I haven't written in forever. But I have been thinking and doing a lot! Here are a few things that have nothing to do with each other:
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I started running a few weeks ago using the Runner's World 8 Week Beginner Program recommended by my best friend. She is on the last legs of the program and I am super impressed with her. I am having some trouble finding my groove, but her success is spurning me forward. I did the first few weeks without a jogging stroller (Bigfoot came with me pushing the regular stroller and I would run off ahead of him when the running intervals started and then walk back to him. He was really supportive, even when I whined on the first day of week 2 when "those bastards doubled the running and halved my walking!" I bought a chariot (used) and am super stoked with it but am getting used to running with it for week 3. Also, the deeper I get into the program the more ground I cover which means I've ventured out past our 1.5km driveway and down along the highway on a quad trail frequented by linx and etc so I feel a bit bearanoid and bring the bear spray. The dog comes along and I noticed the baby watches him running beside her. Fun for all.
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Why are people selling baby clothes on kijiji? I mean come on! First off, I don't think any mother should spend a cent on baby clothes when it is so readily available in the form of hand-me-downs and gifts from relatives. A friend of mine on facebook linked to a listing on kijiji where the lady was selling a bunch of 0-3 month sleepers for $25 with this lengthy diatribe on how "you NEED these sleepers because you are not going to have time to do laundry and blah blah blah." Most people thought this was funny but it just angered me. In my opinion, baby clothes should be used as a currency of goodwill between mothers. Sure, sell the outgrown crib or stroller on kijiji, but don't use it as your own personal ongoing garage sale for every little item you can possibly think of. And don't tell impressionable new moms that they NEED something just because you want to make a few bucks. I looked into the kijiji thing some more and there are people listing stuff like shirts and pants and some for as low as $1. Come on people. Give that shit away. Create some good karma. Having a baby does not automatically turn your life into a business! On the other hand, I am lucky I was given so much baby stuff for free. Maybe others are not so lucky? I plan to change that for as many new mothers as possible as I will be handing down all of my used baby items (and I'm pretty sure Joon's stuff could populate the wardrobes of about 10 babies).
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I'm copying the number bullet post thing from a new blog I've been reading and enjoying. Sorry Caitlin who doesn't know me and who lives far away in a land where there are dangerous sharp objects known as cacti everywhere. Um I'm also not sure if the link highlighty thing works or if it is proper etiquette to just randomly link someone's blog in a random post. Sorry, again. Am I being cliche Canadian for saying that? Sorry. oh frig. The reason why I mention another blog is that I am wondering if reading other blogs is kinda stultifying my own blogging voice and maybe i shouldn't be reading as many as i am? I'm not talking about the blog I just mentioned, that one I love, but some of the others on my reader do not apply to me or they just make me want to vom and i just hastily followed them for no good reason except that they were there.
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Non-conformity. Is there really such a thing?
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House-sitting at a place that has a hot tub soon. Holla!
I agree about the baby clothes! I would say 80% of my kids clothing has been had me downs, 15% stuff the grandparents have purchases, and the last 5% random bits and pieces I have bought. I have passed all of my stuff along to friends.
ReplyDeleteYa, it's the same for most of our gear too. When people at my partner's work found out we were having a baby it was non-stop with the offers to give us things. I pass things along as she outgrows it. There is no shortage of pregnant ladies and iddy biddy babies around here!
Delete4. Here's something non-conformist: no screens! Can we go even an hour without checking our sites? Facebook, twitter, etc? James and I are pretty dead-set about getting rid of our cell phones. We never got smart phones. I've been learning about the life of the Buddha and it is making me reconsider so many aspects of my life! Simplify, yo!
ReplyDeleteFunny you should mention this. I am thinking of limiting my internets time to tuesdays and thursdays and weekends. Just thinking of this makes my stress levels go down and creates these expansive thoughts of freedom. I do diddle on my smart phone multiple times during the day, probably without noticing, definitely more than I think. I am the last person I know to get a cell phone and 99% of my usage on it is to update the Sasquatch on the minute details of life while he is away on shift or anywhere not in shouting distance. It's amazing we have anything to talk about to face to face! I've started holding back on texting tidbits during the day so I actually have something to tell him when he gets home from work.
DeleteBuddha is where it is at, yo!