Does anyone have a good Crock-Pot recipe book they can recommend?
The last time I went to my doctor he asked if I was still making Jesse dinner. I told him, yeah, I was, but that it was no big deal, and he went off on how nice I am to Jesse and how good he has it. I thought it was pretty funny, and told Jesse when I got home. You know why. Maybe he doesn't know how good he has it. It's my duty to make sure he does.
All we really have to do is clean out some of the drawers so we have room for baby stuff and get some kind of sleeping arrangement arranged. Oh, and pack my bag for the hospital. But I still have a week or two before I need to do that.
Also, I am seriously considering cloth diapers. Before you think I'm crazy, listen up. With cloth diapers nowadays, you don't have to pin, and you don't have to scrape poop into the toilet or soak your diapers. Trust me, I have a healthy disgust for feces. I wouldn't consider it if I had to get too involved. But they have these liners you can put over your cloth diaper and when you have a dirty diaper, you just take it out and flush it--it biodegrades in eight days. And the diaper covers they have now are more cloth-like and velcro or snap in place and also hold your cloth diaper in place, eliminating the need to pin.
I looked at the numbers, and assuming this baby uses as many diapers as Ian (eight a day until four months, five a day after four months), we would be spending almost the same amount of money (give or take twenty or so dollars) including laundry costs, and we could reuse them on the next baby.
Plus, a disposable diaper takes 500-1000 years to biodegrade, if it has enough light and oxygen. Imagine Ian's 5,827 diapers (if he continues using diapers as he does now and is potty trained by three years) sitting in a landfill, being all chemicaly and taking up all that room. Ridiculous. I think cloth is worth a shot. I'll tell you if it's terrible or not. I'm going to start Ian out before the baby is born, so we'll see.
I've sat down several times and looked at numbers for things--you know, comparing an Air Force officer's benefits to what we're currently making, or the cost of grad school minus a teaching stipend to what we're making, etc. and every time I do it, I think, "Man, I should've been an accountant!" Not that that's what I think an accountant does, but that I just feel so organized and scholarly crunching numbers like that, and thinking of every little thing I need to include.
8 comments:
You are doing cloth diapers? That is just crazy. I give you a month, tops. (oh wait, that is what people said to me. some gave me three months.)
I am happy that you are doing them. I also am happy that you tell your hubby how good he has it. Because he does. HE DOES!!
Haley, I found this an enjoyable post to read. I also laughed picturing you keeping meticulous records of how many diapers you use and carefully tallying each one. Also, I think what you like to do would fall into the category of analyst more than accountant, but what do I know?
Interesting reading about cloth diapers. I had never even thought of it but it sounds like it might be a good idea.
We like the FIX it and FORGET it crock pot cookbooks. There are several.
I'm totally interested in cloth diapers. Please report. I just hate the fact that I feel like I'm killing the environment with Andrew's poop. Here's an AWESOME crock pot blog. http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/
She cooked something in the crockpot every day for a year, so it's fun to peruse...
I've got a couple of crock pot recipes I like. I found this recently and love it:
8 Chicken breasts
1 bottle barbeque sauce
1 medium onion chopped
1 clove garlic chopped
1 can crushed pineapple with juice
Throw in crock pot and put it on low for 6-8 hours or high for 2-4. And I don't usually make that much because we can't eat 8 breasts of chicken. We like to eat it on rice.
Hales- what a deal on those crock-pots! Where did you find them? I am a huge fan of c-p cooking. One of my favorites is really simple and inexpensive... soak beans (I like black best) over night in the cold pot, then rinse in the morning. Refill the pot, covering the beans with water plus some (similar to the level you'd cover rice). Cook on high for about 4-6 hours or med a little longer. For the last hour or 2, add onions, salt, green peppers, garlic, etc for flavor. Then serve with rice or on tortillas... Their similar to Brazilian beans. High iron, fiber, protein, and filling. The longer you cook them, the more tender or soft they become, of course.
Haley, that is DISGUISTING!!!
don't do it, you'll be up to you elbows in poop and then you'll all get Hep A.
this blog has tons and tons of amazing recipes. Try it out.
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