As of late.

Good ol' google search results. They never really fail to entertain.

What are people looking up today?

big bald labia.

 Someone googled that and somehow ended up at my blog.

On another note,

I know I haven't been around much, but I've been really busy! I swear. I'm not trying to give you all the run around. I started a charity called "Cloth for a Cause." We supply low income families with cloth diapers (yay!). I've been there, and I know how intimidating putting $300-$400 at once down on diapers can be.

I'm happy it's been taking off recently though. We have 5 people waiting for diapers, and the community is really giving. We're hoping to do some fundraising to cover the costs of shipping diapers and buying used ones when the supply dwindles.

You can check it out here:

https://www.facebook.com/clothforacause

Well... I have to run to school now. I'm now babysitting so I can pay babysitters.

(thank you for napping so I could write this, Luca!)

ps; I should mention... at almost 15 months, he's already begun to say "no" he shakes his head and goes "no!" when we ask him to give us hugs. Too cute. For now.... haha!

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It's been such a busy day here at our house. I went to town, and bought 6 new-to-me Kawaii diapers, and began a new project called "Cloth for a Cause". It's a cloth diaper network. I'm hoping to provide low income families with free cloth diapers. We've already had people interested in donating diapers! I've been buying diapers out of pocket and giving them away for awhile now so it's going to be nice to have some help. 

We also got a hedgehog named Lilly not long ago. She's really not very friendly. She bite a lot when we first got her but she's coming around. It'll get better, the more love and time we give her. She's actually sleeping in my lap right now, and Luca's snoozing beside me. Well I'm going to join them in dreamland. 

Goodnight, friends!

I've been getting a lot of google search results for The Third Ave Collective, and I just wanted to share their new website and facebook pages.

Website:

http://3rdavecollective.com/

Facebook:

 Personal page: great for updates and things of that sort:

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002012752454

https://www.facebook.com/pages/3rd-ave-collective/185971838104351

The end of summer

It's one of the most beautiful sun shining days Prince George has seen this summer. It may also be our last so I'll be leaving to enjoy it soon. I went semi-vegan a few weeks ago, and I've been really energetic as a result. It's forced me to prepare my own meals, and eat more vegetables. You end up eating far more often, but if I'm not mistaken, isn't it recommended that you eat 5-7 small meals throughout the day opposed to 3 large meals? It's supposed to keep your metabolism running I believe. Anyways, we've been really busy lately, trying to take in the last bits of summer. Hiking, swimming, and hanging out with Luca's little friends. I've been feeling adventurous in terms of meals and have been making almost all of our food from scratch. I've also been trying to eat more raw veggies, and oh my gosh! I love this new world of food. Check out this trippy veggie I found at the market last week:

ronanesco cauliflower

the best of times.

I'm trying to stay away from you, computer. But I do miss blogging. 

I'll let all of you in on what's been up since my last entry. Artswells got better, even though it did rain the entire time, I had lots of friends around to lend me a hand with Luca. Some of my favorite performances were at night, so I ended up dancing with Luca until he went to sleep, and then I'd dance until 3 or 4 in the morning, and the bands would quit playing. Luca would sleep in his umbrella stroller or on the bleachers with his little noise blocking earmuffs on while I danced beside him. The ride home was even enjoyable, with good music and amazing friends, and we hit up barkerville before heading home on the last day. Wells is such a sweet little town, with adorable little houses all very colorful and box shaped. Next year I'll be better prepared and I won't come alone. Here are a few pictures from Artwells. :]

Luca's uncle helping him get his balance.

We pedaled this thing around town with Luca on my lap, and picked up a few hitchhikers while we went.

When it was really rainy, and we needed a break, we'd hang out in the tent, and I'd let Luca root through the bags.

Just one example of one of the houses in Wells.

barkerville.

Pulling off his socks! Also, I'm never using an umbrella stroller again!

When we actually arrived home, Dennis had invited a hitchhiker to stay the night. Can't say I loved the fellow, but whatever. :P 

So yeah, since getting back, we've basically been jogging, and out all of the time. I'm starting to go to yoga every Wednesday, and slow down on eating dairy. I think it was contributing to my feeling lethargic, and my weight gain. I gained 30 pounds in a few months time. It was a bit tough to get out of the cycle of not exercising/eating unhealthily, but I guess all I really needed to do was get out more often, and be more picky with my food. I ended up buying a BOB Revolution SE stroller, and I feel more inclined to get out since getting it. It's like pushing air.. especially after pushing that damned umbrella stroller all weekend. 

In addition to making my own lifestyle more healthy, I've been trying to do the same for Luca. We've been waking up at 10am most mornings, and I'm hoping to get it down to 7am and eventually 6:30. I've been writing down his nap times, and I never really realized it, but his naps are fairly consistent. This should help me plan our days more, and help us figure out how to get him to bed by 9 or 10pm. Well... the munchkin is waking up now.

Have a beautiful day.

Of wells.

Wells is a beautiful city, the music is amazing, and the people are great but oh my goodness. I wish dennis were here, it's so rough taking care of Luca on my own in a new place. Luca's sleeping right now and we're in a little store around the size of my bathroom back home. It's just been dreary and rainy and cold at night. I hope things get better, because I'm just really frustrated. We brought cloth diapers because I was told there was a laundromat but then found out there was none, and there are no places selling disposible diapers. I might sneak into the bathroom and handwash them but I don't know if they'd dry with all of the rain. Blah, I'm just frustrated. Can't wait to talk to dennis at 9:30. Can't wait for the rain to go away. Last night, I danced until 1am, while Luca slept in his stroller with his Peltor ear protection nearby. When I left him with his uncle Jay, I ran back to the camp and on my way back from the tent, I was hurrying and tripped over the huge concrete block, and ended up winding myself. Such an odd sensation to not be able to breath. Okay well I'm going to try to go and do something. Not sure what yet, but venting was nice. See you all in a few days.