new ideas

I just stumbled onto a website that sells flushable diapers. You can either flush them, compost them or toss them out. They biodegrade in 50-150 days! Days! Not 500 years like the ones that I am currently using! I'm kinda bummed that I didn't find these sooner. I was against the whole clothe diaper thing, just because we didn't have a washer and dryer at the time and it would have cost a lot more (because I would have had to buy more in order to get through a week, due to not having a washer). It just seemed like a bigger hassle. Even though I was contributing to the pollution of our planet. But sometimes there just isn't a working solution that works out for both you and the earth. So we went for disposables. But now, there is a new solution. One that I am at least willing to try. I am going to see if it is worth it. Plus, since he has started eating more solid foods he has been getting a lot of diaper rash. Clothe diapers are suppose to help this. These are not clothe but they do not have any plastic in them, making them breathable. They are, however, built and used just like clothe diapers. They have liners (this is the flush-able part) and they you cover them with the diaper covers that come with them. I am going to buy the starter pack and see if it is worth buying any of the others. I am then going to make my own diaper covers. 1. because I have a bigger-than-normal baby and 2. because it will be much cheaper 3. and I can get a better fit on my rollie-pollie! 4. I can also afford to have more of them, especially since the website sells them for $18.99 or more. I can make at least 5 for that price! But I will keep posting to let you know if it is worth anything! Thanks for reading.

No pooing and Party's

I am in the first day of not washing my hair in the "normal" way. Last night I scritched my scalp and did a baking soda wash, rinsed it off, then did a apple cider vinegar rinse and half way rinsed it out. Immediately I saw that my hair was REALLY shiny. I thought it was going to be a pain in the butt to get all of the tangles out, but to my surprise I had NO problem AT ALL!! I couldn't believe it. And, trust me, conditioner was something I have been obsessed with especially since I already have really dry hair and shampoo dries it out even more. But this method made it look AND feel better than it has in years, YEARS I tell you! I will keep posting on this topic and let you know how it is going. I am not completely sold on it yet, but I am getting there. I have to first see how days of no shampoo affects my hair. I am still getting things together for the babies party too. I have ordered the cutest invitations and can't wait to get them in the mail so I can see them and send them out to everyone! I am SO very excited about celebrating his first birthday. I am going to try to do everything I can to make it a memorable day! I hope everyone can make it, you won't be sorry, I can assure you that!

Life Changes

Okay, I know I haven't been on here in a while. First I will give you updates, if you are still interested. I bought a car. It is a Jeep Commander, I love it! It has a ton of room and is just what we need. We still have not decided what to do with the other car yet. I think matt wants to fix it and try to sell it. I just want to drown it at the bottom of the lake. But hey, that's just me! The baby is doing well. He started to pull up, but we don't have many surfaces where he can grab so he will usually just do it on me when I sit near him on the floor. It is to cute! He is such a good baby! I have decided to stop shampooing my hair! I know that some of you will probably be shocked by this and others will not. I know you will think, "Here she goes again!". I have been doing a lot of research on this topic, there is a lot on the internet and a lot of people who actually have not washed their hair in years. Basically, you buy a 100% natural boar brush and brush your hair morning and night. Then you use a baking soda paste and apply it to your scalp and rinse it out with apple cider vinegar and water (read more about this online, google it: no-pooing, no shampoo method, water only method). The point is to let your natural oils soften and help strengthen your hair, as God intended. Brushing helps remove dirt and gets the oil to the ends of your hair. You will eventually, once your scalp stops overproducing oil (about 2-6 weeks depending on hair and how you used to wash it) you will be able to just brush and rinse once or twice a week with water only! I am intrigued by this and can't wait to start. I do, however, have the worry that my hair is going to get REALLY gross and I will throw the towel in! I will keep you posted and let you know how the progress is! Feel free to ask me any questions. Here are some websites if you are curious: Mothering.com, longhairs.com, http://riverrest.net/2008/07/25/the-no-poo-movement/comment-page-1/#comment-394. Mostly I just googled and read whatever came up. There is more than enough info out there! Well, what else? I am planning the babies birthday party and hopefully in the next 2 weeks that is ALL I will be doing. I want to throw myself into it so it will be the best darn party anyone has ever had. I am REALLY looking forward to it, it is going to be SO fun. I just hope that it is not 120 degrees outside on the day that we are planning to do it. That would be a BIG bummer.

Correction

the last ratings didn't show up for some reason so here they are: 4, 4, 5, 5, 4, and 4 look at the post labeled "need help deciding on a car"! Thanks!

I need help deciding on a car

Okay here is the info. I like all of these and have test driven them. Matt really likes the calibur because of the price and we won't have to pay that much per month. I, of course, like the most expensive one! But it is also cheaper through insurance and our interest rate on the car loan will go down because it is a new car. Here compare this information and leave me comments:

2008 DODGE CALIBER SXT 1B3HB48B68D673679

SEDAN 4 DR 2.0L L4 DOHC 16V FRONT WHEEL DRIVE 5 speed automatic

Mileage: 20, 900

Price: 10

Insurance: -52.93 lower a month and new premium of 850.90 / 6 months

Insurance Payments: 141. 82 for both per month

Current asking price: 14,000-23,350

Safety: Motortrend-still testing, none reported

NHTSA- out of five

Frontal Driver Rating Frontal Passenger Rating Side Driver Rating Side Rear Passenger Rating Rollover 2 Wheel Drive Rating Rollover 4 Wheel Drive Rating 5 5 5 5 4 Not tested

2009 DODGE JOURNEY SXT 3D4GG57V29T159419

4 DR. WAGON/SPORT UTILITY 3.5L V6 MPI SOHC 24V FRONT WHEEL DRIVE

19" ALLOY WHEELS, POWER SEAT, 6CD CHANGER/MP3 PLAYER, AUX INPUT, SIRIUS RADIO, POWER LOCKS/WINDOWS, CRUISE, SIDE AIRBAGS, STILL UNDER BUMPER TO BUMPER FACTORY WARRANTY, FINANCING AVAILABLE, TRADES ACCEPTED, CARFAX CERTIFIED, NO DEALER FEES 6 Speed automatic

Mileage: 7,056

Price: 15, 990

Insurance: -87.14 every six months for new premium of 816.68 for 6 months

Insurance Payments: 136.12 for both per month

Current asking price: 23,000-25,755

Safety: Motortrend-being tested, none reported

NHTSA- out of five

Frontal Driver Rating	Frontal Passenger Rating	Side Driver Rating	Side Rear Passenger Rating	Rollover 2 Wheel Drive Rating	Rollover 4 Wheel Drive Rating
5	5	5	5	4	4

2008 JEEP COMPASS SPORT 1J8FT47WX8D720048 4 DR. WAGON/SPORT UTILITY 2.4L I4 SFI DOHC REAR WHEEL DRIVE Sunroof 5 Speed automatic 17" ALLOY WHEELS, AUTOSTICK, 6CD CHANGER/MP3, POWER LOCKS/WINDOWS, CRUISE, SUNROOF, SIDE AIRBAGS, STILL UNDER BUMPER TO BUMPER FACTORY WARRANTY, FINANCING AVAILABLE, TRADES ACCEPTED, CARFAX CERTIFIED, NO DEALER FEES

Mileage: 7,399

Price: 14, 990

Insurance: -81.06 lower with a new 6 month premium of 822.76

Insurance Payments: 137.13 for both per month

Current asking price: 18,000-24,575

Safety: Motortrend- no information

NHTSA- out of five

Frontal Driver Rating	Frontal Passenger Rating	Side Driver Rating	Side Rear Passenger Rating	Rollover 2 Wheel Drive Rating	Rollover 4 Wheel Drive Rating

Health, fun times

Life has been busy. I haven't been taking the time to post, mostly due to my mood. I just haven't felt like it. I am not sure I even feel like it now, I would just like to do it to keep up with it. My health has taken a surprising turn in the last few weeks. I have been having some trouble on many levels. My wisdom teeth have been bothering me and like always I get a consult and don't do anything about it. I have been put on Sertraline or Zoloft for mood and anxiety. Seems to be working, although I think sleep would be just as helpful. I got a blood test done when I went in for my yearly and went back about a question about spotting and exercise. I got a pelvic ultrasound and an trans vaginal ultrasound to make sure that I was not losing a pregnancy or experiencing a burst cyst. Turns out that neither was happening. Which is a good thing, I just don't know why I am bleeding when I work out. So for now, I will live with it. But more bad news was coming about my blood test. She said that I am severely deficient in vitamin D and B-12 and that I have high cholesterol! High cholesterol! What!? I couldn't believe my ears! But she thought the vitamins were more of a problem and of course I agree. So now I have to give myself shots of B-12 for 6 weeks and then once a month until, well I'm not sure. I also have to take 5000 IU's of vitamin D for 3 months until my levels are high enough, but I may have to take it for the rest of my life. She says that it is a new epidemic in America and the medical community doesn't know why it is happening! Me either! BTW, it has nothing to do with sunlight. I also have to take 3 capsules of fish oil a day in order to lower my cholesterol. I also have to add red yeast rice to help with my vitamin deficiencies. Crazy times. But I did feel a difference after my first Vit. D. I didn't feel anything after my B-12, but they say that has to reach the right levels before it makes a difference. That makes sense! Baby news. We are trying (life or death trying!) to get him to sleep through the night. He barely does this, and I think my health would improve if he did. Because even when he does I wake up thinking that he is crying or that I have some how slept through him waking and then I can't go back to sleep. It's pretty much like your damned if you do and damned if you don't. I hope that he will start to get into a regular habit of sleeping all the way through the night and then I will be able to get back into a regular pattern of sleeping without waking up in the middle of the night going crazy. So, seriously, I could use some divine intervention with this problem. Although I have to say now that we are more settled and I have started to reincorporate the night time cuddle routine it has seemed to help. The first night he only got up one time and last night he went down at 9pm and got up at 7:30 am. This is a vast improvement from 3 or 4 wakings a night and I can already feel a difference. I, honestly, have been putting this off for some time because I know how hard it is to hear him cry and not do anything about it. I do believe in the cry it out method, especially for him. I tried many methods before settling on this one, because others just seemed to make it worse. He would get angrier every time I went back in there and picked him up and left again. This method lets me go in there at allotted times and make sure he is okay and then walk out again. It works, for us anyway. I have a feeling it will not be any easier with the next one. I will probably have to figure out what works for that one too! I know that that sounded like a lot of complaining. But it really wasn't. It is really hopeful. I wouldn't give him up for anything. He is such a wonderful baby. He is learning so much everyday and I can tell that his world happily revolves around me. I love him and he is everything to me! Love you guys. Keep checking in. Let me know how your life is going too!

Valentine's and Happenings

Okay, so Valentine's day was really nice. I had a lot of fun. I made an all chocolate dinner. I didn't think it could be done at first but everything had chocolate in it in one way or the other! It was awesome. I will probably put a picture up of it! Or you can go to my facebook account and see all of the new pictures that I just put up. Okay, what is new.... We are still in search of the right thing to do about a car. Matt doesn't want to spend more than $600 on the car if we fix it and I don't want to spend any more on it! But I see his point. A one time (hopefully, we thought we were done last time) charge is better than making payments, which we just got done doing (on his car anyway, I never had a car payment, thank goodness & my dad). We are searching again for a new oral surgeon, because we believe that it is stupid to have to pay everything up front. We also do not want to go with their payment plan that is through CapitalOne because that bank has a bad reputation for turning around and sticking you with a huge interest rate out of the blue! So no thanks! But on a good note, my teeth are not killing me anymore ( I know this will be short lived). We are trying to get out of debt. With all the hospital bills we have it is going to be tough but I believe we will be able to do it. It's just not going that fast for me. I like things just to go away and not linger. Bills linger. They kill my spirit! LOL We want to get the baby a puppy. I just got an email from mom saying one of her friends just found 6 puppies on the road and they need good homes. We were going to wait until the baby was a year old (like for his birthday or something). The puppies are free and lab/mix. Matt and I really want a Catahoula. Look them up they are REALLY beautiful and are suppose to be the best breed for babies and young children, especially if they grow up together. Here is a link: http://dogtime.com/catahoula-leopard-dog.html Read the part about families and children, they sound like just the type of dog we are looking for. So we may just hold out for this one. We will have to see. I am just not ready for a dog at this moment. I think its like pregnancy, I have to get used to the idea first. Go through the whole gestational period and then get my prize. I am now taking my drugs. I immediately felt a difference and I hope that my body does not get used to it too quickly. I would like to feel normal for a while. I have also noticed that I am being nicer to my husband, he doesn't get on my nerves as much! We have been talking and mending. We weren't ever that far away from each other, we just weren't walking hand in hand as much. It's nice. Things don't look so bleak to me anymore. Okay, well thats all the updates from this end. Hopefully, I will have more good news soon.