fuzzybub's Profile

A few times a year when I am extra busy I buy a big party size thing of crudite - baby carrots, grape tomatoes, celery, etc - it's not cost effective and it probably only saves me a 1/2 hour of chopping and peeling, but psychologically it's a huge relief and keeps me (and my kids) away from goldfish crackers.

I also really love peel cheese.

My mother had a sloe gin fizz every weekend - I suspect it was very weak. She always ordered an Old Fashioned when she went out and would drink half then declare herself tipsy. My dad drank half a can of Milwaukee's Best light every day after work until he quit smoking and realized what it tasted like.

I've done that before but I covered the inside-facing part with snowflake wrapping paper.

My elbows don't end up on the table often because my parents were very strict about the no elbows on the table thing but it seems like a stupid rule - if a table is crowded or wobbly leaning on it with any body part is inconsiderate, but that's common sense.

My parents were also strict about putting napkins in laps, to the extent that I still put little paper fast food napkins in my lap if that's all that is available.

Yeah I don't see what the big deal is, they seem fun. They're mostly warm milk so they are probably better for kids than hot cocoa or juice. In RI they've been serving sugary coffee milk to little ones for decades!

My toddler has tried coffee but hates it, maybe I'll make her a double babyccino. She towers over my neighbor's kindergartners so I don't have to worry about stunting her growth.

I'm another one who prefers room temperature water. I don't drink much soda but when I do, I prefer it room temperature as well (but very fizzy).

I also love salad but for the most part don't like salad dressing. The no salad dressing preference mostly applies salads that come with lots of dressing options (like ranch or italian) - if the dressing is integral to the salad I'm usually OK with it but I'm perfectly happy munching on a pile of unadorned lettuce, carrots, and tomatoes like a rabbit.

I am ambivalent about the temperature of my syrup.

Kozy Shack is tasty, especially the rice pudding.

I really like the My-T-Fine chocolate pudding mix but maybe I'm just being nostalgic - it gets a thick skin on the top. I did try to make pudding once and it was too much work. The cooking part was OK but I think washing it out of my strainer pushed me over the edge.

My parents bought their house in 1972 when I was 3 months old. My mom still lives there (my dad passed away). Most of my belongings moved out with me. My mom saved some things (yearbooks, prom dress) I had put in the trash, insisting that I'd want them some day, but I still don't want them.

My room was converted into a den a long time ago. My sister's room is a guest room - it's still a very 80's lavender but we took the iridescent unicorn poster off the wall a few years ago. My brother's room was turned into an office - sort of. It still has panelling and 'Empire Strikes Back' wallpaper. They intended to redo the room but put it off and now everyone in the universe agrees that it's hilarious so it probably will stay as-is until my mom decides to sell the house.

We had a little house almost exactly like this in our basement when I was growing up! My parents converted a closet in the basement into a playhouse for rainy days and used the section underneath for storage. We loved it. We had stairs instead of a ladder and crazy 70s curtains, but otherwise it looks exactly like that. We were allowed to draw on the walls (inside the house). Oh I wish I had pictures.

My daughter is a string bean so I'm looking for tall baby car seats as well - for convertible seats, tallbabystuff.com recommends the Britax Marathon because it has a high weight limit and high shoulder straps and will last longer as a forward-facing toddler seat.

We have a bumbleride flyer stroller which I love but costs $300 . It reclines fully, is fairly smooth, and seems to have a lot of room to grow. That said, my daughter is 7 months and seems just as happy in our cheap umbrella stroller, so if you can hold out for a few more months until he can sit up well you'll have more stroller options.