Purposeful Ramblings Through My Mind

My teapot is ill. Very, very ill. I believe it is unlikely to survive much longer. Specifically, it has a hairline crack, darkened by tea that has seeped through it for months, all around the base. This crack is visible from the other side, and it's tea-coloured there, too. The small puddles set off my warning bells, and they're tolling a death knell.

I'm not particularly attached to this teapot. My mother gave it to me, because it always dripped for her, and I needed one. It drips for me, too. Teapots, unlike cats, do not change their drip habits to reflect changes in the household. I put up with it. I poured my tea over the sink. I mopped up drips.

Why, you ask, would you need a new teapot at this time of year? The answer: iced tea. Powdered iced tea doesn't appeal to me. It has a slightly gritty texture which drives me crazy. I need a teapot that holds about one litre of tea when full to the brim, and I'd like to get one that won't drip.

I'm going to start my search at Homesense, because I also want something I'll enjoy looking at every bleary-eyed morning for the foreseeable future, and Homesense usually has things that I like. But it occurs to me: I have never bought myself an everyday-use teapot, other than one little plastic dealie that poured more tea on the counter than in the mug, even when I was holding it over the sink. So it's going to be a bit of an experiment to find one that doesn't drip. I wonder if they'll let me test the teapots with a bottle of water over a sink?

Those little targeted gmail ads next to your email are evil. But sometimes that's good.

I went to a site called Nikki's Diapers. I didn't buy anything - but I DID make up a gift registry! I have no idea if anyone buying gifts for this baby will bother to check it even if I point it out to them, but I figured it was no skin off my nose if they didn't. It took me ten minutes, it was fun shopping, and I didn't have to spend any money. Everyone wins!

I've decided to go for contoureds and fitteds for the most part, rather than pocket or AIO's (though I've bought a few of those.) The biggest reason is that I already have several covers in every size range, so AIO's and pockets would be counter-productive. Also, the extra drying time and necessity (for some brands) of hanging to dry are both downsides. I've got tons of stuff in the small size range (up to 15 lbs) so I'm concentrating on the 15-30 lbs range in my looking and buying. I don't need boosters, really - my infant prefolds will make good boosters for the bigger sizes - and I think I'm set for covers, too.

Anyhow, if anyone's interested, the website is http://nickisdiapers.com/ and it's under my real name. I figured anyone who was likely to be buying me stuff already had my address or would bring it in person, so I didn't include my address.