The Queen's Rambles

Yesterday was a much better day. We didn’t have anything on our calendar, so we just sat around in our underwear and played Indiana Jones all afternoon. I am such a good mom. NOT! I just couldn’t face the thought of going outside in the 100 degree weather and I’ve found that it isn’t really fun to take Elsa to the pool with us. The water is so cold I don’t want to dip her in it, but it is so hot she and I get way overheated just sitting and watching Erik. Boo! I’ll be glad when she’s ready for the pool next year.

I also got a super-duper surprise in the mail yesterday! I need to get camera batteries to show you! I was surprised with a sweet, pink, mermaidy quilt for Elsa! Thank you Crystal!> Crystal is one of my favorite quilters. She knows how to blend colors to create something unexpected, yet something in perfect harmony. I love her creativity.

In other news, Erik still claims he will never go back to swim class. I would like to find that guy and beat the shit out of him. What is the point of power tripping with a four year old? I have loved our swimming classes at this place, but this guy has ruined that. He obviously doesn’t know how to work with children. Bah.

I am still pissed about the diaper lady not taking back her diapers. What part of “You screwed the pooch” does she not understand? She has a store front. She says she is swamped with orders, which is why the diapers were so late. Wouldn’t it be super easy for her to sell them again on her site? It would certainly be better for her business to do that than to have me bad mouthing her all over the internet.

Anyway, I just found out that one of my local friends does cloth diapering. She was due last week so should pop at any moment. She doesn’t know if she’s having a girl or boy, but as soon as I found out I’ll wrap up two or three of the diapers and call it good. I have two gender neutral and one girly so I’ll just have one diaper left to worry about if she has a boy. She made Elsa a little hat and I was going to make a little taggie blanket for her baby, but I don’t really have time and these diapers are super cute, if teeny tiny, so it will work out. Doesn’t make me any less pissed off about the WAHM being an idiot, but at least I have a plan. I doubt that lady is going to have her business long anyway if that’s the way she runs things.

We’re off to the last birthday party of the month in a couple of hours. I guess I better run off to the shower and try to tame my unruly mane. I’ve never had an unruly mane before, but you should see the almost-curls. It would be almost pretty if there wasn’t an oil slick under there. Humidity. It’s interesting.

Did I mention we bought tickets for a week in Oregon? We were going to use our reward points with our credit card. Ha! I called and you have to book through their travel agent. Using our reward points would have cost significantly more than just booking ourselves. Bah! At least we can use the points for Amazon gift cars, but that is a damn lot of books. Or whatever. I guess you can get anything through Amazon these days. I just bought the coolest changing pad thing through them or e-bay, can’t remember which one. It props up on one side so when you are changing the baby in the car the baby isn’t rolling into the crease of the seat. I rarely changed Erik in the car. It didn’t work very nicely with the old Saturn and we weren’t out all that much. I change Elsa in the car all the time. We are always at the park or wherever and the van seats are the right height. Now she isn’t rolling into the crack and it makes a huge difference. Yay for innovative baby products! And yay for happy babies! She’s been sitting happily in her bouncy seat this whole time.