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Author M.J. Pullen blogs with humor about her life as a writer and working mom raising two padawans with her own personal Mr. Darcy.

You say "infestation;" I say, "thousands of new friends"

posted on 11/10/2009

Okay, so maybe not everything has a positive reframe…. As the title indicates, we had an invasion in our kitchen this weekend — ANTS. It was actually the third or fourth time we’ve had a major visit from the ants this season (rain and cold, I guess); but this was the first time the little […]

One of those Father-Son Moments

posted on 10/23/2009

So I was in the kitchen yesterday and I heard MDH in the living room, entertaining the baby. In the middle of a stream of coos and squeals, I overheard this: “We like blankets. And that is a blanket statement.”

Mommy and the New Frontier

posted on 10/13/2009

Infancy, especially early infancy, is chock full of milestones. It seems that every week that passes brings some new fascinating behavior or endearing social interaction with our “new roommate.” For the past sixteen weeks, I’ve enjoyed so much watching and learning as our little guy teaches me all about babyhood, personhood, with each tiny new […]

Right as Rain

posted on 09/16/2009

Yesterday, about halfway through my morning walk (just when turning around and going back would do me no good), it started to rain. At first I was a little freaked out by this, since I was pushing my little guy in the stroller in front of me — I had visions of a wet and […]

Oh, sweet shower…

posted on 09/02/2009

Yesterday was one of those days. My little man was so exhausted that he couldn’t sleep — and it was driving us both crazy. I tried everything – his crib, the pack-n-play, the swing, the bouncer… every contraption known to man designed to make babies comfortable and sleepy. I tried a ride in the car […]

Do We Like Speaking in the First Person Plural? Do We?

posted on 08/30/2009

Yesterday, MDH and I went to lunch at what I would like to call a “Suburbistro” [This is a new term I’m officially coining — you heard it here first! It refers to all those chain restaurants that crop up near strip malls and try way too hard to be quaint, but are really just […]

It’s All About the Bounce

posted on 08/21/2009

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 […]

Good, toothless fun

posted on 08/18/2009

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 […]

You Could, But Will You?

posted on 07/28/2009

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 […]

An Ordinary, Everyday Miracle

posted on 07/22/2009

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 […]