I'm Really More of an Ideas Person...

This is a favorite saying around our house. It is originally attributed to a guy Husband used to work with who was right out of school. He was receiving some constructive criticism about his lack of follow through with work projects. We thought it was really funny thing for a fairly incompetent 23 year-old to say and it gets repeated a lot. "Husband, will you empty the dishwasher?" "I don't know, Wife, I'm really more of an ideas person."

I was reminded of it because I have several ideas for websites inspired by motherhood but I clearly have no ability/interest/time to follow through. It seems I, too, am really more of an ideas person.

• Momcycle.org - A website where you could type in your zip code and be presented with a list of nearby nonprofits that could use your old baby stuff. In six months I have acquired so much baby gear and so many baby clothes that I am saving for the theoretical next one. I already daydream of someday getting this crap out of my house when it is no longer needed. I usually just dump stuff at Goodwill but I know there are charities with more specific needs, like Any Baby Can, that would probably put it to better use. I actually considered doing this until Husband told me it would involve databases, which sound awfully boring.
  
• Grandparentsguide.com - I know many parents dread hearing, "Back when you were a baby..." This website would be a primer for grandparents to help bridge the generation gap between what we do now and what they did then. One section could help grandparents understand the current conventional wisdom about raising babies. For example, I know you gave Husband rice cereal when he was five weeks old, but my pediatrician (and the AAP and the WHO) recommend starting solids at six months for breastfed babies. Another could explain all the newfangled modern baby equipment. I know I had a carseat in 1980, but it was merely decorative compared to Henry's modern Britax. Since I am far, far too lazy to compile all this information I am thinking about giving the grandparents each a copy of Baby 411 for Christmas. It's a fairly mainstream book written by an AAP spokesperson that clearly explains all the ways that I am not, after all, crazy.
  
• MomHarmony.com - Many of you know that I met Husband on eHarmony what feels like many, many years ago. Now I want to harness the power of the internet to find more mommy friends. MFF has introduced me to Meetup.com and so far, so good. But I want more. I want to take a parenting personality quiz and be matched up with compatible mommies. Also, I want them to be within five miles of my house. I've got a nap schedule to attend to.