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Does anyone have any good sugestions for me on Glass Beads?  Not just any glass beads, but I know some of you on my flist will know what I'm talking about and have seen them before.  I know I have, I just can't remember where.  I'm looking for a glass pendant of a mom with her babies or a pregnant mama or a nursing mama.  You know what I'm talking about right?  They are colorful little "mama earthy" type glass pendants.  Please tell me somebody knows what I'm talking about and can recommend a good etsy or hyena cart shop.

Bode was supposed to have speech therapy this morning.  Miss Mindy comes every Wed at 8 am, but she called this morning about 10 minutes to 8 and said she wasn't feeling well and that she'd have to cancel their appt.  Kinda weird that they can just call you up just before and cancel like that, but then again I guess if you're sick you're sick and I don't want her getting Bode sick and it would be weird to send a stranger as a sub for a 2 yr old. 

Holy Shit....I almost have a 2 year old.  I can't believe it.  How do they grow so fast?  It's seriously amazing to watch. 

Oh, Bode has lately been singing and babbling "be-dop, dop-be, bap". He's been doing it for the last week and it's like he thinks it's a real song or something.  So cute and hilarious. 

Also his new favorite word is "this".  He walks around saying, "this, n dis, n dis, n dis" It's really funny.  I know he got it from me too.  When I'm getting things ready, I tend to talk (or narrate for him mostly) what I'm doing and a lot of times I say things like, "We need this and this and this."  I think he knows how to appropriately use the word though, cause he will specifically point to things and say "this" or if I ask him a question for him to make a choice, he'll pick, point and say "this".

Oh and Dan got a new Floatilla for us.  We got the original floatilla 2 years ago and would bring it whenver we went camping.  That thing iwas awesome.  Well his first trip out to the Lake this year with the guys they had it up on the shore and the wind caught it and took it away.  So yesterday he got a new floatilla .  It's not quite as nice as the first one but it should still be fun.  I can't wait to take it to 1000 Islands with us.  Hopefully we'll get some nice days and we can take Bode out on it too.

This morning Dan called me to ask if he should give Bode a nap.  I said yes of course.  He woke up at his usual time (7am) and I wanted him to get a nap in before going to Miss Sharon's house so that I could be sure he'd at least have a little nap time in for the day. 

Well, duh I really did not think that one through at all.  Because Dan got Bode down at 11am and we woke him up at 12:15 then he nursed for 5 minutes, ate the world's fastest lunch and Dan took him over to Miss Sharon's, where she has a designated nap time of 1pm.  Uh, ya I definitely did not think that one through.

jespere !

I forgot to mention this in my last post about the land.  We were all sitting looking out at the sun setting over the water while were there.  Bode was sitting in my lap and we were telling him about the sunset.  We made a few comments like, "Goodbye Mr. Sunshine"  "See you again tomorrow Mr. Sun" and Bode just started crying about it.  Every time we said, "oh look how much the sun's gone down now" or "just a sliver left" he'd get even more sad and he was even crying about it. It was quite cute.   He stopped after I explained that it was gonna come again and we'd see the sunshine tomorrow.  I've noticed him getting sad a number of times when I say "Goodbye" or "Goodnight" to/about something. 

Tonight is LLL- yeah.  I missed it last month when we were in FL

BOO HOO- Dan recently informed me that he will be at the Phish show- golf tourney at Beth Page Black-LI for Father's Day.

Last night Danny had to work late and when I was getting Bode ready for bed he signed Daddy twice, like he was saying, "where is he mom?"

Last weekend on Sat. I made a PB&J for Bode and he had some sort of an allergic reaction to what I'm guessing was the Peanut butter.  I know he's been fine with the bread and the jam- so that's all it could've been.  His eyes started getting welts (white puffy spots) and he started voraciously scratching his eyes and then his neck and upper chest.  He was breathing fine that goodness.  I calledkimbalynne to ask her what he allergist said to give Charlie if he has an attack.  She recommended Baby Benadryl called Perfect Dose.  Dan ran out and got it and we gave half a "perfect" dose to Bode and within minutes it calmed down.  Within 2 hours you could barely tell anything even happened to him.

Yesterday Bode had a Dr. appt to get his missing Mumps vaccine.  Yes the Dr. did find one for us, thank goodness.  Cause that would've sucked to have to choose between no mumps vax or getting the other 2 twice.  Dan mentioned the allergic reaction to the peanut butter and our dr. just said it was very common at his age and with peanuts.  She gave us a referal for an allergist, but I don't think I'll follow through with it. I'm just not gonna be giving him peanuts or peanutbutter anytime soon.

Oh and tomorrow, I'm getting my hair cut tomorrow.  I'm nervous about how Bode will react.  My mom and MIL both said that when us kids were little and they had a big change in their hair styles we all freaked out and cried. :(  I've been telling Bode and explaining that I'm gonna have it cut and I showed him an old picture of me from when my hair was a little somewhat short.  I'm hoping this helps him.

 

FYI- his new album, Together Through Life, is wonderful!

Are you an initiator in your relationships/friendships?  Or are you just someone who stands by waiting for someone else to call you or make plans?

I think I play both sides.  I never used to be an initiator or much of a planner for that matter, however Dan is the complete opposite and he has seemed to rub off on me.  Now I call, email and make arrangements with many of my friends.  I'm often the initiator.

I have what I consider a lot of friends IRL and yet very few of them actually initiate get togethers or plans.  In fact I would say that only a small handful call me on any regular basis and then another small handful kind of alternate on and off and then there are a few others that the only time I even see them is when something has been orchestrated by our husbands.

Is that just the way some people are or is it that they're not really as good of friends as I think they are?  

I was thinking about this because my friend Jessie from previous posts,  she's one of those people who never initiate.  She always returns my calls but never initiated and I told her that was part of what I considered our problem.  I felt like it was getting to be a very one sided relationship, yes she'd return my calls if she missed me.  Yet she would never call me up on her own.  When I talked to her about this, she said that's just how she is.  She admitted that she only even talks to her mom and her 2 sisters like once or twice a month. 

Are some people just born initiators then and don't mind doing all the calling and all the planning and never get sensitive to the fact that it seems some of their friendships would end if they stopped being that person?

For my Mom and MIL's Mother's Day gifts I wanted to do something fun and nice, something crafty and something not just from me but also from Bode.  So, I found this http://scattersunshine-janapl.blogspot.com/2009/04/kids-art-necklace.html craft project.  First I had Bode draw a picture


Then I scanned it and shrunk it to the appropriate size for the charms that I picked.  I made the necklace from beads of course.  They came out okay, but I was a little disapointed that the picture really faded a lot once it was scanned, shrunk and shellacked over.  Plus the charm still looks pretty big.  Oh well, the mom's seemed not to care and liked having something we made anyways.  I also got some hand poured soy wax candles from the market, one for each of them.  The guy there has the best ones.  They are only $6 and they are SO fragrant.  I got a sweet pea for MIL and blackberry vanilla for my mom.

 

Here's a pic of the necklaces:

You can see the picture better IRL then you can in the picture, but it's still very faded.

Here's a pic of the mom's showing off their new necklaces to Bode

I hope everyone had a nice Mother's Day weekend! 
 

Dan, Bode and I went to Sarah's house for a really good homeade Lasagna dish!  It was really good.  Kim and her family came too and we had fun catching up, eating, and after we walked to a park and played with the kids.   

Dan planted half our garden on Fri afternoon.  Sat it got really windy and somewhat rainy out. So now our tomato plants look totally dead.  We covered everything that we had planted last night cause it frosted.  So hopefully the squash is still alive.  We need to get the rest of the stuff in the ground cause it needs soil, but I think it's suppose to frost again tonight and tomorrow night too.  WTF- isn't it May!  Anyhow Dan had off the whole weekend, which was so nice.  He did have to help his brother move on Sat, but he was home by noon.  And Bode and I went to the market with Jay & Janice as always.  I love going to the Farmer's Market.  It's mine and Bode's Saturday morning thing.  He likes it to and he knows to expect it.  And we always go with our friends Jay & Janice and they are so helpful with Bode and he loves them.  Plus by now we know all the vendors/farmers and they know us.  It's fun and productive.

We had my whole family over for Mother's Day.  My Dad surprised my mom and come home from the Lake.  He called me in the am to let me know he would be coming.  Dan and I made beef and chicken tacos for everyone.  I got a grape tomato plant from my MIL and flowers from my mom.  Bode and Dan got me the new Bobby D album and a kit to make cheese.  I was surprised and impressed.  I mean the Bobby D album was a no brainer but he could have just let me get it for myself and I was pleasantly surprised by the cheese making kit.  Although the directions sound quite elaborate and critical so hopefully it comes out good. 

I have some pics, I'll post them a little later.  Hope everyone is having a good Monday!

My Driving Pet Peeve:

Why is it that people think they can turn on "my green light"?  I don't get it!  Somehow or another along the way (at least in Buffalo) people think that they are allowed to turn once their light has already turned red.  I mean I get it if you've creeped out too far and thought you'd be able to go and I know that without a green arrow on a busy street- it's sometimes hard to go - but sorry, that does not mean that you get to go (2 cars deep, mind you) on MY GREEN LIGHT! 

I wrote up a post on breastfeeding here
http://community.livejournal.com/breastfeeding/8320280.html?thread=97130264#t97130264

The post was about how ridiculous I found this thing, apparently called a Podee. It's a feeding device so that babies can self feed.  Basically I saw a bunch of family pictures that Dan's cousin's had sent of Ella from when they were visiting Buffalo while we were on vacation.  I saw a picture of another cousin (not related to Dan) who had a set of twins and they were sitting in their car seat carriers feeding themselves with this tubular bottle thing. I made a post that I thought this was disturbing.  I had a number of comments of people agreeing with me.  

Then a number of moms came out of the woodwork that apparently thought I was on a high horse and told me I had know idea what the situation was from a picture.  I guess there are a few mom's out there with preemie twins who can barely be moved while they're eating or else they get terrible reflux.  Also some of these mom's exclusively pump while using such a thing as a Podee. 

I still find this thing absolutely repulsive, but I backed down because I really didn't know the whole situation and I'll admit that things are not always as they seem.  And I feel really bad that some mom who has twins that she is exclusively pumping for (at 8 months) feels attacked by my comment.

I've been wanting a new diaper bag/purse option for some time now and I finally decided that I was ready to pull the trigger.   I want a custom bag and even made a post of what I want here:   http://community.livejournal.com/clothdiapering/6395608.html

So, somebody gave me a great response and I think I found someone who can do what I want. Here's a link to her site:
http://www.madebymaria.net/

Only problem is I've emailed her twice now with no reply and her site says she stocks customs slots the first of the month and she hasn't posted any custom slots.  Ugg!  I may be back to the drawing board on this one.

There is this awful article on the front page of the Buffalo News today about a 2 year old boy who was run over in his own driveway by his mother.  His grandmother was watching him and the mother was coming home.  They were outside and he ran in front of the car before the grandmother could react and the mother couldn't see him.

Now, I always stay away from the News paper and news in general for this very reason., but of course the Debbie Downer chick at my work just had to tell me about it.  I'm sure to make my stomach turn too, as she knows I have a toddler.  The thought of this just freaks me out soooo badly.  How awful all around. I can't even imagine.  UGGH!  I'm doing my best to keep it out of my head.  Well then I'm driving home for lunch today and of course I see Bode playing in the driveway with my MIL.  I stopped in the street until she held his hand.  When I got out of the car... I was about to mention that I'd heard and she was like, "Don't even say it".   She knew what I was going to talk about and she had already discussed it with my BIL who stopped by.  They both apparently said they'd kill themselves if that ever happened with Bode.  I would too.

Okay that's enough depressing talk.

Although not much else great is happening.  Bode is getting a little sick.  He's been sniffling the last day and today he's added a cough and seems to have a low grade fever.  He's acting like his usual cheerful self though.  I have a playdate planned at the Zoo tomorrow and I'm hoping he's doing better so we can still go.   I'm not paranoid or anything but it's kind of a bummer.

I started some shorties for Bode last night.  I only have the ribbing for the waist done so far and I think I might pull apart the last rows after I did the eyelet row- cause it doesn't look quite right to me.  It'd be better to fix it now then get farther and then decide I want to re-do it.  I'm happy I finally started it though and I'm wondering how I'll do with the short rows and the kitchner stitch.  This will be my first pair since I've only made the punk knitters soaker for him before.  I have the LTK picky pants pattern.

I'm happy it's the weekend and although the day started off kind of dreary looking outside... it's quite sunny and nice looking out now.

UGGHGHG!!

I'm ready to kill my next door neighbor.  Yesterday some van came right before dinner time (which we grilled out for) and started sealing their patio concrete with something that smelled 100% toxic so we couldn't eat outside and we couldn't let Bode play outside before dinner either. 

Now, I've been listening and smelling their snowblower burn off gas for the last 45 fucking minutes!  Are you serious people!  If Bode wasn't able to sleep through this I'd march right over and tell them to turn it off but he's slept through the whole thing so far.  It smells..  It's just sitting in the middle of their driveway and the scent is wafting right into my bedroom window where I'm trying to fold what was fresh smelling laundry!  Not to even mention how wasteful and completely economically backwards this seems.  WTF!

It's sunny and 75 out!  TGIF- 5 can't come fast enough!

Last night after Bode went to sleep I used up some of the buttermilk I had to make scones!  Thanks jfoufou for the recipe.  I made them with fresh blueberries and sprinkled raw sugar on top too.  They are very yummy and taste great with a little of the homemade honey butter. 

Now I still have 1 1/2 cups of buttermilk to use.  Any other recipe ideas?  Maybe I'll make parm coated chicken tenders tonight.  I usually soak them in buttermilk before coating them.

( I like these cuts- not sure which one best and still not sure I want to cut it. )


Any opinions?

Dan and I sowed all our seeds besides the broccoli, lavendar and some random flower seeds I had.  I'm excited.  We used those little peat pellets.  Those things are pretty cool and fun to watch expand.

We stuck them all up in the fourth bedroom.  We were gonna keep 'em in the basement but decided they'd be warmer if we keep them upstairs.  Dan built a little stand to hold a flouresent light above them too.  He even got a timer.  Although I guess we don't need to start with the light until they've germinated.

I hope they turn into strong little plants!

I'm dying to cut my hair.  I've been thinking about this for a while now.  It's halfway down my back and I'm constantly thinking it looks terrible.  If I don't spend forever blowing it out it looks really flat.  

My hair is straight, actually it's very straight.  However in recent months since I've gotten my period back I've started to have these little baby hairs on the sides and underneath that are getting quite wavy and sometimes even curling.  It's really weird and looks funny since the rest of my hair is so straight.  Hormones are really annoying!  Jess got her hair cut in this cute bob the day before our vaca and I thought it looked great! 

I've had my hair really short and I've had it much longer then it is now too.  It's just hair and it grows back right?  I'm thinking a sligthly longer then chin length bob- maybe something like Katie Holmes minus the bangs which would make me look approx. 5 in most instances.  I always want bangs- but my forehead is just too short for them.  Fringe can work though.  It will probably take me a little to fully decide and do it - but it's coming. 

( And as an early ode to my hair: )