Julie Cole's Blog – March 2009 Archive (5)

The Celeb Factor

If you don't know this already, I'm hopeless with pop culture. Here is my list of admissions/confessions:

- I don't own an i-POD, MP3, and don't really know what a PVR does. And is Blu-ray just a fancy DVD?

- Despite my older children being ages nine, eight, and six, I have never seen an episode of Hannah Montana, heard a Jonas Brothers song or seen a High School Musical movie;

- I wouldn't know Adam Lambert if he sang a tribute to… Continue

Added by Julie Cole on March 30, 2009 at 7:58am — No Comments

The Childless Aunt

I'm currently writing an article for Mother's Day about mamas who don't have their own mothers around. It's fascinating to me that people can raise children when their own moms are not retired, living locally, emotionally involved or alive. So, you have that happy read to look forward to. In the meantime it got me thinking about another valuable player in the extended family - the childless aunt.

I had a childless aunt who we tragically lost to breast cancer a dozen years ago… Continue

Added by Julie Cole on March 22, 2009 at 12:24pm — No Comments

The Old Hag With the Babe

I felt young when I had my first baby. I was in my late-twenties but had always imagined I wouldn't get started until I was in my thirties. You see, I just had too much to do and didn't need a baby slowing me down. Turns out, sometimes they don't slow you down but speed you up. Regardless, as time passed and the number of babies increased, so did the number of candles on my birthday cake. Last week I blew out 38 of the damn things.

Generally I'm not bothered by aging. We all… Continue

Added by Julie Cole on March 15, 2009 at 7:56pm — 1 Comment

Observations From the Sick Bed

A week of battling illness has provided the opportunity to make some observations:

1) Very strange and seemingly unconnected symptoms occur as the result of pregnancy. In my case, a simple head cold morphed into a serious sinus infection. Apparently pregnancy and sinuses are connected. This is strange to me because last I checked my sinuses are really far away from my uterus. My sinus infection made me feel like someone took me out back and beat the living daylights out… Continue

Added by Julie Cole on March 9, 2009 at 7:20am — No Comments

Are They Ever Safe?

A few nights ago, we had a little incident that I can't stop thinking about. Quite frankly, I'm still feeling a bit sick about it.

I put the kids to bed. My three little ladies sleep "Little House on the Prairie" style all in one room. With two single beds, a toddler bed and the dressers taking up residency in the hallway, it works well. On this particular night, Little Lady #1 was at the ballet with Nan and Little Lady #2 fell asleep as soon as her head hit the… Continue

Added by Julie Cole on March 2, 2009 at 8:23am — 1 Comment