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Going Back to Cali

On November 8, 2012 · 12 Comments · In california, disney land, los angeles, nablopomo, san diego, travel, vacation

Michael and I have been talking about a 2013 vacation for a while.

We didn’t take a BIG vacation in 2012, for several reasons. For one, we bought a house in August 2011 and the majority of our disposable income has been going toward home improvement. Secondly, Nora is a TODDLER now, and travel with […]

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I’m Mad

On November 7, 2012 · 3 Comments · In child development, nablopomo, nora, toddlers

Nora is at a stage where she is obsessed with certain books. Like, we will go a week at a time reading the exact same three books at bedtime. Then she’ll latch onto another one, so we’ll continue reading two of the original books, but the third is a “new” one, and we’ll read THAT […]

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Election Day

On November 6, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In in the news, nablopomo, politics

I told myself weeks ago that I didn’t care as much as I have in the past about the outcome of the presidential election.

Still, I find myself parked on the couch tonight, laptop in my lap, with Brian Williams on TV giving me up-to-the-minute news on the results. And I am anxious.

I […]

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Dark and dreary. And too early.

On November 5, 2012 · 2 Comments · In child development, nablopomo, nora, toddlers

Ughhh… Monday. And day number eleventy billion 9? 10? 14? (I’ve lost count) without any sight of the sun. It is getting depressing all up in here, folks.

Add to that the fact that we just went through the time change? Miserable. I’m ready to hunt down and kill the person who invented Daylight Savings […]

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Documentation

On November 4, 2012 · 1 Comment · In child development, nablopomo, nora, toddlers

A few weeks before Nora’s second birthday, I started to become overwhelmed with how quickly she was growing and changing. Of course, she’s been on a fast track to adulthood since the moment she was born, but this was different—she was literally learning, doing, and saying new things ALL.THE.TIME. I started experiencing those knock-you-over-amazing […]

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