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Archive: March 2006

Laugh Till It Hurts

Last night Dom imed me this link to a local blogger writing about his commute on the T, Boston’s subway system. Part of the genius is that he creates the character of Billy, the fictional driver: CHARLES [a stop on the red line] Billy stops...

33 weeks and counting down…

Dom recently posted this picture, which I hadn’t seen before. I stumbled across it today. Glancing at it unprepared, and not expecting to see a picture of myself, I was really taken aback at how big I look. The thing is it all happens so...

What I’ve been reading: Helena

I recently read Helena by Evelyn Waugh, a historical novel about St Helen, the mother of Emperor Constantine who found the fragments of the true cross and brought them to Europe.—I’m on a bit of a Waugh kick after a recent re-read of...

What does a Catholic look like?

While discussing my previous post on Catholic Home Schooling with Dom during our afternoon coffee (him) and applesauce (me) snack break, I decided that there was a larger point to be made. That is, many people have a very narrow notion of what you...

reflections after lunch

I had lunch yesterday with my friend Jennifer, a fellow English teacher at Salem State that I’d lost touch with—hadn’t seen her since the end of the semester last spring and hadn’t got around to contacting her after I left...

Pregnancy: 32 weeks

Another doctor’s visit today. I’m going every two weeks now. Not much to report, everything seems fine. And at least I only gained a pound since the last visit so no stern lectures about watching my calories! After talking with my...

baby shower

The shower was on Saturday, thrown by my mother-in-law and sisters-in-law, but for convenience sake held at our house. We had 16 guests, excluding children. Most of them were extended family, but several friends from chuch others came as well...

It is done!

Finally! I finished the quilt I started to make a little more than a year ago. It is a present for my sister… in part a thank you for being my maid of honor. Though I would probably have made it anyway because, well, she’s my sister and...

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