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Oh, and since I haven’t mentioned it…

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I am pregnant. It’s funny how, with news like this, you want to wait a little while before you broadcast the word to all and sundry. And then, after you’ve waited a while, you’re not quite as bursting to tell the news as you were initially. So, once a decent interval has passed, you tell your family, and you tell people at work. But when do you tell good friends that you don’t interact with … [Read more...] about Oh, and since I haven’t mentioned it…

In NYC for Christmas

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I am not sure if Callum has quite figured out what “New York” actually means. When we’re out walking around, he’ll sometimes ask to go to “New York,” or when he gets out of bed, I’ll ask him where he’s going, and he’ll say “New York.” We’re here, baby, I tell him. We’re here…. Our furniture (and tons and tons of boxes) arrived on the Sunday before Christmas, and we’ve been digging our way out, … [Read more...] about In NYC for Christmas

Leaving California

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On Wednesday, the moving truck drove away with all of our things, and we checked into the motel where we’d be sleeping for our last two nights in California. But then we headed back to the neighborhood for one last hurrah — a laid-back dinner at our wonderful neighbors’ house. They’d ordered from a legendary Berkeley pizza place we were quite fond of, and the conversation and atmosphere was easy … [Read more...] about Leaving California

Up to Date

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Well, it’s been more than a month since we’ve posted an entry on here, but that doesn’t mean things haven’t been happening. We are starting to gear up pretty seriously for a move to the East Coast, so we can all be together as a family day-to-day. That will be nice. Right now we are looking at renting a place in New Jersey, somewhere around 40 minutes or so (by train) outside the city. We like … [Read more...] about Up to Date