Nantucket
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Nantucket Grape Focaccia
[slideshow] Nantucket Grape Focaccia Recipe Related post: What We Eat Adapted (barely) from Smitten Kitchen See more recipes here
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What We Eat
At last week’s LLL meeting, a first-time pregnant mama was there to get information about breast feeding. It reminded me of how recently I was in that exact same position, and how sad it makes me that most women in the US have little to no experience with nursing before they become pregnant. I think…
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Report Card
I’m quite a bit tardy with a status update, since I skipped the last one in favor of posts for Nora’s birthday. I figured you wouldn’t mind. Now, though, it’s time for a little accountability. As a reminder, here are the Housewife Challenges so far: Get (and keep) the grocery bill under budget [read original…
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Personality
Nora is doing some really amazing things right now, as she teeters on the edge of toddler-hood. She loves to stand — all the time — and doesn’t even really need to hold on to things anymore. She’s figured out how to play independently and will just crawl into her room to look at books…
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First of Many
After Nora’s birthday, the other reason I was looking forward to fall is that it means the beginning of “Hinds’ visitor season.” We haven’t had the opportunity to see any family or friends since moving to Nantucket, but this month we have a stream of visitors planned. Unfortunately, my dad and my friend Margarete were…
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One Year Ago Today
A.K.A. Nora’s birth story Cleaned up only slightly from my original post here Eleanor Margarete Hinds Born Sunday, September 6, 2009 at 3:47 pm 7lbs 4 oz 20 inches long My due date was August 24, a Monday, which came and went uneventfully. I felt great, so I kept going to work each day, walking,…
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Birthday Girl
One year ago today, we were going nuts trying to get baby “Voldemort” (yes, that’s what we called her until we knew who she was) to come out and meet us. And then on a Sunday, beautiful and breezy like today, we met our girl for the first time. It’s hard to believe we’ve been…
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Stormy Weather
We are in the middle of a hurricane. Literally. This evening, Hurricane Earl made its way up the coast and hit our little spit of sand. So far, it hasn’t turned out to be as bad as initially projected; last I heard, they were about to downgrade it to a tropical storm. But it’s windy…
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Countdown to One
It’s September. Fall is just around the corner and Nora’s first birthday is in 5 days! Not that she has any idea… I’m still a little bit in disbelief, but mostly I’m incredibly excited for her birthday and her party, for which we are in full preparation mode. It’s on the 5th, which is 4…
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Halloween, Already
in MotherhoodIn case you didn’t already know this about me, I’m a planner. Maybe a little bit obsessively. But I love to plan in all it’s forms: budgeting, party planning, pouring over real estate, vacations nearly a year away, Nora’s Halloween costume… Yes, you read that right. It’s not even September and I already know what…
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‘Sconset
Last week, Chris’ day off changed at the last minute from Tuesday to Thursday, which meant he was off on a day that I wasn’t watching Mr. V. Since we had the whole day with just the three of us, we spontaneously decided to head out to Siasconset. We hadn’t been to ‘Sconset since the…
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Battery-Powered Toys
It’s funny how quickly some of those “rules” you create (before baby is even born) can change. Like, do you remember our baby registry? (Yes, a year later it’s still there…the internet is both magical and scary.) Well, one of the things Chris and I decided before Nora was born was that she was going…