I promised photos, so here they are:

If there is one person (or more) on your friends list who makes your world a better place just because they exist, and who you would not have met without the Internet, post this sentence in your journal.


I have LJ to thank for many of my friends, but I also met my husband via the internet. For that, I will be forever thankful to the march of technology.

It takes about 3 minutes, but this vid actually documents CJ's first roll!

J made an awesome Tabblo of CJ here.

This was just posted to my local Freecycle group:

Offer: Two adult size cryogenic freezer bags

These are high quality bags. We recently had my mom and my in-laws cryogenically frozen in Tucson and you have to buy your own freezer bags so we bought the box of six thinking that it would be cheaper because they keep so long we could save the extras for ourselves eventually but we only ended up using three and now our EPSAs (Everlasting Preservation Savings Account) are in the tank with the rest of the economy and I don't think there's any way we'll be able to afford anything but the usual dirt hole. So we don't need these bags anymore. Actually I am using one of them to keep my suits in down in the basement because they are really airtight and keep the musty smell out. They have the high quality green seal on the ziplock closure, one side is blue and the other is yellow and if you make a good seal then it turns green. Also they are clear so I can still see my suits. Maybe they are translucent, I don't know the difference. They were clear enough to still see granny's face but not so clear that you could tell if the pennies on her eyes were heads or tails.

Anyway if you are thinking about cryogenic preservation you will need these and they are the good ones.

This was an interesting little blog post about Twilight (which I read, yes the whole series, and enjoyed, though not with the fervor I've witnessed in others.) 

I've developed a fascination with patchwork lately, so I decided to experiment with some of my own. I bought some fat quarters for this, but ideally I'd like to do it with actual scrap fabric, what with being environmentally conscious and wanting to use up my leftover fabric. This one is about 24"x36", which seems to be the right size for a blanket-y play mat for CJ, and I made it in black and white and red, since he seems to have a fondness for his zebra toy. I backed it with plain black fleece, and it's just turned and top-stitched rather that messing with binding the edges. I "quilted" a couple of lines across it to keep it flat, so the back looks rather like the interior of a sleeping bag, but I didn't bother putting any batting, so it'll be compact for travel and quick drying.

This project took approximately three hours and cost about $10 in materials. It was pretty easy and I think I'll certainly do another one.

USING ONLY ONE WORD! It's not as easy as you might think! Copy and change the answers to suit you and pass it on to 10 friends. It's really hard to only use one word answers, but keep it to one word! Be sure to tag the person you received it from!


1. Where is your cell phone? bag

2. Your significant other? Josh

3. Your hair? brown
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"On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord." - President Barack Obama

80 days ago, we elected a new president and I was in labor with CJ.  My mother in law said to him recently, "On the day you were born, the whole world smiled."  He doesn't know it yet, but my son has been born into a different world.  I truly believe that today's inauguration of Barack Obama as our 44th president is a harbinger of change, and a symbol of hope.  I listened to the swearing in and Obama's speech on the radio and I wept tears of joy. 

I took CJ's footprints today as a way of commemorating this historic day for myself and for my son. 

...and made it 6 miles before crashing!  The kid says he learned to drive by playing Grand Theft Auto.  Some parents scare me.

Happy Xmas to those who celebrate it.  And I hope everyone had a great day no matter what they celebrate.  Now, Good Night!

The free Internet utility Facebook, with its tens of millions of
users, still removes from its pages photographs of women
breastfeeding, despite complaints about that practice beginning well
over a year ago. This Saturday, December 27, two events will occur:

1) A protest feed-in by breastfeeding mothers outside the Faceboook
headquarters: 156 University Avenue, Palo Alto, California. Time: 11
AM to 2 PM.

2) A virtual protest. Women and men on Facebook are asked to do two
things: post as their profile picture a photo of a woman breastfeeding
a child (it may also be a work of art, or a non-human mammal); and
change their status line to "Hey, Facebook, breastfeeding is not obscene!"

These changes should be in place for the 24-hour period of December 27.

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Facebook claims that breastfeeding photos are "obscene,"
"pornographic," or "sexually explicit" if they show "an entire
breast." That's Facebook being dishonest, for they mean "a nipple."
But women's nipples, breastfeeding or not, are not obscene in
California law; and in no state are they obscene in photographs.

In most places, of course, they're not obscene even apart from
breastfeeding; whatever legal restrictions are placed against them
don't use that word or the other terms with which Facebook demeans and
stigmatizes women. Facebook also claims that images of breasts harm
children.

Participate and pass along.