http://kirida.com just an island girl staying out of the rain Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:41:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_2471" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="bravado!"][/caption] Ladies. Gents. Lactating mamas. I am very happy to share with you that I have joined a powerhouse team of blogging mamas at The Breastfeeding Diaries. I'll be sharing about my struggles and successes with breastfeeding, specifically breast-pumping at work and all the ... http://kirida.com/?p=2470 http://kirida.com/?p=2465 About a month ago, we cut off Nathan's access to my iPhone. The kid has a serious addiction, spending way too long tapping out on Plants vs Zombies or Sonic the Hedgehog 2. He had watched me play these games and like most things I love, he swiped ... http://kirida.com/?p=2463 This is one of my favorite ABBA songs. And yes, that means I have other favorites. But this song? It's so true. I work all night and work all day to pay the bills I have to pay. There isn't a single penny left for ... http://kirida.com/?p=2460 [caption id="attachment_2451" align="aligncenter" width="480" caption="cat on a hot tin couch"][/caption] Mike's very expensive Life Partner Leather Couch came in last week. He had purchased an bitter but non-toxic orange spray from the pet store, something that was supposed to keep the cats off of it and prevent them from getting ... http://kirida.com/?p=2450 Yesterday morning, Mike and I took Nathan to his yearly check-up. We were running late and when I had called the receptionist to let her know we were literally pulling into the garage, she said, "Well, you should be here right now getting ready for the doctor." ... http://kirida.com/?p=2446 I know you're feeling sad. It's Monday. You found a run in your opaque tights but you're still wearing it anyway because it's too early in the season to show your unshaven wildebeest legs. You went a little crazy with the eyebrow plucking and now it looks ... http://kirida.com/?p=2444 [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="280" caption=".eat. "][/caption] [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="280" caption=".pray."][/caption] [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="280" caption=".love. "][/caption] http://kirida.com/?p=2439 It's 2:40 am. TJ and I are up again, the 400th night/day in a row this has happened. I'm giving him a bath because I'm hoping this will work, the water will somehow lull him to sleep and I can continue my dream where somehow I'm on ... http://kirida.com/?p=2437 At Nathan's 18-month-appointment, the doctor marked on his record that he had a speech delay. I was pissed at the doctor--a man who wasn't Nathan's regular pediatrician--for making a medical diagnosis that my son--my baby--was different. I remember how he went through a list and I didn't have ... http://kirida.com/?p=2426