Pocket Diapers for Sale Sunday, November 15, 09

I’ve experimented with a few different brands (not many, but a few) and I’ve found that, while the others are great, BumGenius are the ones that D & my mom will also use. So, in an effort to avoid clutter, I’m selling the other pocket diapers I have (as backups, for laundry day) and will keep my pre-folds (as backups, for laundry day).

I have 6 diapers available (I told you there weren’t many):
2: Rocky Mountain OS Diapers (Mango/Berry & Berry/Lime) – $12 for both
2: Sweet Doll Baby OS Diapers (Orange/Snaps & Orange/Velcro) – $8 for both
1: Happy Heiney OS Diaper (Orange/Aplix) – $9
1. FuzziBunz sz Small Diaper (White/Snaps) – $9

They’re all in excellent used condition. (See pix!) M’s only worn them a handful of times each. There aren’t any stains, and they’ve all been washed with RockinGreen Detergent. (If you don’t know, then you need to check them out!) There isn’t anything wrong with them, except that I just really like my BGs (& have accumulated enough of them so that I don’t need these).

I paid $76.80 for all 6. I’ll take $45 for all of them (shipped). If you’re interested in one, two, or all of them, contact me on Twitter (@SthrnStrawberry) or on Facebook (Ellyn Reeder)

Can I do it? Monday, October 26, 09

As I sit at my desk at work I receive an email. It’s a notification of my sister-in-law, S, commenting on my facebook status from this morning. I was upset because I had to leave my wonderful little boy and go to work. It was made harder by the fact that he was crying.

She said, simply, that I must work so that I can provide for M. And to support my online shopping habit. *sigh*

Hello, my name is Ellyn, and I am addicted to online shopping. (Hi Ellyn)

Yes, I admit it, I’m addicted. But I really don’t like going to stores. The selection always stinks, there are creepy people, and it’s harder to check reviews or compare prices in a brick-and-mortar store. But I digress.

I really would like to be at home with M full-time. In order to do that we would have to live off of my husband’s paycheck entirely. Yikes. I don’t know many single income families. In fact, I only knew one, and they’re no longer together. It’s odd that what used to be the norm is now the exception. We all have 2 cars (or more), credit cards, satellite, cell phones, and (my addiction) computers.

Well, I’ve decided. I’m going to give up shopping online.

Wait, scratch that, the holidays are coming!

I’ve decided. I’m going to rein in my spending habits. Period. No more “oooh, Old Navy just sent a 10% off coupon & if I spend $X I get free shipping, too”. No more “but M really needs a new bottle, he dribbles with this one terribly & that mommy blog said this worked better”. I’m not going to do it! I’m going to take control of my spending habits! I’m going to create a budget, and I’m going to stick with it.

It won’t be easy. I haven’t HAD to budget in years. We have been blessed with enough money so that we can live comfortably. We don’t have credit cards, we only have 3 loans (car, mortgage, & 1 personal). I know that we can live on less, because we have. So we will. And I will prove to my husband (& in-laws) that I can be a SAHM. We can afford it!

Already? Friday, October 16, 09

Yes, I’ve only had a blog for about a month. And I’ve already quit posting on it. It’s not because I don’t enjoy blogging. I do! But it’s because I work on the computer all day and my wonderful husband (D) does not. So when he gets home he gets the computer. I feel bad hogging it. Plus I like to spend time with my little one (M). And I only get a couple of hours each day. Ah, the joys of being a working mom.

Let sleeping babies lie Monday, September 28, 09

I’m sitting in bed. Munching on Doritos, messing around in Picasa, watching Big Bang Theory, trying to keep up with #clothdiapers chat on Twitter. And I look over to see M wiggling. He’s been asleep for about an hour, but my typing (banging, if you ask D) and munching are causing him to stir. What do I do? Feed him, stroke his forehead, and then go right back to what I was doing.

Why?

Why did I not immediately shut down the computer, stop my munching, and cuddle up with him for the night? I need the sleep. I don’t need the calories. I crave contact with him. And yet, here I am.

I’m reviewing & editing some photos from the birthday party of a friend’s little girl. I’m waiting on D to get home from work. I still need to lay out my clothes for tomorrow (Thanks FLYlady!).  And I have this cool new blog that I want to write on.

Now here I sit. With one leg against his little body. Hoping I don’t wake him up again. Watching him breathe. Listening to his soft little sighs. But he starts to wriggle. And then arch his back. So I start feeding him again. And I set the computer down. And I say goodnight. Because I’m going to lie with my sleeping baby. He won’t be this little for long.

Ta-Da! Monday, September 28, 09

So, here I am. Blogging. I did this before in college. You know, one of those Xanga deals. I mostly used it to gripe about professors, lol. Little did I know that those professors were the least of my troubles.

Yet here I am, 7 years later, blogging. Why? Because I have a wonderful baby boy, an incredible tween-age boy, and an amazing husband. Plus a huge family. And I work, full-time, outside of the home. And I’m a cloth diapering, breast feeding, co-sleeping, photographing, graphic designing woman that doesn’t want to miss anything. Plus I want to share my experiences with people, hoping that it’ll help someone else.

So there you have it, the reason behind my blogging.