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Calling All Kindred Spirits (Well, Kindred Spirits in the Contiguous U.S.)
My publishing company and I are beginning talks about how to publicize the book(!), and I’m toying with the idea of going on a book tour. The aforementioned book tour would have to be 2000 Dollar Wedding style: meticulously inexpensive, DIY, and community-minded. Here’s the rough draft version of what I’m thinking:
- Schlepping Matt and Henry with me (in January and February before Henry turns two and we have to start paying for a seat for him on the airplane)
- Only going to cities where a kindred spirit is interested in hosting us* (I know it’s a lot to ask–we are saving up all our money for a house
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Let the [Construction] Games Begin
We closed on our construction loan! We are officially building a house!What a long road this process has been. We first met the builders more than two years ago to tour one of their houses and learn about their process (when we only had $84 in our account called “The Dream”).I had lots of trepidation about the crime rates in the area where we bought the land (I still get daily updates from SpotCrime), but everything about this move feels so right. I keep meeting more and more awesome families in the neighborhood, and I am over-the-moon excited that Henry will get to grow up on a… Read More -
Healthy Nutrition for a Healthy Pregnancy
Okay, so today’s the day I promised to discuss the embarrassing third reason I’m happy to be pregnant. First, let me tell a little of the back story. After my miscarriage, I worked really hard to get my body back in good shape to try and conceive again. I joined Weight Watchers to help me lose the last of my pregnancy weight and consistently exercised four times a week. I was feeling fantastic and very proud of myself.And then I was ovulating and we were trying to have a baby and I felt pregnant within one to two days. I mainly felt bloated and tired. It was hard to… Read More
