We put the nursery valances on Freecycle. I got those when I was pregnant with Rob, from one of the parents at the daycare I used to work at. Her in-laws bought her a new nursery set for her second baby, and she still had the set for her first baby (the baby I took care of at the daycare), so she gave it to me. It was sepia with a pattern of antique toys. At some point I gave away the quilt, and then the bumper and sheets, but the valances were still up. When we moved the rooms around, I took them down.
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My buddy Kelsey is doing the March of Dimes Walk this year. Three years ago, Kelsey was on hospital bed rest for a month; her son Michael was born at 31 weeks. I did my college internship for the March of Dimes, and they can take credit for my subsequent years of folic acid purchases. They’re good peeps, and if you want to donate some money toward their quest to reduce premature births, I hope you’ll donate it through Kelsey’s walk fund. (Here’s her post on the topic, for more info/background.)
I found JJust Kidding‘s post about handling a meltdown extremely satisfying, I think because it ran the whole gamut of maternal emotions and then put in some well-placed curse words and a Sylvia Plath reference. (“Ran the whole gamut of emotions,” by the way, is a phrase I’m using in a copy-and-paste sort of way. I don’t know what a gamut is, but from hearing the phrase in other contexts I think I’m using it correctly here. However, this is probably how phrases like “for all intensive purposes” get going.)
Look at this awesome leaf-print quilt made by Melissa and her daughter.
Two Shoes Studio is doing a postcard project, so you KNOW I signed right up. She’s sending postcard-sized ART, and you can see the cute fluffy little chick she just did, which has a facial expression that amuses me, and you can also see the postcard _I_ received, which is even better in person.
The Diniwilks has a PSA about removing the headrests in a Honda CRV to make room for the car seat, which you’d think would not be interesting to read unless you had (1) a Honda CRV and (2) a car seat that didn’t fit right with the headrests—and yet I read the whole thing, rapt.
Did you know that if you are unsure exactly what a valance is and you look it up on Google images, in addition to the little curtain-thingies, you get a lot of pictures of someone named Holly Valance. It is apparently very, very hot where Holly lives because she’s hardly wearing any clothes and seems to be in the process of removing what she is wearing in several of the pictures.
I also take my folic acid daily. I’m not sure why. Initially I thought it was only for pregnant women but somewhere along the way I never stopped.
Le sigh…how I would love a Honda CRV.
gamut: “the entire range or scale”
Perfectly acceptable usage, & now you have a new word!
Thanks for the link (but not for making me pee my pants upon seeing my name on the list). Happy weekend!
StephLove- HA HA HA HA HA!
I think it’s supposed to be “for all INTENTS AND purposes” =). Thanks again for the vanilla!
Thanks for the link love :) I read the outing to kidspace post with interest and then fear as my #2 is getting pretty dang close to arrival and it added one more to the innumerable times people have said “oh WAIT until you have TWO” as if I am suddenly going to hate parenting. I often want to smack that person but then I start to freak out a little. Maybe that IS going to happen. Too late now I guess. But yikes!
Thanks for the link love! Glad you liked your postcard..and your comments are always so sweet and kind. Melissa, someone said the same thing to me in (dare I say?) Walmart when I was preggers with #2. I said to them, “I can’t wait..it will be wonderful” and left hand-in-hand with screaming #1 with as much dignity as you can muster when you’re shopping in Walmart.
Whoa nelly! I just took a peek at my traffic and had a big WTF moment. You generate some traffic and then some! Thanks much. Made for quite a nice surprise this afternoon.
As usual, awesome links.
Melissa Haworth- The age difference helps TREMENDOUSLY. I think the worst is “toddler plus newborn.” You’ll have a BIG KID and a newborn! It will be great, or at least fine.
Thanks for the links Swistle! I appreciate it!
Swistle, have you thought about taking your kids to the Boys & Girls Club? It’s usually really inexpensive (annual membership for each child) and they can go to the Club for fun activities/get them out of the house on a drop in basis.
Good luck!
“(the Hollywood idea of what fat people need to do to stay so fat)”
That’s my favorite line. I’ve been thinking of it for two days as I put on my large-size jeans, notice that a medium shirt still doesn’t fit, and then spend the rest of my day eating carefully and not over-snacking.
If I had that list, I’d be sad and crabby too. Sympathy.
— Mairzy