tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33750532010-04-29T18:39:25.269-07:00...on the outskirts of Olympia, where the forest and the water become one. ...emjaronoreply@blogger.comBlogger432125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375053.post-12651668422942146242010-01-16T11:22:00.000-08:002010-01-16T11:22:31.599-08:00

Did you know there is a movement to not shampoo your hair - it's called "no poo" - who knew?The face of no shampooI'm wondering how well this would work. Folks in the comments talk about missing the smell of freshly shampoo'd hair. That wouldn't apply in this house since all of our products are fragrance free.I think the closest I came to this was spring break in college one year when we spent

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IMG_2925Originally uploaded by emjaneroThis picture sums up Oliver at 1 year old. Red cheeked, happy, taking steps but still holding on.

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R-71 Race Close - TIME TO PRAY IN A VICTORY!Pray in a victory for hate. I'm glad I live in a green county and I just hope that 71 holds on to win.I'm trying not to swear, so I'll call them dummy head stupid faces.

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The squinty smileOriginally uploaded by emjanero

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Rocking the new hatOriginally uploaded by emjaneroOliver's Uncle Jon picked up this hat at the Folklife festival in Seattle. I'm enjoying watching Oliver grow up. He's discovering more about the world around him. It's pretty amazing to see him gain independence in the smallest ways, all while still needing barriers, reassurance and the familiar. I'm hoping to approach parenthood in a way that

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Heather Havrilesky's musing on manufacturing humans (aka having babies)

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This is a bit late but I'm sure you'll excuse us - we've been busy.Oliver Forrest was born on 11-19-08, weighed 10lbs, 13oz and measured 21 inches. More details about the birth to follow.

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I'm overdue... 8 whole days overdue. A day has never seemed so long until you are 41 weeks pregnant, not working and sitting around waiting for a baby to decide it's ready. My mom's been here almost two weeks and Jeremy and I have been off work for over a week. We're quickly running out of things to do to keep ourselves entertained. Errands have been run, lasagnas have been made and frozen, bags

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8 days to go...and now they tell me: Light drinking 'no risk to baby'.I am looking forward to having a breast milk producing Guinness in the next couple weeks.

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Now here's a (terrible) idea: Baby Named Sarah McCain Palin

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The cuteness is out of control: Meet Rupert

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The view from aboveOriginally uploaded by emjaneroTook some photos tonight of what 34 and a half weeks pregnant looks like. Something that may surprise you: a hot pink shirt is totally an acceptable color in my wardrobe mostly due to the fact that it fits. Something that may not surprise you: my feet are no longer visible.Many folks have asked what we're having and we had decided not to find out.

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The countdown is more or less on. We've got a little over 6 weeks to go before the baby arrives. Predictably life is chaotic and perhaps just a bit more so than usual.We're undertaking a major remodeling project. Jeremy has worked his butt off for the last couple of weeks and now we've got contractors on site putting up sheetrock, and doing the mudding and painting. As a result, toilets are often

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When riding an elevator to a client meeting yesterday, a women gets in and looks me up and down and says:Good lord, looks like you are going to pop pretty much any day now.My cheerful response was...."Nope....two more months to go!" but I kind of wish I would have said..."Nope, just fat!"

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The NY Times (aka the elite liberal media) did a cool visualization of key terms used during the two conventions. You can check it out here:Words They Used - 2008 Political Conventions

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Crab pedicureOriginally uploaded by emjaneroI recently read that the latest hot trend is to get a pedicure with live fish who nibble away at the dead skin on your feet.I had no idea we were such trend setters. We went to visit Kate, Chris, Arla and Sam a few weeks ago at their awesome pad up on Orcas Island. In the little town of Eastsound, the water's edge is crawling with crabs of every size.

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So I haven't posted in forever and most of my thousands (ha) of readers know already but I'm, as they say, in the family way. They also say knocked up. Either is fine. So now we have that out of the way. One of the interesting things that has happened in terms of being pregnant is the new found ability to ask for whatever you like. Sure this applies to wonderful things like declaring that you'll

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Little friend in a tree Originally uploaded by emjanero In our neighborhood it definitely feels like spring. The new ferns are unfurling their fiddle heads, the foxes are patrolling the streets, the birds are chirping. Also, our backyard is full of these guys in tress (look closely). Theory is they are out looking for all that young delicious life.

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So, I'm emerging from my lonely general exam cocoon, here's some news:SchoolI passed! Woo hoo, this means I'm now a Phd candidate instead of student. My committee was super fabulous and I ended up learning a great deal (go figure). Now...onto the dissertation!No rest though, lots of exciting school and work related things going on right now. I'm taking a really awesome studio class in Value

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So my flight to New York was 5 hours and back it was 7 and both ways it was pretty much torture. When did flying get to be so crappy? Between cranky flight attendants, screaming children, drunk couples making out next to me, it was all could do to not totally freak out. I did make me contemplate how incredibly long five hours can seem.Now I'm home and taking exams this week. I have to write four

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I'm off for a fun weekend in New York City with my wild and crazy extended family. It's my Uncle's 50th birthday. I'm excited to walk the city, hang with family and maybe eat one of those great pretzels. In addition, I'm going to watch with my mouth open while the British relatives and their oh so strong currency treats the streets of New York like an episode of supermarket sweep.Then it's back

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I know I'm one year late to the eating local game, but I swear everywhere I look, read and talk lately people are talking about eating local (like this guy, this book and a group of colleagues I had dinner with last week).For our Valentine's diner last weekend, I made a hyper-local meal. The mushrooms for the wild mushroom risotto were local, although the rice was from Italy. But the oysters

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So I had my first ever* tiny taste of American democracy this weekend, and it rocked. I think we should decide everything via caucus, that is only if the results end up exactly as I hope they will.Our caucus experience almost ended before it started, when we accidentally went to the wrong precinct (can you be disenfranchised if you are so incompetent you can't locate the caucus site? - maybe).

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Morning on Lake Quinault Originally uploaded by emjanero We spent a chilly weekend at Lake Quinault mostly hiking, exploring, and chatting with the locals about last year's windstorm.

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