Formerly Gracie

The Price of Trying to Do It All

August 6, 2010

It was only a matter of time before LIFE caught up with me. Yesterday started off like any other day. I woke up refreshed, bright-eyed, and ready to face the day cursing the sun after another long night of “trying to get everything accomplished” (and failing miserably). Mike had already left for work, so there […]

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Carpe Diem

August 1, 2010

Partially running away from the mess following a very raucous first birthday party. Partially embracing the moment. We capped off Lou’s birthday weekend with a spontaneous Sunday afternoon road trip to the beach at Santa Cruz. An ill-planned road trip to Santa Cruz, I should say… We spent the better part of an hour driving […]

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A Milestone

July 29, 2010

Scout may have made me a mom, but I didn’t earn my strips until today. I thought I knew everything about being the perfect mom… and then along came Lou to teach me a thing or two about humility. It’s hard to believe that it’s been one whole year already. ONE WHOLE YEAR! I didn’t […]

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One Final Takeaway

July 25, 2010

The favors at my sister’s wedding involved a photo booth. So much more fun and clever than a chintzy photo frame. What? You had chintzy photo frames at your wedding. Well, I’m sure they were very nice and did not at all end up in a landfill er, I mean recycle bin… So, umm… yeah. […]

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Five Wedding Day Survival Tips

July 14, 2010

I severely underestimated how stressful it would be to get my very young children ready for a wedding. Severely. I figured, my kids go to Mass every weekend and *usually* behave reasonably well. How bad could my sister’s wedding be? I hadn’t even considered the days leading up to the wedding, which were spent towing the hair-thin line between overstimulated […]

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Instant Weight Loss Plan

July 13, 2010

Here is my sure-fire, instant wedding weight loss plan. Works every time. Promise. Avoid being photographed, standing next, or otherwise being seen with your two (childless) younger sisters who best resemble chopsticks… especially when one of which is the BRIDE and therefore supposed to look better than you… Off-center, blurry photo courtesy of Scout. More on that […]

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A Wedding Toast for My Sister

July 11, 2010

Hello. I’m Grace. I’m the older sister of the bride, which means I have plenty of embarrassing stories to tell about her, but I won’t do that to her. At least, not tonight… I actually have an embarrassing story to tell about me. One of the first times I met Alex was at my son’s baptism. […]

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If Any of Us Only Knew…

July 5, 2010

On Wednesday evening of the week before last, Lou spiked a fever. She’s been teething. So, it seemed like nothing out of the ordinary, but Mike and I decided to go ahead and cancel my 30th birthday party, which was planned for the upcoming Saturday. In the middle of comforting my sick baby, trying to […]

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