weekly bits #29

a broken dog tooth, an underwear feast & my cringey 2016 health blog

A very happy Friday to you all! I must admit this week has been a liiiittle brutal. An onslaught of minor mishaps that all spiral together into one big constant complication. Not a huge fan, but we march on.

Sorry, trying to march on, but cannot concentrate over the exceedingly loud re-roofing happening at my neighbor’s house every single day for much longer than anticipated. This of course is not a wrongdoing, but everything is very annoying at almost nine months pregnant and let’s say I’d love it to stop.

Ahem.

1. What can I say except that Leonard, at some unknown point, feasted on at least four pairs of my brand new underwear in one sitting this week. This is particularly distressing because we go far out of our way to completely deny him access to said contraband, and yet here we are. It all started when we arrived home after a long day out (more on that ahead) to find two pairs of underwear strewn about in a far-reaching pile of dog puke in the middle of our master bedroom. Had we left the closet open while we were gone? Was some sitting around? No, in fact, not at all. When he feasted, we will never know. He’d been known to sneak a pair when he was a much younger puppy, as well as recently in his current rebellious adolescence, but never two at once. Good grief! We were relieved he got them out of his system, but also they were brand new and I was not thrilled. At least it was only two of them, I thought to myself. Except the next day he pooped out another pair. Brutal. Three! We couldn’t believe it. And then, two days later, another pair puked out on the stairs. Good god, man. And we know for a fact he didn’t get any new pairs after the first puke fiasco — hyper-vigilance unlocked — so somehow, some way, his body stored all of them up to be released in a slow, painful tirade. Who’s to say it will ever truly end?

A guilty boy (who is always forgiven — look at that face!)

2. Last weekend we attended an 8-hour birthing & newborn care class at the hospital I’ll be delivering at, and boy was it odd to be back in a classroom. There was something so novel about taking a class in-person as an adult, with a bunch of other adults, taking notes from a powerpoint, having scheduled bathroom breaks…also a unique opportunity to be in a room with like, ten couples who are all going to have a baby at the same time as you. We took a tour of the facilities, and found them to be quite fancy — I feel like me and Sam’s first apartment was smaller than the delivery suites, lol. Anyway, pretty wild to picture ourselves there in just a few weeks, welcoming our baby into the world! Currently more excited than nervous, and hoping to keep it that way.

3. I discovered the nontoxic cleaning brand Rosey this week, which I’m quite excited by…they’re the in-house brand with Thrive Market, so pretty sure you can only get it there, but I’ve loved Thrive Market for going on 10 years & it’s always been worth the yearly membership fee (zero affiliation, I just really love them). I do some DIY cleaning products, mostly using vinegar, but there are a few other categories I stocked up on so everything is as easy as possible once baby’s here. I’ve previously hated store-bought nontoxic cleaning products, mostly because they’re really expensive and also because they don’t work particularly well, so my fingers are crossed these get a rave review due to the incredibly low prices & great EWG scores…I haven’t tried most of them yet, but the reviews are really good, and I’ve been a lover of their powdered laundry detergent for a long time. Will report back!

   

   Thrive Market

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