http://jessimonster.wordpress.com The green adventures of a single new mother Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:16:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have been having the hardest time the past few weeks.  I'm tired of my full time job, I'm hoping I can quit it soon and go back to being a traditional Guardsman (that means I'll only do my one weekend a month and two weeks in the summer, as ... http://jessimonster.wordpress.com/2008/07/24/checked-out/ When I was deployed in 2004-05, I was outnumbered by men 75 to 1.  Despite this staggering ratio, nearly every man I was deployed with expected that they would hook up with someone while they were there (marital status - theirs or the women they were after - was of little ... http://jessimonster.wordpress.com/2008/07/22/my-message-to-all-the-men-in-the-world/ I'm a crafty, crafty person.  I knit (though not as well as I'd like), sew, paint, make jewelry, decopauge, do mosaics, embroider, and I'm always thinking of how I can make something I want but don't have.  I'm not always successful in my attempts, I start more crafts than I ... http://jessimonster.wordpress.com/2008/07/18/because-you-might-be-doing-this-stuff-anyhow/ I posted something on a blog about labor being an empowering experience, and a bunch of people posted back that they would disagree with the idea that labor is empowering.  Okay, maybe in the throws of it all you don't feel very empowered, but after its all over with, I ... http://jessimonster.wordpress.com/2008/07/16/labor-empowerment/ My pregnancy was totally unplanned.  When I found out I was pregnant, I couldn’t breathe, I couldn’t move, I just sat there on the toilet with my pants around my ankles for what seemed like hours, staring at that little plus sign that didn’t even have the decency to wait ... http://jessimonster.wordpress.com/2008/07/15/why-i-want-to-become-a-doula/ I have decided that I want to get certified as a doula.  I am beginning my required reading (some of it I've already read!) and am taking my class in November. I'll keep everyone posted. http://jessimonster.wordpress.com/2008/07/13/this-is-going-to-sound-more-sudden-than-it-really-is/ I read this today on the Yes Magazine website.  I think it is worth reposting and spreading around. Has the cash economy swallowed up your life? Here are some ways to extract some of your time and "life energy" from the cash economy. Reduce debt. If you can't pay cash, don't buy ... http://jessimonster.wordpress.com/2008/07/10/ripping-off-other-publications-with-credit-so-its-not-plagerism-right/ I spend a lot of the day reading blogs and articles and books to keep myself informed about what I can do to protect my family from dangers and to do something to stem the onslaught of global warming (and to protect the environment in other ways).  I am a ... http://jessimonster.wordpress.com/2008/07/02/finding-more-time-now-that-im-a-mom/ My head has been swimming with thoughts of these 17 high school girls in Mass. who made a pact to get pregnant.  A friend of mine said I should be careful writing about it, because it is still just speculative, but last I heard several of the girls had admitted ... http://jessimonster.wordpress.com/2008/07/02/pregnancy-pact/ One day every child of a single mother has questions to ask about daddy.  Who was he, perhaps?  What happened between you two, maybe?  Where is he now?  We all became single mothers in different ways, so we will all get different questions and have different answers.  This is what ... http://jessimonster.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/what-ill-tell-my-son-when-he-asks/