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Photo Credit: Getty ImagesI swore I would never brag in my blog. Crabmommy loathes a bragmommy. I swore I'd never flaunt my child's achievements and charm or chart her developmental milestones for the petty purposes of blog fodder and maternal oneupmanship, of which there is more than enough proliferating on the web.

Oh, but you know I'm a momocrite sometimes. And I just can't resist sharing this one teensy moment, dear readers. I've been sitting on my hands over this incident, which occurred over 2 years ago. Out of modesty I've tried to squash it over the life of this blog, never mentioning this sublime incident for fear of alienating you all with the charming delight that the Crabchild can be! After all, this is a blog that began purely in a tone of complaint and whining, and, well, I had to be consistent for a while.

But anyway. Permit me this brief indulgence and trip down my personal mommy memory lane:

I want wine.

That was Crabkid's very first full sentence, subject and predicate).

I've spent many weekends this summer following my fiancé around a golf course. Sometimes I carry his clubs, sometimes I pull the flag, and sometimes I just watch, happy to be outside getting exercise.

On one particularly hot and muggy afternoon, I went to put my hair up and discovered I didn't have a hair tie--only a pocket full of golf tees.

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Without even thinking about it, I twisted my hair into a bun and pierced it with a tee. It was such an exceptional substitute for a hair accessory that now I use them all the time. They're free, I'm recycling, and I'd much rather have them in my hair than piled on my coffee table or rolling around in the washing machine.

--Dawn Spinner, associate beauty editor

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Encouraged by the utter adorableness of both Leighton Meester's character on Gossip Girl and Kenley from this season's Project Runway, I am increasingly tempted to try wearing a headband. But because I'm not sure how this will work out, and because a good headband that does not look like something from a mall kiosk costs many dollars (the Gossip Girl versions go for around $200), I know this is one of the purchases for which I must turn to eBay. And behold! Just what I wanted: a subtle peacock hairband that I can wear with a fitted black '60s dress, matte red lipstick, and perhaps a cigarette holder (um, maybe that last part is a little too much).

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On today's special, Brad Pitt is making soap. Umm, does anyone else remember Fight Club? Also, Kim shares her recipe for Kale, White Bean, and Chicken Sausage Soup. The recipe, after the jump.

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Kim's Kale, White Bean, and Chicken Sausage Soup

6 cups chicken broth
2 chicken sausages
6-8 cloves of garlic, diced
1 medium onion
4 cups of kale
4 medium-sized tomatoes, diced
15-19 oz. can of cannelloni beans
2 tablespoons of Italian seasoning

Sautee onion, garlic and chicken sausage until brown. Add kale and cover until wilted. Add chicken broth, tomato and seasoning. Bring to a boil, then lower the temperature and let simmer for 15 minutes.

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The Internet has been amazingly adept at bringing like-minded people together and allowing them to make their voices heard. Even if the voices are screaming "We Love Dr. Horrible." Now, a collective of individuals has challenged the magazine industry to provide a magazine cover that is not subjected to rigorous Photoshopping.

You know, I understand that I'm sitting here blogging from under the auspices of The Man, but I can honestly say that I'm torn about the topic of altering photos and here's why: I have a permanent red vein in one of my eyes from an old injury and I 'Shop it out of just about every photo that makes it out of my hard drive. Sure, the super mondo bloodshot eye shows up in the photos that other people take of me, and I'll absolutely admit that I do it, so it's not like I'm fooling anyone, but I think it looks ugly and since I can't surgically do anything about it, I do the only thing I can, which is to digitally remove it. Sometimes, while I'm in there, I'll wipe out

While I was whiling the days away with friends on my recent vacation, two readers had questions that I haven't yet answered! What kind of garden advice blogger am I? Puhleez - Germinatrix indeed.

Please forgive me, Grippyrigos and Emotionalmullet - here are the answers to your queries:

Grippyrigos had a question about the depth of built-in seating - see, too shallow and you have a teensy uncomfortable perch. For this, I turned to my colleague, Michael Kirchman, Jr - Elysin Landscapes Project Manager. Without Michael, the world falls apart. And he says 21" - 23" is standard for our built-ins. This allows room for pillows and / or a bolster to make the seating even more comfy. But don't go overboard with depth! If the seating is too deep, then you and your guests will have to perch anyway, because you won't be able to lean back into pillows - the back will be too

You all knew this already, right? That throwing together a stir fry is the fastest, easiest way to make a healthy dinner and use up the food you've got in the fridge, the vegetables left over from the farmer's market, to experiment with flavor combinations--spices and sauces and meats? It's the fastest way to make yourself feel like an absolute raving genius because it took you ten minutes to throw together a meal that came out brilliantly and even, could it be, fancy? Even though all you did was cut up everything small and toss it in a little sesame oil, you are still magnificent.

Try this delicious recipe from SELF: Chicken, cashew and vegetable stir-fry.

At least, that's how I feel. You guys have been doing it for so long, you have gotten over the rush of the beautiful, brilliant stir-fry. Me, I want more ideas--I won't say recipes, because the coolest thing to me about a stir fry is how it is improvisation and calculated experimentation. Mostly. I needed a launching pad: Mark

Did you see this article in the Times over the weekend? It's about women who find out they're pregnant after being diagnosed with cancer and then have to get treatment with the little ones still in their bellies. My friend Caroline told me about it (its not like I have time to thumb through the paper these days) and I took a look. Very interesting and, I think, pretty reassuring considering I know a lot of people who have had to get chemo while pregnant,my sister, Melissa, my friend Georgia (on her second pregnancy) and our lovely Liv to name a few. One cancer friend of mine whose babies did not get chemo while in utero is Jennifer (another CML friend -- remember her?). That's because she used a surrogate! And, she's here to guest blog about the wild-and-crazy experience and the double miracles she's expecting any day now! Take it away, Jen!

Jen (on the right) with her surrogate, Amanda

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