Nope, my baby isn’t going on Facebook. We haven’t even posted her name. We have a shared Google drive that I regularly update and hand out the link if our friends and family ask.

I wore purple strappy heels for the ceremony, but I switched into a short $30 h&m dress and old school black and white checker vans for the reception. Bought a matching pair for my dude of honor and the groomsmen were gifted black converse all stars.

I had those shoes in the nineties! I also had a Looney tunes Cincinnati reds shirt that I always wore them with, especially the two games we went to each year. I was very fashionable in junior high.

there was a writer on felicity that also had a bit part. And then Meredith Monroe on Dawson's creek was ten years older than she let on. Is that what you're thinking of?

I wore a fascinator to a wedding once, but it was a themed garden party wedding and we were all encouraged to wear hats. I will never wear it again, but I did feel very fancy.

USC gave awesome financial aid in top of scholarships. I also had a half tuition scholarship, extra national merit scholarships, and a grant to cover the other half of tuition. I still took out loans to cover room and board, but those were small compared to the money I was just given. Purdue would have cost more to…

We have two cans and we still pile the bigger recycling on the floor next to them.

it's also important to point out that background concentrations of naturally occurring arsenic in California soil are a hundred times higher than the concentration that is considered carcinogenic by the state for a dirty eating child.

or do it with ampersands (&)

We borrowed from my 401K in order to increase our down payment to 20% and cover closing costs (we had about 15% already saved). Then we just hunkered down and paid off the 401K loan as quickly as possible. I felt comfortable doing it because my job was very secure, but if you leave the company or they let you go then…

do you have Nordstrom rack? That store has the best selection of small women's shoes, down to size 4.

My 5th grade class had mock debates in front of the whole school and I was the only one that volunteered to be a democrat (we lived in Representative Boehner's district). So I was a nine year old female Dukakis. I bought a clip on tie from the little boy's section to look more masculine.

California may be the best state to have a baby since we have state paid disability. If you pay into SDI you are eligible for four weeks pre-birth and six or eight weeks after as Pregnancy Disability Leave paid at 55% of your income. Then we also have Paid Family Leave which is another six weeks for bonding at 55%.…

I was going to mention FSA. My open enrollment period was in November of this past year and our year starts December 1. I set aside just enough for the hospital stay but I wasn't sure if the baby was going to be born in the old year or the new year. Our benefits provider just told me to call him on December 1 and let…

Great tips! I am all about the cloth diapers, and I even bought mine used. My husband refuses though, so I shopped around for diapers (Target when you get gift cards back and Costco seem to be the best options so far). My stroller and second car seat were found on Craigslist for less than half retail.

It seems like there should already be an app for this, but that wouldn't help older folks with dumbphones. Nice tip.

postpartum I was given a squirt bottle and I loved it, except for waiting for warm water to refill it before I could use the bathroom. I'm looking forward to hooking up a diaper sprayer.

Man, I had that term: toxin. It sounds scary but no one who uses it really knows what they mean by it. They can't name a single chemical compound that they are legitimately scared of (well, maybe mercury or BPA) and they don't understand how dose-response works. Plus, they probably expose themselves to all sorts of…

Man, I had that term: toxin. It sounds scary but no one who uses it really knows what they mean by it. They can't name a single chemical compound that they are legitimately scared of (well, maybe mercury or BPA) and they don't understand how dose-response works. Plus, they probably expose themselves to all sorts of…

Man, I had that term: toxin. It sounds scary but no one who uses it really knows what they mean by it. They can't name a single chemical compound that they are legitimately scared of (well, maybe mercury or BPA) and they don't understand how dose-response works. Plus, they probably expose themselves to all sorts of…