Weapon X

Weapon X posted more pictures today over here.

Sold! Full Size Cherry Futon Frame

Our fabulous futon has sold. We will post update pictures on what we do with the matress.

We are selling our full size, cherry futon frame to make room for toddler toys. We bought it for $500 5 years ago and it is in great shape. We are keeping the matress. If you are interested in buying it head over here.

Drinking Problem

No, dear readers, it is not I who have a drinking problem. It is my printer. My printer is hooked on the sauce...bad. It guzzles ink like it's going out of style. Of course, I am the enabler. I push my printer to drink more and more. And then I just keep going back to the store for more, feeding my printer's addiction.

I think I need to go to design rehab people. The problem is that I like rich, blocky designs. I love simple blocks of color, and that takes ink! If that's wrong, I don't want to be right!

Happy New Year!

Ok, I am submitting to the urge to make resolutions for 2008. I usually don't, but things are different now. 2007 has been a year of change, which I am not good at! But the changes have been for the better!

In the spirit of growth and (gasp!) change, here are some goals I am setting for myself:

1) Participate in the Stitch show this year with my pet project, Saucy Designs.
2) Stop using motherhood as an excuse for not starting a regular fitness routine.
3) Nix the sugar. At some point during the holiday madness I just gave in to the never ending wave of sweetness. More fruits and veggies for me, please!

Happy 2008 to everyone!

Thank You Card Giveaway!

To celebrate my fledgling business and the holiday season, I am giving away 1 set of 10 Snowdrift Thank You Cards in your choice of color! I will choose the random winner at midnight on Friday, 12/21/07.

There are 3 simple steps to enter:
1) Pick your favorite stationery design from www.saucydesigns.com
2) Tell me what you would like to see on a thank you card, OR send me a link to a card you like from another source.
3) Email your choice of color, and answers to 1 & 2 to "moreinfo (AT) saucydesigns (DOT) com" with "Thank You Giveaway" in the subject line.

Get 2 bonus entries by adding a link to this giveaway on your blog! Make sure to include a link to your blog entry in your email to receive your bonus.

Good Luck!

Get Toy Info In A Text Message

Moms Rising has put together an awesome free service (standard text message rates apply). While you are shopping for toys, you can text 41411. In the body of the message write "healthytoys toyname" where "toyname" is the name of the toy. If the database has information on that toy, you will get a text message back with that info. It is just AWESOME! See the website above for more specific search instructions by store or brand.

If you are shopping online, there is a web search as well.

Happy shopping!

Electricity Meters In The House

I often think about how useful it would be to have electricity and water meters in the house. It would help me remember to turn off all kinds of appliances if I saw my meter spinning out of control.

The Energy Orb could give you a general idea of how much energy you are using.

This article at Green Options highlights how important this feature is for living off the grid. They suggest that if we all act like we are living off-the-grid we can save energy and reduce the total load on power plants, in turn reducing the size/number of power plants.

Things they suggest doing beyond turning off the lights are:
1) Run only one high-load appliance (like dishwashers and dryers) at a time. This reduces the total load on the grid.
2) Unplug items that pull "phantom" current when they are turned off. Computers and microwaves fit into this category.
3) Check the meter.

Things I need to turn off more often:
Home computer
Printer
Home stereo system
Lights

What kinds of things do you leave on when you shouldn't?