No time! No time!
Last of the market blueberries (finally!), taken with iPhone:
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| From Kale 18-24 months |
Kale and Bonnie hard at work with Kale Dough, also taken with iPhone, which seems to take better pictures than Sony camera:
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| From Kale 18-24 months |
Kale showing The Moo some (unrequited love), naky style, taken by Ross with crappy Sony digicam:
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| From Kale 18-24 months |
I think someone would stand to make a gajillion dollars by inventing a pair of jeans that fit a post-pregnancy average mom body properly and well. I’m not talking about Brooke Shields (although she seems really nice and all) or anyone else with a personal trainer and “people” to whip them into shape. I’m talking about your average mom, who was formerly your averagely shaped woman. Having a baby changes your shape in more ways than I was really prepared for – nothing seems to fit right. And since jeans and a T shirt is pretty much my uniform I need a few good pairs, and I’m relying on you, internet, to help me find them. I’ll pay good money for a few good pairs that will last me a year or two without annoying me. But therein lies the challenge.
I always had challenges with fitting pants – I’m short so I quickly became very good at hemming pants but I don’t like the look of hemmed pants. I also disliked low rise jeans right from the get go – I want to be able to bend over and tie my shoe without giving the world a shot of my underwear or bum. And I’ve never really been a fan of belts – primarly because I am short waisted and a belt just really drives that point home. So I’m not an easy person to fit into jeans, and I realize that.
Here’s my wish list:
I found a pair of jeans I like from Reitmans, but not more than 3 weeks after buying them, the zipper started refusing to stay up. Because I’m cheap but had already recycled my receipt, I MacGuyver’ed them. Now I loop a little piece of ribbon over the button and through the zipper to make sure it stays up. It’s really inconvenient when I have to pee. I also found a pair at American Eagle Outfitters, but they are too low rise and slip down on me all the time.
This past weekend, I happened to be shopping at Marks Work Wearhouse, whose house brand is Denver Hayes, and I found a pair of jeans I like that almost meet all the wish list requirements. The exact pair I bought isn’t shown on their website, but these are pretty close. They are incredibly dark denim, and feature a silver embroidered feather on the back pockets. The contoured waistband is a huge plus, and although the cut is called Contemporary and is meant to sit just below the natural waist, I’m short waisted enough for them to actually sit a bit higher and while you might think that’s not good, to me it is. (See also: hide the mom pooch).
So far they haven’t lost their stretch after wearing them for close to eight hours, and they are really comfy. Have I finally found a pair of jeans? Time will tell.
For those of you just here for the Kale:
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| From Kale 1 Year to 18 months |
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| From Kale 1 Year to 18 months |
With the weather decidedly improving lately, we’ve been dusting off the pruners and clipping things and soil-amending like it’s going out of style. Since Kale is no longer Blob-That-Doesn’t-Move and has quickly become Boy-Who-Never-Is-Still, he often comes with us when we are out on the patio or along the pathway doing gardening-type things. And by “us”, I should really say Ross since I stick to containers and pots and things that I’ve been told to do and Ross is the main gardening expert in our house.
Anyway, like all boys, Kale had his first inquisitive taste of dirt the other day while out “helping” Daddy divide Black-Eyed Susans, and apparently he liked it so much that this morning, when he was “helping” me re-pot and divide some succulents on the patio, he thought he should have another round of dirt. I was having a hard time deciding whether I should care when the dirt gets shoved in his cakehole, and have decided that unless it becomes a habit, I’m going to go with the theory that all little children need to experiment and if it’s just good ol’ soil (and not chemically fertilized something or other) then I’m not going to worry too much.
Mmmm…. delicious dirt.
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| From Kale 9-12 months |
Besides gardening, we had some friends over for a visit yesterday (hi guys!) and had yummy Wun-Tun and Hot and Sour Soup for dinner. Saturday was a hugely busy day and we ran errands all stinkin’ day. Ross and I are doing some home improvements, and so one of those errands was a stop at the lighting store where we ordered some new fixtures to replace the lights in our kitchen and living room, since two are no longer working and none of them match which drives me CRAZY and has since we moved in four years ago. Kale also tried on a new hat:
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| From Kale 9-12 months |
Kale has also started holding his tongue on the roof of his mouth, and making that awesome click click noise when you suction your tongue OFF the roof of your mouth, which cracks me up. Also, we pulled some new jammies out of the “next size” box!
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| From Kale 9-12 months |
So all in all it was a busy, busy weekend but very productive. What did you do?
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