FOUND

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The missing bow that Bella supposedly swallowed has been FOUND! I started selling a bunch of my big baby gear and had to pull the Pack 'n Play out to set it up so I could take a lot of pictures. I went to put it all back away again and OMG there was that freaking bow that caused us so much worry.


I tore that PNP apart looking for that bow back in February. It wasn't there. It wasn't there when I put it away either or so I thought. Dh even looked for it. Guess I should be glad it was found and she never swallowed it.


On another happy note I did sell my PNP to a nice set of grandparents who just had their 1st grandson. I got my asking price and made money on it since I bought it on clearance at like 75% off a few years ago. It was well worth the money though and has many good years left on it so all in all a very good deal for both parties.

Wow

(A couple of people have commented that she doesn't know about expiration dates but I'm 99% sure I emailed her once before about this carseat and flagged it and it's now back up again. That's okay, I'll just keep flagging it.)

I'm thinking if you know the mfg date of a carseat and that it even has a sticker on it then you should know when the seat EXPIRES. Check out the ad on Craigslist I just flagged.

ONLY needs a new seat cover. The elastic is stretched out and why I recommend a new cover. You can buy Britax seat covers on ebay for $30-40. Aside from the seat cover, excellent safety rated car seat and never in an accident. Mfg Date is Nov 1999. I am still using another Britax Roundabout in my own car from Mar 1999 and is the best car seat I've had. Navy blue is the color of the base. Great for a second car or backup seat for grandma's car. This seat can be used rear facing or forward facing upto 40 lbs. This comes with the tether strap for anchors in newer cars. Easy to use and install.

Really? a 10yr old car seat? Is a child's life really worth $25 to this person? Sad. I emailed her about it and flagged the listing. Want to see what happens to a child in a 10yr old seat in an accident? Watch this video

Is she serious?

I reposted my Craigslist items to *bump* them to the top. Some lady emailed me and said she'd offer me $20 for my $75 lot and $30 for my $100 lot. Is she kidding? Umm, no. I think I'll hold onto them and either keep listing them or break them up and throw them on Ebay or another free site. I could get more at a yard sale for them- even at a $1 per piece!

Christmas Gifts

I got 2 more gifts for the boys for Christmas thanks to Craigslist! They love Star Wars and I was able to find a brand new in box Darth Vader talking helmet and a barely used Storm Trooper talking helmet. Woohoo! I picked up the DV one tonight and I'll meet the other lady tomorrow sometime. I think between the huge wooden castle (bought after Christmas this year at 50% off), the Narnia characters to go with it (clearanced), some Leapster games I've saved(clearanced) and these helmets, they've got a decent Christmas ahead.

Bella obviously won't understand Christmas but I'll find her something to put under the tree. Some kind of girly toy perhaps. She doesn't need clothes at. all. Between all my clearance sale shopping this summer and clothes that have been given to me, she's set for the 12mo size as well as a bunch of 18mo. Our neighbor around the corner from us has 2 little girls and she brought over a bag today for me to go thru. I was able to get several cute outfits out of it (gave back the rest for her yard sale). A little Oxiclean on a couple of them and they were good as new! Bella has quite the wardrobe!

A Mish Mash of Stuff & Random Thoughts

Footed Pj's and potty trained 3yr olds do not go together. Ian woke me up at 2:30 in the morning the other night because he couldn't get his pj's back on. When he took them off, the arms became inside out. So I had to get out of bed to help him. And why is it they always wake ME up? Dh is closer to the door!

And speaking of it, why do they always come and ask me to do something or get them something while I'm nursing Bella and can't get up when dh is in the room (usually the kitchen) with them already!

Our school crossing guard is too high strung. She yells at parents all the time for parking in the wrong spots (which I agree with- it could be dangerous) and the kids who are patrols. I swear she must have high blood pressure. Her jokes just aren't funny anymore either. How many times is she going to ask us if we're taking Bella for show and tell?

If you are going to advertise online for a company, learn to spell! Now I don't know if this person actually works for the company or he/she is just a really enthusiastic customer but there's just no excuse. There, their, and they're are NOT interchangeable! Unfortunately those weren't the only errors.

The Woot Off which began yesterday has sucked. I missed the only toys they had and nothing else has been worth it. I think there have only been like 5 items all day today. I did however score some BabyLegs for Bella pretty cheap on Babysteals.com. With all her cute little dresses and winter coming, they'll help keep her warm.

On the way to tumbling tonight Logan spotted a sign that said something about "closed from sun up to sun down". I asked him where he saw it, like on a fence, tree, etc. He said it was where all the rips were. Huh? I said what do you mean rips? He said "rips R.I.P.s". Ohh! It dawned on me then. He must have seen the sign at the cemetery we were next to! I had a good laugh over that one!

Stupid server on Woot. They had the BOC (bag of crap= essentially a surprise box of stuff you get really cheap. Could be good, could be crap) earlier and I got into the page twice only for the server to crash again. Grrr. I wanted some good crap! ;)

The weather actually looks like fall weather today. It's overcast and I swear you can just smell fall in the air. When we got out of tumbling tonight there was a cool breeze blowing too. Ahhh. A cold front is supposed to move thru this weekend and if Sunday is as good as predicted, we WILL be headed to Disney! We're going to the zoo Monday too. I'm going to take advantage of the weather while I can!

Okay, I think that's it for now. Told you it was a lot of random stuff!

Someone listened!

I look at Craigslist a couple of times a day just to see what's there. I came across an ad for cart covers and car seat covers. If you know me, you know just how passionate I am about car seat safety and car seat covers (aftermarket) are just not safe. They aren't tested with the seat, they void any warranty, they may compress in a crash and they may hinder the seat from working properly.

So I emailed the mom about them. She was really nice and open to links I may have about the dangers of them. I emailed her some info and this and this are what changed her mind. Aftermarket covers are not fire retardant. I know we all want to keep as many chemicals as we can away from our kids but these could help save your child. A fire retardant seat may give you those extra few seconds to get your child out of the car. Think about what would have happened to those seats with a homemade cover. It would have gone up in flames immediately. Thank God no one was actually in this van when this happened. I always feel a bit weird about emailing a complete stranger but in this case I actually did some good. She is pulling the covers from her website and more importantly her own dd's car seat. I'm happy I was able to help!

ETA: Andrea posted a good question in her comment-
So I'm confused, Karlise...are you saying the replacement covers you buy from Britax are bad or just the generic ones people make??? Technically anything you put on your seat yourself is "after market" - I have had to replace the seat cover on the marathon before (the one we no longer have) but I bought a replacement cover from Britax. What's the 411?

The answer is that any covers you buy from the manufacturer (ie. Britax, Graco, etc) of your particular car seat are SAFE. They are tested with that car seat.

The aftermarket products are anything NOT made by your car seat's mfg. This would include homemade and even some "name brand" items you'll find online, Ebay, and even Babies R Us. There are no laws preventing the use of these unfortunately. Other aftermarket products would include anything that didn't come with your seat and wasn't tested with your seat like the cutesy harness strap covers (and even plain ones) you can pick up at any baby store. Anything that you put on the harness or behind your baby/child that did NOT come with the seat or is not made by the manufacturer of your seat is not safe. Did that answer your question?

Stupid People

If I email you and tell you that the carseat you have for sale on Craigslist is expired and that's why I flagged it, do NOT relist it. Is a child's life really worth the $20 you want for the expired seat?! Stupid!

I feel out of breath. Phew.

All morning long I've been on the computer. I've been deleting and reposting all my Craigslist stuff as a Last Chance offer. I've gotten a bunch of hits too, one payment and one buyer meeting me tonight. That's $110 right there. Yippee! After Sunday, whatever is left is going bye-bye. I'm tired of looking at it. It's a mess and my house looks awful! If you see something you like, let me know. I'll even ship it if you cover shipping!

Sell, sell, sell!

I've been busy posting Craigslist stuff all day. So far, I've had hits on like 5 of my listings and I'm selling 3 of those tomorrow! Woohoo! They are all listed over <---- there in my side bar. I'll ship too if any of my friends are reading. I just ask you pay shipping and any PP fees if you use a credit card!