Stop complaining.
Originally uploaded by aturkus.
On a recent Oprah Winfrey Show, Oprah interviewed the pastor of a Unity church in Kansas City who is promoting a complaint-free world via using purples bracelets as a reminder to the wearer to not complain. They are getting a [...]
Baby Shower Cake
Originally uploaded by aprilandrandy.
I had my first baby shower this weekend with Randy’s family. It was wonderful but completely overwhelming. My sister-in-law Karen told me to enjoy the attention as once the baby comes, it’ll be “April who?” but I think I’m more [...]
Pat On The Back Apparatus
Originally uploaded by Chandler Bing.
Our friend Brian blogged about a fascinating article in New York magazine by Po Bronson about how praising children in the wrong way can actually hurt them instead of encouraging them.
The article explains that emphasizing the effort [...]
Happy Valentines Day
Originally uploaded by Dluu.
Ah, Valentine’s Day is here. Love is in the air. I think that with as big a Christmas as we had, we’ll be keeping our Valentine’s Day celebration pretty low key.
The Food Network has had a zillion shows all about [...]
27 Weeks
Originally uploaded by aprilandrandy.
Feeling the baby move is the weirdest feeling. The doctors have told me that it feels like butterflies or gas bubbles. I must have passed that stage right away as it feels more like churning but not in a bad way. [...]
Colin and Brad autographs
Originally uploaded by Lady Shada.
I don’t know that I could have had a more whirlwind month.
We started off January with going to Jacksonville, FL to see our friends Paul and Leslie and for Randy to go with Paul to the [...]
NW Stack
Originally uploaded by telsky.
There’s a great article in the NY Times about the anti-anticlutter movement that seems to be swelling in America. Perhaps there is something to be said for the creativity that a messy desk denotes. On the TV sitcom “Friends,” [...]
Mickey Ornament
Originally uploaded by Cayusa.
It’s Christmas morning and although I’m usually about ready to walk out the door to work at this time of the day, it seems very early somehow.
Randy and I seem to be stretching out Christmas as long as possible. [...]
Pregnant
Originally uploaded by hitosisfoto.
We just went to my doctor for my monthly check-up and I’ve decided that being pregnant is a strange experience. I thought the learning curve for buying our first house was big, but points escrow have nothing on trying to figure [...]
Languages rendered by Pango
Originally uploaded by simosx.
“Hey, look! There’s an Asian!” When we lived in a town in central Ohio about ten years ago, I recall getting so excited to see someone that looked like they were remotely like me. The people of the area [...]