tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62224752011-07-30T12:14:27.321-06:00A blog by a less-than-conventional mommyspyderklhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10185788515433172400noreply@blogger.comBlogger51100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222475.post-28096483386619232072010-02-09T11:23:00.002-07:002010-02-09T11:33:35.224-07:00

I'm trying out the idea of having separate blogs for my separate interests again. I think this might be more about politics and such - more of the "grown-up" side of me that has nothing to do with being a mother. Yes, it's hard to separate many things from being a mother, but it's nice to have something that is mine rather than my family's, if that makes any sense. Anyway.Over the past 6

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The Adoption Carnival III over at Grown in My Heart was asking about my favorite adoption photo. I have a couple. I'm not in either one of them; I think you'll figure out why in a minute. The earlier one was taken by a professional mall photographer about 3 years ago, not long after A's birthday. It's a beautiful black and white shot, with A and M looking at each other. M was smiling, A

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Then I guess it's time for a bit of a whinge.I decided to start writing here again to keep things away from certain busybody neighbors, in addition to locking all my adoption-related posts on my other blog. I quit writing there about a couple of weeks ago - roughly coinciding with my "eagerly-anticipated" trip to my gynecologist. Or as A puts it, my "V-doctor". I've been having some lower back

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At least for a while...It's that time of year again - the beginning of the official Chez Evil Birthday Month. Yes, next week is the beginning of August, where every week has at least one birthday, and usually more than one. To recap:Aug. 2: S's birthdayAug. 16: Evil Bro-in-law's birthdayAug. 18: M's birthdayAug. 19: Big Girl's "boyfriend"'s birthdayAug. 23: Evil Dad/other bro-in-law/my PA

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Yeah, I'm back here - at least for the time being. Following the example of somebody I admire and respect, I think I'm going to split the blog up into two increasingly separate parts. This will be for everything in my life besides family things, apart from the occasional Proud Mom Post. I haven't decided whether or not to announce another blog about our adoption/parenting/rants about

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