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Four by Two: Weekly Reflections!
August 21: Barb Noted
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Flyer for the Marbling Class at the Santa Fe Art InstituteNothing says “childfree” quite like booking three trips over a three-week period in 48 hours. But that’s just what I did a month ago when three different adventures happened to present themselves to me at the same time. I have to admit, being able to travel freely, unhindered by the details of traveling with kids or leaving them behind, is the one thing I definitely gloat about when talking to my FWKs. That probably means I’m a bad friend, but sometimes I just can’t help it. Traveling ROCKS and the fact that the choices I’ve made in my life allow me such a wonderful opportunity is something I just can’t stop gushing about.
Barb
August 19: Barb Noted (again!)
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Mira loves the computer!I know I’ve posted once already today but I just came across something I wanted to share.
For all those “you just don’t know love until you have a baby” people, for anyone who thinks having pets (or a career or food or a lover or whatever) is not as fulfilling and life altering as having children, please read this wonderful blog entry by mermaid and all the comments left by her readers. Truly touching and I can totally relate.
August 19: Barb Noted
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Creative brainstorming and inspiration in the backyard at Lori’sAfter spending Monday night and all day Tuesday last week with Lori working on our Micromovement Monday lists and just having fun together, I drove home with this thought in mind: there’s an actual chance that Lori may end up being a cool FWK. My cool FWK. As in a friend I could describe to someone else like this: That’s my girlfriend, Lori. She’s a mom. But she’s cool.
August 15th: Lori Noted
One Thing Leads to Another
It’s Friday today, and it’s been a particularly rough week. Matteo has been fussy because of an ear infection and three teeth cutting their way through his mouth, and I’m not sleeping much and running out of steam. My to do list is growing and I can’t convince myself to care.
To top it all off I went to happy hour and proceeded to smoke, drink and talk too much. So this morning when the alarm (i.e. Matteo) went off I started doing my thing. Little did I know inspiration was right around the corner.
August 13: Whatever Wednesdays
Free association, the process of saying or writing whatever first comes to mind, can give one a glimpse into the unconscious mind. Of course, for some of us, free association is just plain ol’ “diarrhea of the mouth” and can get us into trouble every once-in-a-while! For this week’s Whatever Wednesdays, we picked out a few words for our own free association session and maybe, in the process, will discover something about our current (or future) state of mind.
August 8th: Lori Noted
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Welcome to Mommyland
I’ve had quite a few interesting interactions with mommies these days, and for some reason I can’t really relate. I don’t know if I’m the odd one (likely) or if they are, but there are a few things I don’t understand about this world that I’ve recently entered, and I’m sure it’s about to get even moreso. Now I understand why my mom (who stayed at home after I was born) didn’t have very many girlfriends.
August 7: Barb Noted
I recently got an email from a friend I used to work with announcing she and her husband of one year are moving from Arizona (where they’ve lived for the past five or so years) back to Wisconsin. Oh, and lo and behold, they are pregnant.
August 6: Whatever Wednesdays
Barb and I talk a lot. We talk to ourselves, to other people, and to each other. In fact, we’ll talk to anyone who will listen (and often to those who don’t). But rather than talk aimlessly about random things, we thought we’d take ourselves more seriously and “interview” each other for today’s Whatever Wednesdays. After all, an interview is much more interesting than random conversation, and who knows what we will discover of ourselves, each other, and possibly the world.