These posts are mostly from the years of 2007-2009 when Nick and I were preparing and moved to Boston and then eventually left Beantown to move to Cleveland.

• Summer Hits
• Dusting Off an Old Clip and Some Photos…
• A Note from Isaiah
• Nick’s Reflection
• It’s Not Just My Imagination
• In Memory
• Tears Behind the Wheel
• Growth off the Charts
• Sunday Weigh-In: Round 6
• Isaiah 4 months
• Sunday Weigh-In: Round 5
• Recovery
• All the Superhero I Need
• Isaiah’s First Easter
• Off to Russia
• Isaiah – 3 and a Half Months
• Sunday Weigh-In: Round 4
• Happy Easter
• My Little Super Hero, Part 2
• My Little Super Hero
• My Good Friday Homily
• Isaiah’s First Spring
• Isaiah 14 weeks
• And It Went PING!
• Sunday Weigh-In: Round 3
• The Evolution of the Grandson
• Sweet Sixteen Ready
• A Near Apologetic Letter
• Sunday Weigh-In: Round 2
• The Difference Between Baseball Players and Isaiah
• Spring and Baseball
• Happy St. Patty’s!
• Week 12
• Sunday Weigh-In
• Bath Time!
• Control
• It’s On…It’s SO On
• The Irony
• Birthdays
• Isaiah 9 Weeks
• Isaiah and Love
• Gluttony, Maybe
• Isaiah – 8 Weeks, 2 Days on Mardi Gras
• My Funny 8 Week Old Valentine
• Almost 8 Weeks Old
• Who Doesn’t Love a 4am Wake-up Call?
• Pic of the Week
• Isaiah – Almost 7 Weeks
• Isaiah – 6 Weeks & 2 Days
• Growing
• Gaining His Wings
• Week 4 and Baptism
• Show Me That Smile
• 1 Month Birthday
• Quote
• Milestones Recorded
• Pictures of Beginning Week 3
• The Week in Pictures
• Isaiah – 2 Weeks
• Some Updates
• Fragments of Birth: PART I
• ROSE BOWL READY
• First Nine Days
• The Gift
• In Loving Memory
• Let It Begin
• The Last Weeks of Pregnancy
• Thanksgiving 2009
• Isaiah’s Rosebowl Outfit is Ready
• Crib Talk
• Barn-ilicious
• Word of the Week: SCARCE
• Positive News
• The Shot Heard Around Shaker Heights
• Cleveland Tea Party
• The New Schedule
• Germaphobe
• Letter #3
• The View Going Downhill
• UTNE Magazine Gets it Right Again: 50 Visionaries Who are Chaning Your World
• Last Trimester and Life Insurance
• October Showers
• Short but Painful Story
• An Impending Change
• UPDATE!
• Baby Grand
• HALLEJUAH!!!
• Letter #2
• Letter # 1 – About 3 Months to Go
• Baby Grand, Baby Isaiah, and the Headache that Won’t Go Away
• Diffusing the Anger
• Sunday Blues
• The Weird Reasons
• Two Questions during Pregnancy
• Conversation
• The Uneventful Parts of Pregnancy
• A Year Ago
• Observation
• GEDs and LBJ Sighting
• Week 20
• Isaiah Factora Borchers
• Conversation This Morning
• Summer Storm
• August, I Love You
• Yank the Umbilical Cord When You Need Something
• Our Summer in Pictures III
• Our Summer in Pictures II
• Our Summer in Pictures I
• Letter #9
• Charleston, Abby, and the Yellow Bug
• Brevity
• Mood Swings
• 4th of July Weekend Recap!
• So Much for a Quiet Pregnancy
• Wrap Yourself in a July Scarf
• The Soggy Pillow Drama Continues
• Missing Nick and Michael
• Oh, the Paranoia
• The Wedding Rules
• It’s 1994: Do You Know What the Internet Is?
• A Trip Back to 1994 With Tom Brokaw
• Already, It’s Getting Old
• Letter # 8
• Doctor’s Visit, Week 10.5
• Happy Summer is Here
• Update from the Three of Us
• June 4, 2005 – Happy 4th Anniversary, Nick!
• The Year is 2100
• It Will Feel All That You Feel
• This Pregnant Feminist Will Eat You Alive
• Is the World Ready?
• A Dip into the Valley of Darkness
• Get on the Train
• Like Father, Like Son
• "Is"
• Bet You Didn’t Know
• Wedding Season 2009
• A Letter for Joey
• Bet You Didn’t Know
• Me and My Pops
• Return of the Lion
• My How They Grow
• Nick is Gone, I am Trying to Busy Myself
• Short and Sweet
• Letter #9
• Bike Shop Talk
• Never Admit You Saw Something When You Didn’t
• Technological Advances
• Borchers Visit
• New Windows for Winter
• Ode to Nick
• Letter #8
• The Small Stuff
• Happy Easter!
• The Marinara Massacre and The Great White
• Happy 30th Birthday, Nick!
• Letter #7
• The Crisis of Credit Visualized
• Just Imagine This Scene
• Popcorn in Bed
• The Bliss that is Natural Light
• A Belated Thanks from the Birthday Gal
• Nick as Big Brother
• And Now I Shall Put the Answers
• The Ultimate Quiz
• Letter #6
• The Truth
• Late Night Out
• Friday the 13th
• A Walk in the Rain
• Why Ohio Gets to Keep Us: Reason #2 – The Weather (No Sarcasm)
• Thought for the Day: Winter Neighbor Edition
• Life Unfolding
• Letter #5
• Save A Weekend Date in Cleveland – 2/21/2009
• A Very Sporty January Weekend
• Older, Maybe Wiser
• The Best YouTube Video
• Self-Disclosure Day
• 2009 is MY Time
• Best Feminist Picks of 2008
• On the Road Again
• Merry Christmas!
• The Cookie Monster
• Letter #3
• This is Me on Drugs
• LBJ
• Letter #2
• Stroll Down Memory Lane
• Thank You, Chicago!
• The Christmas Problem
• Baby Lombardo-Ball aka Baby Lomball
• Nick’s Sick
• An Order, Not a Suggestion
• You are Your Stocking
• GO BUCKS
• Michigan Sucks
• The Path to Pregnancy
• Our Garbage Disposal
• The Holidays are A-Coming
• #1 Basically, The Shape
• The Best of Ohio
• Step Away
• Getting Ready for the Holidays
• With Your Mouth Open
• November Cleaning
• President Elect Barack Obama
• Letter #1
• Election Eve
• In the Fridge
• The Title Says It All
• Happy Halloween
• This Conversation is a Good Reminder…
• It’s So Not 2001
• What Brokers Look Like
• Dear Nick, Blame it on the Rain
• Chewing the Big Apple
• Think of voting as the least you can do
• And We’re Off
• Cincinnati, By the Way…
• The Pumpkin Patch
• Photographing Munchkins and Travel Plans
• Does NO ONE need a therapist anymore?
• My New OB/GYN is, I swear, Mrs. Potts
• Fork in my Life
• Taking the Good and the Bad: A Poetic Update
• She’s All Grown Up – Kelly Borchers to Kelly Norris
• Putting the "Big" in Big Fun: Part II
• Quick Video Before the Ceremony
• Big Fun Pictures
• Putting the "Big" in Big Fun: Part I
• The Cordonnier Tears
• Appreciating the Amish Life for 36 Hours
• Command…Or a Warning…Or a Suggestion
• "Just Don’t Wait Until Winter"
• The Adrenaline of Moving and Goodbye
• Now THAT Was an Intense Trip: Part II
• Now THAT was an Intense Trip: Part I
• 3 Down, 97 More to Go
• On our way to the movies…
• New Munchkins
• A HOUSE!
• Springing Forward
• Spring Time
• Reasons For Change
• Celebrating the Irish/Filipino Parts of Us
• Birthday Update
• Rewind: A Weekend Update
• Great News!
• Movie Review: Vantage Point
• Cheers
• Just for the Record
• Updates
• Hunter Mountain
• Our Competitive Sides
• Nick’s Going Deaf
• Bring on the Fire
• Anticipating the Impossible
• Boston Undies
• Repercussions
• Settling Again
• Home for Christmas
• Home for Christmas
• Kelly and Tim’s Engagement Slideshow
• Notes from Ohio
• Guess What Day These Pictures Are From
• Guess What Day These Pictures Are From
• Guess What Day These Pictures Are From
• Guess What Day These Pictures Are From
• Winter Arrives
• Santa’s Little Helpers
• God’s People, Just Not God’s Poet
• Pre-game Festivities
• Catching Up
• A Little Slideshow
• A Belated and Bad Greeting
• Family Visits Continue
• Two RDs for the Price of One
• How the Hyphen Happened
• "SOLE" Mates
• Seriously Football
• Goodbye to Summer
• Adjusting to Beantown
• In the Beginning…