Storkcraft - recall update!

Wow!!

I sent off the recall replacement bracket request form on the 17? they shipped the 19th. est date of delivery by fedex the 21st!

They gave me the tracking number via e-mail today!

I'm impressed way to go Storkcraft for honouring your word.

And I'm one thankfull mother of a 2yo, who was woken up by his screaming because he hit his head on the door handle, on the door to his room, last night cuz he got scared because he wasn't in "his bed"

MAYA ANGELOU'S' BEST POEM EVER

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ...
enough money within her control to move out
and rent a place of her own,
even if she never wants to or needs to...
something perfect to wear if the employer,
or date of her dreams wants to see her in an hour...

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ..
a youth she's content to leave behind.....
a past juicy enough that she's looking forward to
retelling it in her old age....
a set of screwdrivers, a cordless drill, and a black lace bra...
one friend who always makes her laugh... and one who lets her cry...

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE .......
a good piece of furniture not previously owned by anyone else in her family...
eight matching plates, wine glasses with stems,
and a recipe for a meal,
that will make her guests feel honored...

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ..
a feeling of control over her destiny...
how to fall in love without losing herself..

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
how to quit a job,
break up with a lover,
and confront a friend without;
ruining the friendship....

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW.....
when to try harder... and WHEN TO WALK AWAY...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
that she can't change the length of her calves,
the width of her hips, or the nature of her parents..
that her childhood may not have been perfect...but it's over...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
what she would and wouldn't do for love or more...
how to live alone... even if she doesn't like it...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW.. .
whom she can trust,
whom she can't,
and why she shouldn't take it personally...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
where to go...
be it to her best friend's kitchen table..
or a charming Inn in the woods...
when her soul needs soothing...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
What she can and can't accomplish in a day...
a month...and a year...

Stork Craft Crib RECALL!!!!!!!

So tonight my youngest boy broke the crib bracket on his bed!

Nice, haha not really! He doesn't stay in his big boy bed so we keep him in the crib (he still has not attempted to climb out yet) But now what? Sooo, I go searching on the lovely world wide web and luck be a lady ;) what should I find? Storkcraft did a recall on the brackets on cribs made between May 2000 and November 2008. ha ha! mine was AUG 06!

Sooo I've filled out the forms soo they should be sending out replacment brackets at no charge!

But when? That is the question.... I really hope it's sooner than later he's already up 3hrs later than he should be and won't sleep. ~~sigh .... yawn~~

RECALL Q & A

"Out of approximately 4 million brackets in the field the CPSC is aware of 10 incidents of cracked or broken brackets (one similar incident reported to Health Canada). The consensus of the experts and Stork Craft is that if the brackets are subject to extraordinary stress during inappropriate assembly, such as bending brackets back and forth, metal fatigue can occur and weaken the brackets. The experts conducted additional testing whereupon they deliberately did not follow the assembly instructions, abused the brackets by bending them back and forth under significant pressure then tested the crib brackets to ASTM standards. The crib (brackets) still passed, in fact to 4 times the ASTM standards. "

Take a look at your cribs' matress board check to see if it a Storkcraft. Even if your brackets have not broken, get the replacements! Better safe than Sorry!! Follow the linked quote to fill in your request for replace brackets!

ummm I've got pictures to prove they're not sooo safe!!!

"Replacement bracket kits have been made available to consumers at no charge."

Siksika Pow Wow

Camping as a family of five

Yupe you read right we're a family of five actually 7 when the older brothers visit. But I've always wanted a BIG family and no... i'm not mormon!

So throughout the years we've acumulated tents! yes tents! we've got 5 of them maybe more lmoa... but each year we seem to need a bigger one ~sniker~ now we have a 6-8man tent that will work with the playpen and car seat (baby girl likes to sleep in it) and a queen blow up matress and a possibly another twin blowup (if it will fit) otherwise he gets the ground cushions.

I've put together a few tips;

1) First we set up a ground tarp (edges folded under otherwise your just collecting the water between the tent and the tarp. This way the tarp is protecting you from the ground mositure)

2) Set up over head tarps, you can never get to it fast enough if it does end up raining. Preventative preparation is key with a family with small kids. During a downpour your thinking of getting the kids in the tent rather than putting up the tarp.

3) Prepare as much of the meals at home as you can.

• wrap the potatoes in tinfoil (unless you have children old enough to help at the campsite)
• Mix dry ingredients for bannock in a big ziplock bag. (just add water at campsite)
• Marinade meat in ziplock bag and freeze (added cooling agent in cooler)
• Bring instant oatmeal packs (or make your own in ziplock bags)
• Break eggs into one of those personal water bottles (not pop bottles) (the eggs are easier to transport and they will stay whole and pour out- but famlies mainly eat scrambled anyways)

4) Always have boiled water on hand.... (helps with cleaning wounds and baby formula)

5)If you can afford it get two way radios for the kids. this way you know where they are and can check up on them without packing up the younger ones to go look.

Here is the Camp fire Bannock recipe I use :

in a large freezer ziplock bag add 4 cups flour, 4 tsp of baking powder, and 1/2 tsp of salt. Mix dry indgrediants and add water to form a somewhat sticky dough. Now we don't make it all at once just take out some bannock mix into bowl add water and leave rest for later supper bannock. We wrap it around the hot dogs and kids love it.

BIGGEST METEOR SHOWER OF 2009

Wow between 10pm and 2am. Wish it wasn't too late, maybe I'll take the kids to go watch for a bit at prairie winds

Glasses

Sooo I broke my glasses. Yup! snapped 'em right in half and was using duck tape to hold them together... BUT... today got some super glue. Thank Gawd someone invented this stuff. And looky what I found neat a 4 pack of single uses the same price as the single tube. So I bought it and glued my plastic frames back together...

Now I did go to the place where I first purchased my glasses and would you believe they refused to tell me what my perscription was!?! yup they said "well we'd want you to have another eye exam" I don't want another eye exam sheesh! some peoples children anything to get more money outta ya.

So, now I not only hafta pay for another eye exam (hmmm I wonder if they are now covered under the new alberta health care lmao) but hafta pay over $300 for the new frames and what ever else it cost for my lenses... no wonder lens crafters has a payment plan available!

pst... you can get coupons at Lens Crafters on line to print out too.