Archive for September, 2011
Being a 1 income family, I have to find ways to buy stuff I like on sale. Little by little I’ll be sharing my fave bargain sites. Hope you enjoy! And don’t blame me if you become addicted. 
BabySteals and KidsSteals are part of this awesome StealNetwork that sells maternity, baby, and kids stuff at up to 80% off.
BabySteals offers to “steals” a day – one at 9am MDT and one at 9pm MDT. The steals are available until they sell out. And some steals sell out within minutes. It is crazy! KidSteals has one “steal” a day at 9am MDT.
BabySteals offers products like Eli’s Lids, Ju-Ju- Be, GlamourMom, Swaddlebees, and many, many more awesome products!
KidSteals offers products like DC Shoes, BabyLegs, Western Chief Kids, Twin Sisters Productions, and many, many more awesome products!
Go ahead and check them out. Tell me what you think.
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Where do I start? It has been an amazingly bad two weeks.
Tuesday, Aug. 30, I fall with the baby who thankfully was in his car seat. I was walking up to my sister’s apartment that has dirt and grass for sidewalks. As I was walking to the walkway of her apartment, I tripped on a tree root. I was so worried about the baby that I slowed his fall as much as possible, but didn’t protect myself. I fell HARD onto the handle of the car seat. I felt my body fold over that car seat. I was so badly shaken up that I didn’t feel all the pain of that fall until later.
Wednesday, August 31, last minute root canal needed for tooth that was bugging me. The last time my TMJ flared up really bad I thought it was a tooth, so I was trying to wait it out. Turns out I needed two root canals. Root canal #2 is this afternoon. First root canal was pretty painful so I took some painkillers afterwards. After root canal appointment, my hubby called to tell me his boss notified him that he has two weeks left before finding a new job. Nice.
Eventually by the end of the week I started to feel some pain. By Tues., Sept. 6, I made an appointment with my doctor to make sure I didn’t injure something serious. Turns out I’ve been walking around with a broken rib which would explain why I’ve been walking a little slower and a little bit uncomfortable when I cough or laugh.
You ever have a week or two weeks like this?
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Today is September 11. The 10 year anniversary of 9/11. I keep trying to avoid all news reports. I have never forgotten 9/11. And watching the reports leave me a sobbing mess. I tried to watch 9/11: America Remembers just hearing those names and seeing those photos made me cry. I will never forget that day. I will never forget how ordinary the day started. I will never forget sitting down at my desk in Jacksonville, FL’s City Hall and getting a phone call from my friend in another department asking me if I had heard. I was confused. Heard what? That was when the second plane hit the second tower and I happened to be going by the tv in another department. And then I started to cry. Cry for what was happening, crying for those people, and crying for what was to come. I needed to call my family in New York and make sure they were okay. We did not lose anyone directly related to us or that we knew, but those that were lost and their families affected are in my thoughts and prayers.
Today I came across Families of Freedom Scholarship Fund. What a great opportunity for those students in need who were directly affected by 9/11 to get help to go to college. For the next two days (Sunday and Monday, Sept.11-12), Mamapedia has an option to donate $1, $5, or $10 to Families of Freedom Scholarship Fund and Mamapedia will match up to $5,000! I made my $10 donation today and I really hope that Mamapedia gets to match the $5,000 in full. If you don’t get a chance to donate in the next two days, you can always go directly to Scholarship America and choose to donate to Families of Freedom Scholarship Fund through their website.
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I miss sleep. Uninterrupted sleep. I knew this would happen and, yet, I am still surprised.
Most days we look like this…
And this little guy is my good sleeper! My first NEVER slept until he hit almost 18 months. We got 2-3 (mostly 2 hours) hour intervals of sleep. It was rough. Our newest sleeps anywhere from 4-6 hours at night. I guess I just got used to getting sleep again and now starting all over it is hard. Especially since I do all the night stuff by myself because hubby is in California for work. I am soooo tired!
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