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5 things you may want to know (but may not yet know that you want to know)

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UPDATED SEPT. 15, 2012

1. Have you heard of Lush? I was introduced to Lush by a fellow Soldier when I was working for the Army Reserve in Orlando (great city for shopping, by the way). It’s a very, very addictive store. They make “effective products from fresh, organic* fruit and vegetables, the finest essential oils and safe synthetics.” They’re not cheap, but their products are amazing and well worth it. If you’re not fortunate enough to live near one of their locations, you can visit them and buy online. Some of my favorites:

They have awesome wrapped gift packages that are great for birthdays or other special occasions.

2. Cloth diaper co-ops are a great way to save money when buying diapers. The co-op leader will purchase a large number of diapers for a cheaper wholesale price. You’ll have to pay for shipping and a co-op fee on the diaper(s), but you’ll still come off saving money compared to buying one or two diapers on your own for the full retail price.

There are other times when a co-op is great, as well. For example, Glow Bug Diapers are very popular right now, but they only sell their diapers in packs of 12. What if you just want one? Many co-ops right now are purchasing multiple packs of Glow Bug Diapers and splitting them up, allowing co-op members to buy just one or two individual diapers.

Interested? Leave me a message below this post, and I’ll send you the names of a couple different co-ops on Facebook.

3. Have you checked out the prizes offered on this blog during the Green Family Giveaway blog hop? More than 30 blogs will be having giveaways, so you’ll have a lot of opportunities to win great family-friendly or “green” prizes. The grand prize will be a full stash of Glow Bug Cloth Diapers! Not into cloth diapers? That’s cool! Don’t enter the grand prize giveaway. With so many blogs involved, you’re sure to find something you like!

4. The Fresh Kitchen is a great blog for moms like me that don’t find that cooking comes easily. Her motto is “fresh, seasonal, approachable home cooking.” She takes ingredients I’d never think to use and shows how to easily make meals that impress my husband (you won’t find processed food on this blog!).

5. Have you heard of My Fitness Pal? It’s online, or you can download it onto your phone as an app (that’s what I did). It helps you keep track of your workouts, your water intake, your weight, and it works as a calorie counter. You can also connect with friends on it to hold each other accountable. I’ve only been using it a couple of days, so I’ll wait a week or two before I do a full review. So far, I love it. I was a little depressed when I realized how big my portions are for all my meals. I’m going to be hungry all the time for a while until my appetite shrinks.

*****I can’t believe I originally wrote the above paragraph with “weight” instead of “wait”! Ack! Mommy brain!*****

Annnnnnd that’s it for today! I kept busy with my sewing projects, diaper laundry, and kitchen cleaning. I made a fitted diaper out of a prefold, and I’ll share the results in a post once I’ve had the chance to test it on my son.

TTFN

 

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Making friends with my seam ripper

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Today I really cracked down on my table-cloth/place mat sewing project. It was going well until I sewed the wrong sides together on place mats. Twice! I did this twice! It took me about 20 minutes each time to rip the seams out. Oh well…

Then I decided to start sewing project #2: turning a prefold diaper into a fitted diaper. I sewed the elastic in, and let’s just say that was also a fail. More time with my handy dandy seam ripper tool.


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Fail Funny Pictures | Friendster Layouts What did I do successfully today? Uhm…I didn’t burn dinner. We had tuna melts, so it definitely wasn’t rocket science.

Oh! I did find out that I won a giveaway on another blog! So you see! It’s not impossible to win! I’m not a loser after all, hahah!

Also, I think one of the workers at the gym thinks I’m hitting on him. Did you ever accidentally make eye contact with someone too many times? Yup, that’s me. So awkward. You know, you’re walking by the desk, and you think the workers said something to you, so you look at them, only they’re not looking at you, but then they sense you’re looking at them, and they look at you looking at them, and it’s just really awkward? Yup, that’s me.

All right, well, I’m working on a few different blog posts at once, but none of them are ready to post tonight, so I’m keeping this short and sweet.

Don’t forget to enter the Hidden Treasure Candle giveaway and the Great Soft Bums giveaway. In just seven days, the Green Family giveaway blog hop starts. I’m super excited about that!

TTFN

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What DID I do today?

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Well, today was a busy day. Although, as usual, when I actually list what I completed, it doesn’t seem like that much. Do any other moms feel like this? Like you’re busy all day, but nothing really got done?

I did do the diaper laundry. For once, it was actually sunny all day, so I was able to save some electricity and dry the majority of the diapers outside. I love being able to sun dry the diapers. It’s great for disinfecting and whitening them.

Mr. Stinky Pants and I went to Hancock Fabrics to pick up a few items I needed for DIY projects. I ran out of thread for my table-cloth/place mat project. We also stopped at the grocery store and picked up a few things.

Oh, and Hubby came home for lunch, and I cooked for him. So I did get some stuff done…

And I bathed Mr. Stinky Pants! Okay, so there’s a few things on my list =D

I’ve been planning on baking cookies for my husband’s duty section on his ship, but I really suck at baking cookies. I know that sounds ridiculous; cookies are very easy to make. But my problem is I burn them. I always burn at least the first batch and usually the second. To skip some steps, today I bought one of those premade cookie batches in a tube. It’s the peanut butter kind, and I bought some Hersheys milk chocolate chips to go in them. So peanut butter chocolate chips for his coworkers. Here’s hoping I don’t burn ALL of them!

I have “Heathers” playing on Netflix right now. Can you believe I’ve never seen it before? Considering all the active shooter situations lately, you’d think this was a recent movie based on recent events. It’s labeled as a dark comedy, but I’m not really seeing the comic side.

Once I get the baby in bed (he’s napping near me in the swing right now…didn’t want me to leave him alone in bed), I’m going to work on cleaning up some more. I have some bins of teaching materials I need to go through and consolidate. Although I’m not teaching right now while Jeremiah’s a baby (and since we’re moving to Europe soon), I do plan on teaching again.

So that’s about it for today. Not very exciting. That’s my life. Not exciting. Not anymore.

 

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