Finished a project

I am on several forums right now for cloth diapering mamas; on one, we have a "swap" set up where we make some diapes for our partner, and then swap out. Since I hadn't actually made a diaper yet, I put down that I could crochet and knit. My partner wanted a pair of "longies" which are wool pants. The wool is an excellent waterproof barrier between the cloth diaper and the rest of the world, while at the same times it natural and its breathable. They make "soakers", little shorties or diaper covers, but since winter is about here, she wanted longies. So here's what I made.

Still working out the bugs

I'm still working out all my little details for the cloth diapering; I guess it would just be easier if I bought a whole bunch of different brands, and then tried them out, knowing what I like. But that's not what I'm going to do; I'm going to MAKE mine, and I don't know what pattern to use!! There are literally a TON of patterns to use, and what if I make my entire stash out of one pattern, only to find out it doesn't work? and I don't want to make all different patterns, cause then what if I find one that does work, and the rest don't; then I'm just as equally out of all that fabric. GRRR I'm so frustrated with all of this; you would think a diaper is a diaper is a diaper, but they all have different rises, and waists, and snap placement, and crotch width, and estimated weight zones, etc. I could just cry.

So, I've been trying not to buy anything, since I want to make it, but I have made a few purchases. I bought 1 that was half price, because it was "the older pattern style". Apparently, the updated their pattern, so they were getting rid of the older pattern style. I also won one, off a free for shipping lottery on the hyena cart; and I've entered as many of these as I can find. Here is one

http://soapaholicsanonymous.blogspot.com/2008/09/green-giveaway.html

She's giving away a CD to someone who posts a comment on her blog about their favorite way to reduce, reuse, and recycle. She even has the etsy cart up for the lady who makes the diapers that she is giving away, which, by the way, are totally yummy and squishy ;)

I'm on several cloth diapering forums, as well; on one forum, I've joined a diaper swap, where in, I make a diaper and send it in, and she makes a diaper and sends it in. Well, I haven't actually made a diaper yet, ;), but she wants a pair of "longies" which are wool pants. I offered to make some out of a recycled sweater, since wool fabric is about $25/yd, or knit some, and she chose to have the knitted ones. I'm afraid I've bitten off more than I can chew, but hopefully I will get it done in the next week and a half ;) They are cute, so far, I just keep having to frog my work since I want them to be as perfect as possible for me ;) But, in exchange, I will be getting, I think she's sending me 3 diapers, for the 1 pair of longies, so not bad ;)

Still here ;)

Hi ya, thanks for checking up on me, Cyni. Things were looking pretty scary at first, but then, a weather-miracle happened. They say a dry front swept in from the side, collided with Ike, and pretty much took all the gust out of his sails before he even reached us. We did have high winds and little bit of rain; but we didn't have the flooding like we did about a month ago with another hurricane. There were a few knocked down limbs, a few uprooted trees, but all in all, we were unscathed. The worst damage here at our house was the privacy fence between us and the neighbors was knocked down; its their fence, though, so they are fixing it ;)

We were without electricity or internet for about 2 days, but that is all resolved now.

I'm still working on all my many projects, trying not to blow off my head with all the information I'm trying to process with my CDing, and I'm trying to work as much as I can, mostly because I've been out of work, and I'm looking to supplement, Jon is supposed to have "time out of the schedule" next week, so that's going to hurt us more, and we desperately need to get caught up.

Hope all is well with everyone else ;)

Drawing for free baby carrier

I've entered a drawing for a free baby carrier; the more places I post the link, the more chance I get to enter ;)

www.ecobabycanada.com

Isn't it amazing how you can post the same post/blog in different places, and almost know what response to expect? I pretty much expected the love and support from you guys, as always ;), with my cloth diapering decision; when I posted that same blog on MySpace, I titled it "no criticism, please" because I didn't want to hear anyone's negative comments about my decision. And in fact, I did get a lot of remarks along the lines of, "well, since you said no criticism, I guess I have nothing to say..." Very sad. I love you guys.

Ok, since you all asked sooo nicely, ;), baby Solorza's name will Lauryn Isabella.