If we’re sleeping. whether the baby is nursing well. How the big sister in the family is doing. If it’s time to change the name of my blog. (“C’mon Rachel!”) Here’...
It was a warm spring day, and after having off-and-on contractions for 10 days, I doubted whether this time was for real. The contractions had started again before dinner, as they had all week. But w...
My midwife says that my pregnant body is like a plane hovering over the airport, not ready to land yet. When the contractions first started on Friday night, we all got so excited. My sweet man rushed...
Hi. I’m still here, 38 weeks pregnant. I feel different this time around for so many reasons. I’m older in many ways. My body bounced right into this pregnancy, but I have aches this time...
It was last summer — before I got pregnant — when I opened this email from a guy in “TV comedy development” at 20th Century Fox. I read it quickly: “I came upon your boo...
It probably won’t surprise you that Thunderpants is the kind of man who loves hardwood floors. And me? I am drawn to the look and feel of bamboo, like these from Empire Flooring. During our ext...
“Everyone take one more guess,” Thunderpants said. “Boy or girl?“ We all guessed “boy,” including our daughter. The first time I was pregnant, more than a decade a...
As most of you know, we’re adding onto our little home: Recently, we found out that one of our builders from Mueller Nicholls has quite a reputation. I’m referring to the sweet guy who...
For as long as I can remember, I’ve spent a lot of time looking out windows. I was that kid who daydreamed in front of windows. As an adult, I curled myself up into a ball in front of many wind...
Every Friday, we meet with our contractors– a team of five guys — who sit around the table with us to chat about our addition and answer questions. Whenever I talk to these guys, I’m ver...
The first thing I learn about building a home is that you’ve got to pour the foundation before you can frame. And the second thing I learn? The world of contractors is a small one. When the Isr...
I first discovered Ellen Sussman (above) via her beautiful, riveting novel, On a Night Like This, about a single mom who is raising a teenager in San Francisco and finds out she is dying of cancer. S...
The other night, during a mild anxiety attack after our contractors left, I had a small argument with my husband. Then, I sat down to write a post about how scared I felt. Blogging tip: when you writ...
Things are very scary in a marriage when it’s all a secret and there is no outside perspective. That’s what Penelope Trunk wrote in a recent comment regarding her post, “How to look...
At last, eight months after our wedding, we packed out bags and went on a real honeymoon. Actually, we packed our biking panniers — and took off on a cycling honeymoon! When I showed our photos...
After living in a mother-daughter household for almost a decade, it’s still taking some time for me to get used to all the guy talk around here. Moving in with Thunderpants — a man who lo...
Thunderpants‘ cousin got married last weekend, in a meadow next to this pond (above). I felt honored to be there. As I stood under the hot sun, listening to them read their own, hand-written vo...
As I write this, Thunderpants and I are officially camping out in the living room for the next six+ months, during our remodel. We have one tiny closet, and a big commitment to a positive attitude. F...
For as long as I remember I’ve honored two men on Father’s Day: my dad and my step-dad. Well, all that changed this weekend. As soon as Thunderpants opened his eyes in the morning, I push...
For Father’s Day, I’m so honored to feature the writing of a Dad blogger whom I’ve admired for many years: Steven Friedman. Thank you for welcoming Steven, a Bay Area writer and aut...
When the building department told us that we needed to erect “story poles” before getting our plans approved, I’d pictured a ceremony that went something like this: We’d raise...
When I recently cycled my first century, do you know what one of my biggest fears was? Getting lost. Thunderpants will tell you that I don’t have the best sense of direction (and that’s s...
Wait until you hear how the couple picture above — from 6 Degrees of Love — met. On their blog, they refer to themselves simply as “Her” and “Him.” So, two years a...
This might not come as a surprise: I’ve been quite busy lately chatting with single moms who married men without kids. After all, I’m one of those woman, too. Today, I’m so excited ...
“You look nervous,” a woman with pigtails says to me outside the bathroom at 7 a.m., just before I start my 73 mile ride in the Grizzly Peak Century. “I guess it’s nervous exc...
What’s the best part about being nominated for Best Single Parenting Blog along with 24 other inspiring blogs? It’s the fact that I’ve discovered some new, awesome single parent blo...
Moving is like a familiar tune — but not necessarily one that I enjoy listening to again. My parents got divorced when I was three, and their custody agreement went as follows: four nights with...
I was at Blog World Expo in 2009 with Mind of Moms when I wandered alone into this enormous dining room for lunch — that’s when I spotted a table where a woman with a lovely smile was sit...
In order to prepare myself for my first-ever (steep!) century bike ride, I’ve been cycling on weekends with my man (in between the rain here, anyway). Here’s what a typical afternoon ride...
Don’t laugh, but at last I’m moving in with my husband. I mean, we only got married last year, right? Every week, I’ve moved more things from my home into his home… really mak...
You are no longer following . Undo?
English
Suomi
Svenska