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I'm officially "retiring"
Well, Lann is going to be 2 months old on Friday (I can't believe it!) and
I've decided it is time for me to "retire" into lurkerdom. I still really enjoy reading this group, but I can't quite manage to keep up with it lately. Lann keeps me quite busy and what energy remains I'm focusing on my business efforts (I published a short book two weeks before he was born and have various other business projects going on as well). I'm also planning to pick up one shift at my volunteer job again soon. I've done one shift this month and have another tomorrow evening. That will be Lann's first night home alone with Daddy! Anyway, so I plan to keep lurking around in the shadows :-) I'm also going to do a final "sweep" of the group sometime today to make some final responses to birth announcements and the like. I really valued this group before and during my pregnancy and continue to value it post-pregnancy as well, but cannot participate in it like I'd like to--in fact, trying to keep up with all the posts has been making me oddly feel a bit stressed, hence, why I decide to "release" myself into being a lurker :-) Thanks for being such a great group of women (and a few men too)! -- Em mama to Lann, almost two months old! |
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I'm officially "retiring"
On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 20:40:12 GMT, "Em"
wrote: Well, Lann is going to be 2 months old on Friday (I can't believe it!) and I've decided it is time for me to "retire" into lurkerdom. Good luck, Em!! -- Daye Momma to Jayan "Boy" EDD 11 Jan 2004 See Jayan: http://jayan.topcities.com/ |
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I'm officially "retiring"
Good luck with everything! and Good luck with your outing without Lann!
Kat Mama to Maggie 11/03/01 and #2 EDD 02/01/04 "Em" wrote in message news:MyQub.250542$Fm2.260741@attbi_s04... Well, Lann is going to be 2 months old on Friday (I can't believe it!) and I've decided it is time for me to "retire" into lurkerdom. I still really enjoy reading this group, but I can't quite manage to keep up with it lately. Lann keeps me quite busy and what energy remains I'm focusing on my business efforts (I published a short book two weeks before he was born and have various other business projects going on as well). I'm also planning to pick up one shift at my volunteer job again soon. I've done one shift this month and have another tomorrow evening. That will be Lann's first night home alone with Daddy! Anyway, so I plan to keep lurking around in the shadows :-) I'm also going to do a final "sweep" of the group sometime today to make some final responses to birth announcements and the like. I really valued this group before and during my pregnancy and continue to value it post-pregnancy as well, but cannot participate in it like I'd like to--in fact, trying to keep up with all the posts has been making me oddly feel a bit stressed, hence, why I decide to "release" myself into being a lurker :-) Thanks for being such a great group of women (and a few men too)! -- Em mama to Lann, almost two months old! |
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I'm officially "retiring"
Good luck, Em - I do hope I'll still see you post at MKB?
Elly Mom to Erin - 5w1d old today! "Em" ha scritto nel messaggio news:MyQub.250542$Fm2.260741@attbi_s04... Well, Lann is going to be 2 months old on Friday (I can't believe it!) and I've decided it is time for me to "retire" into lurkerdom. I still really enjoy reading this group, but I can't quite manage to keep up with it lately. Lann keeps me quite busy and what energy remains I'm focusing on my business efforts (I published a short book two weeks before he was born and have various other business projects going on as well). I'm also planning to pick up one shift at my volunteer job again soon. I've done one shift this month and have another tomorrow evening. That will be Lann's first night home alone with Daddy! Anyway, so I plan to keep lurking around in the shadows :-) I'm also going to do a final "sweep" of the group sometime today to make some final responses to birth announcements and the like. I really valued this group before and during my pregnancy and continue to value it post-pregnancy as well, but cannot participate in it like I'd like to--in fact, trying to keep up with all the posts has been making me oddly feel a bit stressed, hence, why I decide to "release" myself into being a lurker :-) Thanks for being such a great group of women (and a few men too)! -- Em mama to Lann, almost two months old! |
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I'm officially "retiring"
Em wrote:
Thanks for being such a great group of women (and a few men too)! Bye Em! It was great having you here. I wish you all the best with Lann and your family. And do pop in once you decide you're ready for a second try -- -- I mommy to DS (16m) guardian of DH (32) TTC #2 War doesn't decide who's right, only who's left |
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I'm officially "retiring"
Em wrote:
|| Well, Lann is going to be 2 months old on Friday (I can't believe || it!) and I've decided it is time for me to "retire" into lurkerdom. snip *hands Em a basket overflowing with spa treatments, chocolate, sleep in late coupons, nice bottle of wine and lots a hugs* Oh Em! We'll miss you! But that is totally understandable :-) Take care of yourself and little Lann and good luck in your business endevores!! I am sure they will all be A+++++++ g If I am not to late, what was your book about? Will be thinking of you! Jenn -WAHM -DS Feb'02 -DD Feb'97 -Jellybean due June 25/04 -- || Em || mama to Lann, almost two months old! |
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I'm officially "retiring"
"Fer" wrote in message
Em wrote: || Well, Lann is going to be 2 months old on Friday (I can't believe || it!) and I've decided it is time for me to "retire" into lurkerdom. snip *hands Em a basket overflowing with spa treatments, chocolate, sleep in late coupons, nice bottle of wine and lots a hugs* Thanks so much! (((hugs back))) Oh Em! We'll miss you! But that is totally understandable :-) Take care of yourself and little Lann and good luck in your business endevores!! I am sure they will all be A+++++++ g :-D I hope so! If I am not to late, what was your book about? The one that is published already is about volunteerism. I have two more that will be published this winter--one about working with families of terminally ill children and one about working with battered women. Will be thinking of you! Thanks! I'll still be in and out, but "regular" no more.... -- Em mama to Lann, two months old |
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I'm officially "retiring"
"Elly" wrote in message
Good luck, Em - I do hope I'll still see you post at MKB? I don't think I will manage to be more than a lurker there either :-( I've certainly enjoyed your company over the past year, Elly! -- Em mama to Lann, two months old |
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I'm officially "retiring"
"Em" ha scritto nel messaggio news:mK9vb.256333$HS4.2307708@attbi_s01... "Elly" wrote in message Good luck, Em - I do hope I'll still see you post at MKB? I don't think I will manage to be more than a lurker there either :-( I've certainly enjoyed your company over the past year, Elly! Well then, at least keep in touch every once in a while (rltomic at hotmail dot com) :-) You'll be missed, Elly Mom to Erin - 5w2d old today! |
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I'm officially "retiring" (+ Tiina's update)
Em wrote: Well, Lann is going to be 2 months old on Friday (I can't believe it!) and I've decided it is time for me to "retire" into lurkerdom. I still really enjoy reading this group, but I can't quite manage to keep up with it lately. Lann keeps me quite busy and what energy remains I'm focusing on my business efforts (I published a short book two weeks before he was born and have various other business projects going on as well). I'm also planning to pick up one shift at my volunteer job again soon. I've done one shift this month and have another tomorrow evening. That will be Lann's first night home alone with Daddy! Anyway, so I plan to keep lurking around in the shadows :-) I'm also going to do a final "sweep" of the group sometime today to make some final responses to birth announcements and the like. I really valued this group before and during my pregnancy and continue to value it post-pregnancy as well, but cannot participate in it like I'd like to--in fact, trying to keep up with all the posts has been making me oddly feel a bit stressed, hence, why I decide to "release" myself into being a lurker :-) Thanks for being such a great group of women (and a few men too)! Em, I've only been lurking myself lately, but I just wanted to wish you good luck and tell you how much I enjoyed sharing my pregnancy with you (so to speak) and trading both neuroses and other, nicer stuff! It's great that you're feeling up to both being a mom and doing other things, like writing and volunteering. I myself am amazed about how much more energetic I feel than after Emilia's birth. (Thank you, Zoloft!) I'm volunteering at the local family cafe on Thursdays, have agreed to be on the board of the child advocacy organization that sponsors the cafe, am back to doing 75-minute runs.. Oh, and we had a "naming" party (not a christening, since we're not religious) last Sunday, with over 30 guests. It was very informal and fun, and we had a ceremony adapted from a Hopi Indian custom. They make a path of cornmeal leading to the door, carry the child to the door with its head covered, then uncover the head and show the child to the rising sun to introduce it to the world. In our Finnish version, we used rye flour, and big sis carried the baby instead of the customary grandmother, and announced Joel's name after uncovering him and showing him to everybody. Two of my three sisters were there, as well as my oldest friend, whom I've known since we were two and three years old. It was wonderful to celebrate this with friends and family. Like Cheryl, I really enjoy havng two kids.Sometimes I can't believe we finally did it, and I don't have that nagging discontent any longer! I'm sorry the waiting was so hard on us, but now.. of course it had to be *this* baby, and this is the perfect interval! :-) At almost 11 weeks, Joel is a 16-pound monster. The cutest little monster you can imagine.. I read somewhere that the average full-term baby doubles its birth weight around 6 months. He did it at 10 weeks. Gulp! It sounds like you're doing great, and I wish you the best of luck both with Lann and your other ventures. I'm sure you'll have reason to de-lurk at some point, and while we *certainly* won't actively be trying to have more kids, we've decided to leave the matter to fate and biology. So, who knows.. ;-) Thanks, Em, for everything! Tiina SAHM to Emilia,4 and Joel, b. 09/06/03 -- Em mama to Lann, almost two months old! |
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