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Methadone Addiction is No Laughing Matter! 2006-10-21 01:05:47 According to the Oprah Show, my source for all valuable information, there is an epidemic in American suburbia of Methadone-addicted mommies. I really don't think this applies to Yardley, Pennsylvania. The only thing Yardley women are addicted to is Starbucks or maybe palates. The mommies around here are so perfect it scares me. When I go to my local playground I'm always in awe. All the mommies have perfectly highlighted, ironed, Kelly Rippa hair. These women wear designer clothes to the park, and shoes that Sarah Jessica Parker would like. I wear Payless sneakers and have a hard time pushing the stroller and holding my sweatpants up at the same time. Their kids are perfect too. Their clothes are stain-free and coordinated. Their shoes don't even have scuffs on them and they match. The little girls all have pretty accessories in their hair that are not Baggie twist ties. None of these women would be caught dead in Home Depot with a kid wearing only a slip, a tutu, and ru Read more:Laughing
I Also Don't Clean Up Bodily Fluids 2006-10-20 02:36:41 A friend of mine was upset today because she feels like she doesn't play enough with her child. Play? What is she talking about? What job description did she read? I don't PLAY. I do laundry, clean, make meals, kiss boo-boos, snuggle, sooth away nightmares, even sing lullabies, but I do not PLAY. Why do you think I made so many kids and keep a husband around? Okay, once in a long while I might kick a soccer ball or even push a swing if I'm feeling really Mother Theresa-ish, but I do not make things with legos, put dress-up clothes on my body, or give voice to Bratz dolls. The girls know that if I did the latter, my doll would inevitably say things like, "I'm going to put these slutty, skin-tight jeans in my hamper when I take them off so my mom doesn't have to pick them up off my floor for the hundredth time." or "Does anybody have some turpentine so I can wash some of this war paint off my face?" I don't know why the girls don't enjoy this.
It's not that I don't want Read more:Clean
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All it Needed was a Red Carpet! 2006-10-16 17:47:55 One of the more difficult parts of having a new baby for me is not so much the sleepless nights, but the lack of adult entertainment. Nathan and I are pretty good at keeping up an active social life in spite of our large family, because we would like to have something left of our relationship when we send the last one off to college. We get how important it is to spend time alone together and with our friends, being adults and partners, not just parents. But, with a newborn who nurses approximately every 17 minutes, there's no leaving Finn with a sitter yet. We haven't been able to go moshing or four wheeling or to support our local mud wrestling team for more than five weeks now. My only social interactions of late have revolved around hospital and doctor visits and an occasional chat with an adult at the grocery store. The closest we've even come to seeing a movie has been a Dora the Explorer dvd. This weekend I would have started to feel a bit wiggy if I hadn't gotten an Read more:Carpet
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Our Leader Knows the (Fashion) Stakes! 2006-10-12 16:48:24 I watched Bush's press conference yesterday. I know I shouldn't get into it because politics can get ugly, we all have our opinions, and you all know how I feel about the guy anyway. I just noticed one scary thing - not about what he said (which usually sends me burrowing into the back of my closet to scream into a pillow) but how he speaks. He always sounds like a little boy who just got yelled at for kicking someone in the shins. He's got this defensive cadence that goes along with a stamping foot and balled up fists. "I didn't do it!" "He hit me first!" "Daddy said I should!"
Once in a very blue moon Bush will say something I actually agree with and today I'm going to be a big enough person to admit that yesterday he got something right: I thought Kevin Corke's suit was really hot too! Read more:Fashion
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Gimme Those Pearly Gums! 2006-10-25 03:34:05 Finn is smiling! I know the experts say babies don't smile socially at this age, but Finn is Gifted and Talented. He has been smiling at me and only me for a couple of days now and these beautiful moments are not accompanied by farts either. For a couple of weeks I've been catching fleeting glimpses of smiles while he's nursing; your typical guy - just happy to have a boob in his face and a nipple in his mouth. But these new smiles include direct eye contact and cooing. I think everything about this kid is completely adorable, even his toe-jam, but the smiles! They make my heart burst! I'm sure there is a chemical reaction in my body every time he does it that boosts my serotonin levels through the roof. I'm going to attach this blog to a message and put it into my reminders for the year 2021. Finn will be fifteen then and probably will only be gracing me with disgusted scowls. I'll need a little reminder of the good old days.
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