that I get sad/annoyed when other people don’t post stuff on their blogs. I mean I love to read other people’s stuff and see updates on their lives, but yet I don’t put anything on my own blog. I guess I just assume that no one is reading this anyway. Oh the double standard =]
I heard a great quote from a friend today, about parenting. She was told to “find your parenting style and then find books that support it”, not the other way around.
How true! I find that I feel better about myself as a parent when I read something that promotes what I am already doing. Conversly I feel like a failure or like I must be doing something wrong when I read books that go against what I do, but are widely accepted as “good parenting” books.
I was talking to another mommy recently and we got on the subject of parenting and lifestyle choices. She said she wasn’t totally granola – meaning that she didn’t choose to all the slightly out there parenting things (i.e. cloth diapers, extended nursing, organic foods, not vaccinating etc).
I would take that analogy one step further and say that I am not granola or Gucci (Gucci representing main stream parenting ideas – i.e. cry it out, cribs, schedules etc). I guess that makes me Granucci. I choose some things that are not considered “main stream”, but am not willing to go to far the other way either.
I also tell people I have a bipolar diet. I buy organic fruits and veggies, but every once in a while you just need an oreo cookie!
that when I finally get the oppertunity to sit down an write something on this blog I can’t remember any of the things I want to write about.
I can lie in bed at night and think of great content to post and even write it out in my head what to say, but when I finally get Chanler to sleep long enough that I can get to the computer – I am blank . . . argh
Although it is off by a bit, but then I have always liked to act older then I really am
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Chanler just keeps growing. One day he is this tiny little baby (relativly speaking) and almost the next he is crawling, standing, etc. I guess seeing him so much I lose sight, but every once in a while it all catches up to me. What got me thinking about this was two bottom teeth. I mean he has never had teeth and (hopefully) will never not have teeth again. Chanler is growing up – he will not be my “little” boy forever.
So we finally found a condo and are in the process of purchasing it.
I am sure I don’t need to tell anyone what a pain it is to find and afford real estate in California – it is just Painful!
Anyway we close in one week and we move in 2. So our house is half packed and not babyprooft at all. It is getting increasing tiring to try to keep Chanler out of everything!
At this point I just want to move and be done with it. I am excited about being in the new place (we bought all new kitchen appliances a few weeks ago and I can’t wait to use them) and I don’t want to deal with all my stuff in boxes all over the house any more. You really don’t realize HOW MUCH stuff you have until you have to pack and move it all!
ARGH 2 more weeks.
So we have been “house hunting” for the past two weekends – What a Pain! I am so tired of it and each time it is completly depressing, because of what we can/can’t afford.
It is very emotionally consuming to try to picture my stuff in a space and what I would want to do to it, only to find out the it was sold to someone else. I am just tired – and we haven’t even started packing – Joy
Not to mention that you have to bid over the asking price in almost every case – asking price – what a joke.
Living in California is crazy most if not all of the time!
I think we are coming out of the woods . . . the “no dairy” woods that is. We have been giving Chanler acidopholis for 2 weeks now and boy has it made a difference. I have been adding back dairy little by little and I got all the up to a glass of milk today! Yippee
1. Put both lids of the toilet up and add 1/8 cup of pet shampoo to the water in the bowl.
2. Pick up the cat and soothe him while you carry him towards the bathroom.
3. In one smooth movement, put the cat in the toilet and close both lids. You may need to stand on the lid.
4. The cat will self agitate and make ample suds. Never mind the noises that come from the toilet, the cat is actually enjoying this.
5. Flush the toilet three or four times. This provides a “power-wash” and rinse”.
6. Have someone open the front door of your home. Be sure that there are no people between the bathroom and the front door.
7. Stand behind the toilet as far as you can, and quickly lift both lids.
8. The cat will rocket out of the toilet, streak through the bathroom, and run outside where he will dry himself off.
9. Both the commode and the cat will be sparkling clean.