Lorelei Caroline

I hated food the first 8 weeks of pregnancy. I'm lucky in that I didn't have the morning sickness that many do.  I did have a general feeling of being queasy and I hated all food except cold fruit.  Strawberries and clementines never tasted so good. And ice cold water.  If it was cold, I wanted it.  Thankfully that phase has passed.  Now I have an obsession with waffles.  I generally hate most breakfast foods so this is new to me. They're too heavy and dense.  Breakfast shouldn't leave you feeling like you need to get back into bed. Because I have a new obsession with waffles, I purchased a waffle iron.  After much research and debate, I purchased the Presto Flipside .  It's not the model that was recommended by Alton Brown, but it replaced that model.  You know, in case you're an Alton Brown nerd.  It's a Belgian waffle maker with non-stick plates.  The plates aren't removable but the non-stick coating works wonderfully.  I'm pretty sure you can

Life is funny. You finally resign yourself to accepting your situation and then BAM! Suddenly, things change.  I had accepted that I probably wouldn't have kids, but realized I needed to move forward with my personal goals. There's no sense in putting dreams and goals on hold for what might be.  That's a big life lesson right there. One that's more useful the younger you are when you learn it.  Don't put ambitions on hold for what might happen. Because it probably won't. Or it'll be delayed. And then you'll have wasted all that time that you could have used learning and perfecting your skills.   I had decided to move forward with my pattern making goals and bought some books and supplies to teach myself. I made a couple of simple skirt blocks that I was happy with and wrote up a blog post. As I was thinking it over, making sure my instructions were clear, I found out I was pregnant.  Absolute elation!  Then I realized I probably shouldn't sew