Parenting

If you’re not punching a time clock, you must be a lazy schmuck
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If you’re not punching a time clock, you must be a lazy schmuck

If I’ve seemingly fallen off the grid, both in the virtual sphere and in real life, it’s because I’ve been tending to the small human being that I created. The fact that I have been otherwise unproductive has taken some people by surprise. Backseat feedings required I’m sorry, this tiny life force is a blob…

Deliver us from evil: Avoid tall tales about labor & delivery
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Deliver us from evil: Avoid tall tales about labor & delivery

All over the internet, there are depictions of the “things they don’t tell you when you’re having a baby.” Well, I’ve got the best one yet: they don’t tell you that your experience will be nothing like theirs! Sure, I can share with you what happened when I went into labor and then delivered my…

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House hunting is a lot like scoping out neighborhoods on Halloween

As a kid, I learned there was a strategy to picking a good neighborhood to trick-or-treat in for Halloween. There are certain landmarks to look for to get the “good” candy, but then again, sometimes we can be surprised, thinking a neighborhood will have chocolate when really they give away the cheap stuff…There were plenty…