Archive for February, 2012
Monday, February 27th, 2012
We came to watch the balloons rise over this Monument Valley. We booked a room at the non-historical but utterly spectacular View Hotel located just inside the park entrance. Here, all the room (except three on the first floor--the worst rooms in the place) have a view of the valley. ...
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Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
On Friday we began the process of potty training little m. I fretted over it, worried that it was too soon, that we were pushing her to grow up too fast. On that first day, she peed in the potty a grand total of eight times. (M, always the doctor, ...
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Monday, February 20th, 2012
It was four o'clock and I was just finishing my shower. I left my towel on the rod at the door because m likes to hand me my towel when I'm done. I shut off the water and pulled back the curtain and called out to ask m to get ...
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Friday, February 17th, 2012
At 06h15m this morning we removed little m's diaper and gave her big girl underwear to wear. She seemed resistant to the idea of using the potty, even though we put it in her room and she seemed to enjoy sitting on it. But she didn't want to actually do ...
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Thursday, February 16th, 2012
I ran a tempo run today, total of about 13 miles with eleven of those miles at a 7mm (minute miles) pace or better. For a couple of them I was running closer to 6 minutes. I took my first mile easy, coasting at an 8.5mm pace. At mile 1 ...
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Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
Today is Valentine's day, and while I have spent the past few days working on a present for my sweetheart (surprise, honey!) I didn't think about including little m in the orgy of sweets-making and card-giving that goes along with this 1500 year old holiday. Today I attended the weekly ...
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Tuesday, February 7th, 2012
I'm not much of a believer in holistic medicine. I like to shy away from too much medication unless I get a sinus infection or strep throat or something that can be treated with antibiotics. Other than that, if I feel aches I either grit my teeth through the pain ...
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Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
I've begun full bore Boston Marathon training which involves running a lot and on a schedule and running when I don't feel like it, when I'm tired or want to be lazy or feel sick or weak or just plain don't feel like it. I make myself run. So far--until ...
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