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The Catbird Seat. Tomorrow.

That is all.

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Traffic is jacked up. Many cops, fire trucks, and roadside trucks passed us. Nolan is in good spirits… for now. (Taken with Instagram at 65N)

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This Morning’s Routine

• 6:30 iPhone alarm harmony
• 6:30-6:38 Blog pinned tweets from my email’s news feed
• 6:38 Intercept warm bottle from the kitchen and greet Nolan in a positive way. No one wants to be woken up by a Negative Nancy.
• 6:38-6:43 Suck. Down. Bottle. I add commentary about the weather outside and ask how the night went for him.
• 6:43-6:50 Quiet cuddling. We also prioritize Nolan’s agenda today and acknowledge any conflicts. (Someone keeps booking play time with the sensory balls during his social hour near the crib.)
• 6:50-7:00 Dress Nolan in the clothes that Beth laid out. Near the end of this task I told him, “Maybe the dingo ate your baby.” He didn’t respond. I repeated. He didn’t respond. I crossed it off my mental list of jokes.
• 7:00 Place Nolan in the living room amongst his toys.
• 7:00-7:05 Prepare daily bottles, sippy cups, & snacks. Load them in his bag.
• 7:05 Label pacifier with Sharpie. I’m surprised we don’t have to label Nolan himself.
• 7:05-7:07 Adorn skip on shoes and hoodie over my shorts. Go outside and start Beth’s car.
• 7:07 The daddy-force tells me that Nolan is close to the front door. I open it enough to peek my head in. Baby location confirmed. The Daddy-force is strong today.
• 7:08-7:10 Beth reminds me of her request for a salad. I whip up a little baby herb mix, feta, walnuts, balsamic vinaigrette. Beth packages some of the peanut butter pretzel bites I bought at Publix Sunday night.
• 7:10 Nolan has made his way into the kitchen.
• 7:10-7:15 Scoop up Nolan. Find hat and coat. Apply hat and coat to baby.
• 7:15 All three of us walk outside. I load Nolan in the backseat and confirm with Beth all of the items I placed in his bag. Kisses and good-byes.

This may have been today’s routine but it is very similar to every weekday. I try to jump in the shower immediately after they leave and not gaze into Matt Lauer’s eyes. Sometimes I sit down and continue to send reblogged retweeted shared pins.

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Here is a map of the districts of Panem from The Hunger Games novels. I love geek interpretations of books especially when it is combined with something else as geeky as the golden ratio. Read about this double geekyness at aimmyarrowshigh.livejournal.com/32461.html.

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Skirt Steak Salad with Cilantro-Lime Dressing | Serious Eats

Din Din

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Peanuts

mrgan:

• Planters Dry Roasted Peanuts. Ingredients: peanuts, sea salt, spices (contains celery), dried onion, dried garlic, paprika, natural flavor, sugar, gelatin, torula yeast, cornstarch, dried corn syrup, maltodextrin.
• Planters Dry Roasted Lightly Salted Peanuts. Ingredients: peanuts, sea salt, maltodextrin, cornstarch, corn syrup solids.
• Planters Cocktail Peanuts. Ingredients: peanuts, peanut and/or cottonseed oil, sea salt.
• Planters Dry Roasted Unsalted Peanuts. Ingredients: peanuts.

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Saturday Night Pebbles (Taken with instagram)

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neubaby:

Nolan’s new ride. Straps are off a bit so he’s pissed in the picture.

We bought a jogging stroller/bicycle carrier last night from a lovely family via Craigslist. After last night’s transaction I am am beginning to see a stark difference in Craigslist transactions that between nuclear families and especially when the goods are baby related.

My first example is Nolan’s crib, dresser, & changing table. I was invited to the kids bedroom and even assisted in disassembly. I interacted with the kids and talked to the father about Nashville & cycling as we loaded my car. Last night the father welcomed me at the door, introduced me to both dogs, and introduced me to both children. The mother pointed out every flaw and gave me more details than I need to know. I returned my stack of bills to my pocket multiple times as she kept talking. 

Compare this with selling my Nikon D40 camera. I met them in a parking garage. The buyer, a young woman, was accompanied by a male friend. The transaction may have taken 2 minutes. When I bought a cheap camera flash it went down in a Shoney’s parking lot near the airport. It was very creepy.

The transactions that go down at my home never as open as these families made theirs. I brought the products down to the street at Werthan and display them outside at the house. I don’t actively think about protecting my family; I’m just wired to keep people out. I read a tweet recently that proclaimed all Craigslist transactions are creepy. I generally agree with that but doing business with families is a more positive experience. 

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Beth gave me the green light to procure tickets to see Mumford & Sons at The Ryman. :-)

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neubaby:

Daddy took away the pots Nolan was banging. Nolan crawled in to investigate.

That moment made me feel like a daddy.

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Once upon a time, I displayed a wooden swing in the Illinois Capitol rotunda I had made as through 4-H. I remember carting it down a very long underground hallway.

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