Friday Funny Pages

I have some pictures of Baby J and Snug to post, really I do, but I am kinda tired and not really feeling technology savvy and just waiting for #1 to come home so I can go to bed. I don't normally wait up for him to get home, but tonight I had a lot to do...including make more quarts of applesauce for Christmas presents. Did I mention I have the Kitchenaid attachments that do this for me? I bought it for myself from #1 for Christmas (off of Craigslist), and have already used it multiple times! Any why do I not have any water pressure? Sorry, just had to vent that. Lately whenever I have an especially big mess to clean up I turn on the faucet and get just a trickle...but when Snug washes his hands by himself without help from his mamma, he gets a HUGE amount of water pressure and gets himself and the entire bathroom wet. I think Murphy lives here.

I have been blogging since April 3. That is almost 9 months...I had Snug 20 months before that...if I had started blogging 29 months ago...I might have been more sane!

Feeling a little rambly tonight, but I'm posting my Friday Funny Pages now because it is almost midnight anyway...so I am within 15 minutes of Friday as I type. Click the link on my sidebar to see other funny Fridays. Oh, and rambling on here, and speaking of Friday Funny Pages, the author of that blog (you know, the one you click on and go to) has been trying very hard to help me, the tech queen, get on board and have a button for EYE SPY. Soooo, if you've tried to use it and it doesn't work, it is my fault, not hers. And I thank her very much for her patience with me, and you for your patience with my ever changing sidebar that doesn't usually work.


Back to Craigslist...and going down a rabbit trail once again...We love Craigslist! If you've never used it before, you have to try. Go to http://www.craigslist.com/ and look up your nearest city. We have been selling things lately. Don't worry, we meet in public places and do all cash. Tomorrow we are getting rid of selling a lamp we never use and a doll bed that *sigh* it looks like I won't ever have a little girl to use.


But why am I up? Well, because when I cook/can/get out a dish in my kitchen suddenly the entire thing is a wreck. There are 3 things I don't ever do around here, or at least very rarely. I don't mow (#1 actually enjoys this activity), I don't take out the garbage trash (The bag usually rips and makes a HUGE mess if I try, plus I take out the recycles and the compost and there is like twice as much of that as actual garbage), and I don't do the dishes. Tonight I did the dishes because really, I looked around and thought I'd be downright depressed if I was #1 and came home to that. Then I noticed it was already 11:30 so I might as well get my Friday Funny Pages up and wait for him to come home.

SOOOO, nothing funny so far...but wait! I did remember some tidbits from the week to share with you.

I was nursing this afternoon at lunch and R and Snug were eating lunch.

R-When "Baby J" gets big, can he have milk?

Me-He has milk now, mamma milk.

R-I know, the milk from your tummy (she thinks he eats from my stomach apparently) but will he get real milk?

Me-Cows milk? Yes.

Snug-Tow Milk! YEEE HAW!

*Does anyone but me think R needs a different blog name? I mean, she is a hoot and we love her...but she gets labeled as "R" to protect her privacy...any ideas? Not saying I'll use them, but "R" just seems...blah.

The other night I was making dinner and Snug had already gotten up to the table. His plate of food was cooling in front of him and we were waiting to see if #1 could come home for supper. I heard from the dining room the following conversation:

Otay. I pay. Ach-chooo Esus for foot (pronounced foo-t, as in rhymes with boot). Ahhhhmen. I eat.

Translation: Okay, I'll pray. Thank you Jesus for food. Amen. I eat.

The Real "Art" of Making Baby Food

It has been a great day. Started off by waking up to Snug climbing in bed this morning and realizing we hadn't been up at all last night. And yes, Baby J was in his crib in his bedroom where he sleeps 99.9% at night...just that one little did not time. We've had a fire going in the fireplace to warm up the main part of the house and it is just so cozy. I think our fireplace is one of the things I like the most about our house. I grew up with a fireplace in our basement and I've always wanted a house that had one. (I never thought to include a bathtub in my list of house 'must haves' but it now has defiantly made the list should we ever choose to move!)
Below is a picture I took while making breakfast. It got really quiet while I was putting Snug on the potty (again) so I went to go see. I did NOT stage this. When I walked into the living room, this is what I saw. I thought it was cute. I'm pretty sure R orchestrated the entire thing :o)

So anyway, my friend K and I decided to save money we'd try making our own baby food. After a ton of research, I discovered you cannot can vegetables for babies. Something about food poisoning... Anyway, K and I canned a few quarts of pear sauce together, and I canned a few quarts of applesauce and pear sauce here at home. So now I am venturing out into veggies. In order to make your own veggie baby food in advance you have to cook, puree, and freeze it. We don't have very much freezer space so I will probably be doing most of it straight from our table foods pre-salt or spice being added. However, I spotted a fresh butternut squash in Aldi today and couldn't resist trying it.

I've seen all these great pictures online of how to prepare the veggies and the pictures are always just so. Well, I'm no Martha Stewart, so here's how it REALLY looks.

I sliced the squash in half lengthwise and put it in about 1/4 in of water in the bottom of my pan.

I cooked it at 350 for about 30 minutes in the oven. Then I scooped out all the squishy part and put it in a bowl. The seeds and skin (rind?) will go out to the compost pile. Don't throw all your veggie scraps into the trash, make great gardening dirt! Our pile does not smell and is making great dirt!

Next I put the squash and the water is was cooked in (so I didn't lose all of the vitamins) into the blender and pureed it. Next it went into the ice cube trays. See, it doesn't look pretty at all like the internet showed. It looks sticky and glumpy. Now it is in the freezer until frozen solid. Then I will put it into a freezer container and as I need a serving I can defrost the cubes one at a time add a little ground flaxseed for Baby J! It wasn't hard at all, it just looks bad. My mom would be SO proud though, when I was done I licked the spatula-and I hate squash.

Oh, and if anyone knows of a buisness within the continental US that has a potty training camp that I can send Snug to for say a week or so, please, send me the phone number. :o)

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

As my husband will tell you, I love to recycle. I was so excited today when I noticed that we had more recycles than trash! Yippee! Just wait until we try cloth diapers, that week should really cut down on the trash. I'm not 100% committed to the cloth diapers because I haven't really tried them yet. Once I get them from my mom I'll keep you updated. Snug is into throwing away trash and recycles. I figure if I start teaching the boys when they are little about what can be re-used and recycled it will become a habit in their lives. Snug's "give, save, spend" jars (Financial Peace University) are re-used peanut butter jars.

Snug also likes to help put things in our compost pile. Tonight it was our Pumpkins from Halloween. All of our egg shells, fruit/veggie scraps, coffee grounds, pasta water, and some of our grass clippings and leaves go into this compost bin. We turn in every once in awhile and at the bottom is this GREAT black dirt we'll use in our garden next year!