Posts Categorized: Life’s a Butter Dream
Life’s a Butter Dream – Author M.J. Pullen blogs about body image, weight loss (and gain) (and loss again), fitness and struggling to stay healthy as a working mom. When my oldest son, Skywalker, was a toddler, he used to sing “Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily… life’s a butter dream.” And he’s right!
A childhood friend of mine, Kenneth, was in a terrible accident several years ago — he slipped while rappelling off a bridge with a bunch of friends, and fell some 80 feet to the ground. He broke lots of important bones and was confined to a wheelchair for several months… All in all, he was […]
My little guy is almost 2 months old now, growing like a weed, and – lately – smiling and laughing. The “social smile,” as it is called in developmental terms, is just about the best thing ever. Better than chocolate, ice cream, or sex. Or even sex in chocolate ice cream!! Just when I was […]
Years ago, when I lived in Portland, Oregon, one of my favorite weekend activities was to stroll through the Saturday Market — a lively collection of artists’ booths, street performers and food vendors downtown by the Willamette River. I’d get a chai tea or some greasy ethnic food from one of the booths and then […]
It seems that every time I take a hiatus from blogging, I feel the need to explain why in my return entry (we can talk about the uselessness of that later). This time is no different, but those who know me personally can guess — it’s the arrival of my precious little boy, just over […]
So there are just under two weeks left until the official due date for our first child, which I have learned is a fairly arbitrary date determined by a German guy in the late 1800’s who decided that a pregnancy should be “10 moon months.” So, according to the obstetric wisdom that follows, sometime between […]
Since we are now expectant parents, MDH and I decided recently it was time to grow up and get life insurance. I have to say, there’s something a little morbid and scary about the concept of life insurance, and it’s not easy to talk about the life of yourself, and especially the one you love […]
For the second time in 3 years, we have wrens nesting in the planter just outside our front door. This means that I had to scrap my early spring plans of putting ivy in the shady planter, but it’s totally worth it. Two years ago, we called our feathered visitor “Gertie the Birdie,” (we’re sort […]
So it’s a little embarrassing to look back at my blog history and realize that I’ve only put up one tiny post in nearly two months… And it’s even more embarrassing to have to confess that — even though I am constantly preaching balance and stress management to my clients and friends — the main […]
I like mustard on my fries. It’s weird, I know, but I’ve done it for years (originating during my years working at McDonald’s in high school — nothing turns you off to the normal fry condiment like constantly wiping stale, wet ketchup off trashcans, tables and trays). I used to like only mustard because of […]
I read today that a recent study (summary here) at the University of Kentucky strongly linked aggressive behavior with social rejection. In other words, people who are rejected socially are more likely to exhibit aggressive and violent behavior toward others. Well, duh, right? It may seem obvious, but this is apparently one of the more […]
