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Diary of a New Homemaker
http://www.thenewhomemaker.com/diary
The New Homemaker is the feminist stay-at-home parent or caregiver who chooses to be home. Practical advice and support for running the home.
Recent Posts
Eric the Half-a-Kitchen
Monty Python fans will get the reference. My kitchen is "done enough." The cabinets and countertops are in, all but one anyway, the plastering is done. We still need to paint everything, get the cabinets repainted (the cabinet maker did a crappy job...
The Year of Breaking Things
It's only October and I'm already waiting happily for 2010, not because this year's been so horrible, but because it's been so up-in-the-air. I've decided 2009 is the Year of Breaking Things. My brain broke in February (well, it'd been broken for y...
A niece! I has one!
Lookee! A baby! My sister-in-law Katie gave birth to her this morning at 3:21 am, no weight or height released at this time. We're going to go see her today when John gets off work. Welcome to the world, Miss Zoe! <!--break--> ...
Why you should never, ever ask us for photos
One of our relatives asked us for family photos for a class project. Ben, Ben, Ben. You should know never to ask for stuff like that: ...
Welcome back to The New Homemaker
One of my other projects that absorbed too much of my time is now out of the way, I've finished the upgrade on the site (almost--couple of stragglers), and it's all purty again. How you like? If you catch any bugs or problems, please let me know. I...
Louisa Is 8!
If you can believe it, my youngest girl is eight. Some of you have been following this site since before she was born, and now she's eight. Louisa is increasingly delightful. She has just admitted she can read, though she still prefers to pretend sh...

