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Uh, Is This Thing On?

Melanie

The future came and went in the mildly discouraging way that futures do.
— from Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch, by Neil Gaiman

Hi, friends.  Loooooong time, no see.  How’s tricks?  I miss you guys and this space.  I can’t make any promises about how often I’ll be here, but I’ve come to realize that I need to make time for this; it’s sort of essential to me.

Obviously, there’s lots of news since May 2014 when Maggie was only 6 months old.  She just turned two and is, if I say so myself, just delightful. I adore her.

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And back at the end of June, this happened:

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Benjamin was born at 7:35am on June 30; he was 8 pounds, 3 ounces and 20.5 inches long.

Now, he’s almost 5 months old and I just cannot get enough of his smiley face:

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He is basically the easiest baby ever.  Or was, until the 4-month wakeful hit and he started waking up 2 or 3 times a night to nurse again.  But he’s still the sweetest, smiley-est kid, so I think we’re coming out ahead.  I have his birth story ready to go and will post it soon.

There’s just no way to catch up on everything that’s happened since I last posted, so I don’t intend to try.  I’m just going to try to be here as much as  can going forward.  I hope you’re all still out there, and well. See you soon.

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You Made It!

Melanie

There are two types of people: Those who come into a room and say, “Well, here I am!” and those who come in and say, “Ah, there you are!”
— Frederick L. Collins

Welcome to my new home at WordPress! What do you think? I’m still working out a few things and playing around with the options, so chances are things will change again before the next time you come back.

I would love to hear suggestions or comments on the new look and layout. Is it better/easier than my Blogger page or did you like that one better? I can’t decide.

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Welcome

Melanie

My life’s an open book
and it starts on chapter nine
— Harry Connick, Jr., Reason to Believe

Ok, so . . . blogging. I’ve been thinking about it for a while now, and just yesterday my friend Karen and I decided that we would each start a blog. We decided we’d give ourselves the weekend to come up with catchy blog names and, maybe, pen names. As in most things, I tend to be an overachiever, so I came up with my blog name this afternoon – although it might actually be more of a sign of boredom at work than anything else. I decided against a pen name, and instead will reserve all my fake-name-making-up skills for the people I talk about, which is how most of the people whose blogs I read (see side bar) do it. Might as well copy the best, you know.

As for the name of my blog, well, it took me a while (by which I mean I agonized over it for a couple hours). I know the blog name is pretty important, and I wanted to be sure to choose a good one. I even googled “how to choose a blog name.” Really, I did. None of you who know me will be surprised by that. Anyway, Hear Me in the Harmony means a couple different things to me. It happens to be my favorite Harry Connick, Jr., song, and also I fancy myself a bit of a singer. But more than that, I thought it was a good name because it sort of symbolizes adding my voice to the larger chorus of bloggers out here on the internets. I’m happy to finally be among them, and I hope you enjoy visiting with me.

My blog, like many others that I read, will just generally be about my life and what’s happening in the world. I don’t promise a laugh a minute or clever turns of phrase or serious discussion about world politics. Don’t get me wrong, there might be some of that, sometimes, but I don’t want to set the bar too high, you know. It’s just me. I’m glad you’re here, and I hope you’ll come back.