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Posted in Big Bad Mummy, Size acceptance on Jan 29th, 2010
I’ve seen the story about the Bellevue couple that starved their baby mentioned all over the place. My first reaction? Well, folks, that’s what happens when you have a weight-obsessed society that prioritizes thinness over health.
My second reaction? There but for the grace of God/Goddess go I…
Six weeks before my son was [...]
Posted in Food on Jan 23rd, 2010
There’s a great grocery store about ten minutes away that has a truly remarkable deli section. A month or so back I discovered that on Saturdays they serve prime rib. That visit I chatted with the guy at the counter and found out that his mom was from England. He and Graham [...]
Posted in Big Bad Mummy on Jan 22nd, 2010
I’ve been alone in bed the last couple of nights because my husband has a cold and is in the guest bedroom, so it’s just me and the baby monitor. Last night around 1:15 I heard Ciaran shuffling around in his bed, a few thumps, and nothing more. I needed a trip to [...]
Posted in Size acceptance on Jan 21st, 2010
I hate going to doctors.
That conversation yesterday, that I thought I could brush off fairly easily, has lingered. I found myself desperately wanting to EAT EAT EAT! yesterday afternoon, partly because I forgot my high-protein snacks, a mistake rectified today, but also because there was that deep emotional despair that always seems [...]
Posted in Size acceptance on Jan 20th, 2010
I’ve been searching for a size-friendly physician in the Seattle area for some time now. My GP has been nice enough but I know that, deep down, she’s desperate to tell me to lose weight. I could deal with that but her assistant has gotten very bad about returning calls (I have asthma [...]
Posted in Gardening on Jan 19th, 2010
I don’t talk much about my garden, for this being a journal that looks like it should BE about gardening. It’s becoming appallingly clear, however, that I am a compulsive plant-buyer. I can resist clothes (it’s easy when you’re at the top range of even plus-size stores and 95% of other clothing stores [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 13th, 2010
If you’re looking for donation options for the earthquake in Haiti, Huffington Post has a list of possibilities.
If you can spare it, please donate what you can to the organization of your choice.
Posted in Big Bad Mummy on Jan 12th, 2010
My son is the world’s worst sleeper.
No, I know that’s hyperbole. I know that he’s no worse than average (these days, anyway – in his newborn days he was The Sleepless Devil Child [tm]). Still, though, I hear tales of parents who have children that sleep from 7:30 PM to 7:30 AM and [...]
Posted in Everyday on Jan 11th, 2010
I’ve been having a bit of writers’ block lately regarding this blog. That personal bugbear of the enneagram Type Four, I’ve been feeling dull and boring. Nothing that I say seems at all creative, here in my journal or in my creative writing. That little inner child starts screaming, “I’m not GOOD [...]
Posted in Everyday on Jan 7th, 2010
Hello, my name is Heidi.
Yes, I have been compulsively refreshing my Gmail account for the last two days, because I’m bored – normally I enjoy my job but at the moment it’s pure data entry, which means that I’m going a little nuts and need a couple of minutes of *interesting* reading every little while [...]
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