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Here’s Babysaurus, Part II: Well, *THAT* wasn’t on the tour.

This is part two of a very long story describing the birth of Norah A. Babysaurus. If you’re feeling up to it, start with part one.  When we took a tour of the hospital’s labor and delivery center a...

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Story time

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Project Naptime: Easy-Peasy Crochet Fleecy

It’s almost September, and even though here in Maryland we’ve still got another month of warm weather, I’m already in an autumn state of mind. Bonfires. Camping. Curling up with a movie and hot apple...

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Dear Babysaurus: Out of many shattered pieces

Dear Babysaurus, Eleven years ago, I went to an early morning drawing class and when I left, the world had changed. When I started my sophomore year of college in September 2001, not many of my peers...

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Gearing up for paring down

Lately, I’ve been on a major ”simplify!” kick. This is something I’ve always known to be good for a more productive, peaceful life but since Norah A. Babysaurus came along, it’s become a family...

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Fall at last! Fall at last!

Today is the Autumnal Equinox: the first day of autumn, astronomically speaking. Hooray! That means that even here just south of the Mason-Dixon, summer’s days are numbered. (Feels like 52 in the...

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Election Day!

I happen to be one of those people who gets really excited about the act of voting, grinning like the Cheshire Cat on my way from the car to the firehouse as if it’s Christmas. This year, however, I...

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Take your mark

Oblige me for a moment while I relive the first twenty-six weeks of Norah A. Babysaurus’ life in photos (minus the crying and spitting up and crying), which doesn’t have much to do with the rest of...

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How Tuesday! Entertaining those pain-in-the-butt dinner guests who are...

Hi! It’s me again, pretending to write regularly. This week, I want to talk to you about those people: the ones with food allergies and intolerances, or “special dietary needs,” who inevitably end up...

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The Year of Finishing Things

Well, would you look at that? As it turns out, January is almost over. The three of us have spent, oh, ALL OF IT battling That Thing That’s Been Going Around, and it’s only been in the last two days...

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Before/After: Kitchen Backsplash

In November, I spent a day cleaning and reorganizing some of the kitchen cabinets. It was a very successful project, but that’s not what I’m here to talk about. No. I’m here to talk about what happened...

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What’s the motto with you?

In the early, emotional, confusing, chaotic weeks of life with Norah A. Babysaurus, I bought and started reading Organized Simplicity: The Clutter-Free Approach to Intentional Living by Tsh Oxenreider,...

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Project Naptime: Fingerpainted Notecards

I don’t want to brag or anything (yes I do), but Norah A. Babysaurus has the distinction of being the best painter in the baby room at her daycare. How so? She’s the only one who actually smears the...

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All you need is love

The storm clouds of gloomy news have been gathering for a few weeks and now it’s starting to look a bit more serious. Will it pass with little impact? Will it change our lives completely? While we ride...

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It’s a good day to keep running

This morning was a beautiful morning. A perfect morning for a run. So it was no surprise that I drove past several runners during my commute into work. I love to watch runners; they look so focused, so...

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This was going to be all sappy, then the weather turned warm and now I’m happy

Norah’s birthday and Mother’s Day and Keith’s birthday are practically on top of each other, and I was going to write something long and sappy about the things I’ve learned in my first year of...

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How I made the biggest parenting mistake ever and lived to tell the tale

As soon as we recognized that Norah A. Babysaurus could comprehend the meaning of “no” and other words, we started teaching her rules. Our greatest success was when she finally learned that she was...

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A happy new year

I’ve been offline here for most of 2013 — unintentionally, of course. I was working on something pretty important. I’ll affectionately refer to him as Eric N. Ninjasaurus. Or sometimes Handsome...

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Reintroduction

Hello. My name is Sarah. I’m a designer, a crafter, a writer, a runner, a lefty, and an amateur mama. My husband, Keith E. Daddysaurus Rex, and I are on a personal journey toward a life of simplicity,...

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