so many years. The one who always seemed to have her hair in … Continue reading
Posted in birthday, Family, Post a week 2011, sisters
Tagged birthday, chelle, family, postaweek2011, sisters
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This weekend …
Quite a bit happened this weekend. I converted Steele’s crib to a toddler bed. He is now free to roam about the house. I began my first serious attempt to potty train Steele. So far I’m pretty pleased with the … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Parenthood, Post a week 2011, steele
Tagged baba, birthday, family, friendship, halfmarathon, kaydence, parenting, postaweek2011, pottytraining, steele
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On being an old person
I realize I’m not actually an old person yet. I also realize the definition of an old person is completely relative. To my son, I’m an old person. To the cute little girls who gave me a tour of the … Continue reading
Posted in birthday, Family, Misc., Post a week 2011
Tagged age, birthday, blogging, old, oldage, oldpeople, perspective, postaweek2011, youth
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Swim School revisited
As I mentioned in an earlier post, following a not-so-impressive first swim class, I decided to put my son in swim school for the entire fall/ winter session. After his somewhat lukewarm reception to his first swimming class, I thought … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Parenthood, Post a week 2011, steele, swimming
Tagged babies, diaperdolphins, family, flippers, millerswimschool, minnows, parenting, postaweek2011, steele, swimlessons, swimming
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Warrior Princess …
I am a runner. I have been for most of my life. This past weekend I decided to spice up my running a bit by participating in something called the Warrior Dash. It’s like a 3 mile trail run, but … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Post a week 2011, running
Tagged postaweek2011, running, steele, trailrunning, warrior, warriordash, warriordash2011
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Staycation
Yesterday the baby and I joined my mom and stepdad for a staycation. It was like a roadtrip, except we never left town. We started our day off at the zoo. The baby and I are members at the local … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Post a week 2011, zoo
Tagged animals, baba, baseball, buildabear, family, fireworks, parenting, postaweek2011, staycation, steele, tulsadrillers, tulsazoo, vacation, weather, woodlandmemorialcemetery, zoo
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Moneyball: the art of reading (and absolutely loving) a book that’s been lingering in my “to read” pile for way too many years
I just finished reading Moneyball by Michael Lewis. I loved it. Couldn’t put it down in fact. If you are not familiar with the book it is, essentially, a book about baseball statistics. Gripping, I know. But trust me. It … Continue reading
Posted in Misc., Post a week 2011, reading
Tagged baseball, bookclub, books, michaellewis, moneyball, oakland, postaweek2011, reading
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