Ow, My Aching Vagina

Go read: Paul Gravett on the New York Times’ dismissal of manga as “those Japanese comic books that feature slender, wide-eyed teenage girls who seem to have a special fondness for sailor suits.”
The upper kitchen cabinets are in, the lower cabinets and pulls go in today. The guys have tomorrow off for the holiday, then the tile people start on Thursday. The cabinetry looks great. I’m especially enamored of the large cabinet over the refrigerator that’s divided vertically for trays and platters. We’re so fancy! Flickr photos of progress to date here. (We’re going to do a PB Teen tile thing next to the door as an organizer. I should probably order that soon.)
Claude had an “accident” in the kitchen last night after dinner. Since there’s no evidence he’s feeling ill anymore, we decided he’s confused by the upheaval and thinks the kitchen is now “outside.” So we put the baby gate up before bed last night, blocking his access and that seemed to work. Hallelujah. Everything with that dog is two steps forward, one step back.
Jason Aaron posted a few pictures from Tony Moore’s Bachelor Party: Day Two.
Have you ever heard of Monkey Pants? Apparently it’s a Japanese thing. Holy crap they do excel at cute, don’t they? I lost about half an hour last night scouring the internets (and ebay in particular) for variations on monkey pants. These might be my favorites. Hard to say. If you turn up any cute ones, post links, will you?
Baby news: the kid is cRaZy active these days — doing gymnastics in my belly, I think. It’s pretty fun, except for the poking at my pelvic floor. Ow, my aching vagina.
We have our gestational diabetes test and 3d ultrasound on Thursday and apparently I’m nervous about it as I dreamed last night that we saw the baby’s face and it looked like some kind of hideous Simpsons baby monster — imagine Cletus the Slack-Jawed Yokel as an infant, in utero. Snaggletooth, unibrow, mustache camp, Christian Bale chin — I was horrified. I freaked, trying to figure out how it must be some kind of mistake… (”Is it time to start drinking again?” asks Fraction.) Eep. Does the fact that I’m apparently worried about having an ugly baby make me shallow? Or was I just shallow to begin with?
ETA: Repro Depot appears to be out of the Amy Butler Nappy Bag pattern. Does anyone know of another source? SECOND EDIT: Terry found it! Thanks, T2. (Other Nappy bags on Flickr. I figure I’m going to be sewing curtains as soon as I have a diningroom table again anyway…)

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Published:: 07.03.07 / 8am

Category:: parenting, manga general, lists, homekeeping, autobioboring

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Kelly Sue DeConnick relocated in 2002 from Brooklyn, NY to Kansas City, MO, where she now lives with her husband, writer Matt Fraction, Captain Applejack, Claude, Pablo, Ham and little Henry Leo. Professionally, DeConnick writes comics and adapts manga into English. Her credits include Kare First Love, Black Cat, Sexy Voice and Robo and Blue Spring. Most recently, she co-wrote 30 Days of Night: Eben & Stella with Steve Niles for artist Justin Randall. Contact: kellysue [at] gmail [dot] com. Follow Kelly Sue at http://twitter.com.

Rating: 1 | T-2 07.03.07 / 10am

here’s another Amy Bag link…from the source it seems.

http://www.amybutlerdesign.com/products/patterns_display.php?id=16

Rating: ? | kellysue 07.03.07 / 11am

Yeah, that’s the same link I posted and sadly — unless I’m missing something, which would be GREAT — I don’t think she sells the patterns off her site. That appears to be more like a catalog listing.

Rating: 1 | T-2 07.03.07 / 12pm

RE: An ugly baby. I’m belaboring the obvious here, but the gene pool from where this baby is coming from is deep and beautiful and handsome. And smart.

RE: Worried = Shallow? No, just a pregnant mom. Comes with the territory, I am told.

Oh yes, Susan sends her condolences regarding your vagina. You heard it from me, but it didn’t come from me. It’s some sisterhood thing, I guess.

Rating: 3 | Theron 07.03.07 / 1pm

Remember, guys, all babies look like little aliens when they first emerge. They pretty-up pretty fast, though. Don’t worry. Your baby’s gonna be great in every way!

Rating: ? | kellysue 07.03.07 / 1pm

Wah wah. I just ordered the Nappy Bag pattern and seconds later found out <a href=”http://www.urbanartsandcrafts.com/Summer%202007%20Fabric.html” rel=”nofollow”>there’s a local store that carries Amy Butler</a>.

Oh well. I think I’ll go there to buy my fabric!

Rating: ? | Dawn 07.03.07 / 5pm

I’m sorry your vagina hurts.

Rating: ? | Drew Bell 07.04.07 / 1am

Hey, those boys went to the Pin-Up Bowl! The original is up the street from us, and Ashley worked there for a while. The KC one is run by some former coworkers of ours.

This state may collapse in on itself.

Rating: ? | Jennifer Simmons 07.04.07 / 8am

My aunt had nightmares about having an ugly baby when she was pregnant - I think it’s pretty normal.

Rating: ? | Tony Moore 07.24.07 / 6am

i don’t see how you two could have a less than perfect kid. Warning, though, for the first month or so he will look like a little purple old man. Don’t panic. Most babies start looking better right away. But i’ll offer you this, If he does look like a yokel, you can always tell people that you guys adopted him from me.

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