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German chocolate cake and Things I've Learned: Baby Turns 2 Edition
German chocolate cake and Things I've Learned: Baby Turns 2 Edition

It happened. My newborn became an infant became a toddler became a kid.

LIKE TIME THROUGH AN HOURGLASS THESE ARE THE MOTHERFUCKING DAYS OF OUR EVER-SHORTENING LIVES.

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2 yearsJenny TrueAugust 7, 2019Birthday, German chocolate cake, Lists, Turning two Comments
VIDEO: Portrait of a 47-year marriage, or Rose and Dave attempt to sing happy birthday to Gargantubaby on his second birthday
VIDEO: Portrait of a 47-year marriage, or Rose and Dave attempt to sing happy birthday to Gargantubaby on his second birthday
2 yearsJenny TrueJuly 25, 2019Birthday, Rose and Dave Comments
Breadcrumb pasta and fuck you, United
Breadcrumb pasta and fuck you, United

Oh, summer.

I've been to Evanston and back to visit Rose and Dave. SJ and I took the kids camping over Fourth of July. We had Gargantubaby's second birthday party over the weekend YES HE'S TWO TOMORROW MORE ON THAT LATER.

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18-24 mos.Jenny TrueJuly 24, 2019Pasta, Sardines, United Comments
Za'atar chicken with garlicky yogurt and life on Lexapro
Za'atar chicken with garlicky yogurt and life on Lexapro

Writing an angry blog when you take out the angry part isn't easy.

Also, writing a blog when you take out the motivated-by-anxiety-about-how-little-you've-accomplished-by-age-42 part is not easy.

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18-24 mos.Jenny TrueJune 24, 2019Chicken, Lexapro, Post-surgery, Za'atar Comments
Roasted salmon with beet greens and who the fuck am I anymore and oh, hello, Lexapro
Roasted salmon with beet greens and who the fuck am I anymore and oh, hello, Lexapro

This is the list I made for myself titled "Shit I've Been Dealing With" to give myself perspective on why I might have had a panic attack on Feb. 22 …

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Most Popular, 18-24 mos.Jenny TrueApril 1, 2019Backpacking, Lexapro, Lists, Recovery, Salmon, Surgery Comments
Banana, peanut butter, yogurt smoothie and WTF surgery
Banana, peanut butter, yogurt smoothie and WTF surgery

Three weeks ago Wednesday, I went in for routine surgery to remove a large dermoid cyst from my ovary. BA DUM CHING.

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18-24 mos.Jenny TrueMarch 12, 2019Smoothie, Surgery, WTF Comments
Cornmeal pancakes and WTF 2018
Cornmeal pancakes and WTF 2018

Destructibaby is 17 months old. When he cries, his sweet mouth widens to a warbling rectangle and tears leak down his cheeks, and he stands with his arms at his sides, chin up, crying out, “Hon-eeeee! Hon-eeeee!”

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12-18 mos.Jenny TrueJanuary 15, 20192019, Breastfeeding, Cornmeal, Destructibaby, Lists, Pancakes, WTF Comments
Boxed wine and WTF tumor
Boxed wine and WTF tumor

On Friday, a doctor said something to me no woman wants to hear: “You have a mass on your ovary, and it could be benign!”

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12-18 mos.Jenny TrueDecember 5, 2018Cancer, Tumor, Wine, WTF Comments
Turmeric latte and having a kid makes me think about death so here's how I deal with it
Turmeric latte and having a kid makes me think about death so here's how I deal with it

On Monday, a co-worker asked how my Thanksgiving was.

"Horrible," I said. "I slept on the floor because my son wouldn't sleep in the Pack 'n Play. How was yours?"

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12-18 mos.Jenny TrueNovember 28, 2018death, latte, turmeric, WTF Comments
Slow-cooker chicken congee and the problem with The Runaway Bunny
Slow-cooker chicken congee and the problem with The Runaway Bunny

My son, current nickname Dirtbaby, is 14 months old. He has been walking for three months and no longer holds his arms in front of him like a zombie. He says "thank you" and "book" and "ball" and "hello" and "bye-bye."

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12-18 mos.Jenny TrueSeptember 27, 2018Chicken, Congee, Dinner, Rice, Runaway Bunny, Slow-cooker Comments
German chocolate cake and Things I've Learned: Baby Turns 1 Edition
German chocolate cake and Things I've Learned: Baby Turns 1 Edition

A few weeks ago, Gordo, my son, my baby, turned 1. Which, as the pediatrician informed us, means he's no longer an infant JESUS YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO SAY IT OUT LOUD. He's a toddler now, and his main activities are 1). speaking in tongues, and 2). falling off the back porch.

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12-18 mos.Jenny TrueAugust 13, 2018Cake, German chocolate cake, Lists, Things I've Learned Comments
Open-face cucumber sandwiches and WTF first steps
Open-face cucumber sandwiches and WTF first steps

The Barnacle, aka Crusty One-Eye, aka Gordo, aka my son, is 11 months old, and we are counting down the days until he turns one.

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6-12 mos.Jenny TrueJuly 9, 2018Cream cheese, Cucumber, First steps, Sandwiches, WTF Comments
Roasted salmon and cabbage and coming out of the woods
Roasted salmon and cabbage and coming out of the woods

Crusty One-Eye, my sweet, sweet boy, is 10 months old (and for the record, we no longer call him Crusty One-Eye, as we unblocked his tear duct by holding his arms down and squirting breast milk into his eye twice a day with a dropper …

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6-12 mos., Most PopularJenny TrueMay 31, 201810 months, Cabbage, Fish, SalmonComment
Avocado toasts and WTF sleep
Avocado toasts and WTF sleep

The Barnacle, my sweet, sweet boy, is nine months old tomorrow. He assaults anyone who will hold him by throwing his brick of a forehead against their face.

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6-12 mos.Jenny TrueApril 24, 2018Avocado, Sleep, Toast, WTF Comments
Dad's toast points and WTF pumping
Dad's toast points and WTF pumping

I've been back at work for two months. This is what people say:

IT GETS EASIER.

This is what really happens:

IT GETS HARDER.

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6-12 mos., Most PopularJenny TrueMarch 12, 2018Pumping, Toast, WTF Comments
Roasted veggies and sausage and Dave comes to visit
Roasted veggies and sausage and Dave comes to visit

In the middle of January, my dad came to stay with us for two weeks. During a Skype conversation last fall, when it appeared both my parents had had too much to drink, my mother gaily volunteered to send my dad to California, and my father gaily agreed.

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0-6 mos.Jenny TrueFebruary 12, 2018Dinner, Roasted, Rose and Dave, Sausages, Vegetables Comments
Steamed mussels and WTF back to work
Steamed mussels and WTF back to work

I started off Sunday morning cupping my hand so my son could vomit into it.

A few minutes later, back in fine spirits, he gazed at his father in the kitchen whisking batter for crepes.

"It's a high-whisk activity," SJ confided to him. "I like whisk-y business."

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0-6 mos.Jenny TrueJanuary 15, 2018Dinner, Mussels, Seafood, Work, WTF Comment
New Year's Eve Special: Peppermint ice cream and fuck your rating moms' attractiveness
New Year's Eve Special: Peppermint ice cream and fuck your rating moms' attractiveness

I was having a perfectly good day, chasing down some bitch who stole my husband's debit card information and depleted our joint account buying Chinese food, Hawaiian food, and pizza and making a payment to MetroPCS …

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0-6 mos., Most PopularJenny TrueDecember 31, 2017Dessert, Ice cream Comments
Beef stew and careening into the holidays
Beef stew and careening into the holidays

These are the last days of my maternity leave. The weather has turned cold, so in the predawn we turn on the heat, which makes a satisfying boom and then slowly seeps up through the floor vents and smells like a different toxin in each room.

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0-6 mos.Jenny TrueDecember 11, 2017Beef, Dinner, SoupComment
Roasted fennel and cherry tomatoes with black olives and it's all fun and games until somebody shits in the tub
Roasted fennel and cherry tomatoes with black olives and it's all fun and games until somebody shits in the tub

Since I had a baby, I've started a lot of lists. I LIKE LISTS. But I don't finish many because baby.

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0-6 mos.Jenny TrueNovember 20, 2017Dinner, Fennel, Infant, Olives, TomatoesComment
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