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Toothcare + Conception
I am just back from my bi-annual trip to the dentist (although it has been two years since my last visit, due to our move from Denver to Houston and my general dread of dentistry).I don’t mean to bore you with the mundane details of my life, but this particular dentist visit was significant for one reason: It was the last official thing I absolutely had to do before Matt and I start trying to conceive.
Of course there are still significant things on our list, like have more conversations about whether or not we’re ready, and we still need to figure out a sexual intimacy frequency that works … Read More
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Green Smoothies
My green smoothie making has begun!I’ve made two so far. Here are the recipes:
Smoothie #1:
- Green chard
- A pear
- Half a banana
- Ice
- Water
Smoothie #2:
- Red chard
- Frozen peaches
- Frozen blackberries
- Water
The first one was really tasty. The second one was a bit too earthy. I’m not sure if it was the red chard or maybe it was all the seeds in the berries. Hard to tell.
This week, I’m going to do baby spinach and pear.
And my regular ol’ blender seems to work just fine! (I’m scared to try a smoothie from a Vitamix because I might realize that I’m really missing out…).
Any … Read More
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Hoss and Me
I finally got around to watching Marley and Me (I’m always so behind on these things! I feel like an inadequate blogger…).Part of me is flipping out about the prospect of having a baby. A significant portion of that movie was dedicated to the hard parts, with little attention devoted to the good times in those early years.
I think it’s all compounded by the fact that I read Cate’s amazing birth story yesterday, and I got to the very end when she and her partner are sitting on the couch with their newborn baby. When I read it I realized that I haven’t thought much past the pregnancy … Read More
