tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8965233652930848043.comments2009-10-29T16:27:07.648-04:00Just Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08616818135349007992vishmess@yahoo.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8965233652930848043.post-17934110300903844792009-10-29T16:27:07.648-04:002009-10-29T16:27:07.648-04:00<i>So what have I learned: I am causing my own suffering with my attachment to my life as it was before The Nugget1. </i><br /><br />Except for the sleep deprivation -- that is entirely his fault. ;o)<br /><br />Seriously though, this is a lovely post, one I want to meditate on a bit. It also makes me want to subscribe to that newsletter! I check out her blog pretty regularly. (I also have a complicated reaction to the language/theology, though I&#39;m not *opposed* to it necessarily. Anyway, I like your Buddhist re-interpretation.) <br /><br />Thanks for this post.naturalmomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15594383847916759287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8965233652930848043.post-67744196043959197902009-10-26T10:13:49.787-04:002009-10-26T10:13:49.787-04:00LOL! Love it!naturalmomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15594383847916759287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8965233652930848043.post-52565650200999518252009-10-22T14:57:52.254-04:002009-10-22T14:57:52.254-04:00Thank you Stephanie for taking the time to post all of that. It makes me feel better somehow, just knowing I&#39;m not alone is the journey that is motherhood. Everything is a phase and it will be over all too soon, even if sometimes it doesn&#39;t feel like it. I LOVE your idea about a night at a close hotel. That is moving to the top of my holiday list :). I just want to feel, no matter how brief, what you described: that you felt like yourself again, that you saw the light at the end of the tunnel.<br /><br />I hope Alexanders bout of recent sleep trouble passes soon. So nice to catch up with you. I read your blog every time you have new post, I don&#39;t always get to comment though. Your garden looked like it was really successful this summer.Just Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08616818135349007992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8965233652930848043.post-29383601203434292652009-10-20T22:14:26.789-04:002009-10-20T22:14:26.789-04:00Oh, I am SO glad to hear from you! I thought maybe you had given up blogging for good. I&#39;ve managed to keep up somewhat with mine, but the frequency and quality of the posts has certainly declined since the arrival of the little one (who turned 2 last month!!)<br /><br />I&#39;m terribly sorry to hear about the sleep situation. My middle child was/is a sleep avoider. I spent 2 years severely sleep deprived, and more after that only moderately sleep deprived. Even now, at age 7, sleep can be a fraught issue for him. He sleeps well for a few months, then has a couple of weeks of trouble. We are in a trouble period right now, as a matter of fact. I think it&#39;s just the way some people are wired, even as babies. <br /><br />A bug in your husband&#39;s ear: the very best gift my husband *ever* gave me was a night alone at a local Red Roof Inn when my non-sleeper (Alexander) was about 18 months old. I was in the severely sleep deprived years, but A. was old enough that he was at least partly night-weaned. (I knew he could make it one night without me.) I left the house around 7 PM and came back the next day around 11 AM. I read a little and watched one show on TV, but mostly I slept. I think I slept for 11 or 12 hours, only waking once in the night to wonder how things were going at home. When I returned home, I felt like a new woman. I felt like *myself* again after a long year and a half! I was cheerful and resourceful and patient and mentally &quot;with it&quot; in ways that I feared I had lost forever. It didn&#39;t last of course, but it sure helped to know that recovering my old self was only a matter of time and sleep. If you can manage to do this some time in the next few months, DO! Ask for it for Christmas. The physical effect only lasts a couple of days, but the psychological effect lingers a bit longer and offers a glimpse of the light at the end of the tunnel.<br /><br />For myself, I&#39;m pleased to say that although Ethan is not the best sleeper ever, he&#39;s really not bad. There are nights that are bad, but it&#39;s by no means *every* night like it was with Alexander. Having another sleep-avoider was one of my biggest fears about having a third baby, and I know you can understand why! Hope it gets better for you soon. Sleep deprivation is torture.naturalmomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15594383847916759287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8965233652930848043.post-28802639780709369782009-08-03T16:29:07.574-04:002009-08-03T16:29:07.574-04:00So cute! And very bright, too!blooming desertpeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03123794891431225612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8965233652930848043.post-29556063844791836302009-04-05T12:00:00.000-04:002009-04-05T12:00:00.000-04:00Aww, that is funny and sweet!naturalmomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15594383847916759287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8965233652930848043.post-69864913167755144572009-04-03T08:32:00.000-04:002009-04-03T08:32:00.000-04:00Stephanie,<BR/> <BR/>Cameron sends his thanks. He is so tickled when he hears he has a comment.Just Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08616818135349007992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8965233652930848043.post-84638015675815403542009-04-01T22:28:00.000-04:002009-04-01T22:28:00.000-04:00That is funny! DH and I both laughed. Maybe you had 6 kids to make his life miserable??? Nah - he hasn't run off to Montana yet so he must not be too miserable.<BR/>-DHomeschool Farming Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16269770883870101351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8965233652930848043.post-68047062709917160532009-03-31T22:59:00.000-04:002009-03-31T22:59:00.000-04:00That is just wonderful. I could visualize it all. Great description!naturalmomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15594383847916759287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8965233652930848043.post-54345906629808572272009-03-27T15:37:00.000-04:002009-03-27T15:37:00.000-04:00You made his day, Sis!Just Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08616818135349007992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8965233652930848043.post-24059662499521281952009-03-27T14:54:00.000-04:002009-03-27T14:54:00.000-04:00Cameron, that is absoultely beautiful! Your descriptions are so real it was like actually being there and reliving those moments all over again. I am going to print this and keep it. You had me cracking up but tears in my eyes at the same time. Thanks for the wonderful memory.<BR/><BR/>Love,<BR/>Aunt CAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8965233652930848043.post-45069656003133576362009-03-27T07:33:00.000-04:002009-03-27T07:33:00.000-04:00Thank you Stephanie.Just Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08616818135349007992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8965233652930848043.post-1929049888637233382009-03-27T07:23:00.000-04:002009-03-27T07:23:00.000-04:00Hi Stephanie,<BR/><BR/>We are settling in. Our meeting is small, which works for me. The kids love it. Another homeschool family began attending a week after we started and between their kids and our, the FDS basically tripled in size. We are meeting this week to discuss the growing needs of the youth. It has been a really powerful and grounding experience for me thus far. I'm so glad I ran across your blog a few years back. What took me so long to attend a meeting, I'm not sure.Just Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08616818135349007992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8965233652930848043.post-43128302684550603852009-03-26T22:19:00.000-04:002009-03-26T22:19:00.000-04:00What a powerful experience! Sounds like you are settling into your Meeting a little? Do the kids like it?naturalmomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15594383847916759287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8965233652930848043.post-22323660928623523442009-03-26T22:17:00.000-04:002009-03-26T22:17:00.000-04:00Beautiful and touching. How hard that must have been.naturalmomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15594383847916759287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8965233652930848043.post-67062375533566995012009-03-18T07:20:00.000-04:002009-03-18T07:20:00.000-04:00It was hard to not laugh. Hopefully it wasn't too obvious that I was amused. Once she explained it, it was so obvious what her thought process was. It wasn't what I was expecting her to say though.Just Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08616818135349007992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8965233652930848043.post-82866980085409302662009-03-15T10:18:00.000-04:002009-03-15T10:18:00.000-04:00Oh my goodness, that's hilarious! Did you manage to keep from laughing? <BR/><BR/>Welcome back!naturalmomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15594383847916759287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8965233652930848043.post-12538469403949400282008-10-24T17:11:00.000-04:002008-10-24T17:11:00.000-04:00Ingredients of me:<BR/><BR/>brains*,beauty*,magnetic personality*,ability to leap tall building in a single bound*,starch.<BR/><BR/>* may contain nutsNanny Goats In Pantieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019800312349427823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8965233652930848043.post-7251715675565616702008-09-06T20:23:00.000-04:002008-09-06T20:23:00.000-04:00You have an award on my blog! :o)naturalmomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15594383847916759287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8965233652930848043.post-37465267595350297052008-09-06T14:08:00.000-04:002008-09-06T14:08:00.000-04:00I <I>think</I> they mean those ingredients are not in traditional mayonnaise. But then is oleoresin part of traditional mayonnaise?? Perhaps the starred ingredients are not in *Hellman's* "real" mayonnaise? It is strange...<BR/><BR/>Stephanienaturalmomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15594383847916759287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8965233652930848043.post-76724593106619973752008-08-21T07:00:00.000-04:002008-08-21T07:00:00.000-04:00Thanks Stephanie. I can't believe how fast the time is flying by. We are coming up on three months al ready. Yikes. They don't like to stay little for long. I'm already missing those early, early days.<BR/><BR/>Maritza,<BR/>Yes, the new camera finally arrived and now I am learning how to use it. Sounds like next year will be an exciting time for you. I highly recommend motherhood. It has been an indescribable joy for me.<BR/><BR/>KimberlyJust Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08616818135349007992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8965233652930848043.post-49042194154375148592008-08-21T03:49:00.000-04:002008-08-21T03:49:00.000-04:00Yeaaaaaa! Your camera is working or is it a new one, anyhow! No your back in business! <BR/><BR/>Hope you enjoy the little one! And all your other blessings! Next year we will start having one of those.. <BR/><BR/>Have a great day!<BR/><BR/>MaritzaMaritzawww.homesteadblogger.com/Homeflowernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8965233652930848043.post-84076024585527772282008-08-20T20:53:00.000-04:002008-08-20T20:53:00.000-04:00Oh. My. Gosh. That has got to be one of the cutest babies I've ever seen! Thanks for letting us see him!<BR/><BR/>Stephanienaturalmomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15594383847916759287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8965233652930848043.post-46894804961952163132008-08-18T11:17:00.000-04:002008-08-18T11:17:00.000-04:00Jennifer,<BR/><BR/>You are very welcome. I sincerely meant everything I said. I get so much from your blog. You have a way of getting to the heart of the matter in a very concise and succint way. Wish I could distill my thought as well.<BR/><BR/>KimberlyJust Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08616818135349007992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8965233652930848043.post-3454345716808539752008-08-18T11:15:00.000-04:002008-08-18T11:15:00.000-04:00NGIP,<BR/><BR/>I am woefully ignorant of the ethics and morals associated with superheroes. Sounds like I could learn a thing or two from reading some comics. I know 2 or 3 boys currently taking up residence here and creating scads of laundry that would love to share that experience with me. Sounds like we could even count this as "school".<BR/><BR/>KimberlyJust Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08616818135349007992noreply@blogger.com