Early November craft chat

Yea 30 pages is good

I'm having candy.  So I'd say pizza is downright healthy compared to this lunch/breakfast.  :D 

Zeke was up at 6:00 this morning (well, it would've been 7:00 if not for the time change). It figures. The one morning I can actually sleep in because the big kids are gone, he is up early. And I was up way too late (early? 2:00 am) watching The Umbilical Brothers on YouTube (they are the guys that do the Upside Down Show on NickJr).

I think I'd like to try making some mama cloth and nursing pads for myself with PUL or microfleece backing, and also try using FOE to bind the edges of fleece items like sleeves, armholes, necklines, cuffs, etc.  Any thoughts on doing this? I don't have any FOE or PUL yet but it might be the next crafty purchase/foray.  Gotta love crafty ADD.  :P

Kim: What is Emerald? I know you've said before, but I can't remember . You know, now every time I just my DPNs I'm going to hear "You'll poke your eye out!" Thanks a lot. Sorry the girls were being like that last night. It wasn't a full moon, was it? Glad they got the message though, and straightened up this morning.

Okay, Emma is sleeping for now, and Zeke is sort of quiet, so I'm going to see if I can catch a quick nap on the couch.

Hi! I had trader Joe's maple but clusters and milk for breakfast. Now I am hungry!

Kim, is that a Native American site?  I read the entire People of the Wolf series, and there are 1 or 2 books about people who built and lived on the mounds.  They are some great historical fiction.  I don't use mama cloth, but don't really use sposie pads either.  But I'm going to need some post-partum stuff, and since I absolutely hated wearing sposie stuff the last two times, I'm considering it.  It does still seem a bit foreign to me though.

Beth, sorry about the early rising.  I wasn't counting on late Halloween doing us any favors w/ daylight savings, but at least G and D woke up after 6:30 (new time).

gps, I've always wanted to live near a Trader Joe's.  My sister lived in Brookline for a year, and I got to go to one near there when I visited her (or was it Whole Foods?).  I never got to do any stock-up shopping though.  There's a decent HFS here, and at least it has good sales.

SM, I got a decent price on a full roll of black FOE from FOEyourdiapers on HC, so I've used it to bind fleece and it works pretty well.  I also used it for some nylon bibs for D.  Sometimes I love working with it, and other times its a PITB, but still very handy.  As for PUL, Kidsinthegarden.com is pretty reputable, and if you join the yahoo coop, you can get a discount on the smaller  quantities from the store.

I just did a marathon haircutting session and am wiped out.  Sometimes it feels like trying to aim at a moving target when you cut LOs hair!  Then, it starts to fall on their skin and they get itchy and cranky.  But, it's done now, all 3 of my guys are looking more clean-cut, and mama didn't make any big errors, phew!  DH loves that I do it, because it's "free".  I may not be good at cleaning the house, but at least I have some other random useful skills.

Kim: Emerald Mound does look like a very peaceful place (I Googled it ). It's so great that you guys have a place where you can go to relax and refresh. Is that where you guys do your family pictures? How are the girls behaving for you today?

That's so funny that you googled it, Beth. I didn't post the links because the pics have trees on them and I don't know anyone who remembers trees on the mound...not even my uncle who introduced me to the place and carved my staff. Those pics are a little weird to me and almost not the same place? If you've seen the easter pics with Jasmine as a pup, that's where we go for them. It's the only time of the year we go when the sun is out.

It's a NA site, yes. When the LOs get a little older I'm hoping to take a couple of weeks and take them to the various mound systems that are still undisturbed. I missed chances to see a couple when we were travelling construction and I regret it. Unfortunately the history of the place is a bit hit or miss...

Where is everybody?

I haven't done anything crafty...just hung out with my mom and watched football.

I need to do the sprint idea...that would probably help a lot around here as I have a short attention span.

I tried flylady but got overwhelmed by all the email...

The 15 minute thing is the only way our house gets cleaned.  I upped it to 20 minutes since that works better for me, but same concept... :D 

Originally posted by momma_jag SM, it's taking all the restraint I have in the world not to comment on your hooha issues in inappropriate ways....

  it doesn't seem really appropriate crafty chat, but believe me it seems pretty crafty to be solving hooha issues with food items!!!

  SM!  I can relate to the nasty taste.  I think one of the reasons why I'm so bulky during nursing is that I'm finally free of the nasty taste in my mouth.  I remember being in the hospital just after I'd delivered and feeling like even their nasty food was super delish!  Hope all the issues get solved sooner rather than later.

Second sprint got interrupted by a poopy dipe.  But, I went back, did another 15min., and am on break again.  I really have to force myself to clean one area at a time otherwise I start chasing my tail around the kitchen and not getting anything done.  Next up is emptying the dishwasher, then my final challenge is the cluttered counter from h$ll.  That has all the dirty dishes, but I did get rid of all the dirty kitchen cloth at least.  Yeah, flylady was overwhelming for me too.  IDK if I'll ever have enough discipline to have an orderly house.