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You can find me at:leightonhart.wordpress.comCome on over!

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Howdy!Just a reminder that I've moved. Come see me here:www.mybestinvestments.netThanks!

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I've always been a little suspicious when hearing the stories about women who never knew they were pregnant until they went to the hospital with stomach pain and delivered a healthy baby the same day.Having watched MC progress while both our kids were in utero, I just don't buy that someone can be oblivious to the many symptoms of pregnancy.There's fatigue, nausea, mood swings and various aches

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The first decision we made after finding out our good news that MC is pregnant was that our good news was going to remain OUR good news for some unspecified period of time.When MC was pregnant this summer, we found ourselves in the awkward predicament of more people knowing that we miscarried than ever knew she was pregnant in the first place.That's a recipe for uncomfortable interactions.Of

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I've moved!I'm now blogging on my own domain at:www.mybestinvestments.netCome see me at the new place - and don't forget to update your feed reader and bookmarks to reflect the change!HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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So now that you know we're pregnant, let me spend a few posts getting you caught up on the first trimester.Finding outBack in October, I took a week off to hang with the family and get some work done around the house.During one of those days, I stayed home with the kids while MC made a Kroger/Target run.When she got home, I went to work unloading all the bags. She disappeared for a few minutes. I

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I've been looking back through the archives for 2008.If there's one thing that strikes me, it's this: I didn't post very much this year.We'll get that worked out in 2009. As I look at some of the things going on in our family life right now, I think I'll have plenty of material.On the whole, I think 2008 is a year that many people are eager to put in the books. A lot of people lost jobs. A lot of

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I was hoping to make this a much more elaborate post, but since our MacBook is having a midlife crisis, I'm going to have to be brief.The kids want to show you something:In case you can't tell, that's an ultrasound image of my colon.I'm kidding - IT'S A BABY!MC is 16 weeks pregnant with our third child.So far, everything has been good with MC. She's tired, hormonal and vomits

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There was a time in my life when I could feel the depth and wholeness of my parents' love for me.They worked hard for our family. They sacrificed for us. They poured their time and attention into me.I could just tell that they were using every bit of what they had to form me into the man I am now.These days, I'm not so sure.Tonight I feel like the butt of some cruel practical joke."Why?" you

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Just a quick note to let you know that I am, in fact, still alive.But since I just ate a handful of expired potato chips, I can't say with any certainty how long I can keep this "being alive" thing up.It's been a busy few weeks around here. I've got a lot of good stories to share, but you'll just have to stick with me for a few more days for those.To hold you over, here's a few quick things:We

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You ever encounter a smell so foul it gets stuck in your senses?For me, it usually results from an especially awful diaper on our youngest. Even after the kid has been wiped and bathed, and after my own hands have been washed to the point of chapping, the smell just lingers.Well, that's happening now. But it wasn't a diaper this time. It was our car.A few days ago, we began noticing a bit of a

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If I didn't already have enough solid proof that we are two 75 year-olds living in 32 year-old bodies, our weekend plans confirm it for good. We've got a group of four couples lined up for a meal at a restaurant none of us have tried. It's a fairly new place out in the middle of nowhere, but apparently it's the bee's knees. Since it's all the rage at the moment, you can't even think about

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One of our local TV stations is running a teaser for an upcoming segment called something like: "Texting: Know The Lingo".Because they like to tackle the big issues.The idea is that the TV station is going to crack the code that the kids and the teens use when they're IM'ing or texting with friends.I'm sure they'll cover most of the obvious abbreviations like LOL for "laughing out loud" and BRB

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MC and I are romantic people.This year, in a quest to find the most heartfelt, most memorable experience possible, we sidestepped all the cliched ways to celebrate our anniversary.No flowers. No fancy meal out. No sappy love letters. No fine wine.We took it to the next level.We parked our kids at Nana's house for the weekend. We went straight home. We locked all the doors. We changed into

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Here at the MBI Estate, we are nothing if not the picture of sophistication.We use big words. We hold our pinkies in the air when we sip drinks. The children play quietly with simple toys like yo-yos and marbles.And if you believe any of that, I've got some outstanding real estate in the smokin' hot Florida market to sell you.Anyhow, at some point a while back the kids discovered a big pile of

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Either by the grace of a good and loving God, or in one of the greatest practical jokes in the history of mankind, this woman married me.Nine years ago today.Happy Anniversary, MC!

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I hope you'll all join me in shouting a collective:IT'S OVER!!Whether your man won or not, we can all take comfort in the fact that the barrage of insane campaign commercials will soon stop.So we won't have to hear any more of this stuff:"John McCain stole your 401k money!"Or any more of this stuff:"Ever notice that you never see Barack Obama and Osama bin Laden in the same room?"I think we can

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Dear Person Handing Out Ring Pops Last Night:Thank you for your participation in our Trick-Or-Treating last night. It's always nice to get sweet treats on Halloween.I am especially glad that you decided to hand out Ring Pops last night. Your timing couldn't have been better, since my daughter's mouth just returned to its normal color after eating her last Ring Pop. In July 2007.You've also helped

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I'm an easy man to please.That's why, when my parents asked for ideas about what to get me for my birthday, I told them I wanted a can of Pub Mix.For those of you not familiar with Pub Mix, it's a blend of salty snacks - pretzels, rice crackers, sesame crackers - like you might find at a bar.Those of you who fly the friendly skies might know it as "Sky Mix" - and you'd recognize it only in the

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My dear Wife tagged me for a meme a couple weeks ago, and since all I hear inside my head right now is the sound of crickets chirping, I bring you the Four Things.Four Things I Was Doing 10 Years Ago1. Living in my own apartment2. Spending weekends with MC3. Typing obituaries4. Dodging trustafarians in downtown AshevilleFour Things On My To-Do List Today1. Show MC and Son my new office building2.

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I realized recently that I haven't closed the loop on an open-ended storyline at our house.I discovered my oversight while looking through this month's batch of keywords that have brought people to my blog from the search engines.Among searches for things like "tracy jordan practicology vampires" and "delsym dosage for dog" and "history of jump down, turn around, pick a bale of cotton" were

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A few weeks ago, our family was able to quit having birthdays long enough for MC and I to slip away to our 10-year college reunion.Our alma mater has special significance to us since it's where we met, fell in love, blah blah blah...We skipped town after work on a Friday for the trip to Presbyterian College in Clinton, SC.PC was established in 1880, and is chockfulla big, gorgeous buildings. It's

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Daughter, like most 4 year olds, has a vivid imagination.Most of the time, it's not enough to just play - she'll invent a story or theme to go with what she's doing.This afternoon the kids played with Son's new Imaginarium train table before their rest time. When I came to survey the damage, I discovered that something horrible had happened.Apparently there was a disaster in Trainland, because

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October is a busy month at the MBI Estate.Within a 3-week span, everyone in our house has a birthday.This year has an extra dose of excitement - MC and I will be traveling back to our alma mater for our 10-year reunion.We were fortunate enough to go to a great little school with a bunch of great people, so it's going to be a blast.But to be fully ready to hang out with folks we haven't seen in

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(This is the part where you say: Another post about cake? Really?)I probably should have written this post first, before the one about "Bobby" and his birthday cake.I say that because you may have come away from the last post with the impression that:We didn't make a cake at home for Son's birthdayWe are careless consumers for not checking the spelling on the cakeAnd I simply can't bear the

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