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Novemberrocks

I just still can't get on board with the b&w pictures.  I don't understand the point.

wingedbride

What I don't get it why, even though they can make internet, eating out, etc work, that they do it anyway. it just seems like you would try to pinch even more to get ahead in the world. Dental care is a more important "luxury" than cici's pizza once a week.

CaliopeSpidrman

It's just a one bedroom apartment, right?  I'm pretty sure that wouldn't fly here due to occupancy rates, but I'm not sure about wherever it is she lives.  Her standards for living are pretty low, but at least she's feeding her family 3 meals a day.  That's more than a lot of people can do, which is a damn shame.

buddhagouda

[i]What I don't get it why, even though they can make internet, eating out, etc work, that they do it anyway. it just seems like you would try to pinch even more to get ahead in the world. Dental care is a more important "luxury" than cici's pizza once a week. [/i] She can afford eating out because she does secret shopping stuff, so she gets reimbursed for the cost of the meal.

BobLoblaw

It's a 2 bedroom. The kids sleep on a mattress, so it is technically a "bed". And she said she checked the occupancy laws in Maine and they're ok.She is super weird yes, but it would be ridiculous to take away CPS resources when her kids are pretty well cared for.

wingedbride

I know buddha, I understand. I just don't understand why she doesn't put energy into something more important than that.

FallinAgain

2 kids and two parents (plus a newborn) in a two bedroom would violate Portland occupancy laws? 

FallinAgain

Nevermind, I see Cali thought it was a 1 bedroom.

CaliopeSpidrman

The photos are in B&W because color costs extra, duh.

SarahBethBR

The middle child sleeps in a crib, and the oldest sleeps on a crib mattress underneath the crib.  When she had the new baby, she hoped to have them both sleep on the matress underneath the crib and put the newborn in the crib.  If that did't work, she would put the baby in a Tupperware container.Now that the new baby is here, I have noe idea what they're actually doing.

CaliopeSpidrman

Tupperware will keep the baby nice and fresh.

wingedbride

only i they snap the lid shut cali.   I got some special tupperware for vegetables with a pop hole in it to let in some air for freshness. I am not sure what their GC to walmart will go to, but that might need to move to the top of the list.

Aliza131

I think in general it is sad how many people in our country do live like this.

Novemberrocks

I'm pretty sure CPS is busy missing way more horrifying cases than this.If only I had known about the tupperware with holes in it - I would have saved so much cash b/c we could have avoided buying a crib altogether.

prettypinkypeonies

Really? you want CPS called because not everyone has a bed? That's pretty lame.. Since when is that abuse?With that kind of thinking, my parents parents should have had CPS called on them.. 7 kids, 2 small bedrooms.. I'm sure not everyone had they're own bed. They all turned out very well and have some great stories to tell.. I think she's a bit of a weirdo, but obviously the kids are fed and clothed and not beaten. I f'ing hate when people cry "CALL CPS! CALL CPS!" for the stupidest chit.

prettypinkypeonies

*their

chickibaby

I found her blog through thenest and now I read it a coupld of times a week for entertainment. Anyway, she has clarified the sleeping situation.  The mattress is stored under the crib, but pulled out to sleep on.  Like a trundle bed. And the new baby is co sleeping, so there's that. 

Kamikaze3

I think it is amusing that she wants a new kitchen strainer because her's is red and doesn't match their current apartment's neutral decor. I wouldn't think of her to be the decorating type.

wingedbride

She shouldnt worry about decor color matching since she is always in B&W

SarahBethBR

I still have an issue with two kids sharing a 6x8 room.  And especially with two kids sharing a crib sized mattress on the floor (which is what she planned even if it isn't happening).  I don't think CPS needs to investigate, but I think these two loonies probably should have kept it in their pants until they could get a bigger place.She has one post about how they could conceivably have 13 kids in that apartment.

salimoo

Isn't this crazy punish the kid til he says hi mommy lady, though?

PDXPhotoGrl

No, that's somebody else. I can't remember who, but it was some family that lived in a big house.

noisy_penguin

Nah, Moo, that family was in Texas somewhere. These weirdos are in Maine or something.Incidentally, I read this woman's posts in the voice of the weirdo redhead on ANTM that I love.

lanie26

I just hate the martyr nonsense. I mean you have to photograph your broken spatula so you can justify not spending 1.00 on a new one? Let us all applaud you, you nutjob.

shanollee

I can't read the words "bloody show" without imagining someone drenched in blood a la Carrie dancing and doing jazz handssooo...Lady Gaga?