tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988962265617663341.post2594328743809650720..comments2023-11-05T03:47:33.710-05:00Comments on Arcane Matters: Noise, Nose and NewsJenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01233972102418274980noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988962265617663341.post-22883073505392549512007-11-14T13:18:00.000-05:002007-11-14T13:18:00.000-05:00You have been busy! Glad the CIO thing seems to be...You have been busy! Glad the CIO thing seems to be working okay. <BR/>I <I>totally</I> understand that noise in your head. Sometimes it's louder than others. <BR/>Friendship is one of the things I think about constantly. We have friends we wish we saw more, some we wish weren't as needy, but you are right. They don't come with contracts. People change. Circumstances change. You do keep telling yourself to be happy for the constant ones or the current flow of great friends. <BR/>Sorry you didn't take the trip to Northampton. I can't believe it's less than an hour from my office and I've never been. <BR/>Also congrats on the road race sign up. I am still in the "need to start" the running program. The longer I let the ideas simmer about running, the more frustrated I'll get for not starting!Hollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01837343422358215064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988962265617663341.post-50314271352294053782007-11-11T22:56:00.000-05:002007-11-11T22:56:00.000-05:00I love this post. I have written a very similar o...I love this post. I have written a very similar one in my head many times, but never had time to actually post it. I have a 13 month old and a 5 month old, and we are only CIOing the elder kid. <BR/><BR/>I have often - not kidding - thought about the snot sucking. My poor son has my nostrils, and they do not accommodate snot easily and still breathe. I remember seeing ads for the NoseFrida while DP was pregnant, but forgot about it. I may buy one now, thanks to Julia's mention. <BR/><BR/>I suffer from what I have referred to since 4th grade as monkey-brain,an unquiet mind, and was blissfully in a quiet brain place from when baby #1 was born (my DP carried her) until about 4 months after my son was born and the hormones wore off. I now am back on the frontlines of trying to sleep, be mindful, calm and appreciative more than stressed, insomniatic, judgemental, etc. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for what you write, how you write it, and bless you for finding the time!Homestead Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05609656644515059452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988962265617663341.post-70603917490838526912007-11-11T15:36:00.000-05:002007-11-11T15:36:00.000-05:00What a cutie pie. Sorry about the sniffles.I used...What a cutie pie. Sorry about the sniffles.<BR/>I used this http://www.nosefrida.com/ on my son with his 1st cold. He hated it, but works so much better than one of those bulb things at clearing at the snot!Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04769447142323394858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988962265617663341.post-31101844663011875662007-11-11T14:43:00.000-05:002007-11-11T14:43:00.000-05:00Oh, wow - that phrase about old friends and new la...Oh, wow - that phrase about old friends and new language blows my mind. What a fantastic way to put it.<BR/>Avery's eyebrows *are* like little inchworms! Cute, cute, cute.starrhillgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00784220720507162272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988962265617663341.post-83551451854295937782007-11-11T10:45:00.000-05:002007-11-11T10:45:00.000-05:00your teeth DO look white. You must hang in the glo...your teeth DO look white. You must hang in the glow of your computer screen more often.<BR/><BR/>I love how you describe the primalness that is the love you have for your girls. Sucking out the snot? I mean that is hard core love. And you write about it in a way that isn't gross- it is just like, "this is where I will go to make my child comfortable"<BR/><BR/>And WOO HOO on signing up for the race! You are inspiring me.<BR/>xoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988962265617663341.post-25118843090112199002007-11-11T00:33:00.000-05:002007-11-11T00:33:00.000-05:00jesus you've been busy. i'm just catching up on y...jesus you've been busy. i'm just catching up on your blog. i had so many thoughts about things you wrote. i get the dark part you referred to. yep once the chaos is over and the dust settles my same old self is there waiting for me. always. i hear you. theres more to say for sure.<BR/><BR/>good for you for boot camping the girls. i am a big fan and it worked great with my two other kids. just starting on babybear. she started getting up and screaming at 9:30 pm. 9 fucking 30?! and 11, 1, 3, 5. that's newborn bullshit. suddenly she's better. the other day i let her cry when she did the 40 minute nap thing and she went back to sleep for 2 hours!! i almost had to do the dead baby check! she slept better that night too. <BR/><BR/>good for you for working out. i have not worked ut once yet and i feel like a big fat ass with zero muscle tone. i still look pregnant. i wish i could compulsively (or at least occasionally) exercise but alas thats not my thing. intense shit you wrote about your opposing tendencies, i.e. regimented exercise then rapid decline into a bag of gummy bears. like a rebellious teenager with puritanical parents. if this comment gets erased i will wig. i better copy it. <BR/><BR/>your girls are so beautifulwhatthef*ckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06504688509955868945noreply@blogger.com