Author Archives: xtina

Change is in the air

By xtina | Published: November 4, 2008

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Lucas & Xissy talk about November 4th from xtimu on Vimeo. We didn’t know who would win, but we were hoping. We have a lot of work ahead of us. THANK YOU to everyone who worked so hard to make this happen!

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The first thing that I’ll do

By xtina | Published: November 3, 2008

Children learn from watching their adults. They are watching and listening and creating a detailed profile of all the behaviors you exhibit, even the ones you may not be aware of. Many times Lucas has astounded me by asking “Mommy, why are you [doing this action] differently?” and I pause to consider my behavior and [...]

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I’ll be good tomorrow

By xtina | Published: November 2, 2008

One of the things that we are trying to teach the kidlet is the value of delayed gratification. The idea being that by learning this valuable lesson at a young age, he might be able to avoid some of the pitfalls that have tripped up Mom and Dad (fortunately not too bad – just some [...]

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Heard it All before

By xtina | Published: November 1, 2008

First some notes on my writing. Please note that in all of my diatribes I am speaking for only myself, not for my co-blogger or my partner (husband), my family or my friends, my religious organization or my work. I am expressing myself in that moment. I am, above all things, changeable and often express [...]

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getting dirrrty with it

By xtina | Published: October 27, 2008

So allo, you. Long time no see, eh? Tis been a bit busier than usual round these parts. Mommy’s been working on this and that, cooking up a lil bit of gardening with a dash of exercise and a heaping portion of yumdiddly good foods. Right now I’m gearing up for a month of blogging [...]

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Around town: San Diego, California

By xtina | Published: July 30, 2008

      Opening the door to Urban Seed & Flower is a little like opening the lid to a treasure chest except it’s as big as a house and full of magic. Owners Maurice and Michael, highly respected landscape architects, have filled this beautifully renovated building with wondrous objects from their trips throughout Europe [...]

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the little birdies twittering in the trees

By xtina | Published: June 9, 2008

Technology happens in this day and age. It moves forward relentlessly as hungry people engorged by the thought that ‘there is money in them thar tubes’ write ever more code, powering new and oblique technologies to bring people onto their web sites. Some of the applications try to help people like donorschoose.com while others are [...]

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all the pretty pizzas

By xtina | Published: May 17, 2008

Today is a glorious morning!  This morning my beloved wrapped his arms around me and wished me ‘happy anniversary’ with a big kiss.  Today we have known each other twelve years. Roughly one-third of my life has been spent in the company of this man and he has nurtured, encouraged, supported, and loved me through [...]

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Big Enough for the Four of Us

By xtina | Published: March 14, 2008

Making a small house work for four people takes some time and effort. One must be conscientious about what comes in the door and not be afraid of letting things go once they have served their usefulness. Why all the effort? Why not move to a bigger, better house? Well, many years ago Wade & [...]

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Dazzled by my daughter

By xtina | Published: February 12, 2008

It has been a long time since I checked in with the Mutant. I missed this space even tho you can hardly tell by the dearth of entries. Life has been busy. A few days after the calendar new year we welcomed our daughter, Quinn, into the world and we haven’t stopped since then. In [...]

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Solipsism

By xtina | Published: December 4, 2007

We have abundance and yet we seek more. I am just as ‘guilty’ of this truism as others. I feel cold and I want to be warm, I feel hungry and I want to be full, but is my life sustainable? Is it satisfying? It is in reasonable lumps but there are aspects that I [...]

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exhausted and exhilarated

By xtina | Published: November 28, 2007

I am at the point of exhaustion yet I feel exhilarated. We have officially entered the home stretch of this bout of childbearing and things are progressing smoothly. I feel very fortunate that (thus far) both of our pregnancies have been problem free. I do have the normal complaints that any woman in her third [...]

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