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(Image Credit) Holy cow, am I tired!! (No, that's not me in the picture. You can tell by the manicured nails and the lipstick. Do you know when the last time I had either of those things on me was?...
View ArticleTerribly Overdue Kid Update
It has been entirely too long since I've talked in any detail about what Aidan is up to these days and where he's at, developmentally. This will probably be a boring post, but I want to have it for...
View ArticleAnother Step Toward Becoming 'One of Those People'
A couple months ago, I wrote this post about an epiphany I had about food, nutrition, general health, PCOS, feeling good, and how all of those things are connected. I knew that 2012 represented a...
View ArticleJerk Parents
One of my biggest pet peeves is parents who are jerks to their kids. It's hard for me to wrap my head around how people think it's okay to speak to their kids like trash. Actually, this has always...
View ArticleBy Jove, I Think I've Found It!
I know I've written several diatribes lately (and yes, 'lately' is a relative term!) about my health and discoveries I've made about food and how to nourish my body better. Now that that's become more...
View ArticleToday I Read Something Amazing
One of the hardest things to get used to as an adoptive parent, specifically, is the questions that you get from strangers. It's no secret that adoptive families (and foster families and step-families...
View ArticleMy Dream Environment
I mentioned back in this post that I've been nagged recently about not blogging more. I enjoy it, I really do. But I'm a victim of chronic writer's block. I need a little nudge to get me writing,...
View ArticleHappiness Smells Like...
It wasn't too terribly long ago that I was rifling through my nightstand, looking for something... most likely an iPhone cable, or some wayward stale chocolate from Halloween or something... and...
View ArticleA Very Special Visit...
Aidan is now past the 2-1/2 year old mark and, I swear, getting smarter every day. At least once a day I find myself surprised at something he knows, remembers, or catches on to. He's big on starting...
View ArticleThat Time I Was a Hooker
There are 3-4 other Ambers that use my email address by mistake on a regular basis, and by "by mistake" I mean "because they're idiots." Over the past couple of years, I have received so many emails...
View ArticleTime for Some Randomness
I'm just going to put a few things out there into the universe. First... I can't stand it when people breed animals, especially puppies, for money. As in, for a source of income. It makes me crazy....
View ArticleSugar and Spice and... Saliva?
Let me start this post by saying that this is NOT an ad or a sponsored post in any way. I don't do those. These are my thoughts alone. I mentioned here a while back that there were some really cool...
View ArticleHave I Ever Mentioned I Don't Love Change? (Part 1)
If you know me, you know I'm a creature of stability. Of routine. Of not shaking things up too much. Hubby is, too; maybe even more so than I am. I've lived in the same small town my whole life. Hubby...
View ArticleHave I Ever Mentioned I Don't Love Change? (Part 2)
(Photo Credit) In my last post, I told you about what led up to our decision to move away from everything I had ever known. I promised to tell you about the chaos that ensued. Somehow two months went...
View ArticleHave I Ever Mentioned I Don't Love Change? (Part 3)
If you haven't yet, read parts one and two of this story first. We arrived in our new city on a Sunday evening. We were mentally, physically and emotionally drained after the flurry of chaos over the...
View ArticleThe New Design is Up!
Well, how do you like the new look?! First, my hat's off to Ashbee Designs and Custom Blog Designs for the custom characters and blog design, respectively. I'd never worked with Ashley at Ashbee...
View ArticleDun Dun Dunnnnn... (The Daycare Saga)
One of the biggest reasons I was hesitant to commit to the move is because Aidan was in an incredible daycare/preschool back home. He'd been in the same place since he first entered daycare at four...
View ArticleMy Second Favorite Holiday?!
I have a confession to make. I spent today in bed instead of earning my keep. (Source) Don't worry, I won't leave you hanging like that. If you've been reading for a long time, you may remember...
View ArticleThings I Miss
(Source) When it came to contemplating the move, as we did so intensely for such a prolonged period of time, I really thought that I had anticipated everything. I thought it all through from start to...
View ArticleThey Should Call it Murphy Day...
Yes, this. This day right here. The Monday after Daylight Savings Time. They really should call it Murphy Day. As in Murphy's Law. As in, whatever can go wrong, will, and so will twenty other...
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