Better living through candy corn

So many things on my mind these days, not enough time to write them coherently. So instead, I will write down one thought for each piece of candy corn I consume in the next twenty minutes or so.

Corn #1. I am alarmingly bloated. I did just eat a happy serving of pasta, but still. Alarming.
corn #2. I baked cookies with Owen yesterday. And roasted a chicken the day before that. And made roast beef the day before that. All this from the girl who could burn water a few short years ago.
corn #3. I have been reading the tags of everything we own to see where it was made. All of it in China, with the exception of one rocking horse (Mexico), four sweaters (Hong Kong), and two coloring books (USA). I think this is kind of sad. I know it’s a complex issue? But still. Kind of sad. And, in light of the “lead thing,” kind of scary.
corn #4. Speaking of sad and complex textile issues: I’m trying to find out where some of my favorite fabrics are made. Because while sewing your own clothes can take care of the “made in the u.s.a.” part, it doesn’t really help if that fabric was printed with toxic inks in a third world country by five-year-old children. Anyone have a lead on that info? In the meantime: dioramarama linked to a new line of organic fabric from Michael Miller, which I am enjoying.
corn #5. I am also enjoying this list of 15 Great Decluttering Tips (via Rockstar Mommy). Item number 10 would give me the shakes, though. And lately I am trying to embrace number 13 and free my inner hippie.
corn #6. I was highly amused by the Martha Stewart Show this morning, but then incredibly pained because our remote control is on the fritz and I couldn’t hit “mute.” I only watch Martha on mute. I may have a face for radio, but Martha has a voice for blogging.
corn #7. I have a very long post in Draft about how I have embraced my place in the world as a mother, after almost three years of identity crisis. It is a rambling, poorly-written post. But the sentiment still needed to be recorded, so here you go.
corn #8. I have begun drinking Tetley tea in the evenings. It has just enough caffeine to see me through to the end of the day. And it reminds me of another post I have in Draft, about how much the old ladies have got it going on in terms of Good Things. Remind me to finish that one. I am serious — we could all take a page or two from the books of the Old Ladies.
corn #9. My teeth are starting to tingle.
corn #10. It’s quilting season again. I picked up Cormac’s quilt again yesterday and pieced some more of the top. I work so entirely haphazardly when I piece quilt tops that it’s rather funny. I mean, this is how much I hate math and planning ahead, that I just cut and sew and cut and sew and then lay it out to see what I made. I’m going to need to get some more batting, which means I am going to pester Keet to share her organic cotton batting source.
corn #11. Pestering people makes me feel bad about myself. I will turn to Google instead and really earn that organic cotton batting source.
corn #12. Or perhaps I will search for a wool batting instead. I have some old sheets that I’m thinking of turning into a two-tone log cabin quilt, and I want it to be really heavy and really warm.
corn #13. I’m getting tired. I think I’m petering out on things to write. I’ll wrap it up and then go brush my teeth.
corn #14. And another thing. I’m realizing that I have screwed up the CSS on this template, resulting in a text overlap on the header. Little white text of title showing through the header graphic. It’s driving me crazy and “text-indent:-9000px” is not fixing it.
Pause between corns. Know what else I am embracing? My old-fart self. I saw a picture of my little sister on Facebook yesterday and it made me feel about 63 years old and as hip as an orthopedic shoe. But then I took a deep breath and reminded myself that I have two children. And a husband, and a mortgage, and a car note. The young’n’fun ship has sailed, but that is all right.
corn #15. Come on, I can’t have eaten 15 of these. At least, i don’t think I did. God, I hope I didn’t. … Although … *consults Nutrition Information* … a serving size is TWENTY TWO pieces. Seriously? Forty grams of candy corn. (Hey, that’s my gangsta name.) Well. I suppose I could go on for eight more pieces but really, that’s all I’ve got for now.

Be safe this Devil’s Night and have a lovely Halloween. I’ll be waiting patiently for my sugar coma.

October 30, 2007 | Filed Under daily grind

Comments

10 Responses to “Better living through candy corn”

Lindsey on October 30th, 2007 8:35 pm

Will you share the organic cotton batting info? I’ve just started quilting these last few months and I’d like to see what else is out there. Thank you! I’m sure I’m not the only crafter that follows your blog.
supa on October 30th, 2007 8:52 pm

A little googling brought me this:

http://hancocks-paducah.com/item—i-OR-90—m-221_222.html

Hobbs Organic Cotton Batting.
Kelley on October 30th, 2007 9:34 pm

What the freaking hell is candy corn and why are you people all eating it?

I want some!

Happy Halloween! Even though we are not allowed to celebrate it here in Oz…….
supa on October 30th, 2007 10:18 pm

What? No candy corn and no halloween in Oz? That’s crazy.
nikko on October 31st, 2007 7:48 am

Love your random posts.

So glad I’m not the only one who writes long posts only to leave them in draft mode for eternity. Curious to see what you find about sources of fabrics.
Tina C, on October 31st, 2007 9:41 am

a lot of jo-ann’s fabric is made in china. bummed me out.
Elizabeth on October 31st, 2007 10:41 am

Sometimes, I think that ignorance is bliss… but later on it might just be the death of me. Now I have to worry about fabric?? We’ve just graduated to glass baby bottles and organic formula. We’re trying to get rid of our damn teflon cookware and plastic storage.

I’m finding that there is all of a sudden an “old-fart line” that you cross, except you don’t notice it until it all piles up on top of you. Now that my brother and sister each have a kid, they’re on their way, too… so I don’t feel so left out. Welcome to you
katie on October 31st, 2007 2:25 pm

was i that little sister? come on, you have three, you have to say which it was. or hint in some way.
supa on November 1st, 2007 2:45 pm

Organic, texas-grown cotton:

http://www.kidbean.com/1405107.html
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