Blogging about Maison and Life

Nursing

One of the hardest things about being a new mom is feeling good about your body. You go through that phase where you are still lugging around that pregnancy weight, but you want to be your old self again. Its even harder if you are nursing because when you nurse everyone seems to stare. I found this great site for Nursing Dresses. They are beautiful, stylish and extremely functional if you are nursing. I wish I had known about them when I was still nursing. Sometimes looking good in the clothes we can fit in is all it takes to get that confidence back after you have a baby.

Snow Man

I remember one of the first times I saw snow. I didn’t want it to end. It was at least 20 years ago but I remember like it was yesterday. It started to get warmer outside, and I was afraid the snow was going to melt. I had made a tiny snowman, and after watching frosty on tv, I was terrified that he was going to die. So, my mother helped me put him in a jar, and she put him in our freezer. She’s had the same freezer for as long as I can remember and for the longest time I would go in and look at him. Eventually I forgot he was there, and well now I’m in my twenties so I know.. he was never alive. He is however still living in our freezer in his little jar.

Duplex Scanner

So what do you do when you’re at a business meeting away from the office and you need to make copies? Most restaurants don’t have scanners faxes and copiers. So you’re rather up a creek in that regard. So heres what you do. You buy a Scanshell 3000DN. It’s a really fast and easy to use duplex scanner, which means you can scan both sides of your document at once. You can scan everything from business cards to legal sized documents, and its completely portable. You don’t even need electricity. It scans and saves your documents in PDF format and when you are ready to import them to your computer you simply hook the scanner up via USB and download your image. 127

Its not just PDF by the way you can save it to whatever format you prefer, your other options are BMP, JPG, TIF, PSD, PCX, PNG or TGA. It even comes with a docking station for when you are at home, so you don’t have to use the battery power up. Its light weight, reasonably small, and my favorite feature is the auto start. Just put your document in and it does all of the work for you.

Lyrics to live by

Do ever hear a song, and it just makes sense? the words speak to you? it can be so simple but so profound at the same time. Even if it has nothing to do with the actual context of the song itself. Just a group of words that hits you and makes you say “wow” I have one of those. It’s a verse from a song about how rough living in the city can be, but the lines at the end just kind of stun me when I hear them:

And when the soul begins to reap, I think she’ll know me from the sleep
I keep caught in the corner of my bloodshot eyes
And if she has the nerve, to let me dump a couple last words
I’m gonna turn to the earth and scream (Love your life)

Blinds

Do you ever wonder where the blinds on Extreme Makeovers come from? They always have the most beautiful window treatments. I was looking around and I came across the people who are responsible for their awesome Window Blinds I am a huge fan of the show. I love how they can turn a cramped small home into a master piece. I wish they would make my home over!. But anyway, back to the blinds! They are really nice, sturdy and easy to clean. I don’t think even my 1 year old can bend these. I’m particularly fond of the Wood Blinds. I think I may even order some.

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