On Housecleaning

We might be moving. The apartment down the hall, about 200 square feet bigger, is coming available in March. If I can handle the rent increase, I’m taking it.

On the baby blog I write for, Angie has sponsored a giveaway from her online store. Please enter, pimp it out for extra entries and tell your mother in law to enter, too.

The tattoo that y’all were voting on the placement of? Ribs are winning. I’m terrified of the pain, honestly. When I had a quick chat with the artist about where I was thinking and mentioned the fear, he said, “well, if you’ve had a kid…” and I quickly corrected him about how I was that chick in the hospital, screaming. That they had to give me morphine, gas, an epidural AND a spinal block. Back labour – it rocks.

Because of the little giveaway that I did this month, a few friends got the hook-up as well. I’m going to, in the spirit of fun and the week of the Bloggy Giveaways Carnival, ask you to leave a comment with your contest URL. That way, if you’re giving something away, your trackback will get extra pimpage.

I got another blogging gig today. This means double the money, another 12 posts to write a month and did I mention, double the money. Meaning, not needing to rely on JDawg’s support. Freedom, babies! I’m super psyched and start on Thursday.

I’m thinking of trying an experiment. Since I keep falling asleep when I put Isobel to bed and cuddle with her, maybe I’ll just start going to bed when she does and wake up uber-early. I have it in my mind that I might get a lot more accomplished that way, what with four hours having passed before she wakes.

Have you voted for any of my awesome friends in the 2009 Bloggies? Please do. These bloggers are money, doing beautiful things.

I’m thinking, if she has to give up dairy completely, I might as well, too. It’s not really fair to her and it will make it easier, since she always wants whatever I’m having. So I need dairy-free resources and dairy substitutes. Cuz soy and rice milk products? I generally hate that shit.

Your emails and comments on yesterday’s post made my fucking day. Thank you for being you all. I love you for it.

I’m offering up a second placer prize in VDog’s contest. Go see her to enter.

Isobel ate tomato soup today. And a sandwich comprised of hummus, avocado, corned beef and soy cheese. If you knew her pickiness like I do, your mind would be fucking blown.

This guy wears button flies and awards the loser. Unlike some button-fly hating folk. Made me laugh. Laughing is good.

Another plus? Realizing that I did not, in fact, watch the first disc of part one of season six of Sex and the City, whereas I thought I had. Fabulous.

A negative? Wearing the jeans that actually fit with the uncomfy button, which led me to undo it for half of the day, which led to me appearing to be emulating Lindsay Lohan.

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  • You so rock. Tattoos and moodiness... I like your blog more and more each day.

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  • i love stream of consciousness ... or even UNconsciousness.

    and my giveaway is up:

    http://www.fromtheplanetofjanet.com/2009/01/dream-little-dream-and-fantasize-little.html

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  • ccoplick
    Dude. Blogging gig for 2x the $$? I can Haz? Not yours I mean, one of my own. :D

    yay for the rest. See you Friday please please.
  • Oooh! You've had a tomato soup breakthrough, too??!!

    It was progresso for us. Jacob LOVED it, though ours was with grilled cheese. I'm okay with that, because I got him to eat raw broccoli with ranch this week, too! Yay!

    (I'm sorry I can't say much else, sometimes your writing doesn't need commentary, kwim?)

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  • Forgot to mention a new apartment might be worth the money. New job, new apartment, new diet, new beginnings can be good.

    <abbr>Visit Keeley to read...Worst Neighbours Ever</abbr>
  • Keeley
    I can't even imagine the torture of a difficult diet to follow with a picky child. Good luck
  • The friendly folks at Eden Fantasys wanted me to do a review and not a giveaway. Here's the link:

    http://mariabird.blogspot.com/2009/01/gee-whiz.html
  • I loooooooooove the random!!
  • oh, the low fat, super awesome alternative to coconut milk = coconut water. it's hard to find at the grocery store... look for caribbean markets or health food stores. but it is SO Worth the effort. it is great to just drink on it's own or use it in recipes in place of water or stock (like in rice or soups)
    also re: non dairy eating, the slow cooker is your friend. because the slow cooker does not place nice with dairy anyways. so the majority of slow cooker recipes are dairy free to begin with.

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  • Holy Randomness batman. Thank goodness for not being a picky eater!

    <abbr>Visit Miss to read...More Than This</abbr>
  • That's a lot of stuff you got off your chest.

    Thanks for the pimpin pimpin.

    <abbr>Visit Angie [A Whole Lot of Nothing] to read...Wordless 1.28.9 - Florida Winter</abbr>
  • Isobel's sandwich sounds DELICIOUS! :)

    xxx

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  • Contests? Giveaways?

    Isn't the joy of my writing and outpourings enough?

    Don't answer that.

    And thanks for the link and I'm zipped today, you perv.

    <abbr>Visit SingleParentDad to read...Every Loser Wins</abbr>
  • I have a picky shit, er, I mean fussy eater too. To the point that at his last trip to the doctor hed actually LOST weight.

    One week he would eat nothing but peanut-butter sandwiches on little cocktail bread.

    Next week its only pancakes. Always starch, never anything actually healthy.

    This week who knows what sir-pickiness will eat. You can bet it won't be anything healthy.
  • Al_Pal
    A wide belt can cover an open button. :D

    Also, coconut milk. ;P
    Sure, it's high fat, but it is delicious and nutritious...and vegan. ;p
  • cool, I got first comment on your blog... i never get first comment on your blog :-P

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  • Isobel ate tomato soup today. And a sandwich comprised of hummus, avocado, corned beef and soy cheese

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    nice, you should make meeeeeeeeeee lunch!
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