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Lexie
05-01-09, 04:57 PM
Hey, everyone. My name is Lexie. DH and I have a 7 month old daughter--my one and only, his fourth child. We co-sleep, cloth diaper, don't vaccinate, and exclusively breastfeed. We'll be starting elimination communication soon too.

I'm vegan, so my DD is too. My DH is not. He's about as mainstream as you can get and I'm probably about as unorthodox as they come. Sometimes I wonder how we deal with the differences. We pretty much disagree on everything health related, but I have at least shown him that vitamin C can cure the dental abscesses he used to frequently suffer from.

I'm a SAHM and my DH works at a security firm. I'm waiting for my DD to get a bit older before I start going to college for a degree in accounting. I'd prefer to become a naturopath, but then I'd want to go study in Australia or New Zealand which we can't afford.

I have endometriosis, PCOS, asthma, numerous allergies, and I'm lactose intolerant. I like to fast now and then to detox, but I only just learned about chelation, so that's my next goal--whenever my DD weans herself. That probably won't be anytime soon.

I consider myself very well read on medical literature stemming from a very early interest in it. As a child, I thought I would grow up to be a vet. Always the animal lover...but my main focus changed to people as I got sicker.
3monkeys
05-01-09, 05:13 PM
welcome Lexie. I thought WA was Western Australia but me thinks I may be wrong.

Anyway look forward to getting to know you.
Lexie
05-01-09, 05:37 PM
Doh, I should have cleared that up. I meant the hippie state--Washington. :D

And thanks!
Momtezuma Tuatara
05-01-09, 05:37 PM
Yeah, I thought WA was Western Australia too :D. Welcome, Lexie.
Lexie
05-01-09, 05:39 PM
Thank you! And nice sig. :)
Momtezuma Tuatara
05-01-09, 07:20 PM
..........................................:D
Serephina
05-01-09, 08:33 PM
Welcome Lexie :)

You had me confused for a minute there as well - here I was thinking that Perth had some fantastic naturopathic colleges :giggle:
MinorityView
05-01-09, 10:38 PM
Welcome!

I have a friend who loathes and despises abbreviations and acronyms. What a wonderful demonstration of the potential difficulties.

We are on opposite sides of the continent, I'm in VT.
Gitti
06-01-09, 02:35 AM
Hey buttercup! I just got your pm on MDC.

Nice to see you here.
Lexie
06-01-09, 03:36 AM
You know, I usually do too. I got used to using WA for my address. :mallet: Few people expect you to spell it out. And then after I made the first post, I realized the board was an 'Australian & New Zealand based community.' I feel like such a doorknob. :kick:

But hi... :)
Momtezuma Tuatara
06-01-09, 05:52 AM
I suffer from a different problem.

When both Australians and Americans order books from my website (http://www.beyondconformity.org.nz/books), they often fail to put in the state abbreviations. I guess they think that people who write books are also mindreaders :p
Lexie
06-01-09, 07:29 AM
Wow, strange thing to forget...
MinorityView
06-01-09, 11:48 AM
Can you set up the web-site so the order won't be accepted without complete information? Some of the online order forms won't go through if all of the areas aren't filled in.

But that is a strange thing to forget. Do they put in their zip-code? If you've got the zip-code there must be a web-site that reverse engineers to give you the state...let me have a look...yep:

http://www.zipinfo.com/search/zipcode.htm

type in the zip-code, get back the city and state. No need to read minds!
waiting
06-01-09, 02:03 PM
Hi Lexie!
I'm down under you... in California. :D
Glad to meet you.
Momtezuma Tuatara
06-01-09, 02:52 PM
Today, a parcel was returned because on the orderform the person wrote IL 71414.

So I sent it to USA.

Naturally.

Except it was Israel. So now I have to resend.

:mallet:
Momtezuma Tuatara
06-01-09, 02:53 PM
Can you set up the web-site so the order won't be accepted without complete information? Some of the online order forms won't go through if all of the areas aren't filled in.

But that is a strange thing to forget. Do they put in their zip-code? If you've got the zip-code there must be a web-site that reverse engineers to give you the state...let me have a look...yep:

http://www.zipinfo.com/search/zipcode.htm

type in the zip-code, get back the city and state. No need to read minds! I don't read minds. I copy and paste the whole addy into google, which often shows up spelling mistakes in the address itself as well.

Sigh.
Lexie
06-01-09, 09:07 PM
Hi Lexie!
I'm down under you... in California. :D
Glad to meet you.

Hi! I've been kinda considering moving there at some point! I think I'd miss having a white xmas though. :(
waiting
07-01-09, 08:59 AM
California is not flat, my dear. We got a bit of snow right before Christmas - we loved it. Do check out the Sierra Nevada foothill and mountain communities - instead of the coastal villages. :D

If you want to move here in the next 5 years, be prepared to bring your own income -- the economy is the pits, and taxes are about to skyrocket.
Ayla
07-01-09, 01:13 PM
Hi there and welcome :) Being Australian, I assumed WA was Western Australia but your use of the word "diaper" I'm thinking WA is an American abbreviation?

ETA I see it's been cleared up, lol :D
Lexie
14-01-09, 05:40 AM
Damn...definitely don't need more taxes...maybe we'll stay here.

Hey, Ayla. :)
LovingMama
15-01-09, 08:45 AM
Hello Lexie,
I'm from California too, but would love to live up in Washington. It's 75 degrees here now and doesn't feel like winter. I know people with snow might be shocked that I'm complaining, but I want a reason to stay inside and cuddle, and for it to feel like winter .