
Don't you know? This week is Delurking Week! That means that if you read me you have to leave a comment or else I am allowed to come to your house and steal your dog. Why? Well, because Sheryl said so, of course. So come on, you know you want to. Leave me a comment? Be your best friend...
(Just kidding about the dog thing, I don't like dogs.)
(Updated to add: I tied my total comments from last year at 2:04 today. You all rock, except now I am feeling a little shy.)




Comments (220)
Busted!
I found your site a few months ago and really enjoy your insights on parenthood. I'm engaged and hope to start working on a family soon after. Thanks for sharing!
Posted by Frema | January 9, 2006 9:09 AM
:) I've posted ocassionally in the past, but read you every day. Happy Delurking Day!
Posted by Corinne | January 9, 2006 9:12 AM
OK, you got me. I've been reading for a while. I think Mia is just the cutest, and I keep wondering if I'm ever going to run into you in person (I live pretty close to where you do.)
Happy Delurking Week!
Posted by Nancy | January 9, 2006 9:15 AM
Delurking! I'm here for the laughs and for the baby pictures - love your blog. I also love that you have a husband who blogs. If my husband wrote anything, ever, without being assigned to do it, I'd keel over from shock.
Posted by Arwen | January 9, 2006 9:15 AM
Not really a lurker as I occasionally say "Hi!", but "Hi!" again. Love reading the adventures of the cactusfisheswannabeduckowners.
Posted by R*Belle | January 9, 2006 9:18 AM
I've posted once or twice, but not enough.
I started reading a few months ago when I found out I was pregnant and dug around for interesting pregnancy and new parenting blogs. (I wish I could tell you how I found you, but I just followed link after link after link...) I found you and several others practically the week the baby was born, and it's been very exciting to get a sneak peek of what's coming!
Thanks for the entertainment.
Posted by Sabrina | January 9, 2006 9:19 AM
Oh no don't steal my dog...wait I don't have a dog. Nevermind!
Happy de-lurking day!
Posted by ::c:: | January 9, 2006 9:25 AM
Hi. I enjoy reading your blog and your hubby's too. Love your baby. Shes gorgeous. You come from the same field that I am now starting off in. You are very witty and honest. Love that about you. Besides, I think I'm a snob like you too!
Posted by Dee | January 9, 2006 9:30 AM
Hi. No dog here, or cat, and you can not take V so I guess you are forcing me to delurk. Happy De-lurking day.
Love the blog, Adore the baby pictures considering signing you up to be our girlfriend. Mia for V not you for me.
Love,
Me
Posted by Daria | January 9, 2006 9:31 AM
ah-HA! I knew there was something odd about you. Just for that I'm sending you my dog.
She doesn't eat much, and only needs to be walked three times a day. Oh, and she gets the middle of the bed.
Posted by ben | January 9, 2006 9:33 AM
Have a great day!
Posted by Beth in StL | January 9, 2006 9:34 AM
Good thing I don't have a dog! :)
Good morning to you!
Posted by Empress | January 9, 2006 9:38 AM
Hey! Can we see more pictures of Mia, the ones you take, not Chris.
Posted by linda | January 9, 2006 9:39 AM
Well, I'm not really a lurker, but I'll comment anyway -- I commented on Chris' site, and no way should he get more delurkers than you.
Posted by Julie | January 9, 2006 9:40 AM
You better be my best friend ;-)
Posted by Chris | January 9, 2006 9:41 AM
I'm not really delurking but and I don't like dogs either.
Posted by Tomika | January 9, 2006 9:41 AM
Hello there - I love your site. And Mia. More Mia! She warms my heart.
Posted by erika | January 9, 2006 9:43 AM
Hmmm...I'm posting to save you from my dog. He really is the biggest baby and I don't think you could handle it as you already have 1 beautiful baby to take care of. (He's a baby in a non-pleasant/annoying way) Happy delurking week!
Posted by Jensen | January 9, 2006 9:46 AM
I'm not a lurker, but I'm commenting because you said so.
And because I am celebrating the De-Lurking of lurkers on my blog this week also!!!
Posted by angela marie | January 9, 2006 9:47 AM
Hi...PenguinTarts here! :) Representing the NoVa/DC area woot woot ;) ha ha ha
Posted by penguintarts | January 9, 2006 9:56 AM
De-lurking!
Posted by Anna | January 9, 2006 10:07 AM
happy de-lurking! Definitely a lurker here.. Love your blog though and read it often! You and Chris make me laugh with your "dibs" posts!!
...*
Posted by Starlite | January 9, 2006 10:08 AM
I've only been reading your site for a few weeks, but I really enjoy your entries. Mia is adorable, and you have a great sense of humor.
So there. I delurked. :)
Posted by Alissa | January 9, 2006 10:09 AM
Hey girl!!
Happy de-lurking week!
Posted by Autumn | January 9, 2006 10:12 AM
I delurked just recently. I've been enjoying your blog and usually find something I can relate to since we both have babies about the same age. You seem to be doing really well in the comments department. It's only 10:20am and you already have 24 of them. I, on the other hand, really will have to follow through on the dog threat because I get a fair amount of traffic and almost no comments. It's frustrating! I'm thinking dog threats or if that doesn't work, Half Nekkid Thursday threats. Comment or else you'll see me half nekkid!
Posted by Isabel | January 9, 2006 10:26 AM
Darn! I was hoping you'd come take my incontinent old dog who barks all the time. Would you like a black cat who is very sweet but has shredded the carpet on my stairs?
Somehow I don't think I'm making them sound too appealing.
Happy De-Lurking Week!
Posted by donna | January 9, 2006 10:28 AM
Woohoo! I will now mark you down as my new best friend...
Posted by alfredsmom | January 9, 2006 10:31 AM
Happy De-Lurking Day!!!
Posted by amber | January 9, 2006 10:34 AM
I've just de-lurked on Chris's site, only to come here and do the same.
Posted by Liz | January 9, 2006 10:38 AM
Hi, my name is Mindy. I am from Richmond, Virginia. I am married, have 2 cats and 1 dog. I officially delurking. I found your site and your hubby's site a few months ago. I have been reading every day since. Mia is too cute. Have a great day and Happy Delurking week!
Posted by Mindy | January 9, 2006 10:39 AM
I've been reading for about a month or so. Never know really what to say in the comments. Still don't - but hello.
Posted by Ro | January 9, 2006 10:45 AM
De-lurking to say hello...
Posted by Cristina | January 9, 2006 10:50 AM
i have been reading yours and Chris's posts for almost a year - you guys make a beautiful family and surely keep me reading daily! Thanks for the laughs -
Posted by kell | January 9, 2006 10:51 AM
Sometimes-lurker, delurking to say Hi, love your site!
Posted by Jessie | January 9, 2006 10:58 AM
Ever notice how if you say "delurking" over and over again, it starts to sound weird?
Now that I've delurked, I feel *so* much better.
You've got one hell of a cute kid by the way...
Posted by Jenn | January 9, 2006 11:05 AM
De-Lurking to say 'hi'...now back to my regularly scheduled lurking.
Posted by wendy | January 9, 2006 11:08 AM
Totally delurking. I love your site and I read your husbands too. Both are fantastic!
Posted by Jean | January 9, 2006 11:08 AM
I'm not really a lurker but HAPPY DE-LURKING WEEK!
Love it here. Read you all the time. And your smokin' ass looks great in those pants!
Posted by MoMMY | January 9, 2006 11:10 AM
Hello. I read often and comment rarely. I enjoyed reading both yours and Mr. Fish's blogs. You are such devoted parents. What I like that most is that you don't seem to have lost sight of being yourselves in addition to Mia's parents.
Posted by sarah | January 9, 2006 11:12 AM
I read all the time, but only comment occasionally. So I'm saying hello, even though I don't have a dog you could steal, even if you wanted to.
Hello, Beth!
Posted by Susan | January 9, 2006 11:14 AM
I've posted a couple of times, I think? Maybe just once. Yup . . mostly I lurk. But I've enjoyed your blog and most recently sharing the baby journey with you. (I've two of my own, nearly cute as Mia . . )
Posted by Mary | January 9, 2006 11:16 AM
I always comment--but here's a delurk comment ;-)
Posted by Ginny | January 9, 2006 11:18 AM
Does that mean you'd rather steal our cats???
Posted by Queen of Ass | January 9, 2006 11:21 AM
Happy de-lurking day.
Posted by Kristie | January 9, 2006 11:29 AM
Found you just before Christmas - you have the cutest baby EVER!
Posted by Jodi | January 9, 2006 11:30 AM
Popping out of the woodwork to say howdy. Love your site and read you and cactus every day. It's a great way to start the work day. =)
Posted by Hannah | January 9, 2006 11:33 AM
Happy delurking day! Thanks for your fun, honest, interesting posts!
Posted by Demery | January 9, 2006 11:34 AM
Hi! :-)
Posted by Rebecca | January 9, 2006 11:38 AM
I've been a lurker for about 4 months now - love your blog, thanks!
Posted by venessa | January 9, 2006 11:39 AM
Hello, semi-lurker here. Love your blog!
Posted by Kris | January 9, 2006 11:40 AM
Not a lurker, so there! ;-)
Posted by Kelley | January 9, 2006 11:45 AM
No, please, not the dog! She is the only baby I have!
Love your writing- I will make commenting one of my New Year's resolutions!
Posted by Angela Ferguson | January 9, 2006 11:50 AM
Called out!!
Came across your site through DC Blogs when Mia was born. So yeah, I'm the stalker that stops by at least twice a day :)
Posted by Mel | January 9, 2006 12:01 PM
PLEASE! Come steal my dog! I'll even let you choose which one you want!
Damn, I guess this counts as a comment so there wont be any dog stealing at my house...*snap*
Posted by Lisa | January 9, 2006 12:04 PM
Hello, and Happy Delurking Day!
I don't remember how I found your blog... *thinking, thinking* huh. But I liked it so I saved it and now I read it regularly.
Posted by Lil | January 9, 2006 12:05 PM
I stop by everysooften. HI!
Posted by christina | January 9, 2006 12:05 PM
Hey Momma-Beth!
Now stop comparing numbers with Chris. :-)
Go kiss Miss Mia!
Posted by steph | January 9, 2006 12:06 PM
Sheryl is like... teh god. And if she says you can steal my dog for not delurking, then you can steal my dog for not delurking!
Great read!
Posted by Phillip | January 9, 2006 12:17 PM
Happy de-lurking day!
Posted by Krush | January 9, 2006 12:18 PM
DELURK - You crack me up on a regular basis. Thanks.
Posted by Tessa | January 9, 2006 12:20 PM
You can steal my cat. He barfs too much. Delurking to say I love your blog, been reading for a few months -- ever since you (or Chris?) posted a particularly adorable picture of Mia. Too cute that kid.
Posted by iheartnewyork | January 9, 2006 12:25 PM
Wow, alot of lurkers! I enjoy reading you and Chris, you for your humorous commentary on mothering and your social phobias...Chris is funny too but I especially enjoy checking out what he is reading and listening too. I guess I never comment for the same reasons you feared the playgroups, I might babble on about basements, well, we don't have them in the south, but about something else that I would feel really stupid about after I hit "post"
Posted by Laura | January 9, 2006 12:30 PM
Well, I don't have a dog you can steal but I do have a cat I would be very sad to loose!
Found your site months back, helped prepare me for what to expect with my new daughter, now 2 weeks old.
Now I've been delurked!
Posted by Emily | January 9, 2006 12:31 PM
I got really excited by the fact that you may steal my dog, then you said just kidding.
Damn.
Posted by william | January 9, 2006 12:36 PM
I don't lurk, you've seen my comments but I'll tell ya how I came about your site. Found it off of Pregnancy Weekly right after you had Mia, you're post I think was the 38 week pic with Mia outside of you on your belly in her diaper. Damn that was cute. Anyways that's about all I have to say. Just wanted to give you one more comment because anyone with a blog LOVES comments.
And this is a different Sabrina than the one above just so ya know. ;)
Posted by Sabrina | January 9, 2006 12:37 PM
I like dogs. Well, some dogs. Maybe even most dogs. But not all dogs, certainly.
Posted by Heather | January 9, 2006 12:43 PM
gah, lurker is such a sinister word that makes me sound like I'm doing something terribly illegal and could enter a social circle that's shared only by the most vile & looked down upon of our criminals. OK! I'm here! My name is Sara, it's very nice to meet you.
Posted by Sara | January 9, 2006 12:49 PM
delurking to say hello and thanks for the restaurant recommendation in NYC. we loved becco! and they squeezed us in (literally) without a reservation. so nice! such yummy pasta! thanks again!
Posted by niks | January 9, 2006 1:07 PM
You don't like dogs?!
Posted by JuJuBee | January 9, 2006 1:11 PM
greetings from cincinnati! will you steal my neighbor's noisy dog?! please? by the way, thanks for the outer banks info you provided a few months ago. it looks like a gorgeous place to visit.
Posted by jules | January 9, 2006 1:12 PM
I read your blog all the time and love it, thought I wouldn't really say I'm delurking because I've left you comments before.
Posted by Adi | January 9, 2006 1:12 PM
Hi... I am a bad commenter and even worse cause I still owe Mia her sweater... Ill get it to you soon I promise and... ummm dont steal my dog ok??
thanks :)
Posted by stinkerbell | January 9, 2006 1:19 PM
You know I'm reading, but happy delurking day anyway!
Posted by bad penguin | January 9, 2006 1:22 PM
My wife got me hooked on both yours and Chris's blogs.
Thanks!
Posted by Robin | January 9, 2006 1:27 PM
Bad commenter - regular reader.
Posted by casey | January 9, 2006 1:35 PM
I don't lurk
I comment
and give unsolicited advice
and understand why you cuss so much
and think Mia is absofreakinlutely adorable.
but you asked...here I am....
The pup
Posted by speckledpup | January 9, 2006 1:36 PM
got me - I check in a couple of times a week, but never comment. Mia is scrumptious!
p.s. would you take two small goats?
Posted by joan | January 9, 2006 1:38 PM
Dude, you can HAVE my dog. She's being a total bitch lately...
Posted by Elaine | January 9, 2006 1:43 PM
I am a lousy commenter. I have my work cut out for me this week.
I love your blog ;)
Posted by Kateri | January 9, 2006 1:47 PM
alright, alright - i am a notorious lurker, but out of fear for my dog i will leave you a note.
i read your blog frequently, thanks for all the great mia stories.
~mags
Posted by mags | January 9, 2006 1:50 PM
Frequent reader, casual commmenter. Lovin' the Mia photos - she's such a doll!!
Posted by Dooneybug | January 9, 2006 2:00 PM
So far, you've got 81 comments, and if nobody comments before me, I'll be number 82.
82 comments. That's an insanely huge number of readers!
I'm so jealous.
Posted by Emily | January 9, 2006 2:03 PM
I comment from time to time..but probably not enough. So here you go!!
Nice to meet you, I'm Isabel. Hola!
Happy de-lurking week.
Posted by Isabel | January 9, 2006 2:03 PM
I'm bad, because I've been reading your site for nearly a year, but I rarely comment, so here I am! I comment at your husband's site more frequently, and I suppose I should do so here as well.
Well, for starters, you have THE MOST ADORABLE baby on the face of the planet! I love the stories you post about her, so keep it up!
Posted by Jen | January 9, 2006 2:04 PM
You and Chris crack me up. Definitely an enjoyable daily read. Yhanks for sharing!
Posted by beth | January 9, 2006 2:21 PM
Hello over there!!!
Posted by HipMamaB | January 9, 2006 2:31 PM
Oh! Oh! Steal MY dog! (Wait. I just commented. DAMN.)
Lurker here, and if I may be so bold, a pretty good one at that.
Posted by Penny Pressed | January 9, 2006 2:32 PM
Me! Me! I read! I'm just anti-social and not really funny. And really, who wants to read comment after comment from someone like that?
Posted by reenie | January 9, 2006 2:33 PM
Semi-lurker here. Happy Delurkey Week! (gobble, gobble)
Posted by shelley | January 9, 2006 2:33 PM
I'm a lurker, I admit it! Hello!
Posted by goofy girl | January 9, 2006 2:37 PM
I'm still popping in to check out Mia's new tricks! Thanks for writing.
Posted by Kelly | January 9, 2006 2:38 PM
i'm far too extroverted to really lurk. but hi again!
Posted by suze | January 9, 2006 2:45 PM
I have posted before and even commented at your husband's site once. Although, you are on my favs list and he is not.....yet. Anyway, you commented at my site once and I was giddy all day. It was like being asked to sit with the popular kiddos at lunch. You rock! Love your site.
Posted by Marlen | January 9, 2006 2:46 PM
I read and Mia is adorable!
Posted by laura | January 9, 2006 2:50 PM
Since you asked, I'll send you a comment! Oddly enough, I came across your site after I read "Life of Pi" because you had a link to it, or to something else that the author had written, on your page.
I just started following along in the chronicles of your life after that, mostly because your writing style is very amusing and descriptive, and I was also curious about how it will feel to one day have a child.
Keep up the good work. It is strange to get to know strangers through the Internet, but it is also really cool too.
Sarah
Posted by sarah | January 9, 2006 2:54 PM
Hi! I guess I am officially de-lurking here! I enjoy reading your blog and seeing the pics of your cute kiddo. :)
Posted by tara | January 9, 2006 2:57 PM
Hi...I admit I have been reading for a while both you and hubby's heck I even sent in a baby blanket way back when.....
I enjoy reading both blogs..I have been in Japan with Marine Corps husband for a year and a half now with another year and a half to go....but find myself with lots of extra time....
thanks for all the great stories..
Rachel
Posted by Rachel | January 9, 2006 3:17 PM
I've only been reading your blog since you and your husband were featured on Mommybloggers.com. I have a 3yo daughter and am expecting my 2nd in April so i love seeing all the Mia stuff.
And I have no dogs, but feel free to come and steal the stupid orange cat.
Posted by Chrissie | January 9, 2006 3:28 PM
Another one delurking, been reading for a few weeks - gorgeous cat and gorgeous baby!
Posted by Katherine | January 9, 2006 3:34 PM
Hiya - Im sure Ive posted before, but in case I imagined it - here I am. Great blog, wonderful couple and amazing baby - thanks for sharing it all with us! Long may it continue (it will wont it?!!!!)
Lena xx
Posted by Lena | January 9, 2006 3:34 PM
Happy Delurking week! I read your blog everyday! Mia is adorable!!!!
Posted by Miss Chera | January 9, 2006 3:40 PM
i too have been called out! i have read you for months and never left a comment! love ya!
Posted by Paige Watkins | January 9, 2006 3:46 PM
Hey Beth!
We don't have a dog, but you can bring a truck and steal all the junk in our basement instead. Its still in boxes from when we moved in 2 years ago. It should be easy. :)
Posted by Jon in Michigan | January 9, 2006 3:53 PM
I've only commented once before but since it's an official holiday and all - Hi! And I don't like one of my dogs. Somebody can have him.
Posted by MelissaS | January 9, 2006 4:02 PM
I wasn't always a lurker but lately I've been lurking.
Posted by wendy | January 9, 2006 4:17 PM
Hello, Dammit!
Your kid is cute; your writing's fine; your husband's funny. . . and as odd as mine!
Happy Delurking Week! Best Wishes!
Posted by Deb | January 9, 2006 4:20 PM
Delurking here .. and please steal my dog, its spastic.
Posted by Tara | January 9, 2006 4:24 PM
Thanks for answering my email a few months ago when I told you that you're a daily (or however often you update) read of mine and that I'd faithfully read all your archives...I was afraid you'd turn me in for stalking or something! Thanks for the entertainment and insights you share!
Posted by Melanie | January 9, 2006 4:24 PM
I've commented before, but what can I say, I feel uncreative when all I can think of to say is "Your kid's so cute. No really. F-ing adorable." :)Hope you're well... your mom skills are inspiring.
Posted by susannah | January 9, 2006 4:26 PM
delurking. thanks for writing :)
Posted by Jen | January 9, 2006 4:27 PM
I post on your site from time to time, I definitely wanted to post for this, I'm wondering if you can beat Mr. Cactus' total?! lol
Posted by Dana | January 9, 2006 4:29 PM
Would you take my cat instead? But that creates an issue-- as a lurker, how would you know where to pick him up, unless I post a comment? Then the kitty is off the hook due to this comment.
Oh well...
Posted by leslie | January 9, 2006 4:39 PM
Never a lurker! However dropping by to say hello anyway!
Posted by Maribeth | January 9, 2006 4:53 PM
Hi! I read your blog!
Posted by Eulallia | January 9, 2006 5:00 PM
Not a lurker, just stopping by to say hi!
Posted by Sheryl | January 9, 2006 5:05 PM
delurking! :)
Posted by ash | January 9, 2006 5:11 PM
the only reason i ever lurked is because every time i try to comment, it doesn't go through. i hope this comment makes it through and officially de-lurks me. :)
Posted by misi | January 9, 2006 5:20 PM
I dont have a dog, but I have a cat who thinks she's a people.
Feel free to visit her, she LOVES pets :)
Posted by Kellie | January 9, 2006 5:22 PM
Yours was one of the first blogs I started reading. I've loved it from the beginning. I read you everyday, even though I don't always make a comment.
Posted by ava | January 9, 2006 5:26 PM
I lurk more than comment, but I was still really hoping you'd come steal my dog.My daughter was supposed to take her when she got married and the dog is still here!! The dog is great around babies. Mia might like her even if you hated her....lol.
Posted by Jaycie | January 9, 2006 5:27 PM
Happy Delurking day..I've commented once but read this frequently..
P.S. I do have 2 ducks as pets and they would make very loud bathtub pets :) so they live outside, besides theres only so much chaos hubby can stand with me around..hahah ( he did let me keep them in the bedroom for a few weeks when they were litle though..
Posted by Jamie | January 9, 2006 5:32 PM
Hi Beth! Have a great afternoon!
What did the tie say to the hat?
You go on ahead and I'll hang around!
Posted by Karen | January 9, 2006 5:48 PM
Hey! Just cause someone reads your blog EVERYDAY and doesn't EVER comment, doesn't mean they're lurking...
...mmm, okay, yeah...I'm a lurker...
...but the first step is admitting you have a problem!
Posted by Vicky (Desperate to be a Housewife) | January 9, 2006 6:01 PM
Okay, so I'll comment, but I'm tellin' ya that there are a few blogs talking about anal glands and squeezing them ... and ... well, I refuse to do that to my male dog.
That said, if you are going to come steal my dog, please make it the MALE dog ... then you can have a 'go' at those glands.
Posted by sanders5 | January 9, 2006 6:10 PM
PLEASE come steal my dog -- the fur tumbleweeds are getting on my nerves!
Posted by mamadaisy | January 9, 2006 6:20 PM
I'm here, Beth! I'm delurking even though...I think I've commented, but delurking is always gooooood. I mean, I p/m even link to you, so there you go. You are awesome Beth and I heart you FOR THE AGES.
Posted by Éireann | January 9, 2006 6:26 PM
Well hello and Happy New Years..oops, what I meant was Happy De-Lurking Day! Hello and my name is Jennifer from NC and I AM A DE-LURKER! That makes me sound soo like an alcoholic that just stood up for the first time at a AA meeting . Anyhow, I have commented before in the past and I do love reading both of the Cactus-Fish family blogs, You guys are way much better then any newspaper on any given day. So Kudos to y'all! An hope the three of you have a Happy. Healthy New Year!
Posted by JENNIFER | January 9, 2006 6:40 PM
#128 here. Good lawd woman, you're entertaining!
Posted by Angie | January 9, 2006 7:03 PM
Ahhhh but according to my information, I am #128!
Posted by Anita | January 9, 2006 7:08 PM
Doh! My computer knows nothing I am #129! Sorry Angie....:-/
Posted by Anita | January 9, 2006 7:10 PM
Hey :)
Posted by Mel | January 9, 2006 7:27 PM
One more! Lurk often, comment much I do not. Says Yoda-Jen.
Posted by Jen-Again | January 9, 2006 7:36 PM
I always read you and the Cactus...sometimes I comment, and sometimes I don't, but I always appreciate your blog.
Posted by Starfruit | January 9, 2006 7:55 PM
i'm posting to up your numbers. Regular reader, Mia is just so darn cute to not keep reading. Keep writing!
Posted by Pie | January 9, 2006 7:58 PM
I am a fairly new reader, and I got here from someone else's blog, but I don't remember who. So anyhoo...consider me de-lurked!
Posted by Mary | January 9, 2006 8:18 PM
okay! De-lurking! But always enjoying Cactus-Fish-Beanette! Here's the weather report for Ann Arbor, MI: 36F, mostly cloudy, 76% humidity, winds 8 mph WNW, and most importantly! the barometric pressure is 30.16 and rising. Have a great day and thanks for your visits and comments!
Posted by vicki | January 9, 2006 8:21 PM
Not really a lurker, but I'll add my "hello" here.
Posted by Beth | January 9, 2006 8:52 PM
Hi! Unlurking!
Posted by rai | January 9, 2006 9:05 PM
I just delurked over at your husband's site and now I'm on a roll! Hehe
Love reading your site Beth, and Mia is too precious!
-Norma
Posted by Norma | January 9, 2006 9:12 PM
I'm here!
Posted by Incredimom | January 9, 2006 9:14 PM
138 comments!!! I'd say you have some pretty honest lurkers reading your site. About the gym pet peeves - mine is when there are 48 identical machines in a row and they are all empty except for yours and someone hops on to a machine RIGHT next to you. Personal space thing I guess.
Posted by koyama | January 9, 2006 9:16 PM
Happy De-Lurking Day!
Posted by Phoebe | January 9, 2006 9:20 PM
I'm officially delurking after checking your site daily for the past frillion years. You rock, your baby is adorable, and I love it!
- your fellow introvert
Posted by Bonnie | January 9, 2006 9:24 PM
Found your blog when you (and I) were pregnant. My gorgeous baby girl is a few weeks younger than your beautiful Mia.
Thanks for the cheap entertainment!
Posted by Ruby'sMama | January 9, 2006 9:36 PM
I've been reading since a bit before Mia was born. I read Rude Cactus too.
Posted by Sari Olsen | January 9, 2006 9:38 PM
:::waves:::
Posted by Stacy | January 9, 2006 9:45 PM
I'm going to start typing fast because I fear I might pass out from the stress of "delurking". So the Cliff note version. I read your blog and Chris'- that's it. But each day I learn something new and always find something that makes me laugh or apprecitate at your site. So thanks. And it really was one of my New Year resolution to stop by and say a proper hello this year. Mission accomplished!
Posted by The Viking | January 9, 2006 9:53 PM
I've been reading for a few months now, absolutely love your blog especially the pictures of Mia, she's the cutest baby I've ever seen!
Posted by Evelyn | January 9, 2006 9:53 PM
I don't lurk, but I don't comment all the time, either. Does that count? :)
Posted by Stephanie | January 9, 2006 10:00 PM
Will de-lurk here too....Delurked at your husband's site too. Enjoy reading your blog from time to time. I have a 2 year old (and a 9 year old).
Posted by Kirsten | January 9, 2006 10:15 PM
I have read your blog for awhile - I have had fun because I have a 5 month old and share in some of your issues. My little girl, Isa, was also an elephant too - when I saw that picture of Mia, I couldn't believe it! She is a doll!!
Posted by april | January 9, 2006 10:32 PM
You've got people coming out of the woodwork, eh? Congrats!
Posted by Melissa | January 9, 2006 10:40 PM
I read, I comment occassionally too. Keep up the good work.
BTW- You can HAVE my dog!
Posted by Susan | January 9, 2006 11:30 PM
Delurking to say Hi... I have you on my bloglines feed..
Posted by Dips | January 9, 2006 11:38 PM
Delurking:-) I don't know why I don't comment, but maybe I should start.
Posted by Heather | January 9, 2006 11:45 PM
Hey-hey! Im now delurked! Who's gonna win the most comments...you or the cactus?! I enjoy your blog! Brings a piece of Laughter to my day! And plus that lil mia bean of yours is so frickin cute, who wouldnt come back just to view those addorable pics!
Posted by Anonymous | January 10, 2006 12:04 AM
guess I can only be delurked if I leave a name huh? Yeah, that up there, thats from me, Dawn =0)
Posted by Dawn | January 10, 2006 12:05 AM
Hi there, I'll delurk as well. Hope you're all doing well.
Posted by Lujza | January 10, 2006 12:09 AM
You have quite an audience. No surprise. Your blog is wonderful and so very entertaining. So "hi" from me.
Posted by Lisa B | January 10, 2006 12:38 AM
De-lurking...
Posted by Kylie | January 10, 2006 12:46 AM
Hi! I've been reading from a little after Mia was born...sweet baby!
Hi from Canada!
Posted by daysgoby | January 10, 2006 1:03 AM
Hi there, delurking so I can read your new post.
Posted by Kate | January 10, 2006 7:43 AM
I delurked on your hubby's site but since I found his through reading yours...here I am!!!
Posted by Lyndie | January 10, 2006 7:57 AM
you can take anything you like, just leave my bags and shoes alone!
Posted by averil | January 10, 2006 8:06 AM
holy moly i'm late to your party! mostly regular commenter delurking!
Posted by monique | January 10, 2006 8:08 AM
Greetings from a fellow nothern Virginian. Happy De-Lurking Week. Instead of my dogs, you're welcome to take one of my kids and see what you're in for when Mia is a teen.
Posted by Frank | January 10, 2006 8:33 AM
I'm a somewhat regular commenter, though I visit daily. Hi! Come see me!
Posted by heels | January 10, 2006 8:33 AM
Lurker here.
Please steal my neighbors dog.
I hate that mut.
Posted by Jennifer | January 10, 2006 8:56 AM
Hola!
Posted by Linda | January 10, 2006 9:09 AM
I've posted a few times, so this isn't really a de-lurking for me. But I thought I'd add to the list. :)
Posted by lori | January 10, 2006 9:19 AM
Hello! I found your site when I was pregnant. As others have said, I'm not sure exactly how... just kept clicking until I got here. Love the posts! I think my baby girl is one month younger than yours (born 8/22), so it's been great reading your parenting stories and seeing the pictures. Especially when I was home on maternity leave and having a few rough days/nights at the beginning. Thank you for sharing and being so honest. Keep up the great blog!
Posted by witchy_puppy | January 10, 2006 9:43 AM
Ok i guess i have to post then. this makes twice i have posted (the first was to guess Mia's birthday and size).
Posted by Shannon | January 10, 2006 9:44 AM
Happy DLW!
Posted by Fraulein N | January 10, 2006 9:54 AM
I am a member of the lurker club!!
Posted by Mar | January 10, 2006 10:11 AM
Just stumbled here for the first time, and I can't take a chance and risk you stealing my dog. Happy Delurking week!!
Posted by kristin | January 10, 2006 10:18 AM
173 comments? thats just wrong!
Posted by Shannon | January 10, 2006 10:20 AM
Well since the baby is still asleep on my lap i have already completed 1 de-lurking and still have a spare minute to read your site i read every other day and sometimes when my 7 week old son permits every day! keep up the awesome blog mia is adorable!!!
Posted by Sunshine | January 10, 2006 10:32 AM
Hi from the Michigan Lurker! I delurked at Chris' blog yesterday, and being a first class introvert, I could not bring myself to delurk twice in one day. (I did try.) And, with it being Haiku Monday, I had to go there first... if you had Mia Monday, well, you'd win, hands down - I might never even make it over to read the Haiku!
Posted by Sandy | January 10, 2006 10:33 AM
Left a comment before but am going to say "Hi" Anyway!....... Hi!
Posted by Nynke | January 10, 2006 10:40 AM
Delurking in 5...4...3...2...1 Hi!
Posted by mle | January 10, 2006 10:50 AM
Ok, Ok, boy you and your husband are pushy!! :) AHAHAHAHA And I'm only doing this because I really love my dog!!!!! Hi Beth!!! Is it ok for me to go back and read your post??? Thanks!
Posted by Kate | January 10, 2006 11:56 AM
I always comment (Oh, whoops, no I don't), but I can't very well lurk this week, now can I?
Posted by jen | January 10, 2006 12:14 PM
I think I comment sometimes - but not always. I do read every day - but sometimes through an RSS reader that makes it hard to comment!
Happy Tuesday - sorry I'm late!
Posted by Em | January 10, 2006 12:24 PM
Comment 184 here!
Posted by Pammer | January 10, 2006 12:32 PM
O.K. I'll delurk because I am a BIG fan of Mia's. I think it's great fun to read your journal. My girls are grown up now so I don't have to get up in the middle of the night to feed them and that's fine, but sometimes I wish I could transport myself back to when they were young for a few hours and remember to relish every minute. You will love yourself when you are older for having kept such a great journal.
Posted by Sharon | January 10, 2006 12:56 PM
Hi! I found your blog pretty recently and I'm digging it. Just doing my delurking duty. :)
Posted by luckybuzz | January 10, 2006 1:49 PM
Okay...I've been reading for like ever. You're just too funny not to read!
Posted by crystal | January 10, 2006 2:06 PM
I don't know if I have ever left a comment, but I found you through Fluid Pudding and I link to your hubby and love his blog as well. The two of you were even listed in my favorite blog couples!
Posted by Krista | January 10, 2006 2:44 PM
Because I like your humor. :0)
Posted by Robyn | January 10, 2006 3:00 PM
Reporting for delurking duty, Cap'n! (Then scurrying away like the shy, shy little 'fraidy cat I am.)
Posted by Reé | January 10, 2006 3:11 PM
CAN'T keep eyes off cute baby photos! Like both of the adults too.
Happy DeLurking day!
Posted by lorelei | January 10, 2006 4:47 PM
Hi! Great blog, I stop by every now and then to catch up. Love the baby photos!
Posted by Sarah | January 10, 2006 5:00 PM
HI! I don't comment as much as I used to, but I still lerve you, Mia, and the blog. Chris isn't too bad either.
Posted by Ms.Q | January 10, 2006 5:07 PM
I've been reading for a long time. Mia is just gorgeous!
Posted by Jessica | January 10, 2006 5:08 PM
The trap is sprung! Curse you, vile Delurking Week! How can I resist your dog ownership-threatening charms? Well, it's been a few months since I Googled "whee bored what to do" (or something along those lines) and, miraculously, came up with this charming fish-bedecked page, at an entry called "Whee... ennui". Now, I'm a big fan of the word ennui, and all such other such semantic deliciousness (zeitgeist, portmanteau, semantic even), so I decided to browse for a few minutes. Hours later, I admitted to myself that I was hooked, and to the Firefox hotbar you went.
Posted by Gavin | January 10, 2006 5:14 PM
Hi. I'm no lurker! :o) Happy De-Lurking Week.
Posted by Milly | January 10, 2006 5:22 PM
De-lurking to say hello, love your site, and Mia is ADORABLE!
Posted by Wendi | January 10, 2006 5:29 PM
Can you delurk if you don't lurk? Cos I never keep my thoughts to myself... :)
Posted by alektra | January 10, 2006 5:44 PM
I'm delurking and a loyal reader (I read RudeCactus too), and now I want to read the new post.
Posted by JJ | January 10, 2006 5:58 PM
i havn't posted in a long while, but still read.
Posted by Jessica | January 10, 2006 6:11 PM
De-lurking to say hi. Hi.
Posted by Meredith | January 10, 2006 6:16 PM
Not a lurker! Hello Beth! I love your blog. In fact, I loved it so much I started my own!
Posted by catbird | January 10, 2006 7:25 PM
i dont lurk, i visit and comment often.
Posted by lizabetty | January 10, 2006 8:13 PM
Delurking to say Hi! I also want you to know I love your site and reading about your Mommy adventures!
Posted by Amy | January 10, 2006 9:34 PM
I'm officially de-lurking. I seem to come late to your posts, and there are always so many comments that I feel like I'll get lost in the masses. But even though I'm way at the back of the pack, I'll say hello. Hello, Beth!
Posted by Mary | January 10, 2006 9:56 PM
count me as officially de-lurked
Posted by Carla | January 10, 2006 10:29 PM
you dont like dogs!?!?!
well hell i wont be coming back!!!
just kidding ;o)
i like to swing by and get a giggle.
Posted by Bella | January 11, 2006 1:34 AM
Lurker de-lurking! Can I go back to lurking now please?
Posted by Jeni | January 11, 2006 3:36 AM
Me too. this is the first time I've come by. CynicalDad linked you up. I'm so jealous. I get about 2 comments a week. Those are from a girl I went to high-school with. No one ever de-lurks at my place. Oh well.
Posted by ktjrdn | January 11, 2006 9:00 AM
Happy Delurking Week! :)
Posted by 'loon | January 11, 2006 10:09 AM
I'm not exactly a lurker - almost all of your posts I can relate to and I unconsciously find my fingers typing away a response. Keep up the great blogging Beth!
Posted by Marie | January 11, 2006 11:28 AM
Delurking here. Beth, I enjoy reading your blog!
Posted by Inga | January 11, 2006 11:46 AM
Consider me delurked.
Posted by Melissa | January 11, 2006 12:02 PM
This isn't my first time commenting here, but I haven't done it too many times. I figure there are so many comments anyway that I don't really need to comment, I'm sure someone else has already said what I was going to say. :) But I will today in honor of de-lurking week, and to protect my dog...oh wait I don't have a dog....
Posted by Emily | January 11, 2006 12:19 PM
A slightly belated Happy Delurking Day!
I've been lurking since I stumbled upon your blog sometime late last year.
Thank you for making me laugh my arse off with your Chap Stick confession, I too share your affliction.
There. Delurked.
Posted by Beso | January 11, 2006 1:17 PM
I'm not so much a lurker but I'll do it anyway. Hi!
Posted by DeAnn | January 12, 2006 2:19 AM
I too am de-lurking to share my chap stick addiction with you & your adorable babe. Thanks for the giggles.
Posted by Laura | January 12, 2006 6:44 PM
*emerges from bush, waves and vanishes once more*
Posted by Ara | January 12, 2006 7:05 PM
Well I post sometimes, so I am not actually a lurker, but here ya go anyway.
Posted by K. | January 13, 2006 9:12 PM
Have only just come across your website in the past couple of days and am currently enjoying reading your archives.
Posted by Artful Kisser | January 14, 2006 9:26 PM