The Story of Simzgirl

…Until Having a Baby.

Left clean dishes in the dishwasher for more than 24 hours
Scrubbed poop off the wall
Stayed in bed all day with another female
Read blogs in the middle of the night
Tried Baby & Me Yoga
Been so relieved to see poop
Left clothes in the dryer overnight
Willingly got up at the crack of dawn to feed […]

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As our due date gets closer and closer, Simeon and I are finally having to take care of some final details we have been putting off completing. The nursery is all put together. We bought and installed our car seat. We even started making a list of people to call once the baby is born […]

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A list of things that are making me very happy today:

I am currently having a mid-morning snack of the best fresh cubed watermelon. It is sooooo yummy. Fruit makes Maybe Baby (and me) very happy.

I called over to Advance Camera this morning to check on the status of my Nikon (since it has been six […]

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…that the secret to making toddlers love you is keeping a baggie of animal crackers hidden in your desk drawer.
…that when your friend’s ringtone is set to “My milk shake brings all the boys to the yard” it will be stuck in your head for the rest of the day.
…that Skinny Cow’s Chocolate Peanut Butter […]

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…that I still don’t like brussel sprouts. Not even the baby ones.
…that I do, however, enjoy a well barbequed steak. Mmmmmm. Red meat.
…that multi-vitamins are SO out; it’s all about the poly-vitamins.
…that Europeans have finally beaten us Americans at becoming truly lazy. Particularly when it comes to parking cars.
…that a toddler will stand in the […]

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To Do:

Read my email
Read my boss’ email
Read daily blogs
Update my charting
Clean my desk
Dust my plants
Clean out food drawer
Update Phone Number List
Update Speed Dials
Dust pictures
Go through pending transactions
Follow up on address changes
Find recipes for cranberry oatmeal bars and meatloaf
Find out if friends actually […]

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Four jobs I’ve had:
1. Worked concessions at the only movie theater in Seaside (and now get to see movies there for free. For LIFE!)
2. Telephone Outreach Program Caller for the University of Portland (Woohoo TOP Callers!)
3. Sales associate at Meier & Frank (Shut up, it put me through college.)
4. Purchasing/receiving admin at BMC West (where […]

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AKA: A Pictoral Re-cap of 2005
January

Thank god for archives, because January seems like YEARS ago. Things of note: Miss Lindsay celebrated her first birthday, I started Pilates, Sim
and I jumped on the South Beach band-wagon, we were trapped in our house during the worst Ice Storm I have ever experienced and I bought my first […]

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Ok, I am feeling a little overwhelmed right now. So-much-to-do, so-little-time syndrome. And what do people do when confronted with situations like this? (Well, other than avoid blogging, cause clearly that hasn’t been helping.) Anyone? Bueller?? Yeah, that’s right, we make a list. So here is my list, broken into three parts so I feel […]

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Here are some of the highlights (and lowlights) of the weekend thus far:

Sunburning my cleavage
Being the first people in the theater when we went to see Star Wars 3
Simeon buying me Snood for my Game Boy SP
Getting to play Snood while waiting for the movie to start
Finally finishing all the Harry Potter books on […]

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