Mildly Melancholy

 This is purely for SEO in case a young teacher is randomly searching the Google. I haven't posted here in years, and I haven't been...

This is my third year of not teaching. I don't know if I should feel bad about that or if I should congratulate myself. I successfully...

We need some things at the store. *I* need some things at the store.  I feel lazy and don't want to make the effort to leave the house. ...

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When I started writing about pregnancy/baby stuff, I wished that I could share it with more people, or that more people would see it. Shamel...

I realized that I never posted over here that the twins did arrive! I had a c-section on November 21, there were no complications, and both ...

Sorry to leave that depressing post up at the top for awhile. Here's a cool video that finally captures some of the crazy big movemen...

Family. In many respects, I'm lucky for how I grew up. I always had food, shelter, clothing, and sometimes extras. The early years wer...

It's past time for the *need* to read these, but here they are just for posterity and because YES, FOR PETE'S SAKE, YES: The Case f...

I'm enjoying keeping up with my blog again, since there is plenty going on (and will, for the foreseeable future!). However, I'm rea...

Dear A and B, Today is Election Day. You don't know what that is yet. (Really, you don't know what anything is yet. That's not...

On occasions like birthdays, it's always interesting to take a moment and contemplate and compare life with the previous one. Last N...

Well. It finally happened. I hit a big number. Two of them, in fact. 50 pounds gained.  I now weigh 200 pounds. These are b...

Before:  Ugly paint color. Sickly yellow green that is reminiscent of baby poo. Kind of dark even in the light of day. Piles of things ...

Dear A and B, First of all, sorry that we refer to you as letters. Also as fruit sometimes (thanks to those weekly emails that compare you...

The word "nursery" kind of makes me shudder. One, because it's so twee and cutesy. Two, because it implies the lot of care,...

My grandmother--my dad's mom--passed away this morning after a couple days in a coma. She was 95 years old. Mister M and I visite...

I wanted to share a round-up of things I've found useful, interesting, or not at all helpful while on this pregnancy journey. It got kin...

Or--these will be actual, outside babies sometime in the next eight weeks. EIGHT! That's a single digit number of weeks, which isn't...

1. I mentioned this when we were in early August, but man, these people drive SLOW. As in, they drive UNDER or EXACTLY the speed limit. As i...