Category Archives: parenthood

getting dirrrty with it

Posted on October 27, 2008 by xtina

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 … Continue reading →

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Dazzled by my daughter

Posted on February 12, 2008 by xtina

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 … Continue reading →

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latest development

Posted on April 30, 2007 by xtina

today lucas described his toy car as the ‘red kia’.

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Oubliette. Oblige. Obliterate.

Posted on November 20, 2006 by xtina

Words. Words are powerful. Words are imaginary and yet…wherever they are, there you are. I watch my son become indoctrinated by our language and I mourn for the self that disappears each day, the self beyond words that is so … Continue reading →

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3 faces of sr lucas

Posted on November 18, 2006 by xtina
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The freaks come out at night

Posted on November 16, 2006 by xtina

Today was pretty low key. Lucas has been taking his naps at an earlier hour than usual, which has discombobulated my day. Now I think it’s later earlier. Does that make sense? It means that our afternoons are longer. They … Continue reading →

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Exhaustion. Ennui. & some other word that starts with ‘e’.

Posted on November 8, 2006 by xtina

Urples. Life is so life-like. I can’t get over how much living is like life?!?! I mean who would thunk? Ah, listen to the bitching and moaning. Me in a nut shell. Christina likes to complain. Cos then it’s not … Continue reading →

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These are the days of his poop.

Posted on July 27, 2006 by xtina

I have a few ideas for entries, but so many are thoughtful and require my focus for a few hours so I can pound out something more substantial. Judging from the title that inspiration typed out, this looks to be … Continue reading →

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advice for new mamas & papas

Posted on June 26, 2006 by xtina

we’ll soon be celebrating the little one’s 21st month. overall things have gone swimmingly as each day he grows into a determined, independant individual. i feel pretty passionate about him in a way that grows with each new development. his … Continue reading →

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Friday Dog Blogging

Posted on June 16, 2006 by spider
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fitting the stereotype

Posted on May 29, 2006 by spider

I was reading the comments to this hullabaloo post when I was reminded about a conversation I’d had with a fellow passenger on my flight home from Charlotte last week. My single-serving friend Kim was on her way to visit … Continue reading →

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after school they’d take the old car her dad bought her for her sixteenth birthday to the fields and do donuts and crazy eights after drinking a few

Posted on May 15, 2006 by xtina

advice for parents to remember…

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