Old lyrics. New meaning.
Have you ever watched a movie that you hadn’t seen since childhood and realized how completely you had misunderstood the plot. I have done that seve...
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Family Holiday Traditions
I love traditions. To the point that I yearly wear my red socks when I decorate the Christmas tree while listening to Bing Crosby. (Sidenote: I...
I’m pretty proud of myself
So this is an excellent workout. I get to work out and spend time with my little boy at the same time. 🙂 Baby is in the harness for the lower ...
permanent. then again.
The permanency of death is hard for me to comprehend. It feels more like an abstract concept than an irreparable fact. It’s been 6 months sinc...
Hungry Goats & the Social Mommy Phenomenon
Blue Eyes and I went on a date to Princeton today while his daddy attended a lecture at the university. I wore him in my frontal red papoose as we wi...
The Autumn Post
Nov. 10- Were I not ever picking leaves out of my 5-week-old’s carriage, he’d be camouflaged within 10 minutes. We picked a perfect day to go ...
A few things I’ve learned
I’ve learned that when you become a mom, you also become a lighter sleeper. I typically wake up to hungry “O o-o o o”s before the crying start...
black-eyed pea to blue-eyed boy
I reread An Announcement today- the blog post in which I announced our pregnancy. In the post, our 8 wk ultrasound picture was compared to a peanut, ...
… but I can’t say that I like it #2
You may recall when Hurricane Irene ravaged NJ pulling leaves out of our summer trees prematurely. I wrote about my love for falling leaves in autumn but unlove...
Day 4 of
being a stay-at-home mom. I’m struggling to find time to do the dishes much less write. Who ever thought that such a little per...
Birth Story
I don’t know if it was the raspberry tea, pineapple, spicy meat pizza, evening primrose oil, walking or just nature that did it, but I am glad to report t...
Pumpkin Bellied
At Battleview Orchard in NJ two weeks before our first was born.  Thanks, Troy, for the pictures!
Re: Email to Mrs. Masalin
Momma Maz, Thank you! Things are going well. I was saying to ppl at church on Sunday, “Good morning, I hope I don’t see you next week!”&...
Pregnancy Diaries
You know you are 9 months pregnant when you count to yourself “1-2-3” before sliding out of a restaurant booth. Oh yes. Counting to get ...
Where I worked featured on TV show
Click the link to watch a TV episode featuring the historic village museum where I loved working this past year! You can just watch the first minute for a...
Anticipating Summer’s Pending Ending
The crisp clean cold of winter cannot be replicated by an air conditioning unit. Nor can the toasty warmth and smell of a furnace imitate summer heat. We ...
Pregnancy Diaries: Counting Kicks
Husband of pregnant wife: “Honey, can you move around a little less at night. You’re keeping me awake.”Pregnant wife: “Sweetie, I ...
Pregnancy Diaries: You know you’re 9 months pregnant when…
Started my ninth month yesterday.You know you are nine months pregnant when you try to squat to accomplish a chore, but fall down 30 seconds later.You know you ...
Take a Guess at Where I am Standing.
I look up from my food stand burrito to see bright yellow river taxis, jet skiers playing in the wake of the brighter orange Staten Island ferry, crazy kayakers...
Questioning My Questions
I reread my post: http://heatherpaiges.blogspot.com/2011/06/provocation-of-thought-during-prayer.html today. From where does this sense of entitlement spring? H...
Fancy Little Smoothie
I just made the fanciest little health nut smoothie I’ve ever encountered: blueberries, strawberries, spinach leaves, 1/2 nectarine, banana, yogurt, 1 raw...
…but I can’t say I like it.
Two of my favorite sites are leaves falling in late autumn and blossom petals falling in late spring. (I also enjoy watching rain fall and snow fall, but those ...
Hurricane Irene
Apparently sudden drops in barometric pressure often cause women to go into labor. I am glad to say that we made it through the hurricane without this effect. L...