tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79158942291558723232024-11-05T21:04:18.628-06:00I'm a stay-at-home-mom. You probably think thats everything you need to know about me.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09998224646431043368noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7915894229155872323.post-21699324130974127752012-09-10T20:58:00.001-05:002012-09-10T21:07:18.971-05:00

We still have to finish painting the cupboards, the hinges to the cupboards, the doors to the cupboards, and all of the trim, and we still need to hang one more piece of pegboard over the sink to hang the dish drainer and pasta strainer on, but most of the kitchen is done and since I am super, duper excited about it, I can't wait to show what we've been doing! In case you forgot, this is what

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Mr. Rogers was an ordained minister, and that is something that inspired his career a lot.  I've read most of his books and most of the books written about him because he is a great hero of mine. In one of his books he talks about his training learning to be a minister.  He and a friend had drove several hours to see a very renowned and famous minister give a sermon.  When he

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After tons and tons of planning and talking and goal setting, the kitchen is actually becoming a reality. It got a major jump start one night at Menards.  We were looking at hardware, backsplash, and paint ideas whe we saw the mistint section.  They had a green mistint, two gallons of it, for $5 each. We had already decided that green was the color we wanted our walls, and I figured

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As many of you know, my neighbors have nicely asked me to keep our cats inside.  This is a really big challenge because before we got our cats they were indoor/outdoor cats, and based on their behaviors since we've adopted them I am guessing they were mostly outdoor cats.  They are very motivated to go outside, much more motivated than I am to bother to keep them in.  And they are

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OMG BETTY LOOKS HUGE!  I don't believe in judging women for their looks, but thats all she's got going for her!

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Poor Ceci is teething.  This means she is in pain, cries a lot, and wants to be held constantly.  You can imagine what my house looks like.

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Since Jason works from home, all day long her chases me around bugging me to rub his head and scratch his back.  Which I refuse to do because I don't like to encourage begging.  But once he falls asleep I rub his head and scratch his back for awhile.

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The Storage Our kitchen is a busy place and some days I am in it from the time we get up until the time we got to bed, leaving only to change diapers and use the bathroom. So, getting this room organized well was a top priority when we moved in since it affects my life more than any other part of the house. Even though our kitchen is a pretty good size, the space was not being used very

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Jason and I needed to decide on a color scheme for our kitchen.  It had to match our black appliances, black countertop, and red stand mixer and blender. I Picture of a kitchen we saw while house hunting and loved.  This was our inspiration. What this picture doesn't show is the super cute formica table they used to stage the house.   So, using this as a jumping off

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When I am busy and can't hold the baby, but she wants to be held she crawls across the floor muttering, "Mom, mom, mom," but I know she is plotting to put me in the worst nursing home she can find.

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http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2012/03/how_do_i_stop_myself_from_meddling_in_my_daughter_s_schoolyard_problems_.html I read this article and I really liked it.  I love a lot of Slate's articles, but this one drew several, opposite, reactions from me and I like how it made me think and question how I feel about this topic. I am a socially awkward person.  I am much

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As many of you know, my AWESOME husband got me a Kitchenaid Stand Mixer for my birthday.  Unfortunately, we tore our kitchen apart to paint and then the baby got the flu in the middle of that, so I have not had as many chances to break in that bad boy as I had hoped. However, today everyone was healthy and the windows were open, so I grabbed my chance and decided to make the Double

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There is this brand that makes baby stuff.  They have Tiny Tummies, which are gas drops for babies.  They have Tiny Noses which is a saline nose spray for babies.  So when they makes stuff for cradle cap, why don't they call it Tiny Scales?  Its called Little Remedies Cradle Cap Lotion, but I would much rather buy Tiny Scales Lotions.

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After using my friends super amazing bidet toilet seat, I definitely want one! However, they are really all over the place in price. I've seen $5 bottles labeled as portable bidets, $30 hose attachments, $130-$1000 bidet toilet seats and several thousand dollar bidet fixtures. What have you used? What works? What doesn't work? I love the incentive of saving money on toilet paper and feeling

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When we bought our dream house last July, we talked about doing lots of things with the house--eventually.    We  are now getting to a point where we are mostly unpacked, and doing something small around the house is a possibility. Jason used to be a professional painter, so I know he has been itching to repaint the very-amateurish paint job the previous owners did all over the

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I am having a really tough time these days deciding where I can do the most meaningful work in my life.  On one side, I believe nothing is more important than raising my kid(s) well, but on the other side, if I used those same skills outside of the house, I might impact many lives in a positive way. I believe that the apparent state of anomie we live in can be traced to the fact that most

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Because of my love of Tina Fey and her alter ego Liz Lemon, I bought her recent book Bossypants.  In it, I found a best friend.  Someone who I look up to, trust, relate to, and enjoy seeing the mirror of myself in and the windows into someone else's viewpoints.  Tina Fey is my best friend in the Barnes and Noble bathroom. The part of the book that took Fey from "feminist I admire

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Williams-Sonoma pop-up sponges. Here Come the 123s, Here Come the ABCs, and Here Comes the Science by They Might Be Giants Anything made by Swiffer

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