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May 1, 2009 in attachment parenting, breastfeeding, child-led weaning, disney, mothering, travel | Tags: attachment parenting, baby-led weaning, breast feeding, breastfeeding, breastfeeding after chemo, breastfeeding after chemotherapy, breastfeeding photos, child-led weaning, disney, extended breastfeeding, extended breastfeeding photos, extended nursing, meme, minnie mouse, mothering, nursing, nursing after chemo, toddler, toddler breastfeeding, toddler breastfeeding photos, toddler nursing | by bits of myself | 24 comments
for auld lang syne, my dear
January 6, 2009 in attachment parenting, birthdays, blogging, books, breastfeeding, chemotherapy, crafting, disney, environment, green living, hodgkin's lymphoma, holidays, lists, meme, mothering, movies, moving, parenting | Tags: attachment parenting, baby-led weaning, blogging, books, breast feeding, breastfeeding, cancer, chemo, chemotherapy, disney, extended breastfeeding, extended nursing, hair loss, hodgkin's, hodgkin's lymphoma, meme, mothering, moving, nursing, nursing after chemo, parenting, toddler breastfeeding, toddler nursing | by bits of myself | 10 comments
my sister’s one-day sister-in-law (i just know it!) tagged me in a facebook note, “end of year meme.” it would have been sooo easy to use the majority of her answers because, dude, it’s like she wrote them just for me! but, alas, she did not, so i’ve crafted my own responses just for you.
- what did you do in 2008 that you’d never done before?
was diagnosed with and treated for cancer - did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
i don’t make them - did anyone close to you give birth?
most recently, the greenes welcomed their twin girls - did anyone close to you die?
i lost an old friend. he was a great man. - what countries did you visit?
chemoland. it sucked.
walt disney world - what would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?
energy and hair - what date from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
june 12th, it was the last time i nursed my daughter before i started chemo - what was your biggest achievement of the year?
resuming nursing after battling cancer - what was your biggest failure?
having to stop nursing
yes, i realize that was beyond my control, but to me it felt like failure. - did you suffer illness or injury?
yes - what was the best thing you bought?
our new house - whose behavior merited celebration?
my mother’s
my husband’s
my daughter’s - whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
northern virginia’s drivers - where did most of your money go?
our new house - what did you get really, really, really excited about?
taking my daughter to disney for the first time - what song will always remind you of 2008?
the hot dog song - compared to this time last year, are you:
happier or sadder? happier
thinner or fatter? fatter
richer or poorer? poorer - what do you wish you’d done more of?
crafted more homemade gifts
visited more friends
blogged more
taken more photos and video of my family and friends - what do you wish you’d done less of?
had less cancer
gained less weight - how did you spend christmas?
at our new house with my husband’s parents, brother, sister-in-law, and my parents, grandparents, aunt & her family and her godparents & their family - did you fall in love in 2008?
every day - how many one-night stands?
(seriously? this one i have to change to something more mommy blog- friendly) - what was your favorite tv show?
lost - do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
hate? that’s much too strong of a word. - what was the best book you read?
did i read any books? i know i started reading anthony bourdain’s the nasty bits, but i can’t even remember if i’ve finished it. - what was your greatest musical discovery?
steve burns’ and the flaming lips’ steven drozd’s ” i hog the ground”
- what did you want and get?
to nurse my daughter again - what did you want and not get?
skinnier faster - what was your favorite film of this year?
this is the last question i answered because, honestly, i can’t remember watching any movie in its entirety aside from charlie wilson’s war. so i guess that’s it. though if i’d had opportunity to watch the x-files: i want to believe, i’m sure that would have beat out charlie wilson. - what did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
went to my birthday party, 35 - what one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
having more energy and less nausea after chemo - how would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?
chemo casual - what kept you sane?
prozac and ativan - which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
oh, how i love me some brit-brit. girl is a spectacular disaster! - what political issue stirred you the most?
the presidential election, though that was more of a circus then an issue - whom did you miss?
my friends from orlando - who was the best new person you met?
my chemo nurse, danna - tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008:
this is your life, right now. this is what you get. stop preparing for “someday” and start living it the way you want to now. - quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
“it’s a brand new day, whatcha waitin’ for?” - tag five people to post their answers to this 2008 wrap-up meme. please link back to this blog from yours.
non-lucid drivel
the twinkies
motherhood and cancer
life with the moonhils
returnjourney
what changes did you make to “green up” your lifestyle?
collected more reusable shopping bags and got my mom in the habit of using them, too
started a compost pile
chose a tankless hot water heater for the new house
come monday
December 20, 2008 in attachment parenting, breastfeeding, co-sleeping, hodgkin's lymphoma, meme, parenting | Tags: breast feeding, breastfeeding, breastfeeding after chemo, breastfeeding after chemotherapy, fluorodeoxyglucose, hodgkin's, hodgkin's disease, hodgkin's lymphoma, nursing after chemo, nursing after chemotherapy, pet scan, prednisone, steroids | by bits of myself | 2 comments
monday, the pet specialist will read my scans. i should hear something that day. i’ll be sure to post as soon as i do.
tonight, nugget and nugget daddy are sleeping in nugget’s big girl bedroom (aka, the guestroom) because mama is radioactive. this means i get the whole california king bed to myself. well, myself and the two cats. i hope they can find some room to squeeze in. the steroids are doing wonderful things to my physique. i’ll share with you my lastest self-portrait.
tomorrow
December 19, 2008 in attachment parenting, breastfeeding, child-led weaning, hodgkin's lymphoma, holidays, meme, mothering | Tags: breast feeding, breastfeeding, breastfeeding after chemo, breastfeeding after chemotherapy, extended breastfeeding, hodgkin's, hodgkin's disease, hodgkin's lymphoma, nursing after chemo, nursing after chemotherapy, pet scan, toddler breastfeeding | by bits of myself | 7 comments
to… mor… row… tomorrow!
right now some of you are appreciating that more than others. some of you are also doing choreography in your chair now.
tomorrow is my pet scan. it’s at 10 am eastern time, at the hospital for which my uncle is chief of radiology. he’ll be having his best pet specialist read it and i’m sure we’ll have the results as soon as he can get them.
so in the meantime, i’ll return you to your regularly scheduled blog reading and holiday preparations as a distraction. i do hope you’re enjoying some egg nog and the occasional cookie, or three… or four.
nursing is continuing to go well. nugget’s taken to exclaiming, “mama, beebies!” when she’s inclined to nurse.
that’s all folks
December 3, 2008 in attachment parenting, breastfeeding, chemotherapy, hodgkin's lymphoma, meme, mothering | Tags: abvd, attachment parenting, breast feeding, breastfeeding, cancer, chemo, chemotherapy, extended breastfeeding, extended nursing, hodgkin's, hodgkin's disease, hodgkin's lymphoma, meme, nursing, nursing after chemo, toddler breastfeeding, toddler nursing | by bits of myself | 24 comments
here’s the big news: as long as my next pet scan is clean (like the last one was) then i’m done. no more chemo, no radiation. done.
what this means for us right now is nugget can nurse again. amen!
oh, what a night!
August 30, 2008 in attachment parenting, co-sleeping, meme, mothering | Tags: attachment parenting, co-sleeping, cosleeping, night waking, toddlers | by bits of myself | 5 comments
last night was rough! nugget, ever the fan of routines, has taken to developing her own late night-waking agenda. i think the wakings might be spurred by nightmares. i’m fairly certain last night’s was.
it starts with the wake up and is followed by the insistance that we exit the bed. she then drags me into the kitchen, usually with the request for tea. that’s right, i said tea.
sippy cup in hand, she instructs me to sit on the kik-step, saying, “mama! mama! up!” while smacking the stool where i should sit. after a few swigs of tea, she’s on to the next task. “mama. up! up!” she bellows while dancing around the kitchen near the cake dome. there are doughnuts under that dome. she knows. she wants them. now. up i pick her and she squeals, “do-duts!”
it’s 12:30 or 2:15 or 3:45 am and i don’t care what she wants to eat as long as she eats it quickly and we can go back to bed. soon. “mimmie! mimmie!” doduts must be eaten with her minnie mouse fork. i hope it’s clean. we find mimmie and put her dodut on a plate. “mama! up!” back on the stool i sit and she eats.
“mama, up!” she runs into tiny apartment’s living room and smacks the coffe table. this is where we should finish eating doduts with mimmie. “maaahmuhhh!” she coos lovingly. i thank her, but insist i am really not hungry for doduts at this hour. unacceptable! i pretend to eat bites of dodut.
“mama! mama! up!” she escorts me into tiny apartment’s pantry/laundry room. it is time to graze. “hmmmm…” she ponders the many choices on the wire shelves. it’s usually some organic, animal-shaped cracker or cookie that she chooses. after a few of those i beg to return to the bedroom.
some nights are better than others. this did not at all go well last night. there was screaming and crying and pleading. i think she was not only afraid of the earlier nightmare, but also had some horrible gas pains that were terrifying her. i finally got her to agree to sleeping on me in her nursing chair. i hope the neighbors got back to sleep quickly.
mother’s milk, the b side
August 11, 2008 in attachment parenting, blogging, breastfeeding, chemotherapy, child-led weaning, hodgkin's lymphoma, meme, mothering, parenting | Tags: attachment parenting, breast feeding, breast milk, breastfeeding, breastmilk, cancer, chemo, chemotherapy, extended breastfeeding, extended breastfeeding photos, extended nursing, extended nursing photos, hodgkin's, hodgkin's disease, hodgkin's lymphoma, meme, mothering, motherwear, pumping, toddler breastfeeding, toddler breastfeeding photos, toddler nursing, toddler nursing photos | by bits of myself | 7 comments
today, the motherwear breastfeeding blog is running a compilation piece of mine. i’m so honored and excited! if you haven’t subscribed to that blog yet, i highly recommend it.
and since we’re already talking about me, here’s what some other people have had to say about me recently:
going for the gold – world breastfeeding week 2008
pure love
you’re going to cry
what love looks like
just a little green
August 1, 2008 in attachment parenting, co-sleeping, mothering, parenting | Tags: attachment parenting, cast, co-sleeping, cosleeping, toddler | by bits of myself | 6 comments
the glamorous life
July 28, 2008 in attachment parenting, chemotherapy, hodgkin's lymphoma, meme, mothering | Tags: attachment parenting, cancer, chemo, chemotherapy, hodgkin's, hodgkin's lymphoma, hodkin's disease, nursing | by bits of myself | 29 comments
i’m almost bald. i only shower every few days. as soon as the nausea ends the muscle pain starts. then comes the bone pain. after that subsides then it’s time to start all over again. i give nugget everything i have regardless of the overwhelming exhaustion.
this is the reality in our home. this is what my cancer looks like. this is how my daughter copes with my illness.
i’m missing you and nobody knows it but me
July 25, 2008 in attachment parenting, breastfeeding, chemotherapy, hodgkin's lymphoma, meme, mothering | Tags: attachment parenting, breast feeding, breastfeeding, breastfeeding photos, cancer, chemo, chemotherapy, extended breastfeeding, extended breastfeeding photos, extended nursing, extended nursing photos, hodgkin's, hodgkin's lymphoma, infant breastfeeding photos, infant nursing photos, meme, mothering, nursling, toddler breastfeeding, toddler breastfeeding photos, toddler nursing, toddler nursing photos | by bits of myself | 10 comments
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