• Panel Urges New Look at Caesarean Guidelines - NYTimes.com via Panel Urges New Look at Caesarean Guidelines - NYTimes.com (shared from Paperdroid)
• The NIH Consensus Statement on VBAC: A Step Forward via Birthing Beautiful Ideas
• NIH Releases Draft Consensus Statement on VBAC via Birthing Beautiful Ideas
• NIH Vaginal Birth After Cesarean Panel: Do Pregnant Women Have Full Decision Making Power? via RHRealityCheck.org
• Reply turned post, what about the woo? style via Mom's Tinfoil Hat
• Cruelty in Maternity Wards via Gloria Lemay
• My Son is Circumcised and I Support the MGM Bill via peaceful parenting
• My race is “American” via Michelle Malkin
• NIH VBAC Conference Day #1: Women at the Center of the Discussion via Birthing Beautiful Ideas
• The Book I Love To Hate via BIRTH SENSE
• Interactive Birthing via Bellies and Babies
• When A Cesarean IS Necessary ~ making a plan. via Childbirth Today From Birthsource.com
• Baby wearing saves a baby via Informed Parenting
• Why VBACs Should Be the Norm, Not the Deviant Care Pattern via Unnecesarean: The Blog
• Hockey And Little Boys via Look at me I'm Romeo Sid Vicious

Quick thoughts today:

9:27 am This morning I am literally sick of broken promises.

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Day 70 of Project365. I used my cell phone camera to get a genuine MySpace-style self-portrait. Sinead helped.

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Day 69 of Project365. Diarmuid was being so cute, playing with my lens cap, and I was trying to take a picture but he would not cooperate. Finally he decided that I should take a picture of him with his friend, the vacuum cleaner. PS. Last time I did a Project365, I only made it 69 days. I have now met that mark -- can I keep going?

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Quick thoughts today:

12:01 am Time to sleep. Thank goodness; I'm exhausted!

1:14 pm My sons' toyboxes are practically made of duct tape at this point. Duct tape with plastic lining.

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Day 67 of Project365. I'm still thinking about my next answer for Q&A: The Photographic Interview. In the meantime, here's something from the February 26 Things scavenger hunt. (http://sh1ft.org/projects)

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Quick thoughts today:

1:12 pm How did I get a blister from wearing my CROCS?

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Day 67 of Project365. I've decided to do Q&A: The Photographic Interview (from sh1ft.org/projects). The first question is, "What is the first thing you see in the morning?"

This is the first thing I see every morning -- in order to shut off or snooze my alarm, I have to do math problems! (Of course, the clock on my phone doesn't usually read 1:42 PM, LOL. My alarm goes off at 7:30!)

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Quick thoughts today:

11:46 am Not having a good day... feel sick, weak, tired.

2:01 pm Can't figure out how to add location to tweets. Twitter help says there should be an icon under post box, but there's not!

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Day 66 of Project365. Today is "Scarlet Sunday," and this week is Aoghdan, and I figured what could be more perfect than Aoghdan's super-red shoelaces?

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10:10 pm Didn't feel well today, so I took a nap right after church. Got up to take my 365, eat, and watch Ghost Whisperer & The Forgotten.

10:11 pm Now to read a little Chesterton and go to bed early! Hope you all had a nice weekend!

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• The NIH VBAC Consensus Conference: Will It Pave the Road to Hell with Good Intentions? via Science & Sensibility
• Husband and Wife Childbirth via Blogcritics Sci/Tech
• A sacred trust dissolved via The Beginning of Motherhood
• For Those Who Deny That VBAC is a Vital Option via Birthing Beautiful Ideas
• "Women Need to Educate Themselves" via The Unnecesarean

Day 65 of Project365. I was feeling frustration over trying to find something with meaning to photograph for my 365, when one of the most meaningful things in my life climbed into my lap. I asked Aisling what picture I should take, and she decided that I should photograph her reading in my bedroom.

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Quick thoughts today:

8:38 pm Lately, bookstores epitomise the disappointment in my life. I don't know what I'm looking for, just that I can't find it.

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Day 64 of Project365. This bathing beauty graces the month of March in my Historic Images: Houston In The 1920s And 1930s calendar.

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Quick thoughts today:

12:19 am Not excited about going to bed. Trying to remind myself that I have a good book to read. (St. Thomas Aquinas by Chesterton)

1:54 pm Girls and I cleaned out their room. Got rid of probably half their stuff & they are thrilled! Easier to clean & find toys they like.

2:01 pm @monicabrand They used to have stuff stored under the bed, closet shelf, closet floor, in nightstands - no more! All in toyboxes now!

11:47 pm OMG, just ordered my first ever photo book from Shutterfly. Excited / nervous!

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7 Quick Things about how I pushed the kids out of the nest this week, homeschool-wise.

1. My main concern has always been less about the grade they get, and more about making them do the work, no matter how many times it takes, until they get it right. I quiz them over and over until they prove they know it, send papers back until every mistake is fixed.

2. Unfortunately, this has led to a certain laziness. They knew that if they just guessed, or even left answers blank, they'd get a chance to do it again. My insistence on "try, try again" was backfiring.

3. This week, I learned that I can make copies of assignments in their school program. This means that I can make them re-do a failed assignment without having to reset it -- they KEEP the failing grade.

4. Along those lines, I have become more strict about taking away points every time a problem needs to be corrected, which means no more sending a report back with the same spelling errors ten times.

5. Finally, I instituted a daily "independent work" period every morning. During this time, the kids have to try to figure out their lessons on their own, without asking me for help. This comes with a corresponding period of one-on-one tutoring with me every afternoon.

6. I was so nervous about these changes, thinking that while they would ultimately be good, the kids would struggle and have a hard time getting on track.

7. I was shocked! This whole week the kids have done an amazing job. They've been finishing all of their school work before lunch, and only having one or two questions in the afternoon! On top of that, they are making far fewer mistakes!

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Day 63 of Project365. Anna made this heart of rocks and sticks.

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Day 62 of Project365. This is the shot I had originally planned for yesterday, until I washed the shotglass and got the cool water spout effect. I still think a shot of hot sauce is pretty awesome, though! BTW, when Aisling saw this photo she said, "Mommy, you found it!" I guess that means she likes it!

Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi | 1/200 sec | f/4.0 | ISO 200 | 50 mm | Manual | 0 EV | Flash

Quick thoughts today:

9:33 am My girls are so cute, Aisling in a matching brown outfit, and Sinead in coulotts and a sweater. Guess which one picked her own clothes?

10:14 am Is it ok to let my 20 month old carry the broom around? Seems like an accident waiting to happen.

10:59 am Aisling is willing to stay in the livingroom, but only thisclose to my bedroom door.

11:59 am Of course the dishwasher would overflow right when I find out the baby's diaper leaked all over Aoghdan's bed.

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Day 61 of Project365. I was just going to wash this shot glass for a photo, but the way the water shot back up out of the glass was too cool!

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Quick thoughts today:

12:55 pm Was in a bad mood this morning, so I put on some good old fashioned bluegrass gospel music to cheer me up.

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Day 60 of Project365. Thought I'd try my hand at Bench Monday. I don't really like any of the resulting photos. Don't think this meme is for me.

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Quick thoughts today:

3:31 pm Wondering if I am crazy to think I might be able to schedule some daily "almost uninterrupted" cleaning time...

3:53 pm What's the point of changing red misspelled words to blue when corrected, if you do them all at once? How do you know if you missed one?

11:26 pm Starting a new book, Saint Thomas Aquinas by Chesterton. Hope it's not too much for before bed reading.

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