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I’m Still Alive

Friday, July 7, 2006 (Updated: Monday, December 8, 2025)
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We’ve been busy today getting ready for our yard sale tomorrow. I really do not like doing them and I think I said the last time I did one I would never do one again. But we’ve got a lot of good stuff that is too nice to just give to …

Category: My Pregnancy & Baby StoriesTag: Gestational Diabetes
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I Failed My Three Hour Glucose Tolerance Test

Thursday, July 6, 2006 (Updated: Monday, December 8, 2025)
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Yesterday morning I went for my three hour glucose tolerance test. I decided to just go and get it overwith. A few observations. This time my drink was also orange, but it was carbonated. It went down MUCH easier. If you have a choice, take the …

Category: My Pregnancy & Baby StoriesTag: Gestational Diabetes
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Want To Drive Yourself Crazy While Pregnant? Gestational Diabetes Testing and Glucola

Sunday, July 2, 2006 (Updated: Monday, December 8, 2025)
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Then join me in trying to understand the science behind the gestational diabetes (GD) phenomenon. When I was sitting at home, drinking my glucola for the first test, I thought, “I’m sure I will see in my lifetime that this test is …

Category: My Pregnancy & Baby StoriesTag: Gestational Diabetes
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Our Baby Registries

Wednesday, June 28, 2006 (Updated: Sunday, April 2, 2023)
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Well, I’m slowly wrapping up the registering. It has been made a lot more complicated by the fact that Babies ‘R Us is discontinuing their association with Amazon.com. Everything is supposed to be transferred to the new Babies ‘R Us …

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First Trip to Labor and Delivery!

Monday, June 26, 2006 (Updated: Tuesday, November 18, 2025)
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It’s now official! I am a first-time pregnant woman who really has no idea what to expect! I called my doctor Friday morning because I had not been feeling well for a few days, but especially the previous 24 hours. I was having contractions and …

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“Delight In Simple Things” by Lowell Bennion

Sunday, June 25, 2006 (Updated: Saturday, April 27, 2024)
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Delight In Simple Things Learn to like what does not cost much. Learn to like reading, conversation, music. Learn to like plain food, plain service, plain cooking. Learn to like people, even those who may be very different from you. Learn to shelter …

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Baby Music Suggestions

Wednesday, June 21, 2006 (Updated: Sunday, April 2, 2023)
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A few months ago we had a great thread here where you all gave me suggestions for registering. I definitely put those suggestions to good use! At the time, Cheri suggested that it might be interesting to have a thread on good baby music. I did …

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Sallie Schaaf Borrink

I’m Sallie — wife, mother, just-retired homeschooler, and curator of my home. Our little family lives a quiet and cozy life of home education, self-employment, and pithy exchanges. I’ve been writing here for 20+ years about Truth, Goodness, and Beauty. And I like to laugh. A lot. Start here. ♥

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