The Redesigned Mom

A Stay at Home Mom’s Journey to Self Fulfillment

Entries for January, 2009

A Historic Day

This morning we sat as a family and watched the inauguration of Barack Obama as President of the United States of America.
Although words are not coming easily to me at this point, I am full. Full of hope for the future. Full of pride in my country. Full of love for everyone [...]

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With and Without a Doula

A while back I was researching places to promote my blog and/or partner with and I came across a site called blogher.com, a community for women who blog.
I discovered many women there discussing important issues and sharing their voices.  I have contributed to these conversations on several occasions and was looking through my posts there [...]

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My 2009 New Years Resolution

You may have noticed that this blog has been a little dormant lately.  This has a little to do with the holidays and the continuous stream of family visits, but I think I have been feeling a little blocked up because I have been avoiding writing this post, which I sketched out several weeks ago, [...]

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On a Bad Day

I haven’t had a bad day in a while and by that I mean a depressed day.  
Yesterday I thought I was getting sick.  Weirdest thing, my nose ran non-stop causing a barrage of sneezes that I thought were going to drive me out of my mind.  Then I popped a 101 fever  with terrible [...]

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Ian’s First Trip to The ER

Well,  as if  to smack me and remind me not to let my guard down, the universe threw me a doozy yesterday.  In a way, I think it was a test.
You see,  I pass out.  I pass out when I hurt myself.  I pass out when other people hurt themselves.  I pass out when people [...]

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What I’m Listening to This Week – January 5, 2009

Today has been a strange day, in a really marvelous way.  Dare I say I was chipper?
If you know me, then you know this is not a normal state for me, even on a good day.  
I even found myself busting a move and doing the humpty hump in the car on the way to [...]

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Beaba Babycook

The  December issue of Cooking Light
this very cool new product was highlighted.

Now, I haven’t tried it, but since I am such an advocate of making your own baby food and I thought this was something I would have loved to have, I just had to mention it. It is simply a very innovative and [...]

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