Babbling

My WIP Polyvore Set for the Master Bath

I never finished this idea set after I started it five months ago. The vanity was really only for the style - floating with the cool handles.

 

WIP Master Bath by babblingjulie on Polyvore

Universal Lighting and Decor Elton Espresso White Marble 30" Wide... / Merola Tile Metro Subway Glossy White 11-3/4 in. x 11-3/4 in. x 5 mm... / KOHLER Villager 5 ft. Left Drain Soaking Tub in White

My Polyvore Set for the Kitchen

Ideas I put together some five months ago.

"Thomasville cabinets in Cottage style, macaroon color;, Viaterra quartz counter, 3 x 6 subway tile in almond biscuit, glass pendant lights, wood, or wood look porcalain tile floor."

 

Kitchen Reno ideas by babblingjulie featuring black lights

Polaris star light / Polaris star light / Savoy House mini light / Arteriors colored light / Minka Lavery minka lavery lighting / Robert Abbey black light / Grohe Concetto Pull-Down Dual Spray Kitchen Faucet / Merola Tile Metro Subway Matte Biscuit 11-3/4 in. x 11-3/4 in. x 5 mm... / LG Hausys Viatera 3 in. Quartz Countertop Sample in Wildwood / KOHLER Simplice 1 or 3-Hole Single-Handle Pull-Down Sprayer Kitchen... / Bruce Oak Rustic Natural 3/4 in. Thick x 2-1/4 in. Wide x Random... / Oval Tube 128mm Cabinet Pull Satin Stainless Steel

My Polyvore Set for the Hall Bath

Ideas from five months ago.

 

"Hall bath with sky light. Oct + sq tile or hex tile, or light wood-look tile flooring, subway tile with penny tile accent, Ikea floating vanity, medicine cabinet recessed into studs (possibly with shelving), light and bright lighting."

 

 

 

Hall Bath by babblingjulie featuring a round lamp

Round lamp / Bootz Industries Kona 4-1/2 ft. Right Hand Drain Soaking Tub in White / Merola Tile, Metro Subway Matte White 11-3/4 in. x 11-3/4 in. x 5 mm... / American Standard Tropic 1-Piece 1.28 GPF Single Flush Elongated... / Merola Tile Metro Penny Matte White 9-7/8 in. x 11-1/2 in. x 5 mm... / Daltile 12 in. x 12 in. White Ceramic Octagon Dot Mosaic Tile / MS International Botanica Cashew 6 in. x 24 in. Glazed Porcelain Floor... / AGGERSUND / KOHLER | K-T10582-4 | Bancroft Rite-Temp Bath and Shower Faucet Trim / GODMORGON BRÅVIKEN / KOHLER | K-45211 | HydroRail-R Shower Column with Arched Arm / LILLÅNGEN / DALSKÄR

Free for All Friday for February 13

Winter jackets

Approximately size 5

My tall son wore these each for several years from mid-four to seven (and I think into 8).
 

Outside Baby Puffer Jacket

Puffer Jacket $30
Outside Baby 100% down reversible puffer with detachable hood - black & lime green

This is a really nice jacket that retailed for over $100, and I purchased on Zulilly when my son was 4. He lightly wore it for 3+ years (there was a time that he objected to the baby part of the company name.)

3 In 1 Jacket

Two layer, 3 in 1 Jacket $15

Heavy outer shell with fleece lined hood; quilted inner jacket with fleece lined collar. Outside jacket is red and black; inside jacket is red, black, and gray/silver plaid.

My husband purchased this at Sam's Club for $50 when our son was 5. He mostly wore the inner quilted jacket. Sleeves run slightly short (though my son tends to have long arms.)

Long Sleeve Shirts

Size 6-7

GAP, Old Navy, and Massimo Shirts

Three GAP shirts (thick knit) - $12

• Orange and navy baseball
• Oatmeal heather with bicycle print
• Green with thin navy stripes

Old Navy orange and turquoise stripe $3

Two Massimo (for Target) waffle knit - $6
(colors in photo are off - the blue is brighter, they gray a true medium cool gray)

• bright teal with Yeti print
• gray with charcoal mixed guitar print

two web belts and pair of socks

Accessories

Socks and belts

• Pair of French socks: black and gray stripe, and black - lightly worn, approx. size 12 to 2 - $3
• web belts - top one says size 6 - $1 each

Lightening McQueen Watch

Watch
Disney Lightening McQueen watch with Velcro band (*needs a battery*) - $5
package holder and paperwork included, rarely worn, size small

  

 

And it all comes rushing back...

I have to get this out, and so here is the place.

I've been post-menopausal for some time now, well over a year. However occasionally I'll still feel a twinge of something, or have some symptom that is a reminder of a more fertile time. The last few days are a case in point. CM happened, then ovary twinges, a 'randy' husband, and all those thoughts of a miracle and 'what-if?', and 'could-it-be?', and what email I might write to announce a pregnancy... it all came rushing back...

And I am right back to wondering, thinking, hoping...

And then last night, snuggling with T while he falls asleep, he says, "I don't want to be an only child." Heartbreak. "Can you please try to have a baby?" Is he psychic, could he be sensing something?! "Please can you please try to do what you have to do to have a baby?" he says into the dark turning toward me. ... Really, could he be psychic?

I say, "What brought this on?"

"I want a brother or sister." Sigh, and oh how I wish... "Can you do what you need to to get a baby?"

"I don't know honey."

"Please try, you have to try."

"Okay."

And so I told B that T told me he doesn't want to be an only child. And after I crawled in bed we tried. Or, well I tried, and my husband was randy.

...And my head swirls with these recurring thoughts and what-ifs, and all the testing, and..., and, ...

And I read and hear these stories of these children in awful circumstances, orphaned by war, and ebola, and war, and natural disasters, ...and I wonder.

So. What if?

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And I thought I was getting past this. I thought I was surfacing, but it only takes a little twinge, ...and a sleepy question, ...and I am back.