Nathalie's Notestag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-2053942009-11-16T09:06:08-08:00taking notes: a journalist's diaryTypePadZupans, guns and finding the middle groundtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341d852853ef0120a6a6a3bf970b2009-11-16T09:06:08-08:002009-11-16T09:06:08-08:00I'm at that part of pregnancy some people call "nesting." For me, that translates to trying to organize everything. Everything. It's not going so well. We do, however, now have all our CD's in one, big book arranged in order....NathaliesNotesSitting out NaNo, and other changestag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341d852853ef0120a65482bf970b2009-11-11T17:32:24-08:002009-11-11T17:32:24-08:00When I think of the writing contest NaNoWriMo,I picture myself sitting in front of the computer at 2 a.m. while nursing my newborn and wondering what in the world I was thinking when I signed up for it that second...NathaliesNotesQuitting baseboardstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341d852853ef0120a65e908e970b2009-11-06T16:30:30-08:002009-11-06T16:30:30-08:00"I'm done doing baseboards!" I declared to a friend the other day. This, of course, implied that there was a time I ever cleaned my baseboards. (Picture The Office's Kelly Kapoor giving the slight head shake). That being said, I...NathaliesNotesThe "v" word, and my new columntag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341d852853ef0120a65491f4970b2009-11-04T16:42:18-08:002009-11-04T16:42:18-08:00Somehow I managed to write a whole column about this flu season without mentioning the word "vaccine" once. It helps, of course, that I'm limited to 600 words! And that I generally try to avoid being all controversial in a...NathaliesNotesFriday favorites ... yeah, I know it's Tuesdaytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341d852853ef0120a698b4a3970c2009-11-03T17:01:59-08:002009-11-03T17:01:59-08:00Sam's: Yelling "school bus!" every single time he sees a school bus. Playing with his new Little People School Bus from his Omama and Opapa Getting really, really dirty now that Daddy's taught him "how to do it right." Doing...NathaliesNotesAin't no fountain high enoughtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341d852853ef0120a6a1ada7970c2009-11-02T14:03:26-08:002009-11-02T14:03:26-08:00Sam, it seems, no longer needs help protecting himself from flu germs. He can wash his own hands, thank you very much. Note he's not standing on his normal stool because he'd pushed that over to the kitchen sink earlier....NathaliesNotesHalloween Hack, etc.tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341d852853ef0120a686d780970c2009-10-28T16:19:28-07:002009-10-28T16:20:53-07:00Today's Word Count: 801 Unsure where to jump back in I started with this scene I've struggled with between Ani and the guy she's not "technically" dating. And the words just came, imagine that! For awhile there I was so...NathaliesNotesThe fog has landedtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341d852853ef0120a6624976970c2009-10-27T21:03:00-07:002009-10-27T21:03:01-07:00Word Count today: zero (So I can't be accused of only posting when I've got something to show for my time, besides, you know a healthy, happy kid). I've been working on my column this week. I managed to write...NathaliesNotesMama's gotta bouncetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341d852853ef0120a677e57a970c2009-10-26T09:49:29-07:002009-10-26T09:50:16-07:00These slang flash cards are a gift I bought for Matt when he started teaching English to high school students. You know, so he could communicate with them in a hip way. Most of them were totally inappropriate for the...NathaliesNotesGet away to get aheadtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341d852853ef0120a6680db9970c2009-10-21T17:01:48-07:002009-10-21T17:01:48-07:00Today's Word Count: 1,217 Sam and I went up to visit my first friend in the world, Mel, so we could deliver a birthday hug in person as well as sing a little "Zivjo, Zivijo" which Sam translates to "Zibjo."...NathaliesNotes