Thursday, May 13, 2010
Introduction - TADBJ
Hello friends! This is the first post in my month-long, Theme-A-Day Blog Journal! I'll start by telling you a little about me. I'm a stay-at-home mom to two precious little boys and I'm looking for ways to make a little income from home. I toyed with the idea of starting a cloth-diapering business (thus the name of my blog), now I'm trying to get started with some freelance writing projects and I'm also looking into becoming a doula (a non-medical labor assistant). I'm striving to learn how to have balance in my life and discovering godly JOY in the meantime. I hope you enjoy learning about me and I hope to learn a little about some of you!
Theme-A-Day Blog-Journal Project
One of my fellow bloggers is starting the Theme-A-Day Blog-Journal Project this week. Actually, it started yesterday, and as a busy mother I failed to do yesterday's project. I will try to keep that from happening again though. I don't know exactly what the rules are on when you can jump in officially, but if any of my blogging friends are interested in joining the excitement it would probably be fun! Be on the lookout for my first (and second) post in this project later today. I will post all with TADBJ at the end so that everyone will know that these posts are for this project. Enjoy!
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
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Green and Growing
It is such a great experience to see my sons growing and learning every day. Baby 1 is nearly two years old and we have some of the temper tantrums that come along with that, but I so enjoy hearing him try to count (1-2-3-5-6-8-9-2-5-8) and learning new words (Tiger, pronounced Tie-ter, "Raar!") and even social standards ("Oops! Sorry!" Pronounced: Oo! Sye-ee).
Baby 2 will be eight months old this month. He just started doing a great army crawl and he eats anything (anything!) he can get his hands on. I feed him a lot of Cheerios. His brother feeds him crackers, bread, even cat food if I'm not careful. He gets so excited about food (even his peas) and he's memorized what the Cheerios box looks like (and sounds like).
I sometimes laugh when I hear people say, "That's such a fun age." because it seems like it doesn't matter what age your child is, someone will say that about your child. "Oh, 3 months! That's such a fun age!" "Oh, one year old! That's such a fun age!" "Oh, 5 is such a fun age!" Oh, 13 is... well... you'll get through it." It's just one of those things people say, I suppose... but that's really not the point of this post.
I recently read somewhere (and I'm not sure where or I'd give appropriate credit - if anyone can help out I'll be sure to update with proper credit) that "As long as you're green you're growing. As soon as you're ripe, you start to rot."
In an effort to be green (and growing) I'm thinking of starting a new "project." I think I want to become a doula. For those of you who are not familiar with the term, a doula is a non-medical labor assistant for women and their partners who are giving birth. I had a doula present for both of my babies births and she was wonderful! I don't think I'd ever give birth without a doula if I had any say in the matter. My family and friends have been super supportive as I've mentioned my interest in taking this on. I just love being around pregnant women and new moms. I'd love to support women during this joyful though sometimes intimidating time in their life. I will, of course, keep you updated on my progress. We'll just see how this goes.
Baby 2 will be eight months old this month. He just started doing a great army crawl and he eats anything (anything!) he can get his hands on. I feed him a lot of Cheerios. His brother feeds him crackers, bread, even cat food if I'm not careful. He gets so excited about food (even his peas) and he's memorized what the Cheerios box looks like (and sounds like).
I sometimes laugh when I hear people say, "That's such a fun age." because it seems like it doesn't matter what age your child is, someone will say that about your child. "Oh, 3 months! That's such a fun age!" "Oh, one year old! That's such a fun age!" "Oh, 5 is such a fun age!" Oh, 13 is... well... you'll get through it." It's just one of those things people say, I suppose... but that's really not the point of this post.
I recently read somewhere (and I'm not sure where or I'd give appropriate credit - if anyone can help out I'll be sure to update with proper credit) that "As long as you're green you're growing. As soon as you're ripe, you start to rot."
In an effort to be green (and growing) I'm thinking of starting a new "project." I think I want to become a doula. For those of you who are not familiar with the term, a doula is a non-medical labor assistant for women and their partners who are giving birth. I had a doula present for both of my babies births and she was wonderful! I don't think I'd ever give birth without a doula if I had any say in the matter. My family and friends have been super supportive as I've mentioned my interest in taking this on. I just love being around pregnant women and new moms. I'd love to support women during this joyful though sometimes intimidating time in their life. I will, of course, keep you updated on my progress. We'll just see how this goes.
Thursday, May 6, 2010
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Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Nashlantis
Yes, some are making light of a dark situation and calling my current hometown of Nashville, "Nashlantis." Being one who enjoys a little levity in such a situation I have chosen to do the same in this blog post.
WARNING: Links below are very sad. View at your own discretion.
It is catastrophic. Entire neighborhoods flooded... all you could see were roofs. People took boats down roads I have frequented to rescue tourists who were stranded on the second and higher stories of a hotel. Business were destroyed. Cars, flooded. Catastrophic about sums it up.
I am sad for Nashville. My family and I came out unscathed, save the loss of two of our favorite hang-out spots - The Opryland Hotel and neighboring Opry Mills Mall (where, apparently, two piranha escaped from their aquariums at The Aquarium Restaurant and are now swimming around the mall!), but it is still sad. We are very sad to have lost these places and more, but many people lost homes, cars, livelihoods, loved ones and lives. Entire neighborhoods have been washed away. A couple of houses with flooded first floors caught fire and burned from the roof to the flood... no one could get to these homes in order to put the fire out.
Now, residents of Davidson county are being asked to conserve water. A few of us are taking this seriously - following the "If it's yellow, let it mellow. If it's brown, flush it down" rule, not showering and not washing dishes. A few of us aren't taking it so seriously, such as a nearby golf course that had it's sprinklers going yesterday (yes, after torrential rain and severe flooding... sprinklers). The problem is that one of our two water stations has been submerged. The other could handle 90% of our typical need, but we have to keep enough water pressure within the system to keep it from being flooded and contaminated. I'm so glad I'm still a part time cloth diaperer! I wouldn't be able to wash diapers so I'm glad that I have disposables handy!
Please be aware of the disaster that has struck here. If you have the desire to help the residents of our city out, you may contact The Red Cross or Hands On Nashville.
WARNING: Links below are very sad. View at your own discretion.
It is catastrophic. Entire neighborhoods flooded... all you could see were roofs. People took boats down roads I have frequented to rescue tourists who were stranded on the second and higher stories of a hotel. Business were destroyed. Cars, flooded. Catastrophic about sums it up.
I am sad for Nashville. My family and I came out unscathed, save the loss of two of our favorite hang-out spots - The Opryland Hotel and neighboring Opry Mills Mall (where, apparently, two piranha escaped from their aquariums at The Aquarium Restaurant and are now swimming around the mall!), but it is still sad. We are very sad to have lost these places and more, but many people lost homes, cars, livelihoods, loved ones and lives. Entire neighborhoods have been washed away. A couple of houses with flooded first floors caught fire and burned from the roof to the flood... no one could get to these homes in order to put the fire out.
Now, residents of Davidson county are being asked to conserve water. A few of us are taking this seriously - following the "If it's yellow, let it mellow. If it's brown, flush it down" rule, not showering and not washing dishes. A few of us aren't taking it so seriously, such as a nearby golf course that had it's sprinklers going yesterday (yes, after torrential rain and severe flooding... sprinklers). The problem is that one of our two water stations has been submerged. The other could handle 90% of our typical need, but we have to keep enough water pressure within the system to keep it from being flooded and contaminated. I'm so glad I'm still a part time cloth diaperer! I wouldn't be able to wash diapers so I'm glad that I have disposables handy!
Please be aware of the disaster that has struck here. If you have the desire to help the residents of our city out, you may contact The Red Cross or Hands On Nashville.
Saturday, May 1, 2010
Medela Breast Pump Giveaway - Ends today!!!!
I'm sorry to post this so late, but I JUST found out about this giveaway! I have been wanting to try a Medela Freestyle breastpump for quite some time now and just maybe I'll get my opportunity. If I don't win it I would love for one of my readers/followers to win! You can find more details at the link below:
http://anotherteenmom.com/reviews/?p=15
http://anotherteenmom.com/reviews/?p=15
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