Welcome to Clickery, a weekly feature where we share things we like because maybe you’ll like them too. Jen’s Links It’s back to school! The long weekend becomes not-so-much when you need to at least attempt to put the kids back on a normal schedule to get ready for school. We typically spend Monday shopping […]
Archives for August 2013
The long, hard, best road
August 26, 2013 by
A few weeks ago I was stalling while heading out for a long run — long, on my new, start-again-at-zero novice training plan, being four miles. Four miles too many on a hot Saturday at the lake. I have a habit of stalling long runs. I take forever to get dressed, time my eating just […]
Clickery for August 23, 2013
August 23, 2013 by
Welcome to Clickery, a weekly feature where we share things we like because maybe you’ll like them too. Breanne’s Links “I’ve always loved the “It Gets Better” campaign that some wise, gentle souls created to encourage gay youth. I think we should steal it to encourage parents of babies and toddlers.” This post was just […]
How to create a cool tween boy’s bedroom
August 22, 2013 by
When my older son was five and I was pregnant with his brother, we moved him out of the nursery and into his first big boy room. He requested an “outer space” room, and I loved making his ideas a reality. Owen thought we should paint the room black — including the ceiling, of course. […]
How to make a t-shirt art gallery wall
August 21, 2013 by
Over the last two weeks I’ve been redoing my older son’s outer space themed bedroom into something more suitable for a soon-to-be-teen boy. It has been really fun, and I promise to show you all the photos soon. (Update: room reveal photos here!) For now, here’s a quick how to, and I mean really quick. […]
In two years
August 19, 2013 by
This post was first published last week on my other blog, My Life in Red, on the second anniversary of my first heart attack. I didn’t plan on writing it, and I had no idea how to celebrate this milestone, especially since I had a repeat heart event in September 2012. But I sat down […]
When baby won’t take a bottle
August 15, 2013 by
You know how some breastfed babies refuse the bottle? Well in Blythe vs. the bottle, Blythe won. We could never get her to take more than an ounce from one. (Except for her first try at four weeks, when she fooled us by slamming four ounces. They we got lazy and waited two weeks before […]
Clickery for August 9, 2013
August 9, 2013 by
Welcome to Clickery, a weekly feature where we share things we like because maybe you’ll like them too. Jen’s Links More from the opt-out, lean-in genre: “The Opt-Out Generation Wants Back In” was published in the New York Times Magazine this week. Found myself in nearly every line. Found everything I said in this post […]