blog layouts

so everyone has these amazing blog layouts with cute little texts and fun graphics.....how do i do that??!! i want to be a cool blogger. i was just looking at my blog and although i cannot deny i think the two little girls taking up half of the top of the page are ADORABLE!!!! it is just not that cute of a blog. i always want to go places based on the website. if the website is terrible or old fashioned or difficult to navigate i am like "NOPE-not doing it!!" so i would imagine people probably aren't as interested in reading my blog because of the lazy boring no thought layout????

anyway, if anyone can be of any assistance in that i would greatly appreciate any and all help!!!!

so i am planning on hopping off here in a few minutes and being a little crafty before i go to bed but i thought i'd hop on for at least a moment and complain mostly about my ugly blog and then just do a quick purge of emotions!!

we went sledding with the siblings today (noah's siblings) and it was so much fun!! arie was scared to death of every ride down, but still allowed us to take her more than once. she is so trusting. jokes were made about taking idina down, but obviously as unwise as i can sometimes be as a mother (let arie stay in the room tonight as we watch "the hangover"-GASP), i'm not that dense!!!!

it is funny how such a small amount of snow makes such a difference here. we had school canceled on friday and we only got like 3 inches!! i can remember WALKING to school in 22 inches!! but i understand they just don't have the resources or the experience here to have 3 inches not be a big deal. but still it is pretty entertaining. i mean people here can barely drive in a heavy rain.....snow pretty much turns their brains to mush......

on a brighter note, idina is sleeping like 2-3 hours straight at night currently. she'll go to bed at around 9, sleep until almost 11, wake up until about 12:30, sleep until 3, wake up and want to eat, go back to bed around 4 and then wake up for good between 6-7. while i still feel like i have burned my eyes out with hot coals each morning and could not get enough sleep if i slept for 5 days straight, it is a great improvement since she moved to the formula!! i am trying to get her back on the breast, and it seemed to be going well for the beginning of the week, but my milk seems to be changing for some reason and she doesn't seem to like the taste of it. it's slightly annoying as i really hate denying her that bond and i feel a lot like a bad mother that i have just had such supply issues this whole time with her because i NEVER had supply issues with arie.

either way, she is a happy, loving, sweet, healthy baby and i have to trust that if she NEEDED my milk to be as healthy as i want, then God would supply me with that.

my goal for tomorrow is to start reading my Green Book. i do NOT want to be one of those psycho green-fanatics who make everyone else around them feel like terrible people because they use plastic bags to buy groceries instead of cloth because i'm sure 5 years from now they'll be telling us how bad cloth is, but i DO want to help make my own steps towards a healthier world. and i want to raise our kids to live healthy, planet conscious lifestyles (again without being uppity or exclusive). so that is my goal for tomorrow. i'm hoping to get some good tips on some household products that i can make my self (ie toothpaste, cleaning agents other than vinegar water as we already do that, etc) just because it would save us money AND save the world at the same time!! :) that's the way i like to do things. save the world-save me money. otherwise there's just not really much motivation!!

okay. i'm gonna go craft. very exciting life i lead......please envy me now