Oh Happy Day is awesome. Oh Happy Day just got like 10x more awesome, as I begin to completely believe that I'm going to win a trip to Paris. Wasn't I just saying how I want to go back to Paris, like asap?? Okay, I don't think I actually posted about that here, but it happened. Anyway: Read more... )

Okay I realize people have busy lives but HELLO, 3 SEPARATE PEOPLE THAT I'VE SENT IMPORTANT EMAILS TO IN THE PAST WEEK, it would take you 5 freaking minutes to respond to me and reduce my stress level by like 60%. I mean, if I don't think I'm going to have time to respond to something extensive (which these email questions are NOT) I at least ( Read more... )

Mayah is going through some kind of massive growth spurt - tonight at dinner she at an entire chicken leg AND an entire chicken thigh, plus peas, PLUS a whole (BIG!) garlic breadstick. She also ate oatmeal pancakes with fruit preserves for breakfast (the fact that she ate breakfast at all is significant) and mashed potatoes and mixed veggies and a ( Read more... )

Just found out that for some reason we're getting $1300 back from state taxes. Baaaallerrrrr. We're not going to actually do anything with it, just save it away, but I like to assign future value to things, like the fact that it could pay for most of our homebirth in a couple years, or buy us enough locally raised grass-fed meat for a year if we ( Read more... )

So I finally got Chris to sit down and take the two Meyer-Briggs personality type tests that I recommended. I really like the Meyer-Briggs types and I've learned a lot about myself from examining my personality type, so I'm hoping that Chris reading about his type will help us communicate better and work as a team more efficiently ( Read more... )

I've been a bit absent from LJ lately since my anxiety is a little crazy right now and I can't seem to get sucked into LJ without getting worked up about something (Not you guys! Communities and whatnot. I don't even read the drama ones, just the normal ones have been setting me off!) I've been hanging out at GCM instead where things are a bit ( Read more... )

So I thought it would be ~fun~ for me and Mayah to take the bus somewhere today, seeing as a) the bus stops RIGHT in front of our house and we've never used it before and b) the exorbitant prices of gas in CT are currently making it so the bus fare for most trips is cheaper than the gas it would take to get there. Go figure ( Read more... )

Alright, here it is, the first fully Dairy-Free Meal Plan! Three of the recipes do include cheese, however we are trying out the Daiya Vegan Cheese this month, so those recipes will use that. Otherwise we substitute rice milk for cows' milk and non-hydrogenated margarine for butter. No other dairy products that can't be substituted. Week 1 ( Read more... )

So Mayah knows every part of her face and several other body parts, and I had pretty much no idea until today. She'll accurately point to her nose, eyes, ears, hair, belly, fingers, and feet when asked, as well as other peoples' facial features. I was so shocked today when I asked her "Where are your eyes?", intending on SHOWING her where her ( Read more... )

I cannot believe there was legitimately an argument in P101 today about whether Lunchables are nutritional. THEY'RE MOTHERFUCKING LUNCHABLES, are you kidding me? "You're a judgey bitch for telling me my kid shouldn't eat something that contains 'cheese product' and has half their daily recommended sodium intake." I don't know whether to be ( Read more... )