Something weird happened at the chiropractor. No, I don’t mean “inappropriate touching” weird. The doctor asked me the general questions a new doctor asks: what meds am I on, what is the name of my husband, how far along is the baby. Then he asked if we had a name picked yet. I said we [...]
Over the weekend, I had very little problems with my back aching. And then Monday, it flared up again. It actually hurt pretty bad–bad enough that I left work early to get horizontal. The yoga and hot bath did very little to help–this was the first time I really could get no relief. Then I [...]
Being pregnant means worrying about the future. That’s what I do best. Every now and then, though, I am shot down from worrying about the future by being depressed about the past. I am not one to dwell on the negative things that have already passed–not when times a wasting on future things to worry [...]
St.Patrick’s Day is fast approaching. In New Orleans, there are several parades celebrating the day–there are two in New Orleans, two in Metairie (well, the second is Italian-Irish), plus the big block party at Parasol’s in addition to the Italian-American St. Joseph’s Day Parade. I’ve always done the first Metairie parade and never any of [...]
I love to cook. It’s something I taught myself just over a decade ago. And, like most things in my life, the inspiration and mainstay of my cooking was very much a result of family ties. Today, I am cooking jambalaya for the St. Patrick’s Day parade tomorrow. I’ve made jambalaya many times, each time [...]
I learned to knit at the Quarterstitch in the French Quarter on the morning of September 13, 2003. Captain Sarcastic came with me. He didn’t stay with me, mind you; rather, he roamed around the Quarter and took some pictures. Here’s a picture he took of a puddle outside of St. Patrick’s Cathedral as I [...]
Being pregnant has been a bit consuming of my time and attention. And for me, my pregnancy has been a pretty easy one–no morning sickness (I mean NONE), no cravings, no aversions (to food or smells), no spotting, no nothin’. The worst of it has been some not-so-minor back pain, but I am learning to [...]
I am 5 months pregnant and my back is killing me. Now, counting those 5 months is CRAZY. When I got pregnant, I tried to guess my due date before the doctor told it to me. What a joke! I counted nine months from the date of conception. WRONG. So the very first thing I [...]