This year is already going well. I’m only 10 pounds over my pre-preggers weight. That’s good! I’m eating healthy and am nursing well. Caleb is in the 66th percentile! I think his good nursing is helping me to lose all that weight. Y’all remember how I was on bedrest for a month while pregnant? During that month I gained A LOT of weight. I gained 55 pounds while pregnant total. I weighed almost 200 pounds… Well, I was 188 when I had Caleb. Close enough to 200! Now I weigh 149! I’d like to be 135-140. So, I’m almost there and he’s only 4 months old!
When I was 12 weeks pregnant, we upgraded our matress. We had a queen and wanted a king. We only had $1400 to invest, but we found a good mattress and we slept well…
… then the bed started sagging. It sagged so bad within the first month that you could see our body prints in the bed when we weren’t in it. It was ridiculous. That’s when Jeremy started waking in terrible pain. And I was up all night tossing and turning. This was the worst mattress ever. It never occurred to me to call and try to take them up on the warranty. I figured they probably never honor it anyways.
Yesterday I went by the store that we bought the bed from and mentioned our issue. I figured they would say we did something wrong and it was our fault. But what did they say? They said we could come in and pick out a NEW BED! Woooo-hoooo!
So I got some wind under my wings. Caleb got this fancy swing back when I was pregnant. I wanted to have one nice item for him, so I bought the Fisher Price Papasan Twilight Swing. It was pretty expensive but super nice. Within 2 months it broke. The swing still swings but the lights and rotating mobile quit working. I was bummed when it quit working but it still served its purpose of swinging, so I just let it go. But today I decided to call Fisher Price and talk to them about it. Guess what!? They are sending me a new swing for Caleb! Yahoooo!
So, I guess I learned something from all this– if you spend good money on something and it breaks, don’t be afraid to take advantage of the warranty! No one likes throwing money away.
Yayy! for losing weight and Yahoo! for new, working stuff!
Ok. That was a boring post. Sorry. It’s the little things that make me happy. 
I received the most amazing, wonderful, thoughtful, sweet gift in the mail today. I won a raffle at Jennifer Paganelli’s Sis Boom Site! I won a lot of gorgeous fat quarters from Jennifer’s new Prelude Collection for Free Spirit. Gorgeous, soft, vibrant, rich fabrics and colors. A quilter’s/sewer’s dream fabric! Not to mention, Jennifer is so lovely, generous, beautiful, and kind. Jennifer, I promise to make something lovely and just for me with this wonderful gift! Prelude Beauty. For me. Meeeeeee! 
Gorgeous, eh? Jennifer’s fabrics are the reason I decided to learn to sew last winter, that’s how fantastic her fabrics are! If you love to sew, you should visit her site and get to know the delightful Jennifer and her charming fabrics!
Get this: My camera broke last week, right? Guess what!? My computer is on the fritz now! What are the chances? This is an injustice.
They both had a one year warranty that ended a few weeks ago. I think that gadget makers put a self-destruct chip in them so that they go awry right after the one year mark. I can’t tell you how many times this happened to me. I bought the extended warranty on this here Toshiba laptop. But that’s another story for some other time. Needless to say, extended warranties don’t work if you lose your receipt. So now I’m having to dance sideways through fire hoops to get a copy of my receipt from Office Depot. Ugghh.
You know what’s so funny about this computer fritz? I can do anything in any program as normal. Everything works except internet explorer. I can’t visit any website EXCEPT my own and dlisted.com! Those are the only two sites my computer agrees with. So, until I get this fixed, please don’t think me a blog snob. I just can’t visit you right now without going to the library. I can’t even check my e-mail!
Ok, enough griping! The world is seeing greater injustices than my losing internet connectivity. If any of you go and have a baby (Jenica), or you win the lottery (will you buy me a camera and a new computer?), or you break your leg table dancing at Starbucks (ok, I’m making stuff up now)– post it here or e-mail me! I’m checking my e-mail every few days at the library until I find a remedy! Maybe I’ll borrow a book while I’m there, and that can’t be all bad!
Do you know how much I’m loving this whole stay-at-home stuff? Love it! I have a clean house, my children are happy and loved, and I have time for making yummy bread in my new (sort of) yard sale bought bread machine! I’m so super psyched! There’s a loaf baking right now for dinner. Smells deeee-lish! And what’s this stay-at-home mommy making for dinner to go with that yummy, hot bread? Bbq ribs, mac-n-cheese casserole, baked beans, and a salad.
Of course I’ll be the one eating more salad than anything else. But, ya know, I’m happy to feed them the stuff they love. I only lost 1 pound this week with the Trimspa. But I’m alright with that since I got a visit from Aunt Flo and she tends to make me a few pounds heavier.
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I’m lacking tunes, y’all. I’m really wanting Sarah McLachlan, Edie Brickell, or the Cranberries. I can’t help but think that maybe one of you might have the CD and might be interested in doing a swap. I don’t have many CD’s that don’t have scratches these days. But how about Amy Winehouse?! Everyone wants her CD! I’ve got it scratch free. Or I could make you a mix of songs I downloaded on iTunes. Wanna trade?
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I’m making some money on eBay, y’all. Anything jean material makes money on eBay apparently. It also doesn’t make good material for making a quilt, which is what I plan to do with the rest of the outgrown baby clothes. So, I sold some jean overalls and jackets that I bought at yard sales when I was pregnant with Noah. I made the money I spent and then some. I’m going to use the money I make to help me pay for my blog remodel! Or that’s just what I say, I’m really doing it because I’m addicted to spending money on eBay and I have to compensate somewhere! I just earned my blue star, which says something about my eBay addiction!
Well, that’s all I got for now, Folks. Got kind of a stupid post today, but you loves me anyways!
