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A few days ago I went to pick up some things at the grocery store, with Nate in tow. I just pushed him in the stroller…he had fallen asleep in the car and stayed asleep while I looked around the store. When we got to the check-out, a woman got in line...
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It’s official; I’ve joined the ranks of stay-at-home moms. At least, for the next thirteen months or so. True, the baby isn’t actually here yet, but Friday was my last day at work so that made me a stay-at-home mom as of, oh…11:41 Friday morning. You might be wondering why thirteen months? ...
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Yesterday my department at work had a baby shower for me. Usually when we do a shower for a co-worker it’s a surprise, but it isn’t usually that much of a surprise because the person the shower is being held for will just get invited to a meeting that isn’t really a meeting,...
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For the last three weeks Graham has been going to Peterborough every day to attend his Basic Carpentry courses.  He’s still an apprentice and before he becomes a journeyman, he has to complete Basic, Intermediate and Advanced training. I joke around that Graham going to carpentry school would be like me going to gardening school…getting...
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There haven’t been a lot of changes since last Friday, when I was at week 11, except that as I officially near the end of the first trimester, I’m beginning to relax a little more about the health of the baby.  Now that I’ve heard its little heart beating and seen it dancing a...
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