tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2075858460867483977.post6862125400151614358..comments2023-10-19T13:55:22.556+01:00Comments on my fascinating life: ComplicatedClaudiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09352341442556433375noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2075858460867483977.post-5262857154755905802011-02-07T08:38:21.510+00:002011-02-07T08:38:21.510+00:00Great post! I hope your blog free month treats you...Great post! I hope your blog free month treats you very well : )<br />By the time you are back to it we will be on your side of the pond!Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16842778531500045113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2075858460867483977.post-59080575140717573402011-02-05T20:00:35.514+00:002011-02-05T20:00:35.514+00:00Tempted by the idea of posting photos.... very tem...Tempted by the idea of posting photos.... very tempted!! Especially since I just downloaded and sorted about eleventy bajillion. But it's a slippery slope. Photos would be the gateway drug; within days I'd be back on the hard stuff :) So I'm going to stay strong and keep my fingers away from the 'upload' button until my month is up. <br /><br />Except for FB, obviously. Because that is TOTALLY different.Claudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09352341442556433375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2075858460867483977.post-27518100855555700532011-02-02T03:49:33.253+00:002011-02-02T03:49:33.253+00:00semi feral makes me laugh.
a lot.
will miss you.
...semi feral makes me laugh.<br />a lot.<br /><br />will miss you.<br /><br />and perhaps you could satisfy your zombie lust fans with a wordless Wed, or Thurs or anyday. <br /><br />Please?????Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2075858460867483977.post-61000141710169638072011-01-27T15:33:39.786+00:002011-01-27T15:33:39.786+00:00Love this post. And I must add that the visual im...Love this post. And I must add that the visual image of your kiddos doing a "drunk zombie walking" made me laugh. Too cute.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2075858460867483977.post-82394754854992948682011-01-27T03:51:20.785+00:002011-01-27T03:51:20.785+00:00Couldn't agree with you more.....so well said....Couldn't agree with you more.....so well said. And I am excited you are taking a break to work on more writing. You are amazing! Enjoy!fiddleheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16418194556734049016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2075858460867483977.post-87083524077597658872011-01-26T23:27:51.423+00:002011-01-26T23:27:51.423+00:00Enjoy your break & know that you will be misse...Enjoy your break & know that you will be missed! Happy writing. :)Haleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16425646410486288854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2075858460867483977.post-76470139515479907182011-01-26T20:11:35.669+00:002011-01-26T20:11:35.669+00:00I am so buying your book when you get it published...I am so buying your book when you get it published.aecusackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04419009112013638540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2075858460867483977.post-90450756812503932432011-01-26T05:33:18.385+00:002011-01-26T05:33:18.385+00:00Don't forget dancing! I don't even have m...Don't forget dancing! I don't even have my children home yet and I've had people regularly comment about how we're going to finally have two good dancers in the family. Huh?? Apparently, all black people have great rhythm. Really?? It is rather shocking.<br /><br />I did, however, chuckle with your commenter commenting on the stereotypes of pink and blue! lol.<br /><br />Blessings, Claudia.<br /><br />Ruth<br /><br />PS. As always, love the post and your writing!!Hi from Ruth!https://www.blogger.com/profile/04696686601621200587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2075858460867483977.post-62030952475020350652011-01-24T21:43:42.460+00:002011-01-24T21:43:42.460+00:00So, you don't want to put people in a box - we...So, you don't want to put people in a box - well, which of the twins is Pink and which is Blue, Hmmmm?????<br />Yes, when we were writing our 20 page homestudy essay and my husband had to fill out the question "Why Ethiopia?" He wanted to say, "Because I am a fan of track and field." But you know we are obnoxious like that.<br />As for your blog break - well I was planning on emailing you today and saying that I don't appreciate how long you go between posts and that I think you should start doing both Sunday Snapshot and Wordless Wednesday so we can see more of Baby I and Baby L (I will not stereotype them with those color labels).<br />You have my permission to take a Blog Break if you post pics on Sundays and Wednesdays... you can even post a picture of yourself typing to prove you are working on your book. And, you can actually sit down in an hour and get all those posts already que'ed up (there is that stupid word again)and scheduled to keep me satisfied. (Because it is ALL ABOUT ME.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2075858460867483977.post-42542240061552705012011-01-24T20:48:10.951+00:002011-01-24T20:48:10.951+00:00Marcia - I suddenly realised that I couldn't c...Marcia - I suddenly realised that I couldn't call them 'baby I' and 'baby L' anymore cos they're no longer babies! Booooo :( In the end, blue and pink was all I could come up with! (And chocolates - yes please!!!! Ummmmm.... is there any way any human would say no to that question???)<br /><br />Mrs MTL - There is nothing to be in awe of at the moment, trust me! The book is, ummmm, more of a conceptual entity than a physical entity at the moment. Talk is cheap, right? And the more I do, the more I realise that I have to do, so part of the point of this month is to make me decide either YES, I'm going to give this all my spare time for the forseeable future, or NO, I'm not going to manage it at the moment and that's okay. I don't want it to just dribble on forever and ever, never getting finished. <br /><br />And I take your point about muscle fibres - I'm not trying to say that there are no geographical correlations at all with some human characteristics. I guess it's just that the variations WITHIN a group are always so much greater than the variations between groups - our kids are just one data point on the graph and they could be a long, long way (in either direction) from the statistical average for their ethnic groups. So I want people to see them, and not expect things that might not be true of them individually. Not sure if that makes any sense, my brain always goes in knots when I try to explain myself on this topic. One thing I'm pretty certain of is that they'll be faster than me, but that's because 99.99999% of all humans are faster than me.Claudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09352341442556433375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2075858460867483977.post-82702925115262646222011-01-24T20:34:19.579+00:002011-01-24T20:34:19.579+00:00I love how you keep changing the background and th...I love how you keep changing the background and the little tagline :)<br /><br />I agree 100% with this post. 100%.<br /><br />And stereotypes do box you in - I've always felt that there's SO MUCH MORE to people than just x or y.<br /><br />Also, when did you start calling them Blue and Pink? That is so darn cute!<br /><br />Hey, all the best with the writing - I love the discipline. Shall I send you some chocolates to keep your energy up? Seriously :)Marcia (123 blog)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15581613927187600748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2075858460867483977.post-5414704669952434462011-01-24T20:01:36.851+00:002011-01-24T20:01:36.851+00:00Well, I will say this: when we first told my Dad w...Well, I will say this: when we first told my Dad we were adopting from Ethiopia he got excited for the possibility of a distance runner in the family. He's a marathoner so this is something he'd really love. But, there is a fact of nature at play: East Africans are known to have 70-75% slow twitch muscle fibers which are known to help endurance athletes. Of course obviously not all East Africans are endurance athletes (duh!) but I didn't take too much offense at his comment :)<br /><br />And this book--I'm in awe. I want to write our story so badly but feel so overwhelmed. So.overwhelmed.MyTwoLineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11488860357456329714noreply@blogger.com