The Stuff I Live For

Worth Your Time November 21, 2008

Whale Wars on Animal Planet, Friday nights at 9 pm EST. The first two episodes of this seven-part series are available On Demand now if you have Comcast Cable, and the third show airs tonight.

Captain Paul Watson and his Sea Shepherd crew are a group of amazing people who set out to stop Japanese whaling ships through any non-violent means necessary.

Their mission is intense, dangerous, controversial and noble. The Japanese have killed tens of thousands of these beautiful mammals in the name of 'research,' though the fact of the matter is that a single day's worth of whaling can make the Japanese as much as millions through their sale of the whale meat.

I truly wish for an end to cruelty to animals (or mammals). Thoughts such as these evoke tears in me in an instant. I simply ask you to educate yourself on this atrocity happening in our world right now.

I’m an Idiot November 19, 2008

I picked up my laptop by the screen yesterday and must've cracked it internally. Now one third of the screen on the right side is not visible. I have to send it off to some techie at Dell. Who knows what this is going to cost, but more importantly…What am I going to do without my laptop for TWO weeks?? I'm having such a great time with my new etsy shop and doing well, but this means no uploading pics of new items to my shop and no new pics to this blog till I get my baby back.

We have an archaic desktop that I'll have to make do with. But it means devoting at least 10 minutes to send one email. The thing takes 20 minutes just to restart. Probably bogged down with hundreds of viruses.

We are having a remodel done in our bathroom this week, out of necessity really. Tiles starting falling off our shower wall, leaving holes in the wall because the sheetrock has starting rotting away. Needless to say, taking a shower with holes in the wall and seeing glimpses of mold through those holes makes you feel like crap.

Also, Eric needs two new tires on his car desperately. Plus it's the holidays. Trying to keep reminding myself how blessed we are. It's just one of those 'when it rains, it pours' things I guess.

Still, I'm an idiot. Here's a pic in case you want to share in my heartache. Or laugh at me.

Oh, my baby, I am going to soooo miss you while you're gone. Hurry back!

Two Thumbs Down November 17, 2008

I always wanted a thumb-sucker. Heck, I was one myself. I thought (and still think as long as it's not my kid) that it's so cute. Then, after Ayla was such a tough baby and always needed pacifiers, which of course get lost constantly, I sort of 'forced' Shay to suck her thumb. As an infant, I'd stick her thumb in her mouth when I put her down in her bassinet. If it popped right out, I'd shove it back in! She got the hang of it quickly and has always been such a good sleeper.

But now…

Shay's 3 years old and has been wearing Bandaids on her thumbs nearly 100% of the time since the end of July. That's almost 4 months people. And it's not working. We've literally gone through 1 1/2 mondo, 100 count boxes of Bandaids from BJ's.

Once every three or four days, I catch her taking one off and still sucking her thumb! I cannot figure out how the habit isn't broken by now.

Any tips besides the old thumbnail paint from the drugstore? I'm about to give up and let her suck her way straight to the orthodontist.