Archive for October, 2008


Early Voting

Woo hoo!  We went this morning to the new Monongalia County election center (at the Mountaineer Mall off Greenbag Rd, where the Walmart used to be) and did our early civic duty.  Despite reports of some WV machines switching votes, we had no problems (though admittedly the complaints were only in two of the fifty-five [...]

On Wednesday, October 29th, 2008 this was posted in life, pregnant. Comments Off

Hot Dogs While Pregnant

Most pregnant women probably have the good sense to avoid hot dogs while they’re pregnant.  I avoided them at first, because of the nitrates, the listeria fears from deli-type foods, and the general feel that hot dogs aren’t very healthy food.  This didn’t last, however, as I would still have the occasional hot dog craving. [...]

On Monday, October 27th, 2008 this was posted in eatocracy, pregnant. Comments Off

34 weeks

As of Wednesday, we’re at 34 weeks!  Apparently this is one of the big ones in terms of survivability, since from what I’ve read babies born 34-37 weeks, though considered premature, generally do fine with minimal medical intervention.  Baby should be about 5 lbs now, and most times it feels it! Not a whole lot [...]

On Thursday, October 23rd, 2008 this was posted in pregnant. 2 Comments »

Playing Games

For the past week or so we’ve been playing around on World of Warcraft again.  There is an expansion coming out in November, and in preparation the developers released a patch that incorporated some of the changes into the game already.  In addition to that, the in-game Halloween event started, so there’s been lots of [...]

On Monday, October 20th, 2008 this was posted in life, pregnant. Comments Off