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A little over two years ago I bought a sturdy bag from Brooklyn Industries that I used for well over a year, and since then I've been waiting for them to come out with one whose design I liked just as much. This bag was a Christmas present to myself, and I jumped when I first saw it because it's one that can do double duty as a diaper bag. It's incredibly spacious and has tons of pockets, and I made a commitment to myself that I wouldn't do what I did last time which was use the diaper bag that they sent home with me from the hospital, and it dissolved into pieces within a week of use. I know this will be one diaper bag of many, but I think it's a good start.

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Face offToday

Here Chuck has had just about enough of being herded and is giving Coco a subtle hint.

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Hanging near the 18th holeToday

This tree probably goes unnoticed most of the year as golfers concentrate on their swing instead of the stunning foliage overhead. Whereas I come along and am forced to notice most trees along the path because Chuck has lifted his leg and claimed them as his own.

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For better, for worseYesterday

I wanted to post this episode of Momversation and open it up for discussion here because it's not usual for me to have such a different opinion than that of the other panelists, and in this case it's not so much of a different opinion than it is a different experience. What's more difficult, motherhood or marriage? And when I thought about this question it was pretty clear cut for me. I mean, six months into parenthood I checked myself into a mental hospital. That's a pretty good indication that the software was not compatible with my operating system.

Whereas my marriage has caused its fair share of wrinkles, but it hasn't ever made me consider checking out of life.

In the original videos that I submitted to this conversation I go into my reasoning a bit more, but the constraints of the Momversation platform sort of make it impossible to include all the footage, and this is perhaps my only complaint about this project. Sometimes a key point or explanation is edited out or sentences are cut in half, and what I originally hoped to get across is compromised. In this instance I wish they had left in the part where I talk about how much easier motherhood has gotten for me, how the instincts I thought would kick in immediately took their damn sweet time and I had no idea what I was doing for about a year. Those instincts finally did settle in, and when I look back at those first few months the memories have the same tone and color as the memory of being d

Assorted white vasesYesterday

These are perhaps my favorite find at Ikea, three simple white vases that I can shuffle through the house and match to every room's decor. I love the simplicity and elegant sparseness of them, and right now they're keeping these vintage antelope company on the mantel above the fireplace.

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