1) When I grab a poop bag for a walk with Dexter I try to coordinate it with my outfit.
2) I buy scallion pancakes and then I pick out each and every scallion before I eat them.
3) I don't like movies that everyone else likes. For instance- Heat, Moulin Rouge, Casablanca, It's a Wonderful Life, etc.
4) I actually believe that I am a little bit psychic.
5) Sometimes I pick out a toy for Willa based on what she is wearing.
6) I order quiche from the cafe down the street at least three times a week. That might not sound strange, but what if I told you that it's got mushrooms and leeks in it, and I like neither mushrooms nor leeks, so I pick apart the entire thing? Also, I then bring the mutilated quiche home for my husband to eat, which means my fridge has several containers of quiche in it at all times.
7) I hate porn and sex toys and yet I think I am sexually adventurous.
8) My entire apartment can be a mess, but if a drawer is open or a picture is crooked I lose my mind.
9) I don't eat onions because I think they taste like crunchy bugs.
10) I can't sleep naked because I'm afraid a bug will crawl up my hoo-ha.

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Look who has their two front teeth:

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Things that are interesting to a seven month old-

Water bottles
Glasses of water
Spoons
The cat's food bowl
Pens
Measuring spoons
Phones
Books
Music
Strangers
New places
Crawling
Being naked
Medical journals

Things that are not interesting to a seven month old-

Mommy
Our apartment
Solid foods
Her sippy cup
99% of her toys
Getting her diaper changed
Putting clothes on
Napping

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When I am interviewing you for a job WATCHING MY INFANT CHILD- do not tell me that you only have personal references because you didn't want to "bother" the people you used to work for.
I 'm not going to hire you based on the fact that your aunt Selma says that you are a really nice girl.

Also, even if you are interviewing for a janitor position, sneakers are NOT appropriate interview attire.

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Hi! To answer your question, yes, I am still alive.

I have been very busy. And uninspired.

I am not a writer by nature. Writing takes a lot of effort for me. So, it takes me a bunch of time and energy to write something that most of the time isn't that good anyway.

I don't know whether or not I should just give up blogging. It has come in handy when I need to vent and it is a great social network, but I have so little free time. And I'm already having trouble giving enough attention to the friends I've made through blogging. Do I really have time for more?

Blogging has felt like a chore lately. That isn't the way it's supposed to be - unless of course I was making a bunch of money- It's supposed to be something fun that I do for myself.

I don't know if I can justify spending my time blogging when there's a baby to hold, a dog and cats to play with, a husband to laugh and snuggle with, chores to be done, emails to send, phone calls to make, and pictures to edit.

I'm so torn. Do I quit blogging? Do I just do it very sporadically? Do I change my blog into something else? Video blog? Photo blog?

I just don't know.

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