Procrastination.

Who else suffers? I know I'm super bad, I work well under extreme pressure. It's 11 am, and I haven't even started to begin packing for PA for 2 weeks. Not any of my stuff, or Erika's stuff! I don't even wanna start, I started feeling overwhelmed.

So I'll be leaving tonight after Olin gets home so we can say our goodbyes, and I'll be returning September 10th. I'll miss everyone!

K, crying kid.

Pennsylvania.

So! Spur of the moment, I know, but looks like Erika and I will be leaving for PA tomorrow sometime until Sept. 10! I'm super excited!!! We're going w/ Aleena & her son, Aiden. Her family lives there, and Aleena and Ed are PCSing to Okinawa the end of September. This will be great time for us to hang out before she leaves me for 3 years!!! Ugh! I'll probably still keep things updated though!!!

To go to Vegas, Or not to go to Vegas? That is the Question.

Okay, so for those that don't know, Olin's eldest sister, Jen, is supposively getting married. They're not sure on a date, which sucks for us b/c we live all the way over here- and need to PLAN. Also, we've heard they were gonna get married a few times, so we really hope this is it. Otherwise, I'm wasting a lot of time crunching numbers and budgeting our lifestyle so we are able to afford to go, and not live on the streets of Vegas like bums with our 15 month old baby :) So as I'm crunching numbers, I'm finding more and more crap!

So currently it's like this:

Gas (there & back) : $700. If gas stays lower.
Hotels (on the way there & back!): $100.
3 Nights in a Hotel While IN Vegas: $200 (Stratosphere Hotel!!!)
Spending Money: $500.

So in total we're looking at : $1,500.

So it's like, do we save it or not? I mean, my amounts are estimates b/c all we know is spring or summer. Am I sounding like a bitch? I mean, I'm just a planner. I like to have things planned out, with dates, times, & locations as far in advance as I can! And I'm going nuts over this!!!

On the brightside, we can put $50 bucks a month extra away starting in October! We will be Full Time Cloth Diapering by then!!! Yay!

Okay... let me know if I'm leaving crap out! Well, I just thought- food. We'll have a cooler for on the way there and back- but while we're there, we'll have to buy food.. Ugh, fattening, fake meat from fast food restaurants. Tasty. Not!

Cloth Diapering, Day 1.

So! My CDing addiction had already started. After much thought, research and cost comparison we decided to try going to all CDing. Yes, the initial costs of CDing are pretty expensive- but imagine only paying that once, not having to fork out 50-60 bucks a month on disposables that just go into a landfill and take 250 years to decompose! You're not just wasting that money every month. With CDing, we find it much more cost efficient, earth savvy and better for my baby's toosh. We put out a bit at the beginning, but then don't have to keep forking out money every month. It's greener. I mean, we're saving the world- little by little. We're not repetitively putting crap into the landfill that isn't going to decompose for YEARS, and I mean YEARS. I mean, I want this world to be around for my daughter's kids, and their kids... and with the way it's going- if people don't stand up and make a change, it's not going to be. And hell, as Megan says, "You do laundry, anyways, don't you?". I think that's what really got me thinking. I do laundry anyways... what's a bit more?

So, yes, this weekend I had been on diaperswappers.com a hell of a lot, and I found some good deals, I also got 6 Bum Genius from a friend for just $25 bucks and they just need new elastic and velcro (easy fix). I have a Fuzzi Bunz & AIO also on their way, and I'm order a trial pack of like 4 different kinds on Thursday/Friday. Oh, I also have a blueberry I got in the mail yesterday. Just needs an insert! Anyways!

So yesterday, Erika wore a CD. This was our first day of actually putting our butts in gear and trying to make the transition. I was a bit nervous, but she seemed to love that BG and it actually looked like it helped clear up her butt, I mean, disposables have so many chemicals right there on her toosh, and she's got sensitive skin! But yes, no leaks or anything. She did very well, and it wasn't as bad as I had viewed it a year ago! This was our first BG, but I really like them & so does Erika!

On the brightside, Olin's really starting to let down his guard on this. He was still in my mindset of a year ago, "that's nasty". He's being SO supportive of this decision that I have made for our family, and I'm so happy to have him.

I'm just waiting on inserts to begin FT CDing.

Me, Today. Not Yesterday. Not Tomorrow.

Me, Today. What do I actually know about myself? I know my name is Alburnie. I was born to a man & woman who got hitched after 6 weeks, and have been married 21 years now. I know I'm a military brat, and now a military wife. I know that I'm not very tall, but not very short. I'm average. I've always been average. I like music. Not just ONE kind of music, but ALL kinds of music. I know that about a year ago, I'd look at someone like me today and think "Gross. That person is nasty". I guess b/c I was closeminded. I have brown eyes, not blue or green, just brown. I have a few friends I've kept with me over the years, the rest have fallen to the curbside. I'm addicted to the computer. There is so much out there, and there's no way I could learn it all. I know I've been married 2 years, but it feels like just yesterday I met my husband. I know we have a love that's stronger than most, and we used that love to make a beautiful baby girl. I know my family is not as close as it could be, but as close as we're gonna get. My grandparents were never much of grandparents to me. I know an angel by the name of Erika graced my parents life, and then my life- and has been with me since my birth... and I know my husband and I named our little angel after that angel. I know at one point in time my husband will get deployed and I will spend many nights alone, crying and waiting for one mere 5 minute phone call in which I won't get to tell him everything I had wanted. I know my daughter is going to grow up way too fast, and before I know it she'll be getting ready for prom. I know I have enough animals to begin a small petting zoo, and somedays I get extremely overwhelmed. My favorite color is green, food is mexican and artist is Jimmy Buffett. Today I like the new free credit report commercial and tomorrow I'll probably hate it. I know I have more than I could have ever asked for, a wonderful family, lots of un-needed materialistic items, and so much more.

What am I getting at? I'm a normal person. Plain & Simple. My physical features may be different than yours, but that's just makes me, ME.

Okay- so a year ago I'd have looked at myself and thought, that's nasty- I'm never going to be like that. But here I am, "Like That.". Yep, I'm like that. I've started my transition into a more green lifestyle. Currently it's just recycling, eating healthier and more organicly and now I'm beginning my transition into Cloth Diapering and I must tell you, I love it. And it feeds my shopping addiction! Haha!

I have so many words, but I can't get them out. I'll write more, don't worry.