Money Monday follow-ups
In my very first Money Monday, I told you about my dish soap octopus. He made an impression on my mother, apparently, because now she has her own dish soap octopus. Hers is yellow. She thought his eyes...
View Articleun-Wardrobe Wednesday
I try to bring a little variety to my Wardrobe Wednesdays so they aren't all about Dagmar, but her birthday's coming up so … everyone pay attention to my girl. In the very early days of her life,...
View ArticlePanodil
In Denmark, there's an OTC pain killer called Panodil. I bought a bottle because my midwife said it was the only one that was safe to take while pregnant. I didn't actually have any painkillers around...
View Articleone year ago
One year ago, I was in labor. To everyone who told me I would miss being pregnant… to everyone who said babies were easier on the inside than the outside… to everyone who said that babies are miracles,...
View Articlehi again
My parents flew back to Florida yesterday morning. I took the day off, because 10 days of visit from parents means you get a day off when they leave. Now I'm back! I'm trying out a little thing called...
View ArticleTetrominos make good floors
I'm going to kinda cheat today. I've already written about our Tetris floor, but I've never Money Mondayed it. I just thought I'd call everyone's attention back to it, because some of you may have...
View ArticleSo much for that
For some reason, I went to bed last night thinking that I'd already posted my Wardrobe Wednesday. I don't know why, but I guess the world will keep turning even when I'm really, really wrong about my...
View ArticleDon't let anyone tell you
that your Wacom tablet doesn't look smashing with your pink shirt, exposed disposable diaper, and argyle BabyLegs. It's gorgeous, baby. Gorgeous.
View ArticleCheater, Cheater, Pumpkin Eater
Back when I decided to start doing Money Monday, I gave myself rules, and now I'm going to cheat by posting something that doesn't follow them. I figure it's ok, though, because I'm basically queen of...
View ArticleI'm not late. Hush.
Yesterday, I remembered that I needed to blog, and I was even in front of the computer. The problem was that my ISP was down over much of Eastern Zealand, including the part I'm in.My non-Danish...
View ArticleYou thought I'd forgotten, didn't you?
Ah yes, it's been ages since I've posted for FFF. Sorry about that. I'm also sorry for the misleading title of the last post. It didn't even occur to me that "late" might be read as a uterine update. I...
View ArticleLet's go for a stroll(er)
This is not related to the rest of my post in any way, but I have to say it:WHEN WILL THE BLOODY CONSTRUCTION BLOODY END ALREADY? I am NOT thankful for buying this bloody flat, with the stupid bloody...
View ArticleFewer than six months later
The day after my parents left Denmark, I realized with a mild shock that they left without the packages to mail to my blog contest winners. Once their visit was in the foreseeable future, I thought I'd...
View ArticleYesterday
Yesterday was a very full day for D.L. and me. Bright and early, we headed to IKEA with our friends Kim and Idunn. As you may know, IKEA offers cheap breakfast if you get there early. In the U.S., it's...
View ArticleJust like I said?
I'm starting to wonder if I haven't moved my blog enough times and should move to WordPress. Well, I'd be moving it to be hosted with the rest of my stuff, running WordPress. Blogger is starting to...
View ArticleMy husband calls it The Yoko Ono Look
Several days ago, I was sitting in the fun room, emailing Friend Due on Monday about the little Santa baby Christmas dress I would be giving her for her soon-to-be-born little girl. We arranged that I...
View ArticleI spoke too soon
This happened last Friday, after my FFF post for the day. As soon as it happened, I thought, "dang! This would have been a perfect FFF!" So I've been waiting a whole week just to post it. (Or I...
View ArticleSippy cups
So, finally.I can't really remember why I resisted giving D.L. a sippy cup. I guess someone at some point told me I shouldn't, or something. But for whatever reason, it wasn't until she was 10 or 11...
View ArticleI'm in this one!
I thought about just posting this picture and letting your imaginations run wild about why this picture exists and what we're doing, but my daughter is napping particularly close to me and I'm afraid...
View ArticleShe's not going to be a ninja
Halloween. It's tomorrow. I hear that Danes are warming up to this most excellent holiday, but it's still nothing like in the States. At least there's a resource for Danes wanting to go all out. I'm...
View ArticleHooks!
You may recall that we recently acquired a new, totally awesome stroller, with which we are still in love. We noticed pretty much immediately that we were no longer able to hang bags off the handles,...
View Articlemoving
Yeah, I'm moving again. I'm going back to http://www.alteredsky.net/blog so please update your bookmarks and RSS feeds. Sorry for the confusion! :(
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