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Sex or Good Housekeeping?

I often make comments to other wise and experienced mothers about how parenting is not how the parenting magazines depict it. You can literally drive yourself crazy feeling like a failure if you try to fill your days with crafts made from recycled trash, beautiful snacks made to look like small animals, and long family walks discussing self-esteem and gratitude.  Read more >

If we stay home, the swines win.

I've never been a panicky type. No one's ever accused me of being a hypochondriac, I hate going to the doctor, and I'm not easily scared. (Unless of course, the lights are off and a scary movie trailer comes on during Leno.) No, I'm more the whistling-in-the-dark type. When the threat is somewhat real, that's when it's time to sing songs and tell jokes and act like everything's fine. Wash your hands, of course, but go abut your business. We're supposed to wash our hands anyway, right?  Read more >

Choice for Chickens? How California's Prop 2 is a little (a tiny bit) like the pro-life movement

Here in California, there is a proposition on the ballot that could change the way laying hens, pigs, and calves are treated. Proposition 2 would require farms to "allow them to turn around freely, lie down, stand up, and fully extend their limbs."  Read more >

Why does Sarah Palin make me cry?

I've been very emotional about Sarah Palin since her announcement a week ago, and I have genuinely tried to examine why. I like her, I identify with her loving a big family, I appreciate that she lives unapologetically. I deeply, and very personally, celebrate that she is a high-profile example of how we should value all babies, even the inconvenient and the imperfect. Even when it changes your life and breaks your heart.  Read more >

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Full Name
Kristi Vega
Member Since
April 2006
About Me: 

I'm a mother-of-four, a military spouse, and a writer. As a navy spouse, I've made friends all over the country. Through blogging, I've made friends all over the internet.

Location: 
San Diego
Location Tags: 

connecticut,alabama,atlanta,maryland,florida,san diego,virginia beach

Employers: 

self-employed

About Me Tags: 

babies,food,music,moving,tricare,navy wife,military families,prenatal care,natural childbirth,breastfeeding,attachment parenting,toddlers,preschoolers,motherhood,nutrition,parenting books,cloth diapers,natural parenting

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school choice,green living,parenting education

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coffee

 

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