Category Archives: Whinging

First world whinging about my couch

So, when we moved into our first house in 2005, we bought some great, brown, leather couches. But did you know about this? Unless a couch costs like thousands, it is most likely not ALL leather. The part you sit … Continue reading

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She works hard for her money, doot doot, doot doot

Hello friends! As I mentioned in my goal post, I’m working full time again. This is, understandably, a big transition for our family, since I’ve been off work since I was 8 months pregnant. All that time, I was Clark’s … Continue reading

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A lesson in seat saving.

Last night, I went to a photographer’s meeting to hear some famous dude speak. I always feel a little like a poser at these things, like I’m not QUITE cool enough to be there. So when I found the meeting … Continue reading

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Shameful Vanity

I used to have a collection on my fridge of pictures I’d cut out of Us Weekly of moms who looked good. It had to be a papparazi picture, not an event they were all dolled up for. More like, … Continue reading

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NOOOOOOOOO!

You’ve GOT to be fucking kidding me. SB is not going to be pleased.

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Wah!

I seem to be experiencing a bit of pre-partum depression. (I don’t think that actually exists. I just made that up.) I feel like tears are on the verge of brimming at all times. Things I have cried about in … Continue reading

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Weekend this and that

We saw two really good movies this weekend, one at the theater and one courtesy of Netflix. On friday, we saw Tell No One at the Grand. It is a French thriller and SO GOOD! The twists! The turns! The … Continue reading

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Hate you, Brangelina. Hate.

Mother Fricking Fracking Brangelina stole my #1 girl name. I AM SO PISSED. I can show you a baby name list from the mid 90′s with Vivian (without all those stoopid extra letters, BTW) on the top. I am finally … Continue reading

Posted in Mom In The Making, Whinging | 27 Comments

Woe.

On my way to a beautiful Sunday brunch up in Seattle at the Boat Street Cafe, I got rear-ended. In my formally perfect Prius. My less than 6 months old Prius. In my black, shiny, loved-too-much Prius. But I’m fine. The other … Continue reading

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That’s right.

I almost never write about work, because duh, I’m not stupid. But I think an email thread that recently went down can be presented in general enough terms. I summarize it briefly here:   team member #1: “I’m having problems with … Continue reading

Posted in Geekly Aspirations, Whinging | 5 Comments