"Chop down a tree to make an iPhone case? Great, I've got a car that runs on baby-seal blood and bald eagles you might like."
- Erika Jurney
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"We named her Hazel Anne: Hazel after my grandmother who died when my Mom was only three; and Anne is my Mom’s middle name and the name of one of Jerry’s favorite aunts who passed away a few years ago."
- Erika Jurney
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"Me? I'll be taking my own road trip to the liquor store, putting my feet up on my desk for a pedicure, wearing my button with pride, drinking a margarita glass of wine or two or three, Tweeting, visiting a virtual world, possibly calling Erika when I get drunk enough, and definitely checking out that picture of Lotus again!"
- Erika Jurney
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"It's a good thing that I'm getting on a plane for BlogHer on Thursday. I need an escape - just for a little while - from all of the stress at home. Hopefully I'll be able to come back refreshed and ready to find new ways to handle any further backsliding Cordy may have."
- Erika Jurney
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"Today I am supposed to finish up some preadmission bloodwork. Tomorrow I check in by 10:00 a.m. and if all goes well I will have my c-section at noon and meet Murdock. Sounds so simplistic, doesn’t it?"
- Erika Jurney
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"I love Blogher but this is the same organization that felt it needed to drop the “Jesus” from my “Thanks for the zombies, Jesus” post, and yet, in a matter of days they will be give me a microphone and a stage. It’s like they’re daring me to say the c word."
- Erika Jurney
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"So, in short: 1. I am alive. 2. Thank you for asking. 3. Things were not okay. 4. But now they are better. That's...pretty much the whole of it. Hello, y'all."
- Erika Jurney
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"Carry your precious bundle in a lovely ring-style sling made from 100% cotton batik. Think you're not coordinated enough to pull it off? That's OK, because it comes with a detailed instruction booklet."
- Erika Jurney
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"Still, we will have it removed because, duh, what choice do we have? We love him. He's our baby. And when it comes back? We'll just have to have it removed again. And again. Because we just do. At least until the doctor says to stop..."
- Erika Jurney
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"My teenage son sitting in the back, laughs out loud: "Huh, you two going to a club? But you are too old! All the young people in the club would stare at you!""
- Erika Jurney
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"There are older men and women, some gray, some my age. I am often the only pregnant one, and there are days when I waddle in, look around and feel completely conspicuous."
- Erika Jurney
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"Somewhere along the way, either through too much Mister Roger’s neighborhood or awards for showing up, we’ve lost the whole “grow a pair” attitude our country was built on. We’ve become ninnies. Do you think our Founding Fathers’ children never threw a fit? Do you think their wives went out for pedis once a week?"
- Erika Jurney
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"I could get my panties all in a wad about comments like these….Oh, I didn’t realize that there was a certain look that he needed to have to be autistic….but I am able to see the comments for what they are."
- Erika Jurney
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