Pennies from heaven

> Found money at the Wal-Mart.
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Sweet green

Saw this in the road and stopped one rainy day. That as a nice find!

Mangosteen Reloaded

In an effort to utilize existing, unused material and save money, I made 5 fitted cloth diapers. I put off making my own because I didn't want to make different sizes and needed a simple pattern that was forgiving. I found it at Cloth Diaper Sewing. One would think this would have been an easy find on the net, but there are tons on cloth diaper options out there!

There is one diaper folded up for Renée, one opened to showcase the inner green fabulousness, and a microfiber soaker covered in flannel (thanks Mom!)
I found a pattern/kit for a cool looking pocket diaper using microfiber towels. Mom got me my first bunch at Family Dollar in a pack of 4 for $3. Costco has 36 for $17. I am excited for a diaper that uses them without sewing! Don't ever cut a microfiber cloth unless you have to as it is one heck of a mess!

Hi

Hi, I am Phoebe. I am just starting to post. Isn't my baby sister, Renée, cute?

Ultrasound revealed

Back in October we had an ultrasound with a great face shot of PB&J. While obvious to us (we're the parents and all), here is an overlay with Renée's face to really see what the ultrasound showed.

Bye-bye, Nalgene

Well, this is just about the crappiest dilemma. If you are unaware, Nalgene bottles are being replaced with new BPA free ones. Mine, of course, isn't BPA-free. I loved my BPA-ridden Nalgene pink plastic water bottle because I could easily track my water intake (too bad it also didn't track the hormone altering count). I drank 96 oz of water a day and I remembered to take my daily pills. Sigh, I miss my large capacity drink container.
I have found two products that I like. If they were to mate and make an offspring, I would fall in love with the water bottle product. First is the Thermos Foogo. Second is the Nalgene Standard Stainless (not available until Jan 1, 2009-geez! 2 days to go!)
Let's view each products virtues and drawbacks. First, the Thermos Foogo:
GOOD: it is a double walled, stainless steel container and can keep breastmilk cold. Come on! It is a Thermos! Always been a great product. "All competitor products reached room temperature (70°F) in less than four hours, while the Foogo by Thermos products only reached room temperature in 16 hours" is a statement from a Cornell study. And come on, the name is fantasic-Foogo! You drink the contents through a silicon straw and the lid closes down and covers the straw. Funk doesn't get on where you drink. BAD: only 12 oz. I finish off the Foogo in one gulp.

Next, the Nalgene Stainless Standard:
GOOD: it is large capacity 38 oz container with a wide mouth. It is black and stainlesss-classic. While I like the Foogo fun colors and the pink of my recycled Nalgene, the basic coolness of flat metal speaks to my inner metal-loving soul. BAD: it is only single walled.

So, if these two products mated, I would get a stainless steel, double walled, silicon straw (1 cm diameter), and a top that covered the straw. I want the Nalgene stainless, but almost 30 bucks is a steep investment. Phoebe has a Foogo and is all over it. Renée will get the Foogo sippy when it is her time.

Check out the Nalgene outdoor site for information.

EDIT: Found what I want! Thermos 18 oz hydration line up. My purse has a bottle holding pocket I have never used. This should fit in it.

Heaux, Heaux, Heaux

Merry Christmas!!!
For some odd and bizarre reason, we lost power. A whole big section of the city! After a few minutes, the front half of our subdivision was restored, but we went without power for almost 2 hours. I have no complaints as I enjoy those times when we rough it without modern conveniences. It tests our primal instinct to survive. I mean, we went without our DVD movie and suffered with the inferior screen size of Catching Kringle on the iPhone!

Gifts were interesting this year, but there were some that are missing from the under-tree line-up. Such as the must-have product that I didn't get for my husband: FLAME™ Body Spray. "American fast-food chain Burger King has come up with a novel Christmas gift idea for the meat-loving man who has everything: barbecue-scented cologne...the scent of seduction with a hint of flame-broilled meat" writes the UK's Telegraph. Buy yours immediately! Without delay! Right now! Order Now, operators are standing by.
(Mel, you MUST order this for Joey! Thank you Sarah for the information. Grant will no doubt be ridiculously good-smelling.)

On another note of Christmas commercialism, here is something that just sent me a-ponderin'. The top paid iPhone app in the iTunes store for Christmas Day 2008 is
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iFart Mobile-Fart Machine for all ages.
Yes, you read that correctly! What kind of smelled-up society do we live in when SimCity and Tetris are ousted as Top Paid app by iFart? It is Christmas for crying out loud! Geez!
I guess you could cover the smell with your new meat-scented cologne.