Sorry for being such a lousy blogger these days. I got very used to – during my years of blogging about IF issues – having serious complaints to get all passionate about in my blog – everything from physical discomfort to mental/emotional agony.  In fact, I usually managed to work in a bit of both! [...]

There’s been some good news floating around our little corner of the blogosphere in the last 24 hours that I’m still smiling over.  For those of you who haven’t heard yet, go check out I Can’t Whistle & then IFoptimist. Different good things, but VERY good things, and I’m delighted for both of them. Nothing [...]

Wow. First off, thank you for all your input on both sides of the great diaper debate going on in Brooklyn right now. As with so much else in this baby-raising thing, I have no idea yet what we’re going to end up doing. I imagine we’ll be using disposables til Thor is at least [...]

Ok, so the maternity pants shopping was a bust. I went to a local “boutique” type consignment shop & hated the salesladies, hated the frou-frou selection. I hate shopping. Does it show? I’m headed to a big Gap Maternity tomorrow, thanks to suggestions by a few of you. And in the meantime, in the midst [...]

I used to revel in my strong sense of smell.  I’ve always been the one to take too long walking through rose gardens because I have to sniff each one and decide if it’s fruity or floral or too-cloying or just perfect.  I’m the one who cannot wear perfume because it’s way too overpowering and [...]