Happy Birthday Mom

Yesterday was my mother's birthday. She would have been 64 years old.She was the second born child to Bill and Iva Noles. My grandparents were still so young then, just 18 and 23 when my mother was born. They lived in a mill village in west Atlanta that by many recollections was just about perfect. Mother always said that she didn't know that she was poor since everyone else around them was poor too. My grandparent's employer provided excellent...

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Gratitude

I've been looking through the last few posts and it would seem that I'm more content to complain about being pregnant than about being grateful. This is not the case. It's just that.. that.. I don't feel very pregnant. Being a woman with extra padding, I can't see the changes in the mirror (although Moo says he can). I still haven't felt the baby and I can't see the baby so it's almost like I'm going through all this crap for no reason.All I can...

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Being sick while pregnant sucks

I've had a fun few days. I got an upper respirtory infection that's progressed to bronchitis. My internist, Dr Sexy, prescribed antibiotics and cough medicine. While I'm feeling a lot better, I can't sleep for anything. I lay down and I cough. I try to sit up to sleep, I cough. I've coughed so hard that I've vomited. This sucks.I would love to mix up my tried and true cough syrup recipe, but can't because of the booze (one part whiskey to two parts...

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My butt is broken

Pregnancy Countdown: 16 weeks We'll we're securely here in the 2nd trimester and I went to my OB/GYN's practice yesterday for a check-up.I took the time to discuss a couple of issues - 1) the Effexor that the male midwife prescribed isn't the XR variety and makes me sick - solution is to prescribe the Xr version. and 2) my butt is broken.My butt and lower back have been hurting for a week or so now. As the day goes on, my chair seems to get progressively...

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