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Jackie!

Flotsam & Jetsam

September 2, 2008

Last Tuesday I had to check in with Doctor Looove. We chatted about a variety of things (2% me, 98% Maddie), and then Dr. Loooove threw out there, “Oh hey – we got the flu vaccine in today!” and I was like, “That’s cool” and then she said, “You should get it!” I was all, [...]

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The Olympics Are Killing Me

August 15, 2008

I’m running on about 4 1/2 hours of sleep and I blame Bob Costas. I’m of the mind to write a strongly worded letter to NBC taking them to task for keeping me up until 1:30 am every night this week. For all of you that don’t live in the Pacific Time Zone, let me [...]

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She Takes A Licking But Keeps On Ticking

August 11, 2008

This morning on my way to work I passed a green mini van, and a ton of memories came rushing back at me. Not of my childhood (although my parents totally had a green minivan), but of college. Why? Because Jackie!’s car in college was a green minivan with a sliding door. Yeah, it was [...]

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Jackie O and The Kingdom of the Tumorless Skull

August 3, 2008

I made a concerted effort to stay off my computer and blackberry this weekend, and it went pretty well. There were times, though, that I found myself reflexively digging through my purse, looking for the red blinking light of my blackberry. I’ll take “signs you’re hopelessly addicted to the internet” for $500, Alex. I’m glad [...]

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Earth Shaking

July 30, 2008

I woke up this morning with a killer migraine – clearly I am having sympathy pains for Jackie! After I finally admitted that I couldn’t see straight, I called in to work and went back to sleep. Mike brought Maddie to me and I snuggled my baby as I nursed my throbbing head. Mike took [...]

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Brave

July 28, 2008

Maddie was in the NICU over Christmas, but that didn’t stop anyone from giving her presents. My brother Kyle gave Maddie a great shirt. It was HUGE on her at the time (size 3-6 months when she was swimming in preemie clothes) but we made it work. The nurses and the other parents in the [...]

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