July 06 mamas: get yer March on! - Page 36

[elsanne]

Oh, Anna, just be glad you are not in Mexico, where people don't throw the TP in the toilet--but into the GARBAGE CAN. Can you imagine the grossness THEN? Yes, I am vigilant.

[witt]

ewwwww yuck elsanne

Calebsmama - Pulses are beans, lentils, chickpeas basically, bit of a staple for vegetarians.

Sarenka have you tried cooking them with one type of seaweed which I"ve forgotten but could look up if you are interested? Cooking longer increases digestability also but you probably know that. Is it all pulses or only lentils??? Poor you

[sarenka]

oooh - what type of seaweed? Not that I would be able to get it in rural Poland but maybe I could stock up somewhere else?

Yes, I cook them as long as poss. No joy. It is mainly lentils, I can still manage the beans and chickpeas but not as many or as often as before, I can kind of feel they are starting to go the same way!!

Washing on the line is one of my small pleasures too. As for locking myself out - can't do it here due to very primitive lock, thank god, anyway a few days ago, when we were all sweating and groaning with the flu a big wind came and took our outer door clean off its hinges!

Aidansmommy - sorry but that was quite funny! No comedies of errors to report here, we are all still too : to get into much trouble.

[witt]

Originally Posted by sewaneecook

I feel so stupid, I went outside to hang up some laundry on the line and I locked myself outside. Luckily I had brought DS with me. I have no idea how it happened ... I had just unlocked the door to go outside and it somehow locked itself. I was on the phone with my sister when it happened, so I even had my phone with me (luckily, b/c none of my neighbors were home to use their phones). DH came home from work to let me back in. I still have no idea how the door re-locked. I have a feeling DH is going to use this as a teasing device for a long time!

when my first was 4 months old I was driving around and realised I"d gone the wrong way and turned into a driveway and the car went into a ditch type thing and got stuck. I was in a semi rural area with no one around and I couldn't get the car to get out of the groove. I remember feeling a bit stressed, no cell phone and no one around...... the only thing that comforted me was the thought that at least I had milk on tap!!! so I totally sympathise........

Sarenka - does it make any difference if they are canned??? easy to digest?? ok here's what I've got from "feeding the whole family"by Cynthia Lair - "Kombu is a sea vegetable that is purchased dried. It comes in thick wrinkly dark green strips. This sea vegetable has a property that tenderizes beans and helps prevent flatulence" - a friend of mine always jokes that sharing an office with vegetarians is dreadful because of the "fart factor" but I don't think I fall into the "overly farty" category:

so instructions from whole food cooking book 2 cups lentils , 4-5 cups water, 2-3inch strip of kombu, place in pot bring to boil then reduce and cover and simmer - cook 50mins.

don't know if that helps??

[AidansMommy1012]

And thus my morning begins....

While I was eating breakfast, the boys crept away, apparently to mine my bag for goodies. I went to check on them and found Nate absorbed in picking through the meager contents of my wallet, and Aidan standing there with a tube of lip gloss in one hand, wearing a bright coral grin. I took a picture and then went to clean it off of him, but he still has little sparkles all over his face, and smells of watermelon. His dad's going to flip when he later finds that I took him out to the park like this.

Here we go.

[elsanne]

Anna--:
I liked "mine my bag for goodies"! Awwww toddler fun.

Need some kombu.

Witt--"pulses"? Wow! We gringos use that term (in the singular) to refer to our heart rate as felt outside our body. "legumes" is our version of all things bean. I love hearing alternate version of English. Y'know, when you are a member of the superpower of the world one's version of things tends to dominate one's world...think that's why I decided to step outside of it, although we are fairly dominant around here as well I think.

[CalebsMama05]

good morning everyone. working on cleaning and decluttering today. almost finished with the kitchen I do need to scrub the floor and unload/reload the dishwasher and also put the dried dishes away (counter) it is nice not to have dirty dishes laying everywhere.

my next challenge is the front closet. I bet 80% of the stuff in there belongs to stbx

[sewaneecook]

Originally Posted by witt

the only thing that comforted me was the thought that at least I had milk on tap!!!

Originally Posted by AidansMommy1012

And thus my morning begins....
Aidan standing there with a tube of lip gloss in one hand, wearing a bright coral grin.

That's GREAT!!!

JJuice, I hope things improve today. Where's our update at 11?

Update on the penis situation. The doc said that the redness, cracked area looked like yeast. She said that probiotics are good (which DS has been getting most days) and that a small amount of vinegar added to the wipe solution should also help. Otherwise, DS is GREAT. His official weigh in was at 26 lbs. 3 oz. and 29 3/4 in. long. The scales I used at my parent's house must have been on the heavy side (he was closer to 27 or 28 lbs!).

[CalebsMama05]

wow Laura yeast really? hmmm...wow your boy is so heavy! I think my guy *might* be over 18lbs...makes him seem like a shrimp in comparison LMAO.

anyone know what I can make with 3-4bags of great northern beans? I am trying to use up the food i've got before I buy more. I might just make hamburger helper but i'm not such a big fan of that anymore

[sewaneecook]

White chili is great for northern beans. I don't have a recipe for you, but it has chicken in it. It's so yummy. You could probably search for a recipe online.

[AidansMommy1012]

Ooooh....white chili. *ponders the question of dinner tonight*

[gumby74]

Originally Posted by AidansMommy1012

Here's a question for you: Do any of your babies have some unique physical characteristics? We noticed a few weeks after he was born that Nate has two webbed toes on either foot. It's not terribly noticable and we should be able to just leave it alone. Our doc said it won't cause any problems walking, that it just makes Nate more uniquely Nate. Anyone else?

Does lack of anything significant enough to be able to call it a pe--s count? Seriously.....it looks inverted! I sure hope puberty is nice to him


QUESTION: Received a call from peds office yesterday saying that Andrew's iron is a little low....10.2 instead of 10.5 I'm not interested in giving him the nasty tasting vitamins, but was wondering what I could give him in terms of food to bump up that number a little bit? Any ideas?

[witt]

Originally Posted by elsanne

Anna--:
I liked "mine my bag for goodies"! Awwww toddler fun.

Need some kombu.

Witt--"pulses"? Wow! We gringos use that term (in the singular) to refer to our heart rate as felt outside our body. "legumes" is our version of all things bean. I love hearing alternate version of English. Y'know, when you are a member of the superpower of the world one's version of things tends to dominate one's world...think that's why I decided to step outside of it, although we are fairly dominant around here as well I think.

ah yes we use legumes too but pulses is a pretty common term here.....
out here in the colonies we use all sorts of weird words

[witt]

Originally Posted by CalebsMama05

wow Laura yeast really? hmmm...wow your boy is so heavy! I think my guy *might* be over 18lbs...makes him seem like a shrimp in comparison LMAO.

anyone know what I can make with 3-4bags of great northern beans? I am trying to use up the food i've got before I buy more. I might just make hamburger helper but i'm not such a big fan of that anymore

Jami - I don't even know what northern beans are?? Or hamburger helper???

[Miss Juice]

Mmmm... white chili. Sounds so yummy.

Originally Posted by sewaneecook

JJuice, I hope things improve today. Where's our update at 11?

Aw, thanks. At 11 last night, I was asleep (for the moment). At 11 this morning, I was at work. So here's the 2:53 pm update.

There are two factors working against me this week. 1.) Ethan refuses to sleep. This is not his normal pattern, I have no idea what's going on. I am not worried about it at all, and I'm sure it will pass, it's just bad bad bad timing. He's been up every 45 minutes to an hour at night, and won't sleep longer than about 20 minutes in the daytime. He's tired and therefore very cranky. He goes to work with me, and when he's cranky it's a huge distraction, not just for me but for the other tenants of the building, as they were kind enough to point out today. Factor 2.) My girls are out of school this week, but my DH and I still have to work. So every single moment that I am not at work, and then several that I am, I am tending to three kids by myself. DH is great once he gets home, but by then I'm pretty toasted. Not the fun kind of toasted, either. I'm just counting the minutes until they go back to school next week. I finally got a minute to post by getting my toddler to nap, insisting that my 5 yo go upstairs for some quiet time, and leaving the baby to roll around on the floor in a state of mild protest.

So I'm still here, I'm just stuck somewhere between : and I think I'd feel better if I could just get a little but right now I am relying on

I think when DD2 wakes up we'll go outside and enjoy this beautiful sunshine. Maybe we'll plant something.

[sarenka]

Originally Posted by elsanne

Witt--"pulses"? Wow! We gringos use that term (in the singular) to refer to our heart rate as felt outside our body. "legumes" is our version of all things bean.

We Brits use pulse to refer to heart beat as well as to, well, what you call legumes which are actually just vegetables in french, oh superpower of the world and you aren't supposed to use french are you, with your freedom fries :

(whoops, got carried away- obviously not aimed at you elsanne!!)

Juice, hope you did plant something. Sending the sleep fairy over to your house tonight!

[WNB]

I think northern beans are largish white beans, good for hearty soups and stews.

Hamburger helper = (noodles + basic seasonings + mega-profit for the company who put it in the box) + hamburger (purchased separately)

Yay, in-laws are in the airport lounge enjoying their traditional tropical drink while they while away the hours prior to departure. They are the only people I know who seem to TRY to get to the airport early enough to have to wait around doing nothing for several hours. I don't get it: it's not like planes _ever_ leave early. But whatever It was a nice visit, many happy smiles for the grandparents and fun for all.

Hope sleep comes for you soon, Juice!

[Sandrine]

I decided to get out of the house and return my library books. i had a nice fine too. man, that sux to pay it. Anyways, instead of going home and use my computer, i'm at the library enjoying the company of strangers typing away beside me. it's kind of funny because most are teens who wanted to be out of their house too, probably.

All the girls are doing good. Just busy and trying hard to keep my patience.

man this keyboard works great.

[CalebsMama05]

hi everyone. I have no chicken. i'm boring.

I decided we're gonna have malt-o-meal hot wheat cereal for dinner.


trying to decide if I want Jake to have any of it...

[AidansMommy1012]

Originally Posted by Miss Juice

Mmmm... white chili. Sounds so yummy.


Aw, thanks. At 11 last night, I was asleep (for the moment). At 11 this morning, I was at work. So here's the 2:53 pm update.

There are two factors working against me this week. 1.) Ethan refuses to sleep. This is not his normal pattern, I have no idea what's going on. I am not worried about it at all, and I'm sure it will pass, it's just bad bad bad timing. He's been up every 45 minutes to an hour at night, and won't sleep longer than about 20 minutes in the daytime. He's tired and therefore very cranky. He goes to work with me, and when he's cranky it's a huge distraction, not just for me but for the other tenants of the building, as they were kind enough to point out today. Factor 2.) My girls are out of school this week, but my DH and I still have to work. So every single moment that I am not at work, and then several that I am, I am tending to three kids by myself. DH is great once he gets home, but by then I'm pretty toasted. Not the fun kind of toasted, either. I'm just counting the minutes until they go back to school next week. I finally got a minute to post by getting my toddler to nap, insisting that my 5 yo go upstairs for some quiet time, and leaving the baby to roll around on the floor in a state of mild protest.

So I'm still here, I'm just stuck somewhere between : and I think I'd feel better if I could just get a little but right now I am relying on

I think when DD2 wakes up we'll go outside and enjoy this beautiful sunshine. Maybe we'll plant something.

So sorry, mama. You know, Nate has been doing something similar with the frequent waking. He slept fabulously when he was brand new, and it's like he just sleeps less and less as he gets older. If someone told me that he's been keeping a vigil to raise money for charity this past week, I might possibly believe it.

Should probably wander out into the dark to pluck clothes from the line before it rains. I'll pray for deep sleep for both of us tonight.