I saw this over at Dawn’s and it dovetails with some questions I have received lately (here and IRL)about whether or not I will be closing up shop and why I blog.
1.) Why did you start a blog?
I think I started blogging because I was very lonely. We were living in a new city and had [...]
Items I forgot to add to vacation by the numbers:
2.5 - hours of precious internet connectivity (wireless at the beach was VERY spotty) I wasted surfing the Jon & Kate plus 8 controversy websites. Who knew that Aunt Jodi had been wronged and her sister was blogging in her defense? Seriously, that is 2.5 hours I [...]
750- Miles. Distance from our house to Seabrook Island.
5 - West Virginia style hotdogs at this restaurant. Big thumbs up. Difficult to find from the highway though.
2 - Nights in a town we dubbed “Asia of the South” while visiting a friend in North Carolina. Seriously, all the signage in my friend’s apt complex was also [...]
We seem to be facing a low-grade biblical style pestilence so far on vacation:
1.) L stepped on what we think is a hornet’s nest, was swarmed by about 30 insects and acquired two stings. (Granted, this could happen anywhere, but it started us off on the wrong foot where creepy crawly things are concerned.)
2.) The [...]
I had done a lot of research before our adoption and I felt I was as prepared as I could be. The focus of most of my research was on post-institutionalized kids and/or attachment. While it was a gradual process and didn’t happen overnight, I felt that L was attaching very well and in a healthy [...]