• personal - thanksgiving

    Thankful

    This Thanksgiving, I’m thankful for: –my husband –my family –my friends –my job –my health –the roof over my head –being able to afford to put food on my table But above all, I’m thankful for her:

  • my happy for the day - thanksgiving

    My Happy for the Day:

    Watching Addams Family Values every Thanksgiving has become something of a tradition for me, mostly because of the sublime ridiculousness of Gary’s politically incorrect play about the first Thanksgiving. The song featuring Pugsley dressed as a turkey singing “eat me!” is of course a huge part of that. Enjoy, and…

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    Rash? Oh, Mon!

    Song Lyric of the Day: Love is like an itching in my heart / Baby, I can’t scratch it Paul Young / “Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart“ I’ve been really itchy lately. REALLY itchy. As in all over — behind my ears, my arms, my torso, my…

  • baby - dear coraline - personal

    Dear Coraline

    Dear Coraline, As of one o’clock this morning, you are now officially a week old. And even though you’re only a week old, your dad and I feel like we’ve already known you for a lifetime — like we’ve known you forever (as opposed to your dad saying he and…

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    Coraline’s Playlist

    I admit it: This playlist is more to help me through labor than it is for Coraline to bop her head and tap her foot to, although she very well might someday. You know, like when she has control over her head movements and isn’t swaddled up like a half-Iowan/half-Puerto Rican,…

  • personal - pregnancy

    39 Weeks Down: Endgame

    Song Lyric of the Day: Oh, oh, I want some more / Oh, oh, What are you waitin’ for? / Take a bite of my heart tonight Neon Trees / “Animal” I’ve never thought of myself as the most hospitable person. Sure, I’m a decent hostess whenever we have anyone…

  • movies - music

    Faves: Musical Movie Scenes

    Song Lyric of the Day: It’s tricky to rock a rhyme, to rock a rhyme that’s right on time / It’s Tricky Run-DMC / “It’s Tricky“ Wow, it’s been longer than I realized since I put together one of these lists. So here I am. If you read this blog…

  • personal - pregnancy

    Labor Watch 2010/37 Weeks Down

    Song Lyric of the Day: Will things ever be the same again? / It’s the final countdown / The final countdown Europe / “The Final Countdown“ As of 4:01AM Sunday morning, Rich and I started Labor Watch 2010. I can pinpoint the time because 4:01AM Sunday was exactly one minute…

  • liveblogging

    Liveblogging: The 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards

    My Emmy predictions: Outstanding Comedy Series: Modern Family Outstanding Drama Series: Mad Men Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series: Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series: Jane Lynch, Glee Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series: Jim Parsons, The Big Bang…