Cookie Life

I was blessed to recieve two identical toddler beds from Freecycle - about, oh 2/3 months ago. Have you SEEN how much sheets/comforter sets cost these days?! its outrageous. Plus all the color schemes are lousy. So I came up with the idea of making my own.

Did you know they actually sell patterns for this on Ebay?

Like I have time for a pattern. It turns out I had some fabric Laying around the house....

and to make things even easier, I had enough so all I have to do is sew one seam down a side and one horizontally....

And wa-la, toddler bed sheet covers that look cool and cost me nothing. Well, I paid $1/yard for the fabric at Walmart a while back...but that was no more than 6 yards at the most. ....

They would look better if I could keep certain little boys from jumping on it.

Spring HAS to be on its way, Im going all 'trading spaces' and all!! lol

For all my single friends out there doing the damn thing:

First Breakup: Back in November I (finally) met my first boyfriend. However, he has lately been saying some hurtful things about my job (too low-status) and my figure (too plump)with the caveat that these things don't matter to him. And he still doesn't want to be monogamous. Thus, we're not going to last much longer and I'm nervously contemplating my first breakup. Even if it's the right thing to do, I'm afraid it'll be painful and depressing and make me feel as though I'll always be alone. Any advice?

Carolyn Hax: It'll be painful and quite possibly exhilarating--taking command of your own well-being does have its charms--and if you're alone, that'll be an improvement over someone who treats you badly. I know it's easy to connect the dots between being alone and thinking it's because there's no one out there who likes you enough to treat you well, but don't start down that path. There are 3 billion people out there of your preferred sex, and a good precentage of them would be honored to know you; it's being in the right part of the globe at the right time in the right frame of mind that can get in the way, since we 6 billion people have managed to come up with, let's think for a second ... exactly two non-cringeworthy ways of meeting each other. And so, if you're not inclined to roam the earth wearing a "date me" shirt, you make a happy life for yourself, right where you want that life to be.

The emphasis is mine. I know lots of single sisters living this philosophy to the fullest. You know who you are, and you go girls!!!

Beautiful Silver Spring, Md.: What are the two non-cringeworthy ways of meeting someone of my preferred sex? All the ways I know cause cringing.

Carolyn Hax:1. Natural proximity (neighbor, coworker, classmate, friend-of-friend), or 2. accidentally spilling your (drink of choice) on his or her lap.