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Last week, I had a miscarriage. There. I said it. I have been trying to avoid writing this post this past week because I just couldn’t bring myself to write the words and the feelings that came with it. I thought I was ready. I have been thinking about what to say these past few days but for the life of me, everything is so jumbled up and muddled in my head that I can’t remember what I had wanted to say. So how am I feeling right now? Tired. Exhausted. A little bit numb. Last week, though, I was a bit of a mess.Read More →

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“Bed rest”. “Threatened miscarriage”. “Cannot find a heartbeat”. Those were all things said to me today by a doctor at a hospital. This morning, when I woke up to some cramping and a little spotting, I knew something wasn’t right. As the morning dragged on, I began to bleeding heavily so I left work and went to the local hospital with Jason to get it checked out. I’ve been hoping all morning that this was just a fluke but when the doctor looked at the sonogram and tried to find a heartbeat, he couldn’t find one. He did say that the cervix isn’t dilated soRead More →

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Happy bappy = “hearts” according to E. Here’s a little Valentine’s day craft I made…a handmade stamp carved from an eraser 🙂 I also baked brownies for Jason so our apartment smells like brownies…mmmm…. It’s raining in Tokyo on Valentine’s day and it’s pretty cold. Hope it’s warm and lovely where you are!Read More →

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…because I am having a hard time keeping one. I recently learned of a big secret. A real good one too. And I am having a heck of a time keeping it a secret. I want to tell so many people about it. But I can’t. Because I promised. And promises aren’t meant to be broken, right? *sigh* I really want to tell you what this secret is. But I really shouldn’t. Because I promised. Instead, I’ll just tell you that I know a secret that’s really big. And that’s it. I’m keeping my big mouth shut. I’m not telling anyone. Except for my sister.Read More →

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In one month, E turns 3 years old. It always amazes me how quickly time passes by. I still can’t believe that we’re already in February… Where has all the time gone? *sigh* Hopefully, I’ll be on more consistently. Emphasis on the “hopefully” since I’ve been distracted with a few things I’ve been busy with. I’ll share more later.Read More →

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Oh, my poor neglected blog…and my neglected blog life and blog friends. I’m really sorry for my lack of blog presence these past few weeks. You’re probably wondering what the heck is going on here at hamster central, right? Well, you can say that I lost my bloggy mojo. It’s a bit unintentional since I had every intention to jump back into the swing of things in January. There were just a few things I hadn’t planned on happening. First, there was the problem with getting E back to her pre-December rhythm. After spending a whole month in vacation mode and being pretty much joinedRead More →

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Last year, instead of making a list of resolutions that were waiting to be broken, I chose a word that helped guide me in my daily life. My word for 2011 was “Go” and go I did. I accomplished a lot of things I would not have normally done because of my habit of second guessing myself. Looking back at my 2011 I realized something else though. I started on many new adventures but finishing them was another story. It’s a bad habit of mine that I’ve tried changing many times but seem to have trouble with. So that leads me to my word forRead More →

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It’s the last day of the year and with about 2 hours left before the new year I feel like I should write a 2011 wrap-up post. The wordle for 2011 based on this year’s posts. This year has been an interesting one for all of us. It was a rough year for many countries too with political uprisings in the middle east and natural disasters everywhere ranging from earthquakes, floods, tornadoes and incredible heat and snow. There were royal weddings, the biggest and most watched one being the British royal wedding (though the Bhutan royal wedding was just as impressive in my opinion). ThereRead More →