Monthly Archives: November 2011

Pregnancy Week 18–has anyone seen my toes?

Week: 17 Pounds Gained: I gained 1 pound this week, which brings my total pregnancy weight gain to 1.6.  That’s really a little more than I should be gaining in a week, so I’m trying to slow down on my … Continue reading

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I hate everyone and other (not actually that) exciting news

I know, it’s rude to take a blog hiatus without announcing it, but I just needed a break.  It’s really hard to maintain a running blog when you aren’t allowed to run.  I’ve thought about changing the name of my … Continue reading

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Pregnancy Week 17–Brought to you by my Thanksgiving dinner pants

Week: 17 Pounds Gained: I gained 0.6 pounds this week, which brings my total pregnancy weight gain to 0.8.  That’s still well below predicted, but I’d feel a little better if I kept the gain under 0.5 pounds per week. … Continue reading

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Dogs as snacks, butt warmers, and baby growth spurts

I swear I’m still around.  I’m going to get a chance to catch up on blogs if it kills me (or at least by Thursday since I have Thanksgiving and Friday off).  Anyways, I promise I can explain my absence. … Continue reading

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Pregnancy Week 16

Week: 16 Pounds Gained: I gained 1.2 pounds this week, which brings my total pregnancy weight gain to 0.2.  I’m pretty happy with this since there is no reason I need to have gained more weight than that. Inches Gained … Continue reading

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I am old?

So, umm, Gossip Girl led me to believe that you die of old age by 26, but apparently that is not the case. Actually, it really feels like we are just getting started.  I mean, I feel old, but there’s … Continue reading

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It’s a…

Sorry, Emily!  Looks like there will be no penis jokes for this pregnancy! Oh, and the winner of the gender guessing game is Judi at the Running Bohemian!  Send me an e-mail or something when you get a chance. I’m … Continue reading

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Pregnancy Week 15–the upside down tortoise

Week: 15 Pounds Gained Lost: I gained 4 pounds!  I’m only down 1 at this point, although I think we all know I’ll probably lose again next week just to be contrary.  And cause that’s what I keep doing. Inches … Continue reading

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Remember when I actually used to write about stuff?

Posting will be light around these parts this week.  I was reminded on Saturday that my mother-in-law was coming Sunday (yesterday) and staying until Wednesday morning.  My mother gets here Friday and leaves Sunday.  I will be doing long experiments … Continue reading

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We are having…

a damn good time with these Old Wives’ Tales.  Ready for the run down? 1.  First up is the timeless classic, the Chinese Gender Chart (side note, a commenter mentioned that we are technically determining sex, not gender since gender … Continue reading

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