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Baby, Home, Pregnancy

Finally Getting Started on the Nursery…

Jul 11. 2010

We purchased our first item for the nursery today: a crib! The Graco Lauren crib in espresso, to be exact. When I first started looking at cribs I was startled at just how expensive most of them were. Especially the minimalist ones with clean simple lines, which is our style. Our own bed didn't cost $1,000 and I certainly wasn't about to spend that much on a crib. The book Baby Bargains came to the rescue once again. As previously written, this is THE best pregnancy book I have (a big thanks to my little sister who bought it for me as a gift!) and has helped me make many money-friendly choices. Baby Bargains put the Graco Lauren as one of the best bargain cribs, and...

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Sports, Twitter, Web

My 2 Seconds of Fame via Twitter

Jul 10. 2010

I have various Google Alerts set up for my name, my aliases, and their variations. About 50% of the time the alerts have nothing to do with me, but the other half can get pretty interesting. Most of the time I'll be flattered that someone chose to link to me, or find my stuff beneficial to their needs. I'll even saunter over to their sites to give a note of thanks, and I've made several online friends through this process. Once in a while I'll even find people trash-talking me, and while that used to bother me it no longer does — I think it's amusing that they don't have the guts to do that to my face (or on a...

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Christianity, Parenting, Personal

Sending Christian Kids to Secular Schools

Jul 09. 2010

I recently joined an online Christian mommies group and came across a discussion debating the merits of sending your kids to a secular/public school vs a private Christian school or homeschooling. Having attending public schools all my life (well, technically the university I attended is a private institution but it does not have a religious affiliation), I was shocked at how many Christian moms were against public schools. J and I have had many discussions about sending our children to private vs public schools. J has attended private schools all his life (he even attended boarding school in England) and thinks that private schools offer the best education. I see no problem with public schools just as long as the area we're...

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Comang, Cute

Doggie Fives

Jul 09. 2010

I've stated numerous times that Comang is not very bright. And while the desire to please is ever-present, we've only been able to teach him a handful of tricks due to his dim-wittedness. So far, Comang knows: sit, stay, down, jump, and high-five. Yes, you read that correctly. Our dog knows how to high-five. It was one of the first tricks that J taught him. See for yourself: It is precisely for this reason that I immediately fell in love with the following video, which depicts a man trying to teach his baby to high-five and the dog jumping in to do it himself, as if to say, "Sigh, let the EXPERT show you how it's done!" I can sooo see Comang doing this when the...

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