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I’ve been teaching myself how to sew zippered pouches lately. Made of 100% recycled materials (besides the zippers and the interfacing), I am totally in love with making them, even though they’re a bit of a pain in the ass (I don’t enjoy sewing zippers, it turns out), I’m getting pretty good at making them [...]

Well, as you have noticed, I’ve changed the layout. I have been comfortable staying with old versions of WordPress (the software) and so I haven’t felt like changing the theme because they wouldn’t work properly, but then finally gave in and upgraded the software and wanted an updated theme that I could play around with [...]

Here’s something I don’t understand: people who don’t care about the environment. Now, I don’t expect everyone in the world to be a composting, recycling, cloth diapering, all-natural cleaning products, plastic-avoiding person (like I am), but the people who really, honestly don’t give a shit about doing ANYTHING? I don’t get you. How [...]

Ash had his first temper tantrum yesterday, the first of many, many more to come, I’m sure. He wanted to bring a glass of water that had been sitting on the bedside table onto the bed to play with, and I said no firmly and he threw himself onto the bed, face first and [...]

I called our local cable/internet/telephone provider today and got our cable cut off. I have hardly turned on the TV all summer and it just didn’t seem worth the extra expense now that my maternity leave is over and I’m left on my own to keep up with my bills and I hardly have [...]

Within a recent article about a child dying from Shaken Baby Syndrome, they list the following steps:
How to deal with crying
Steps to take if a baby is crying and you are getting flustered:
• Lay the baby on its back in its crib
• Put the crib rails up
• Leave the room
• Close the door
• Distract [...]

Dear Ash,
You’re 11 months old today! HOLY COW. This has been a crazy month, one where the focus was mostly on your father and I- who tied the knot. I’d been planning our wedding for about four months during your naps and when you go to bed for the night, and the day [...]

Warning: Preachy, judgmental post below.
One of my favorite mommybloggers recently wrote about her six-month old son still waking in the middle of the night (from what I can tell, he’s only waking once- at 3am). She wants him to stop waking up so that she can get a good night’s sleep. She’s a working [...]

The Day Before
Clive and I arrived at the cottage on Saturday, the day before the wedding, where we set up as much as we could. The chairs and tables and snow kone machine were delivered on time, and we unloaded several carloads of food and supplies. I was lucky to have massive help from our [...]