About QM
Quick n dirty? about : Hi, I’m Jenn. I have five kids, two 18 year olds (not mine, but in my care, my siblings), a nine year old, a seven year old and a five year old. We also have my dad, some pets and a ton of fun. Yep yep. This & That : Hobbies I have actually kept up with are knitting, cooking, baking, tattooing(learning) and...
101 in 1001
This is my first 101 in 1001 period; I attempted to make a list a few times over the last year or so, but failed. In ever could reach 101 things without feeling like I was cheating in some way. I have a couple of friends who made (new) lists this year, so thanks to both of you for lighting a fire under my ass and giving me a starting...
House & Home To Do
Strikethrough means we have completed that goal. Italics mean that goal is in progress. I think we’re starting this in March 2010. In the mean time, I am FreeCycling and cleaning like crazy! repair windows – Sara & Michael’s windows both need to be repaired/replaced purchase first floor accordion hurricane shutters and...
wishful
This is not only an on-going wishlist for me, it’s also a list of “Hey, I need to get that someday!” So when you see some of the more expensive items… feel free to skip on by! Now, if you know someone getting rid of a juicer or a spinning wheel… well, I love some “free for shipping” items, so point...
Dental Drama
No, not really. Just got back from the periodontist (looking for one in Coral Springs? Check out Dr. Richard Morrow @ 954-345-4748. No I don’t get paid for that, he was just awesome.) and while overall my gums are healthy enough, the area in front of my bottom front teeth is thin. I’m looking at a soft tissue transplant to build it up a few millimeters so I can get braces. While he’s in there, I’ll be the proud recipient of a frenulectomy (sp?) so my lip doesn’t wear my gums down over the next 50-some years. Yay!
Read MoreSometimes in seeking, we don’t always find
Sometimes I go looking for my mom, because I’ve forgotten she isn’t there, and I am surprised when I can’t find her.
Last week Sara was talking downstairs and I swore it was mom. I don’t hear her in my own voice, although I hear her in my words. I was pleasantly surprised to find her in Sara’s.
Read Morejust so I remember to look at it later
http://knockoffwood.blogspot.com/
http://knockoffwood.blogspot.com/2009/12/plans-bankable-bookcase-land-of-nod.html
http://knockoffwood.blogspot.com/2009/12/plans-farmhouse-table-knock-off-of.html
http://knockoffwood.blogspot.com/2009/11/plan-kitchen-island-like-williams_2716.html
Read MoreA clarification
Like I said, it makes me feel like a complete asshole. We have a HUGE Haitian population here. Most of our forms have English, Spanish and Creole on them. Trust me, I know most of Haiti lives in, and below, poverty.
It isn’t even just Haiti that pisses me off. I have nothing against Haiti. I get my feathers ruffled about this every time something happens somewhere else in the world and it becomes the “Raison D’Etre” for all of five minutes before it’s forgotten. Why not focus that attention inwards and heal ourselves before we pretend like we can heal the world? A new mother cannot take care of her infant if she isn’t well herself. Same concept here.
Read MoreMy Turn!
From Wednesday:
I went to the orthodontist today. The tooth I went to the dentist about last May? The one they said was fine, but we have to fill these four other cavities in these other teeth? Yah, it’s got potential bone loss, gum loss, etc… and she can’t start my orthodontia until I either get the go ahead from another dentist (I have a referral) or get it fixed, because if she starts moving teeth around it could abscess. :shake_fist:
Read MoreWe’re planting tomorrow!
The kids have a half day tomorrow, and I picked up some seeds and soil last week at Target, so tomorrow we’re going to start them. I also picked up some paper cups because of the recent cold – we’re starting them inside.
Any tips?
Read MoreDonations
I feel like a complete asshole, but I am sick and fucking tired of hearing about people soliciting donations for Haiti. Yes, it was catastrophic. Yes, it’s terrible. Yes, they nee everything from toothpaste to beds. But where the fuck are all the people soliciting donations for our own needy at any other time of year? Our own homeless (and working homeless and disabled and down on their luck and fire victims and whatever else) need donations day to day as well. Where are the “24/7 until it’s filled” trucks here being filled up with toothpaste and tents and clothes and blankets and food for our local needy? Why are we, as American’s, expected to give to every world-wide catastrophe, but we take out loans and beg for aid when it’s us? Why are we conditioned to give unconditionally, as long as it’s to some country other than our own?
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