http://semicharmedwife.com Helping you find your purpose and navigate your quarter-life crisis in style Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:56:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The last two months have completely kicked my butt. First, there was the total shock of finding out that I'm pregnant. Then there was the desperate scramble to find a new place to live and move everything we own in a matter of few weeks. Then there was the hormonal overload of the first ... http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/10/02/testing-the-waters/ I know I've been totally absent lately, but I promise I'll be back! Good news: We got our first ultrasound--the baby looks perfectly healthy (and kind of like a gummy bear)! Work is gradually tapering back to a manageable level of activity. The morning sickness is (dare I say it?) finally starting to subside. I'm ... http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/09/03/brief-hopefully-hiatus/  And the icing on the cake of chaos that has been my life of late is this... My husband and I rent a condo from a military guy who's been stationed in North Carolina. We've been there for three years and love it. He just called my husband a few minutes ... http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/08/27/the-icing-on-the-cake/ The past couple of weeks have been a real whirlwind. My team at work has been simultaneously short-staffed and over-tasked, which has resulted in stress, long hours, stress, frustration, stress, missed workouts, stress, not cleaning the house, and stress. On top of that, I've got two websites to write for--Semi-Charmed ... http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/08/25/whirlwind/ I've been meaning to post this, but I've been drowning in work. I'm talking 14 hour days kind of drowning. Drinking out of a fire hose kind of drowning. Reduce the pregnant lady to tears and tantrums kind of drowning. I'm second-in-command to a team of six at work. My boss's ... http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/08/20/short-break/ #30 on my 101 Things list has nearly killed me. Zandria and I (along with my dear friend Amy & her friend) just took a strip aerobics class at The P Spot. I am not at all exaggerating when I say that the 45 minutes I spend rocking my hips and ... http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/08/15/somewhere-between-boot-camp-and-armageddon/ Image from http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/2577305/ 2/istockphoto_2577305_pour_wine_into_glass.jpg. I and--I feel fairly confident making this assumption--many of my readers tend to take on too much. At any given moment, we're juggling the demands of our primary job, perhaps an extra or freelance gig or two, our families, our friends and social lives, our marriages or relationships, our ... http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/08/14/knowing-when-to-say-when/ Eight weeks after giving birth to her THIRD child, Heidi Klum walked the Victoria's Secret runway in (and this is not a joke) an electric thong. Five months after having her son, former Bachelorette Trista Sutter appeared on the cover Us Weekly in a bikini with visible ab defintion and nary ... http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/08/13/question-of-the-week-hot-mamas-love-em-or-hate-em/ I'm so excited! The fruits of my successful intention-manifestation experiment are finally... um, fruiting. Anyway. Hop on over to Examiner.com/dc and check out my page. Oh, and let me know what you think of my first article! http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/08/12/its-live/ My husband and I had a plan for the next few years. It was a good plan. It had us paying off all of our debts (including my student loans), aggressively saving for retirement, and setting aside enough cash for a 20% down payment on the home of our dreams, ... http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/08/11/sticking-to-the-plan/