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Living in Canada we don't have nearly as many shows available on Netflix...le sigh. However last winter my husband and I did a marathon of all Mad Men episodes in a matter of weeks, like 3 per night, and then were so bummed to have to watch the newest season on t.v with commercials one at a time. We've been doing X-Files much the same way so my dreams (actual dreams from watching too much I think) of being married to Don Draper have just transferred to being married to Fox Mulder.

Yes! I totally remember that one...well, vague recollections that I used to find it pretty darn scary. I think I remember a scene where the old lady pushes one of the girls in a stream or something with a big branch?

We cook a lot and we're messy so we do run the self-clean every few months or so. We have had this happen twice. When we moved last year and bought a new professional grade range we also got the extended warranty...we were glad we did. It's a little frustrating when a new so-called "professional" grade appliance craps out like that though. I will say that since the repairman came and fixed it we haven't had any problems. I still won't do a self-clean before we host a dinner, I'll wait til afterwards.

The farm looks awesome. My odd Neko Case story is that a few years ago, before I knew who she was and when I used to dye my hair red, I had a guy walk up to me in a bar and tell me that I looked just like Neko Case and what the heck was I doing with "that guy" pointing at my boyfriend. Well 5 years and two kids Iater I'm still with "that guy" and still don't see a resemblance but I would love to have that farmhouse.

A crib with a waterproof matress pad. I used a bassinette for the first few months in our room for both my kids, and we still play musical beds, but I like having a crib to at least put them down so we can pretend everyone has their own bed. A chair to nurse in; I used a Poang and found it worked quite well and enjoyed that it didn't take up too much space or was too expensive. A breastfeeding pillow...I've used all sorts of pillows and even my purse in a pinch but it was just soooo much easier to have a breastfeeding pillow beside my Poang for the many, many night feeds and now we read bedtime stories there. A diaper genie...I tried a smaller can with the lid and peddle but it just doesn't hide the smell and taking the trash out twice a day sometimes just wasn't in the cards. Oh and a shelf above the changing table where I could put diapers so the kids couldn't reach and throw them on the floor during changes...but after a certain age the floor is just as easy.

I feel your pain. I also have a december birthday, December 26th which is its own holiday (Boxing Day) in Canada. A Christmas birthday often results in the christmas/birthday combo gift or birthday gifts wrapped in christmas paper, travelling, left-overs, everyone too busy to come to a birthday party. Three years ago when I was pregnant with my son we had a Christmas/birthday dinner planned for the 26th which we missed entirely when I went into labour very early in the morning. The party went on without us. They ended up making a game out of guessing what time my son would be born and his weight. He didn't end up being born until the 27th and when we came home a few days later we were greeted by a house full of gifts like Christmas put on pause. Now that my son is turning three I think we'll start our own tradition by going out just the two of us to do something special.