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So I totally spaced on the Etsy sale this past Sunday. I had it in my planner, I reminded my mom a million times, but still forgot. Instead I’m borrowing this idea from Kristen of Cheeky Beaks. Looks like we have some fabulous local Etsy talent around here.

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Is there anything for which you would willingly give your life?

Absolutely. My Children. Enough Said.

How would you communicate with someone if you didn’t share a common language?

Lots of wild arm flailing and hand gestures. Maybe drawing. We know quite a bit of American Sign Language, but that’s American Sign Language and most likely the said encounter is not taking place in America or with a Native-born American so it would be a moot point.

Where is your ideal place/location to have a wedding?

I dunno. I was always one of those little girls who dreamed of the big perfect church wedding. But church just doesn’t do it for me these days. I’d love a nice outdoor wedding but that would most likely have to take place out of state which would be expensive. Hell, at this point a JP behind a dumpster would be good, but I keep getting the feeling that Matt’s stalling on purpose.

Today is Free Cone Day at Ben & Jerry’s. You can get as many as you want, as long as you’re willing to stand in line each time.

This is probably the only time I’d actually go to a Ben & Jerry’s shop as their gun views don’t sync with mine, but hey - It’s free! Click the picture to find a participating shop near you. Here are the Arizona ones:

I’ve been working on this blanket for awhile now and while I’m pleased at how it’s turning out I’m not pleased with the tension issues I’ve been having. I also hate to admit it but I found not one but TWO dropped stitches and they’re quite a few rounds back. I’m contemplating frogging the whole thing and starting over. I think I would probably cry while doing it, but I really need to reevaluate my gauge again.

I just hate to use a larger hook because that means larger holes in the throw right? I hate that - makes it too drafty. Actually I just looked back and it seems I may be using too big of a hook already?!

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In other sad news, it’s gonna cost us quite a mint to get the car repaired and the bank has decided not to help us with that as half of our income (mine) is gone. It looks like I’m gonna have to give up all the crafts and fancy recipes again for awhile. I just wish there was something I could do at home without becoming the EvilStressQueen of Harwell Street. I wish I was like Dooce and could get paid for each of the millions of readers I have. Haha. Nevermind, I think I have 3 but I love you all!

I can’t say that I’m not a fan, because I’m not even sure if I’ve heard any of her music. But I came across an interview of her and I have to say I’m a fan now even if I haven’t heard her music.

When asked how motherhood has changed how she views the world:

"Being a mom seems to have changed the way the world sees me more than the other way around. Being pregnant really shifts your relationship to society, and then walking around with a baby shifts it again. I love the feeling that I get from other parents — women in particular — of being a part of the club. Club Sacrifice, you might call it. It’s cool to have camaraderie, warmth, and openness with strangers. I wish that dynamic was more prevalent in general, but I am grateful to have it now."

When asked if she would have a homebirth again:

"I would definitely choose a homebirth again despite the fear mongering of this patriarchal society, which convinces women that they are incapable of having babies without the intervention of men and their machines. I look at societies where women are marginalized and oppressed their whole lives (even covered head to toe in tarps!) but are still in control of birthing practice, in a whole new way now. I mean, who is really more advanced? To take birthing out of women’s hands and deny us the continuum of eons of wisdom and experience is to eject us from the very seat of our power. I believe that women in hospitals are prevented from being able to have normal, healthy birthing experiences because of the intimidation of being on the clock, being pressured to take drugs to make it quicker, being inhibited in their movement and activities, and alienated by a sterile, fluorescent lit, feet-in-the-air type environment. You know the classic “performance anxiety” of not being able to pee or poo because somebody’s watching you? Multiply that by a million! A cervix is a sphincter after all! Then to add tragic insult to injury women are numbed through their great moment of revelation. I believe the act of giving birth to be the single most miraculous thing a human being can do and it is surely the moment when a lot of women finally understand the depth of their power and connection to all of nature. You think it can’t possibly be done, you think you can’t possibly take the pain, and then you do — and afterward you look at yourself in a whole new way. If you can do that, you can do anything. Check out the books on this subject by Ina May Gaskin. She’s one of my great heroes. P.S. I was in labor for 43 hours. Pushed for five hours. It was brutal and scary and prolonged, and if I was in a hospital, they would have definitely cut the baby out of me. I thank the goddesses that I was at home with patient midwives who knew how to go the distance. The memory of pain always recedes. The memory of triumph does not."

I just love that last quote. So true.

I’m not gonna get on my high horse or anything, but I really wish that more women would think about birth choices and the effect that it has on every single person in this society. Too often do I talk to mothers who don’t even know that there are choices. Life in America is all about the choices ladies! Please ask what they are.

Via [Celebrity Baby Blog]