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Guerilla Aerial!

By kate on July 8th, 2005

Yesterday, to promote the current Circus Contraption show, a couple of us staged a guerilla aerial event in Pioneer Square during the Art Walk.
What that really means is that we put up an aerial rig with a tissu on it, and switched off doing little improvised sets. Even though it was pretty rough, the crowd […]

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Being active

By kate on July 8th, 2005

So much of the material I’ve found about exercising when pregnant is targeted toward women who don’t usually exercise much. I assumed most people work out to some degree, but maybe not. It’s been hard to find good advice for someone like me who runs and plays soccer. I did find this recent article.
Today I […]

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Grumpy?

By kate on July 7th, 2005

This morning, I was grabbed immediately to work on a tech issue that lasted all morning (and still isn’t completely fixed). As a result, I got grumpy and felt overwhelmed. Is this pregnancy-enhanced moodiness? Or is it normal, given the circumstances? I can’t really tell.
After taking a lunch break to surf blogs, I felt […]

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Ch-Ch-Ch-Chia!

By kate on July 7th, 2005

Here’s a little art project I did at work recently (click for a bigger image):

If you’re interested, they are radish plants and have been growing (from seeds) for five days.

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It’s official: Blogging is OVER

By kate on July 6th, 2005

I came to this conclusion on Sunday, when I saw not one, but two references to blogs in distinctively NON-cutting-edge places:
 

 
The Lockhorns contains a reference/word play about Leroy reading blogs.
 
Parade Magazine, that Readers Digest of the Sunday paper, has a column on how to make your own blog:
“Have you thought about creating a personal […]

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Name

By kate on July 6th, 2005

We need to figure out a temporary name for the child until it has a gender and an actual name (which may not be until after birth, in the latter case).
“Tim” was in the running, except now I know an actual Tim in real life, so it would be too weird.
My new idea is “Giblet”, […]

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What to Expect

By kate on July 6th, 2005

Steve and I looked through all the pregnancy books at Big & Chain bookstore this weekend, looking for one that might somewhat share our attitude. (We are trying to eschew all the fear-based advice and long lists of things to avoid.)
One book that I dismissed out-of-hand was What to Expect When You’re Expecting, based only […]

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Beauty

By kate on July 6th, 2005

This baby has been eagerly anticipated by both our families (there was a lot of happy screaming when we shared the news). My mom in particular can’t wait to go through this experience with me.
When I saw her for the first time on Monday, she said, “let me look at you,” and held me at […]

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Learning

By kate on July 6th, 2005

I was poking around a bit on BabyCenter, which is a big, mainstream baby site. Because of its size, it has a lot of useful info (despite my resistance to the mainstreamness).
According to their calculator, our due date is March 6, 2006.
I also found out that it is THIS WEEK that the baby forms its […]

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New Project…

By kate on July 5th, 2005

My life changed irrevocably this weekend, when we found out for sure that I’m pregnant. Coming in to work today, I ruminated on how different I am now than I was when I left on Friday.
 
So far, the only physical symptom is a bit of weight gain. Already. One of my favorite things about losing […]

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