So...

...maybe I'm not cut out for making fabric softener.

But, on the bright side--I'll be trying this another time, right?

Try and try again, isn't that what they say?  And at least I have a nice new scent of...vinegar and conditioner in my home...

ANYWAYS~...

Does anyone have an issue with "cooking every night"?  I'm just the type that can make herself a sandwich and survive until morning, but it seems that every one of my married friends cooks "homemade" things for their husbands.  Sigh.  I feel a bit inadequate beside them, fluttering about the kitchen doing their "thing".

Like I say to anyone who asks:

"I'm not Betty Crocker."

And I'm not!  But I wish I was... I'm not a horrible cook, but not the greatest at it.

On another note...

Has anyone noticed how foul cartoons have gotten? I'm sure people have harped on this before, but who would expect a nineteen year old to knock "hardee harr harr" cartoons?  Spongebob, Fairly Odd Parents...it's amazing what's allowed on the television. It makes my stomach churn to know that I was watching this at such a young age, and JUST now I've noticed how filthy it is.  I'm not one to wave me "mommy" flag, or shove my views down someone's throat, but the things we're allowing our children to see...ugh.

Thoughts?

"Hello, my name is Jessica and...

...I am a Pinterest junkie."

Yes, I'm ashamed to admit it (no, I secretly love it), but I am in fact addicted to Pinterest.  I mean really, a place where you can find DIY, food, weight loss, photography, cute little pictures AND you can tuck them away into a nice and neat organized 'board' so all of this information isn't clogging up your laptop?

Uhm, I think YES!

But I've found Pinterest brings out the 'momma hen' in me.  DIY projects, sewing, food recipes, parenting tips, coupon 'here's how you's'...ah, I admit it:  "My name is Jessica and I am a Pinterest junkie..."

"And I love it!"

Speaking of my Pinterest addiction...

Homemade fabric softener?  I think yes!

As every mother (I don't blame you if you don't, because I had no idea about it until AFTER I had my daughter) knows a baby's skin is very sensitive.   Well, to keep my daughter from breaking out from harsh scents in the laundry detergent, I use "Tide--All Clear". Unfortunately for me, the one who LOVES 'smell good' clothes, the detergent has no scent.

But there's a silver lining! I found a DIY softener recipe!  Only three ingredients--where all you have to do is stir!  I'll update you guys on my progress (hopefully) tomorrow! 

Wish me luck!

I don't think...

...this blog will ever be popular. 

The ramblings of a nineteen year old, first time, soon to be college student mother cannot be as interesting as those DIY, hippy, all green organic, we are the breast-feeders of the world blogs.  I'm the one sitting on the other side of the screen, watching these moms create educational toys from twine and a rock, with a look of awe and true admiration and absolute jealousy.  I wish I was that creative.

I'm not a 'go green', 'boob in the mouth', 'let's wear our babies', and 'forget you, my kid needs a boob in her/his mouth, you don't like it you can go into the bathroom' mother.  

But I wish I was.

I'm a mom walking on stilts, getting the hang of having a kid and doing my best to not ruin it the whole way down the rabbit hole. I'm sarcastic, and loud, and I have the creativity of an hyped up squirrel.  My attempts at DIY are truly laughable, and if you're feeling like a nice chuckle at my frustration and failure, by all means have a laugh (because I know I will be). 

My little goober's name is Madelyn--but my husband (Hubs) and I call her 'Mad'.  She is absolutely positively the most amazing little girl on the face of this planet, and I wouldn't trade anything to change a single thing about my life. One different decision could have changed the fact that I had her--and I cannot imagine my life without my Mad.  Nineteen years old with a ten month old, married, soon-to-be in college and on my own.

Doesn't that just seem like a recipe for disaster?

Yeah, I think so.