Archive for November, 2005

By kate on November 12th, 2005

I’m pretty good at avoiding chain restaurants, but I could improve on how often I shop at local businesses of other kinds. My colleague Joe got me thinking about paying more attention to that with his post Top Ten Reasons to Buy Local.

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Frivolousness

By kate on November 8th, 2005

We bought the first frivolous Zippy-related thing the other day. Safeway was having a post-Halloween sale on costumes (50% off), so we picked up fuzzy bee and ladybug costumes for future dress-up fun. This is even though they probably won’t fit Zippy for at least a year or two.

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Status report

By kate on November 4th, 2005

I haven’t written much lately because there’s not much new to report (except the brand-new kicking I just wrote about below). I’m making my way through an uneventful second trimester where there are no major difficulties, but many minor inconveniences. I’m getting to the stage where pillows become more vital to getting a good […]

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Maybe we should call her Pele…

By kate on November 4th, 2005

Zippy has made an exciting change in how she moves. All of a sudden, this week she is actually KICKING rather than slowly turning over. The first time I felt it, I thought maybe I was having a muscle twitch until I put my hand there and felt something kick back out at me. For […]

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Free Stuff

By kate on November 3rd, 2005

Steve lists some things we’re giving away as we clean out the basement. I expect this is just the first batch.

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Why Newspapers are Still Relevant

By kate on November 1st, 2005

I began this entry as a response to Christian’s blog post, “Newspapers Die By Their Own Ignorance.” When I realized how long it was getting, I decided to put it here instead… I beg to differ (with Christian’s point). As a daily newspaper reader for most of my life (still am today), I dispute […]