little feet, big sky

Baby morning song.

Cake or death?

Chocolate layer cake with raspberries and buttercream frosting.

We sometimes use our oven for heating up the cold house. Just turn it on to 350deg for an hour or so. I’ve sometimes tossed in a couple of cinnamon sticks as a kind of air freshener. Today, being unable to find the large jar of cinnamon sticks, I grabbed a few star anise sitting out on the counter and the smell is just wonderful! Can’t wait to try cardamom, my favorite spice..

For cheap whole spices, check out your local Indian or Armenian grocery store.

Is such a thing really possible? I didn’t believe it until I was in Europe over the holidays. Maybe it’s because places like Denmark incinerate their trash, but the dispoables we bought there were super thin and were covered with a paper-like material, rather than plastic. (We took cloth diapers to use mostly, but kept ‘sposies around for nights and outings.)

A brand I discovered there was Nature Babycare. They make 100% chlorine-free, compostable diapers! I’ve been using them for a while now and love them. They seem to run a little small on my chubby-thighed 6-month-old, but other than that, I’m pretty happy with them. They also make awesome wipes and breast pads, also compostable.

Best of all is that diapers.com carries most of their line, and if you buy a case of four (120 diapers) and a few packs of wipes, you get free shipping. :-) I’ve calculated the price of Pampers Cruisers w/ free shipping at Amazon to $.30/diaper and these come out to $.37/diaper. Not bad for being a little greener.

No more finger-measuring. Your finger is only 2-1/2 inches, not 3, and each joint is not “about an inch”.

On to the next dress, crochet this time!

Maybe that’s why I’m so stressed lately: I can’t sleep. Between the baby and insomnia, I must be getting about five hours of sleep at night. Last night I was in bed by eleven. Awake from two to three and now awake again from five. Don’t get me wrong, it’s been nice listening to the rain falling, but I’m just so tired.

I can’t believe this is all still going on. Some days I feel fine and others I feel completely hopeless.

Maybe I should move somewhere.

Maybe I should bake something.

Love the Wikipedia iPhone app.