Filed under: Get All Mushy, Holidays, In The Kitchen, My Kids, Things I Do, Things I Make | Tags: burn-out, Christmas, gifts, holiday, shopping, strategies, thrifting
When I was a kid I loved Christmas — I adored the cheesy music, the month-long anticipation of The Big Day had me unable to sit still, I couldn’t get enough of the various preparations for family meals, church services, concerts, and school break. This love of the Holiday was still so strong with me that when I met DH we had to strike a compromise in which I could only start listening to Christmas music on December 1st or as soon as the first snow fell — whichever came first. Given we lived in Nova Scotia, I never got to start early (though the arrangement had to be modified once we moved to Ottawa!).
As an adult, though, I started losing the excitement and joy — there wasn’t any fun in picking out gifts for people, the malls were a torture to be avoided if at all possible, and I even stopped loving the music as much. Christmas had become a chore. I was done. Once the kids were here, we kept it pretty simple but a big part of me craved to recapture the excitement I remembered from my own childhood.
Filed under: Awkward Conversations, General, Make Lists of Things, People I Know, Review Things, Things I Do, Things I Read | Tags: Books, reading, recommendations
I love to read.
When I say I love to read, what I really mean is that I love to read. This year has been light on content, but high in quantity. Years past have been the reverse. I don’t discriminate between genres. Very little is too fluffy or too heavy for me to devour. I’ll read just about anything.
This is what makes it particularly hard for me to decide not to finish reading something. (more…)
Filed under: Baby!, Dwell On Things, Health Stuff, Ladyfest, Make Lists of Things, Overanalyze, Purge, The Urban Jungle, Things I Eat, Things I Make | Tags: cravings, endometriosis, fertility, garden, pregnancy, ultrasound
Sorry to keep you all in suspense, but I had a good ultrasound (for the most part). There’s a real live baby in there, with a real live beating heart. Yay!
That said, I’m still not totally stress-free about this whole pregnancy thing. The baby measures 9 days behind “dates” — I typically ovulate late, so this isn’t necessarily “abnormal” — but has a good strong heartbeat. I will feel better when this u/s is followed up with the midwives and I can see that growth is remaining consistent, though. My EDD based on gestational age is May 18, 2010.
Filed under: Baby!, City of Ottawa, Health Stuff, Make Lists of Things, Overanalyze | Tags: medwives, midwives, ottawa
Anticipating a good result on Friday, I’m trying to decide which set of midwives to phone this time. Last time I was with The Midwifery Group of Ottawa and, while I was extremely happy with the pregnancy care and the postpartum care, events that occurred during the birth left me somewhat less confident in them.
Does anyone who reads here have experiences with the Midwifery Collective? Are they “medwives”?
