29
Sep
Posted by brandistrand in baby. Tagged: one year old. Leave a Comment
A week from today Zack will be one! I can’t believe it. Where has the time gone?!
The other day he surprised me. I wear headbands a lot…it’s the easiest way to do my hair, next to a pony tail that is. I hardly ever do my hair with him because he’s usually sleeping when I [...]
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22
Sep
Posted by brandistrand in gripes. Tagged: house cleaning. 4 Comments
My battle doesn’t have to do with something tedious like flies in the house or getting Zack to clean up after himself (his toys take mere seconds to clean up).
My battle is something much bigger. Let’s say about 1100 square feet big. It’s my stupid house. Why oh why can I not get the upper [...]
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16
Sep
Posted by brandistrand in life. Tagged: Huntington Beach, Riverside. 4 Comments
Where I grew up in Riverside not too many people rode bikes or walked the streets. Kids and the more fortunate of the homeless rode bikes. Only kids walked to school. The adults that you saw walking around where either homeless, on their way to a liquor store or walking to the bus stop. Either [...]
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14
Sep
Posted by brandistrand in life. Tagged: feminism, feminist, chivalry, gender stereotypes. 9 Comments
I love being a woman. I love being female (well except when having to use public restrooms). I like chivalry.
There are feminists out there who believe we as women should be equal to men in every way. This is a touchy subject because there are some things that I believe men and women should be [...]
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11
Sep
Posted by brandistrand in baby. Leave a Comment
Zack is now 11 months old. One more month and it’s been a whole year. I cannot believe how quickly time has gone by. Whew!
I hope he’ll always let me do this!
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8
Sep
Posted by brandistrand in gripes. Tagged: dirty public bathrooms. Leave a Comment
Why are public restrooms such a cesspool of nasty filth? How do they get so unbelievably disgusting?
I was at San Onofre surf beach this weekend, which I must say, was a total surfing stereotype! Cars lined up with surfboards, VW Beetles with a surfboard on top, old dudes completely tan…it was awesome! The surf sucked [...]
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3
Sep
Posted by brandistrand in baby, life. Tagged: man slaps child at walmart. 1 Comment
I’ve only been a mother for 11 months now. But I think I would know how to handle it if my child was at the store screaming his head off.
This article that I received in a link on Facebook and also as a link of a link of a link. I thought it was interesting [...]
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2
Sep
Posted by brandistrand in baby. Tagged: sleeping habits. 1 Comment
Good thing the keyboard on my Mac is fairly quiet. Otherwise, I don’t know what I’d do for the next couple of hours.
See, not only do I have to rock Zack to sleep every time he sleeps (two naps and bedtime), but he hardly ever sleeps solidly through. He usually wakes less than half way [...]
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1
Sep
Posted by brandistrand in gripes. Tagged: baby clothes, seasonal clothing, Southern California Wild Fires. Leave a Comment
I get the fact that adult clothing is a season ahead. Sometimes it doesn’t quite make the best sense in the world, but it’s something I’m accustomed to and I’m used to it. But baby’s clothes should not be a season ahead.
I bought short sleeved jammies for Zack in the beginning of summer. I bought [...]
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