February 2011
16 posts
let my people go
I’d really like a Moses basket for Bables’ first few months:
fears
In the Internet world, all is edited. You only update a status or tweet when there is something “of note.” We color our worlds neater, funnier, sweeter. We un-tag photos we don’t like, we photoshop others so that we are at our best. And even those who think they are gritty and edgy work to make their online personas even more so.
And so, that was all to say that I want to be...
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tweet tweet or cluck cluck?
My friend Katy says we need to get Bables a pair of these:
click above for the link!
cravings
After people ask pregnant-person-you if you are having a boy or a girl, and how you are feeling…they ask about food cravings.
I did the same thing whenever I met a pregnant lady. “What crazy food have you been craving? I’ve got to know!” My sister-in-laws both disappointed me. Neither one ate whole jars of pickles or wanted to eat chalk or laundry detergent. They...
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artwork
This weekend was the Southeastern Wildlife Expo…and though Mr. Ables and I are not the hunting/fishing types, we always enjoy supporting local art and friends.
It’s a must to stop by and visit Matt Wilson’s booth and see what amazing work he’s been creating. I am in awe of a mind that can see beyond scraps of discarded metal and recreate them into works of art.
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“Now I see the secret of making the best person: it is to grow in the open air...”
– Walt Whitman
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love, Valentine
Tiny Bables,
Your marmie and papa bear love each other very much, and one day we’ll tell you our love story. It involves letters, long distance, and coupons.
But it’s important for you to know that we don’t always celebrate our love in the most conventional of ways. You’ll probably never see your papa breezing home from teaching with two dozen long-stemmed roses for...
somehow...
…I’m in my second trimester and didn’t even realize it.
“I wanted Baby Nola to have this…”
– —A student, on his birthday, handing me a whoopie pie from Baked.
So far, students have tried to “feed the baby” doughnuts, cookies, chocolate, “the rest of this Mountain Dew” …you get the point.
One student tried to get me to eat cracklings so that, as he...
first gift
Tiny Bables,
You have wonderful grandparents. I can’t wait for you to meet them.
A few weekends ago, I was surprised to find a sweet gift from my mom waiting in the mailbox. Inside was the sweetest, softest outfit and a special photo album. Mr. Ables really loved seeing all of my baby pictures (and my parents in all of their 1980s glory).
But my favorite part was the card. As soon...
Yesterday (how they reacted)
I have to admit, I was nervous yesterday morning. There’s something about having a secret and knowing the exact hour that the one thing you’ve been holding close and inwardly smiling over, would be out in the open for all to know.
I had a few negative visions of jerky high school boys snickering and acting stupid, which is dumb because all the high school boys I’ve ever seen...
students
Here’s a picture of two of my 11th graders, Erin and Brooke:
Don’t worry, they do not suffer from jaundice, I am suffering from figuring out my new camera…this was taken at a high school basketball game.
I taught Erin when she was in 8th grade, and every day when I entered the classroom (under-caffeinated and over-prepared), she’d yell “MRS. AAAABLES!” From...
Metaphor; an assignment
For tomorrow’s homework, I’m giving my students this poem by Sylvia Plath to read:
Metaphor
I’m a riddle in nine syllables, An elephant, a ponderous house, A melon strolling on two tendrils. O red fruit, ivory, fine timbers! This loaf’s big with its yeasty rising. Money’s new-minted in this fat purse. I’m a means, a stage, a cow in calf. I’ve eaten a bag...
baby vintage
In an effort to be a bit more gender-neutral, I thought I’d share one of my favorite vintage baby boy looks. I think vintage baby clothes are a fantastic way to keep your baby looking sweet and unique (as well as saving some money, too).
These are both from Opal.
Look at that little truck! So cute for a little boy. (note: learn to sew…finally)
So, see? I like boy clothes,...
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baby Gap
“My store is closing this week. I own a store, did I ever tell you that? It’s a lovely store, and in a week it’ll be something really depressing, like a Baby Gap.”
—Kathleen Kelly (Meg Ryan) in You’ve Got Mail.
Too bad the baby Gap isn’t depressing these days…I sure see some cute stuff for a baby hippie girl*:
(I loved little birds before the...
