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...I’ve always been the type to take charge in a vacuum. When no one else can do the job, I’ll do it, and do it well. Several years ago, my husband was out of town when two feet of snow fell. We had just sold our tractor, and everyone I knew who had a plow on their truck was cashing in on the weather to bail out the acres of Wal-mart parking lot. I had four kids at the time, and no choice but to imprison the baby in his crib, put a movie on for the kids, and go outside and dig.
Vigdis the Viking Lady from Sigrid Undset’s “Gunnar’s Daughter.” She skied across the Nordic countryside and mountains for three days with a baby on her back, fleeing from her enemies. I think she even cut off her own finger when she suffered frostbite. Me woman. Me strong....
As I reject so many tenets of modern feminism, I’ve made the mistake of falling into a sort of feminine wimpiness that does not have roots in Christianity. What it amounts to is a sense of helplessness when my husband is around. Changing a diaper is never just changing a diaper when he’s in the room—suddenly it’s an event, requiring assistance: “Can you just hold the baby’s hands out of the way? Can you toss me the wipes?” I can’t bring in the groceries by myself. I can’t pack up the car. I can’t put the kids to bed. I can’t do anything by myself. Why? Because that wouldn’t be fair.Head over there and read the whole thing.
regularly, to call my doc ASAP if it didn't come down with the meds, and to call my doc in the next week or two regardless.
that's due back in a couple of days. I took my blood pressure and it had come down quite a bit, but still not within normal range. I'm hoping that in the next day or two it will be fine, and that I'll have lost 5 pounds of water weight, the only bright side to this whole thing that I can see at the moment :).
for Christmas, something that was on my list, and that should help me get more exercise to try to deal with this blood pressure thing. I should probably get back to Curves as well. I have big plans associated with the 
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this year, as well as Holly Cole's Christmas disc 
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and John Legend's hilarious number!
(Filatura Di Crosa) to make some mittens for Michael, but they're not on the needles yet!
by Daniel T. Willingham. I've just started the first, and so far, so good. Strube is a Toronto-based author and this is her first novel. The second is aimed at teachers, but has lots of good ideas about how to support student learning. I recently finished 
by Audrey Niffenegger. A completely magical read. Highly recommended!
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