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Guilty admission: I am not looking forward to the weekend

Posted 2nd May 2008 by Nataly, tagged work, entrepreneur, weekend

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It's Friday and I really wish it were Wednesday.The last few weeks have been completely crazy -- new redesign launched here, as you guys know, many bugs, and then a bunch of other unexpected things I had to take care of -- and I am behind. I literally feel like I just can't catch up and if I could just…

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Playdate conundrum

Posted 20th April 2008 by Nataly, tagged playdates

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Ok, here's the situation:A few weeks ago we were at a get-together in our neighborhood (an outside type of thing) and my daughter and this little girl made friends. Great.Her mom came up to me, we chatted, and after a few minutes I knew that I really really really didn't want to spend much time with…

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I want to shop organic, but it's so expensive!

Posted 13th April 2008 by Nataly, tagged organic, grocery shopping, whole foods

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There is a Whole Foods next to our daughter's preschool and I've recently started going in once a week or so right before I pick her up on Fridays. This is going to sound silly, but it's a source of stress relief -- it's so nice and peaceful in there, everything looks amazing, and there are always free…

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Our first trip to the ER....

Posted 9th April 2008 by Nataly, tagged kids, er, kids getting hurt

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So I guess this had to happen eventually -- we just got back from the ER. While at the library with our babysitter, our daughter fell and cut her eye -- below eyebrow -- on a chair. They came home, we iced it, and then it finally hit me that we should head over to the ER.Short story is she is fine --…

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My favorite (and forgotten) hobby

Posted 8th April 2008 by Nataly, tagged creative hobby

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I used to love to paint. I am not that great at it -- OK, I am not good at it at all -- but I used to just love to get large canvases, fun textures, gels and paints, and paint away. When I was in college I lived in Japan and studied Japanese ink painting there -- I LOVED spending hours grinding up the…

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