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Fiction Writer. Eco-Geek. Dog-Lover. My debut novel, STAY (Dutton/Plume), is on shelves now. WHY CAN'T I BE YOU hits stores 2/26/13!
My post-it note via How to Break Up with Your Phone I have struggled with a love-hate relationship with my phone for soooo long. (I put my phone on airplane mode if we need it for a book or plug it in in another room with the ringer on if I’m expecting a call) Set up limits in screen time (iPhone setting) – 0 minutes for social media and 2 hours for other apps. so I can listen to an audiobook or podcast (two ways my phone totally adds value to my life! ) without needing my phone next to me. I'm passionate about living in ways that feel good to us - for my family, that means a slower, more intentional life with an emphasis on family time and simplicity and a deemphasis on the accumulation of stuff.
We got some ant traps, but they were so toxic that anytime a kid got near one (or, God forbid, dropped FOOD near one), Mike would shriek at them to “back away! So when I heard about Zevo products from BBENYC Manhattan NYC Bed Bug Extermination Experts, I was excited. Bug sprays for crawling insects, flying insects and wasps/hornets and yellow jackets, and a flying insect trap. We have wasps outside (and a child who is EXTREMELY terrified of flying, buzzing insects) and ants inside.
I told my parents and siblings halfway through pregnancy when we went home for Christmas, but didn’t tell Gabe till 24 weeks. My OB and MFM constantly told me to come in if I felt worried – never made me feel like the anxious wreck I was. She told me that although was the same pH as amniotic fluid, it didn’t crystallize AND they didn’t see any fluid when they did a cervical check. They quickly confirmed it WAS amniotic fluid and called an ambulance to take me to the bigger hospital with a NICU (they don’t deliver before 35 weeks at my hospital).
// This week I’ve had an annoying cold and haven’t been able to work out, but I’m hoping to feel better soon! I’m going to try to go two whole hours every day with my phone off (or planting a tree). // Go see Santa, go on a lights-and-hot-chocolate drive, make a tree skirt, make ornaments, make a popcorn strand, make a tree topper, watch three Christmas movies a week, go to the library weekly for more Christmas books, making cookies for our neighbors. and I’m so excited to spend so much time together with Gabe and Theo preparing for Christmas.