allmodernbaby.com

AllModernBaby.com contacted TFOC to see if we would be interested in reviewing some of their cool, chic products. Of course I said yes. It would have been amazing to get the Stokke Sleepi ... a girl can dream! Product review on it's way!

we're moving!

URGENT! URGENT!
Tales From Our Crib is moving!!

Join me over at http://jennerific-talesfromourcrib.blogspot.com until we get our own dot.com which will host the site permanently.

All Entrecard members must update their drops to the new website for the purchased drop to be effective. Current drops will continue to run on this site as I will not be taking it down.

Momlogic advertising will migrate to the new blog. Advertisers don't need to worry, everything is business as usual as soon as Eric my lovely Network Admin finishes working his magic.
Not sure yet if we will continue advertising on this site as well. Will keep you updated.

Hopefully I don't lose too many readers throughout this transition. Over the next few months we'll be redesigning the blog as well to keep it fresh and current.

Don't forget to re-follow me! Any new follows that I'm not following back, please leave a comment and I'll hop to it.

Thanks for being the rock stars you are during this transition.
I heart you!!
- Jennerific

wordless wednesday

shoe pantry

Every year, my September Mommies have a MOTW - Mom of the Week - where we talk about our lives and the SM's are allowed to ask any questions they want and we have to answer them honestly. Its all in good fun. One feature we do is "A Day in the Life Of" where the featured mom takes photos of every aspect of her life throughout one entire day, from waking to sleeping and everything in between.

April 20 was my week - however - there was too much going on in my life to allow me to participate so I asked to be bumped to the end of the list which will hopefully take place around the same time that we ....... more on that soon....

Anyway, an SM asked that I show the place I keep my shoes. So, here it is. Introducing, Jennerific's shoe-pantry.Seriously, I keep my shoes in a pantry. Its the only place that fits them right now! Should I be using this space for food? Probably. Do I care? Nope. It fits 4 pairs of shoes perfectly on one row and I love having the full length mirror to see the ensemble before dashing out the door.

PS. See the space for a pair in row 2? Remember the Lost Shoe? There is the mate! I'm still mourning that damn pair of shoes and just can't bring myself to throw that shoe away. Why can't I move on??

four for friday

Notice anything? Click this link to Mommy Track'd and scroll half way down the page. Now look to the right hand column. Yep, that's us!

Q1 - Lending a Helping Hand: What's the furthest distance you've traveled to temporarily help a family member or friend (think: change a tire, move, etc.)?

Not applicable! Everyone I've ever helped out has been living in the same city as myself at the time. I normally will lend a helping hand when I can but if I start to feel taken advantage of, I'll make up excuses to get out of it.

Q2 - Age: From Satchel Paige... How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?

26. Its young enough to be young while old enough to know more of what I would want to know. There is NO WAY I'd ever want to be 16 again or younger than 20. Truthfully, I love my age. At 32 I feel really comfortable being me.

Q3 - Balance: Which of the following best describes how you generally handle your credit card balance at the end of each month: do you pay off the entire balance, make a partial payment, make a minimum payment, or do you not use credit cards?

Here is what I normally do... I made payments just above the minimum, then every quarter when I get my commission I use most of it to pay down a chunk of the card. This is only since I've had a credit card; which started around the end of 2007. Before then I stayed clear of cards because I didn't trust myself not to ride the maximum.

Q4 - Cooking: According to my friend Meagen, everyone's really good at cooking one dish or meal in particular. What is the one meal you cook really well?

One dish I've become very good at is Gluten/Wheat free meatballs and spaghetti. Liam loves this meal and will always eat it, whether he's sick or not. I'm also okay at cooking Peanut Butter Coconut Curry Chicken but now that Liam is diagnosed with Peanut Allergies I don't see myself making that again just in case he comes in contact with the sauce. Otherwise, I am a self-professed CRAP cook. Truly, I can't cook to save my own life.

thank you, thank you

I arranged yesterday to take my little man for the night tonight (Monday) as my "day of the week" but his Dad did me one better and let me take him Sunday AND Monday night. This is because his Dad has work commitments Monday night that would have made it impossible for me to take him. So he gave me Liam a day early AND also gave me the car as well and for that, I owe his Dad a huge THANK YOU.

It was so much fun getting Liam last night in his PJ's and shuffling him right up to bed. He was adorable! He also said "glasses" which I've never heard before. I sang him the usual lullabies that my mom used to sing to me and he bobbed his head, dancing in time to my singing. Then he cuddled down with his lovie and fell fast asleep. I didn't hear one peep from him all night.

I feel really blessed that things have been going so well with Liam's Dad of late. Really blessed and really grateful.

f***ed up friday

Today we're mixing it up a bit and I'm going to tell you a bit about my life. Specifically, my f*@#ed up Friday.

Most of you know about the altercations with our downstairs-pothead neighbors. What you don't know is that, amidst the fighting, there is the very real and scary threat of living in a bad neighborhood. Some might say I live on the wrong side of the tracks. Or the wrong side of a good street because one side is fine, but mine is downright decrepit.

This morning we woke up to find a cop outside the house who appeared to be giving Daweski a ticket. What actually happened was this (not verbatim.. but close enough...):

Cop: You've got some damage to your vehicle.

Daweski: Yeah I got in a minor fender bender a couple months back.

Cop: *Looks at Daweski like he has lobsters crawling out of his head* No, sir, you have some damage to your vehicle.

Daweski: *Slowly turns around to look at his car* GASP!! What happened to my car?? That was not there before!!

Cop: Yeah, I thought you might not have noticed that.

Daweski: There's a giant brick through my back windshield. And what's that? Oh, someone has taken a LOG and beat the crap out of the rest of my car.

During this discussion, a tow-truck pulls up. There is glass everywhere inside and outside of the vehicle. I take Liam to daycare and come back to give my statement and take some pictures. My neighbor pops his head out of his side door and screames at me:

Pot-head: Don't pin this on me!

Me: *Laughing* You pinned this on yourself!

You see, they (the Pot-heads) have been threatening us for months. They have threatened that if Daweski parked in the guest spot that 'something' would happen to his car. Consequently we only parked in the guest spot when we absolutely had to and have filed complains with the police putting those threats are on record. Whether they actually did the vandalism or not, they are implicated. As I explained to my landlord this morning "they implicated themselves by constantly threatening that something would happen to the vehicle. And something did."

Seriously, how dumb do they think we are? Its no cooincidence that in a neighborhood FULL of cars parked on the street that the only vehicle smashed to pieces is Daweski's. Whether they did it themselves or they paid someone else to do it, I am 100% sure that they are responsible.

I'm also 100% sure that I made the right decision to move. Its going to be difficult commuting from Orleans every day (if that's where we end up) but it doesn't matter. I need to feel safe and I need for my son to grow up in a safe environment. I can't be surrounded by drugs anymore and I can't be afraid to go home at night because I might get screamed at by a drunk couple of Pot-heads. Only 6 weeks. 6 weeks until I'm free of this BS.

skin prick test

What looks like a cute tattoo on my child's arm is actually ink. Each letter stands for a food or a substance (pollen, animal). The nurse places a drop of the allergen beside the letter and then pricks it with a tiny pin. She called it 'popping the bubbles'. Liam was fascinated by the procedure. As you can see in the lower right half of his arm, he had some reactions. Below, the larger the mm size, the more severe his reaction:

Dog 3 mm
Cat 4 mm
Wheat 4 mm
Corn 4-5 mm
Peanuts 5 mm

Finally, the specialist confirmed that Liam has Dermatographic skin. Most commonly known as "Skin Writing" disorder. Click on the link to see an example of what happens to this type of skin.

Its nice to finally have some answers. I filled the prescription for the EpiPen last night and bought 3 of them. One for my house, one for his dad's and one to leave in his Diaper Bag which goes with him wherever he goes.