These gift sets are on sale!

 

On Sale!

Oh Wow!

I have to admit I got tired of blogging about my children and my life. I do recognize that it is not that interesting.  But I still feel compelled to write. What I would like to do at this point is use this blog for it's original design and that is to promote my etsy page.  I would also like to start a new blog, but I have not decided what I would like for it be.  That will be something I will have to think on some more.  Enjoy.

 

Two Bath Rugs Up At Etsy!

I finally got some pictures taken.  Yay!
Cotton Rug #1

And:
Cotton Rug #2 

Thanks for stopping by!

First Birthday Party Down!

If you read this blog at all you would know two things, 1. it's not that interesting  2. I have terrible sinus problems sometimes.

Well my sinuses have been puffy for weeks. It sucks.  I keep forgetting things, like names, and what I'm doing. 

But my boy had his first birthday. He's so big, he looks like a two year old. :0) I may be making a rug for someone. :0)  Fingers crossed.  I'm so excited. I haven't had a sale on etsy for months.  I have some stuff I need to get up on there.  It's the picture taking that I hate I think.  Who would've thought I would hate taking pictures.  Ha! ha!

More later, hopefully!  

Busy, Busy, Busy!

Oh, my goodness!  I forgot how much work a baby is. I am grateful for Yo Gabbagabba! (I am full of exclamation points today! I'm hoping it will trick my brain into finding new sources of energy!!!!!!!)  Oh!  And nap time!  Here's a list of what's going on with me:

1.  Linus is standing by himself now, and will walk from Mom to Dad and back if we make him.

2.  I joined the PTA!  

3.  I've been doing a little lap swimming at the YMCA!  But I don't want to share a lane, so I make Mike meet me there.  I can share a lane with him. :0)  Linus stays in the Child Watch.  I can't figure out if he likes it or not. 

4. Squash bugs ate our squash, watermelon, and squmpkins.  :0(

5. I did plant some lettuce though.  Fingers crossed!

6. We went to Molly's first conference for the first grade and the teacher said she is very positive and has good things to say about everyone.  This makes me so happy!

7. I still need to make more money!  I have made a couple more bath mats.  I plan on having them up this week as well as a couple other things.  Fingers crossed!

8.  Mike was off last week and we had a nice relaxing time and he got the garage cleaned out!  ;0)

9.  Now looking ahead to the next couple of months and I realize I have TWO birthday parties to plan!!!!!!!!!
Egads!

New Bath Mat

I made a new bath mat.  Enjoy!

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More Soap!

Here's a picture of the tea tree oil soap.  And you can buy here.

 Have a Happy 4th!

For Washing Almost Anything

I got a new listing up on etsy.  Washcloths in new colors.  :0)
I'll get the tea tree oil soap up this weekend and hopefully a couple other things.  Let me know what you think!

 

If You Are Going To Name Your Kid Linus

You have to make him a blue blanket, even if he doesn't suck his thumb and no matter how long it takes you!

 

New Patchouli Soap

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This Summer

Our very first watermelon!

Molly decided to give herself bangs. I tried to fix it with crappy sewing scissors!

This one is just funny! :0)

 That's pretty much what's been going on around here.  Garden is doing okay.  Kids are doing kid stuff.  Mom is trying to hold it together.  :0)

Some Days

Some days I feel sad and down for no real reason it seems.  Other days I feel free and floaty and dreamy and at peace.  But I keep thinking about seeds and plants. I think of the seeds that have evolved to catch the wind, like dandelions or those whirligig ones that come from some sort of tree.  Then I think maybe things are just meant to be this way.  Maybe forests just get too crowded and the seeds are meant to float far away because if they fall to the ground the sun will never reach them.  

Maybe it's okay to let the wind carry you far, far away from the forest. Maybe you are meant to find the wind when you are suffocating. 

Just Sayin'

After countless Futurama episodes and that two hour long Monopoly game that of course did not get finished, I am so ready for school to start again.  :0)

IMMADOTHIS!

After another week of drama (fevers, pee and other mishaps, broken desk chair, and teething), I am still on track.  Sort of.  The first batch of patchouli soap is just about done curing and I can't wait to take pictures of it for etsy.  Yay!  And I'm working on other stuff too.  I also bought some romaine lettuce seeds from an etsy shop called cubits. I'm really excited about it.  The weather has been mild this year so far (fingers crossed) and we've actually been getting food from the garden.  Imagine that.  Of course I won't plant the lettuce until the fall though. 

I'm also going to try and have a sewing lesson with Molly and we plan on making cookies.  :0)  

Lots of stuff coming soon.  

No More Drama

*One hail storm that prevented us from hiding in the cellar and for a brief moment I thought we were all going to die. 

*One replaced back windshield on my car already scarred from the hail storm two years ago.  

*One ruined $200 swimming pool.
 
*One printer unexpectedly dead of old age.

*One kindergarten graduation.

*One swallowed tooth.

*One attempt to pull the baby monitor camera down from the wall by the cord. 

*Many, many fatigue and hormone induced mood swings.

 

Summer Vacation

Okay, I've still been playing Castleville.  Maybe one or two more trips to the Goodwill and a little more shifting around and my house won't be like hoarders anymore.  Not that it really ever was.  I mean, I'm just  a little messy.  It's not like I'm dirty. Ha. Ha. Anyway, Mike made some soap today and I'm working on a few things for etsy.  Molly's out of school though, and I know I'll have to keep her busy.  I think I might have to break down and find some kind of baby sitter.  I'm going crazy, little by little.  :0)

Castleville

I have officially gotten bored with Castleville on Facebook.  So now it's back to work.  :0)  Mike and I spent some time cleaning the back room yesterday, and I am feeling so much cleaner.  :0)  The soap shelves have been cleaned.  We've bought some lye.  Mike is taking off all next week.  Hopefully we'll get some soap made!  Among other things that we need to do.  :0)   We've been doing the family swim thing at the YMCA on Fridays.  And when I'm not sick I've done a little running at the track.  I can already tell a difference, although I haven't lost actual weight yet.  I just feel better in general.  Linus has figured out how to put his finger in his nose.  :0)
Molly is almost a kindergarten graduate!  Oh, what an adventure it has been!  

Keep Calm and Carry a Concealed Weapon!  I guess. :0)

Moving Forward

Well, I'm still sick, but now that I have a little coffee and orange juice in me I feel a bit better.  Mike thinks I should go to the doctor, but I really don't want to.  Instead I'm going to sit around watching tv and knitting.  If I get worse, I'll go, but I really think I'm fine.  I will do my best not to sneeze on the yarn.  

Linus is sleeping so much better in his own room now.  I'm so glad.  Molly is almost done with school.  She's almost a kindergarten graduate.  (Sniff, sniff.)  I'm not sure how I feel about the upcoming summer vacation.  It's only two months though.  I have two and a half weeks to get some things done for etsy before she's hanging around the house 24-7.  Oh, she'll probably be playing with the kids down the street all the time anyway.

For Mother's Day I lost my voice.  I wonder if that is symbolic in some way.  :D 


Here we go.

Mother's Day Is Here Again

It's been a rough couple of weeks.  Linus keeps rolling over when I change his diaper, pulling up on the rocking chair, and he's been a bit sick and doesn't want his nose cleaned.  Molly's as defiant as ever.  And demands attention when it is most inconvenient.  I was sick yesterday.  Still mood swingy.  :(   I think that's all the bad stuff. 

Linus's bumps and bruises have been pretty minor so far.  We got a new front door.  Linus has also discovered Yo Gabba Gabba. The garden is doing pretty well.  Although we planted a little too early and the corn didn't get very tall.  I think in a couple weeks we'll pull it up and plant some more. There are a whole bunch of potatoes and butternut squash though!

And it's Mother's Day.  And just like last year, it's a little bittersweet.  I love being a mother, but a daughter?  Not so much.  It is amazing I think that after all these years, knowing what I know, deciding what I've decided, doing what I've done,  and still at the age of 36, I can still feel so, so abandoned.  And I mean amazing in a bad way.  I'm not trying to be rescued.  I only want to take care of myself and my child, and somehow it hurts so much.  Every time I see or hear anything about telling your mom how much you appreciate her, my chest hurts.  If I do that, if I reach out with an olive branch then the expectation will be that things will go back to the way they were.  I can't allow that this time. 

As Dr. Phil says, "You can love someone and not love what they do."  

I love my mom.

Now that I've exercised that demon for the year, it's time to move on.  And Mr. Screamy needs to eat.

Happy Mother's Day!

I don't like Blogger's "New Look".  And I can't figure out where my photo albums are on Facebook, nor how to put more pictures.  Maybe it was just taking too long.  And then I remembered that I hadn't blogged in awhile anyway.  Which leads me back to Blogger's new look.  Blah!  I usually try not to complain about change just on principle, but this whole social networking thing is getting me down.  Actually, I think I'm hormonal.  Like, really bad.  I got really depressed the other day. That hasn't happened to me in a long time.  Not like that anyway.  But I'm better now.  I'll probably get really angry in a few minutes though.  Stick my tongue out.  Like this :P

Until the anger comes enjoy this: