Let’s not talk about last night

From 7 to 1:45, you would not have liked me very much.  Chico and I did not like each other very much.  In the middle of the night last night, I called my 1-month old son a dumbass and told him to shut up because all he wanted to do was nurse.
This is one of [...]

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7 things meme

I used to manage an adult video store.
Until I met C, I was mostly a slob.  Now I freak out in messes.
  Growing up, my family had an Old English Sheepdog who shat in a bucket.
When I was 3, my aunt and her friend made up a game called ‘Earthquake’ wherein a Fisher Price house [...]

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And So Xmas Shopping Commences

I took the Buy Handmade pledge yesterday, so it was only fitting that for my first official holiday purchase of the year, I gave in to peer pressure and placed a Creative Wanderings order. In doing so, I actually managed to find something for my impossible-to-shop-for SIL (who also has the most incredible knack [...]

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Taking Reuse a Little Too Far

This morning my firstborn stood in the bedroom, sobbing.  ‘But Mommy, I want to keeeeeeep it!  There’s things I want and things I want to keep and it isn’t fair…’
What it, you ask?
A banana peel.  It’s now in an old take-out container on the counter.  I don’t know what I’m going to do if she [...]

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I Miss Milk

So it appears that Chico may be having some gassy issues when I consume dairy products.  It may be coincidence, but after last night, I’m taking a break from the milk and cheese.  That’s right, the bulk of my diet.
What do people eat instead of cheese?
I kid.  Sort of.
C turned off the heaters in the [...]

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I forgot to buy nothing on Buy Nothing Day

After Thanksgiving and the trial run of cloth diapers away from home, I realized I was ready to commit to prefolds.  They really work the best, and while not the cutest, def. the most practical.  I also realized (as I left the mini wet bag full of TC on the back of the bathroom door) [...]

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Lucy, novelist

She is writing her first book.  It is called…
wait for it…
10 Trd Turkeys.  Trd is pronounced ‘turd.’  She says it means ’silly.’
You can’t make this shit up.
Happy Thanksgiving!  May your turkeys be free of turds.

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Slowly returning to normal

In the past few days I’ve been able to:

shower
vacuum (ok, dustbust)
get caught up on wash enough to hang a few loads to dry
 eat meals in addition to snacks
go to a store to buy a baby gift
change the cat litter
watch Lucy do a craft project and homework on the same day
stay awake through an entire DVD.

These [...]

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Look! Cute kids!

Halloweenie goodness!

My cat is bigger than my kid.

Sibling love, first thing in the morning.
Ain’t they cute?
Last night we had our first diaper blowout.  There was poop from stem to stern, and by ’stern’ I mean between toes and in the behind-the-knee folds.  As my grandmother said, ‘Aw, so he was a little hotdog covered in [...]

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Running Out Of Time

It’s now official, eleventy times over.  Let’s all pretend like the naysaying and doubting hasn’t happened, and figure out how the hell to move forward.  Because one decade for drastic reductions on a national/political level?  Not that damn long.  And the time for the rest of us to get our heads out of our collective [...]

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