Autumn At Oak Hollow

The one where I bore you with my vacation photos

February 17, 2010

This is Ladybird, a.k.a. “Birdie.”

Don’t let the soft fur and sad Mastiff eyes fool you. This dog is trouble.

She has absolutely no respect for personal space.

She’s been known to nibble fingers and sniff places you’d rather not have sniffed.

She is, however, a pretty good dancer. With the right partner, that is.
She is also one of [...]

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Adventures in denim

February 16, 2010

A week before Christmas I was walking down the hall towards my bedroom when I tripped on the hem of my jeans and fell flat on my face.
The fall knocked the wind out of me and I struggled to cry out as pain radiated up and down the right side of my body, the side [...]

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Irony is pink with a sweet chocolate center

February 12, 2010

Last week I asked Autumn what kind of candy she’d like to give to her friends at her school Valentine party. Since she was in the middle of a dental health unit at said school, she matter-of-factly replied, “Candy is not good for you, mom.”
And since I dislike when my child shows she’s smarter than [...]

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A meeting of the blogs

February 9, 2010

Had a great time last night. In addition to the ladies I mentioned in yesterday’s post, we were joined by Wendy from The Local Cook and Stacey from Stacey Says. The venue was an organic restaurant called the Electric Cheetah in Eastown, Grand Rapids.
Can I say again how much I love getting together with bloggers? [...]

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Gimme some squee

February 8, 2010

I’m heading out tonight to have dinner with the following ladies:
Donielle from Naturally Knocked Up
Jill from The Diaper Diaries
Jodi from Jodimichelle
Kelly from Kelly the Kitchen Cop
Katie from Kitchen Stewardship
This will be my first get-together with local bloggers and I’m very excited. Bloggy gatherings are always fun, whether it be a huge conference like BlogHer or [...]

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Wii Pfffft

February 8, 2010

Nathan and I bought a Wii Fit a couple of years ago shortly after it was released. It was very popular at the time and was impossible to find in the stores, so we did what every early adopter does when it comes to buying hard-to-find merchandise; we bought it from Craigslist and paid much [...]

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Analyze this

February 3, 2010

I had a very strange dream last night. I was washing my car in my parents’ driveway. It was a generic-looking sedan and not my old beloved Ford, but I felt a sense of ownership so I guess it was mine.
For some reason I had taken a hose and was spraying the interior of the [...]

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Hibernation

February 2, 2010

Autumn doesn’t like the snow. This year she has complained like a true Michigander about how much snow there is (which is less than average, actually) and has repeatedly asked when the snow will melt.
I’m guessing this is because she received a bike for Christmas and is itching to get out and ride it, but [...]

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The one where I tell the scale to shove it

February 1, 2010

The holidays are typically the hardest time for people to maintain their weight let alone lose it. I thought about the holidays a lot when I decided to re-commit to Weight Watchers in October. I thought about Halloween and all the candy Autumn would bring home and Thanksgiving turkey and stuffing and Christmas fudge and [...]

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And on the 13th day God created cramps

January 30, 2010

A couple of months ago I downloaded a silly little app for my iPod Touch called Period Tracker and it does just what the title implies. My cycles were never regular before I went on The Pill and they haven’t been regular since I went off it three years ago. The irregularity has made for [...]

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