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We are now 2 weeks post cast and feeling good.  I look forward to a time when I won’t measure time in “weeks post cast”.  My son is trying to walk more each day.  He does pretty well holding my hand now.  He can also stand on his own, pull himself up on things, and scoot around the house on his bum.  He is also eating and sleeping more due to the increased exercise he has been getting.  Thank goodness!

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Since my sister in law (aka the only other stay at home mom I know) moved away, I have had a hard time finding women to gang out with.  I finally emailed a friend I haven’t seen in a while and invited her over for dinner.  After several emails, we settled on a day.  I shopped, cleaned, and readied myself for a well deserved time with a friend only to be let down, she had to work late.  It’s not that I don’t believe that she did, but I felt let down.  A little thing like a dinner with a friend means a lot when you don’t have contact with friends for weeks at a time.  Without my sister in law ans our regular play dates to look forward to, this dinner meant something to me; it was something to look forward to.  Someone told me once that when you schedule something to make sure to follow through, and to be on time.  I try to follow that.  Excitement and anticipation can quickly turn to rejection and abandonment.  And that’s what I felt.

I am really excited about the new update from Entrecard.  Entrecard has formed a partnership with SezWho where you can earn Entrecard credits.  Basically if you install SezWho on your blog you can then go ahead and use it to have comments rated and draw in new visitors who will comment on your blog.  Why? So they can earn Entrecard credits.  But they only get them if they are relevant good comments.  And you can earn credits by going to others blogs and commenting.  It is way cool.

Since my son’s cast has been off, he’s been crawling around a lot.  I got him a new tunnel and pop up play house to encourage more crawling, movement, and exercise.  We have a long tunnel and some square playhouses which he pokes his head out of like a little prairie dog.  He loves it.  I love that they fold away.

My husband is sneaky.  We discussed to idea of getting a new game system for a few weeks.  With a 2 year old and an infant in the house, not only do we not have time to play games, but I don’t want my kids to play games either.  We finally came to the conclusion that the Wii, with the sports type games, would be an acceptable compromise since the kids would have to be active to play.  So what does my husband do? He goes and buys a stupid PS3.  He has since tried to play it at any opportunity, staying up late to play.  I hate it.  We hardly have any time together anyways, with every moment devoted to work, the kids, or the house, and now I have to compete with these games, and my graphics aren’t as good.

With summer driving season in full swing, the care and maintenance of your car is important.   One feature you may not have thought of is your power steering.  The power steering on your car is something often taken for granted, until it goes out.  If you have had this happen to you, and you are looking for replacement parts, check out powersteeringpros.com.  Whether you need a power steering rack , a steering box, or custom steering packages, they have it all.  They offer great customer service and phone support.  They even offer free shipping.  Check out powersteeringpros.com today!

I got my washer fixed, and while the repair guy was here, I had him look at my dryer too. It is a terrible dryer often taking 2-3 cycles to get a load dry. He opened up the back and took out all the built up lint on the inside of the dryer. Its amazing how much lint is not caught in the lint trap. It runs a lot better now only taking 1 cycle to dry the clothes (1 and a half for towels). I feel like I’m really saving money and energy now.

I can’t talk enough about how much I love zennioptical.com and their stylish prescription glasses. They are so low priced (starting at just $8 per pair) that I am thinking of buying a ton of them for my whole class.

Can you imagine it? I could do it for such a low cost and the frames are so very attractive.  It would make a great impression.  Please visit their site for themselves and check it out.