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No Such Thing As Too Much LovePainted by my mother for this very occasion. 2015-04-10T07:00:25+00:00monthlyhttps://borrowedgenes.com/2015/04/05/on-this-easter-sunday/2015-04-06T02:05:28+00:00monthlyhttps://borrowedgenes.com/2015/04/01/good-things-are-happening/2015-04-02T02:54:16+00:00monthlyhttps://borrowedgenes.com/my-infertility-timeline/2015-03-30T07:31:14+00:00weekly0.6https://borrowedgenes.com/2015/03/26/a-couple-of-teeny-tiny-updates-on-the-adoption-front/https://borrowedgenes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/clipart-hourglass.jpgclipart-hourglassLike sands through the hourglass...2015-04-01T18:50:33+00:00monthlyhttps://borrowedgenes.com/2015/03/26/answer-im-a-mother/2015-03-27T02:22:47+00:00monthlyhttps://borrowedgenes.com/2015/03/23/319/https://borrowedgenes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/linux-windows-password-14590-l.jpglinux-windows-password-14590-l2015-03-24T06:47:13+00:00monthlyhttps://borrowedgenes.com/about/2015-06-05T19:07:34+00:00weekly0.6https://borrowedgenes.com/2015/03/06/fact-it-will-be-worth-the-wait-i-have-proof/https://borrowedgenes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/win_20150306_154456-2.jpg2015-03-11T06:41:41+00:00monthlyhttps://borrowedgenes.com/2015/03/04/hope-shaken-not-stirred/https://borrowedgenes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/daffodil-buds-400x266.jpgdaffodil-buds-400x2662015-03-05T04:37:54+00:00monthlyhttps://borrowedgenes.com/2015/02/24/john-travolta-im-going-to-have-to-ask-you-to-back-the-eff-up/https://borrowedgenes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/z17470579qidina-menzel-i-john-travolta.jpgz17470579Q,Idina-Menzel-i-John-Travolta"Thank God in Heaven he released my face. I couldn't take one more second of that bullsh...wait, what? Why is wrapping his arm around me and pulling me in? Why did I agree to this stupid bit anyway? Totally not worth it. He can call me Adele Dazeem for the rest of his life if that means I don't have to have my countenance manhandled by this guy."https://borrowedgenes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/idina-menzel-and-john-travolta.jpgIdina-Menzel-and-John-Travolta"So, I really feel like we have done the whole 'spoofing last year's name cluster" redemption skit now. Anytime you are ready to stop stroking my jawline, I am also ready for that to stop. Nope, not stopping? Okay, perhaps if I start a round of enthusiastic clapping the audience will join in and Creepy McCreeperson will be distracted long enough that I can get away. Ready, set, clap. Clap clap clap. Shit, it's not working!https://borrowedgenes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/idina-menzel-gets-her-revenge-john-travolta.jpgidina-menzel-gets-her-revenge-john-travolta"Yes, please grab my chin and forcefully direct it back to your uncomfortable intimate gaze. I love it when men I don't know treat me like I am four years old, so definitely keep this up. I'm really enjoying myself."https://borrowedgenes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/th.jpgth"I'm sorry, is there a hand on my waist? And, oh lord, is he going to kiss me? What the hell is happening here? Maybe if I stand perfectly still he will go away."https://borrowedgenes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/1424654174_john-travolta-scarlett-johansson-zoom.jpg1424654174_john-travolta-scarlett-johansson-zoom"So that didn't work. Now his gross puckery lips are actually touching me and he has pulled me in closer! Was my straight ahead statue expression not clear enough? Should I just keep standing here and pretending like this bothers me? Get out of my bubble!"https://borrowedgenes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/john-travolta-and-idina-menzel.jpgjohn-travolta-and-idina-menzel"Oh! He's caressing my face! I absolutely hate this, but I'm live on national tv right now so I have to grin and bear this shit. Wait a minute, didn't Patricia Arquette just make a speech about women's rights five minutes ago? My lord this is uncomfortable. Maybe if I avoid his gaze and stare desperately at the audience this will end soon."2015-04-26T17:09:24+00:00monthlyhttps://borrowedgenes.com/2015/02/11/mo-stickers-mo-betta-diy-valentines-with-my-lil-guy/https://borrowedgenes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/jacob.jpgjacob valentinehttps://borrowedgenes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/cheap-valentines-copy.jpgcheap valentines copyI know we are all busy, but you are BETTER than mass produced sheets of perforated rectangles! You are!https://borrowedgenes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/mom-valentine-copy.jpgmom valentineYou're not fooling anyone, Mom. Your kid didn't even touch the bottle of glue you used on that card.2015-02-12T06:50:43+00:00monthlyhttps://borrowedgenes.com/2015/01/27/a-most-unexpected-case-of-adoption-nesting/https://borrowedgenes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/baby-ezra.jpgbaby ezraBaby E, who thought it was more important to arrive early than to allow his mother proper nesting time. I got back at him by having no idea how to properly put on a diaper.2015-02-11T07:14:54+00:00monthlyhttps://borrowedgenes.com/2014/08/07/the-right-clinic-is-out-there-somewhere/2015-02-11T07:11:21+00:00monthlyhttps://borrowedgenes.com/2014/08/06/in-the-beginning/2015-02-11T07:09:51+00:00monthlyhttps://borrowedgenes.com/2015/02/08/adoption-101-the-post-i-wish-had-been-written-by-someone-else-four-months-ago/2015-05-16T02:58:00+00:00monthlyhttps://borrowedgenes.com/2015/01/18/troll-be-gone/https://borrowedgenes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/internet-troll.jpeginternet-trollI imagine my internet troll looked something like this.2015-02-11T16:27:44+00:00monthlyhttps://borrowedgenes.com/2014/12/31/adoption-atlas-in-the-bag/2015-01-02T08:50:57+00:00monthlyhttps://borrowedgenes.com/2014/12/31/where-i-stood/2014-12-31T07:42:33+00:00monthlyhttps://borrowedgenes.com/2014/12/03/the-elf-on-the-shelf-a-cautionary-tale/https://borrowedgenes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/elf-silent-2.jpgelf silent 2We have a theory that Santa is running an elf child-labor sweatshop and that the elves are not allowed to speak for their own safety.https://borrowedgenes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/elf-circle.jpgelf circleThis is him. Look at those remorseless, beady little eyes.https://borrowedgenes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/elf-no-touch.jpgelf no touchOh goodie! A toy I'm not allowed to touch! That is my very favorite characteristic in a toy.https://borrowedgenes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/elf-silent.jpgelf silentThis page seems to indicate that Santa may be running a sweatshop and the elves are not permitted to speak for their own safety.https://borrowedgenes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/elf-snitch.jpgElf snitchBasically, the elf is a snitch. No one likes a snitch.https://borrowedgenes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/photo-2-e1417592123174.jpgphoto 2This statement seems to indicate Santa is operating a sweatshop of some kind and that the elves are not allowed to speak for their own safety.https://borrowedgenes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/photo-1-e1417592093838.jpgphoto 1What exactly DO you see or know? I feel like this relationship is moving really fast.https://borrowedgenes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_3573-e1417589229212.jpgIMG_3573So, you're saying if I accidentally brush against this thing, it's ruined? That's a crappy rule.https://borrowedgenes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_3571.jpgIMG_3571Don't worry about me little boy. I'm just going to cling to this lamp all day and watch your every move. All of them.https://borrowedgenes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_3570.jpgIMG_3570His hands just sit like that. 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