whirlwind weekend

aaaah, yes, that's me sighing relief. we are all home. no one is sick. the girls are in bed asleep and i am headed that way. feels good.
baby is walking everywhere so i haven't a lot of time to sit and blog. they grow so fast. :( sniff. too too fast.

i am alive

i know, few actually care, but here i am. what a week!! it is only thursday, well, i guess the week is almost finished. to start with i have had a sick baby. that is nothing new for any of us, i'm sure, but when that baby has a seizure, that is pretty new and scary. and scared i was. i have never really been scared for my children before. they have fallen and busted their lips, fallen on concrete (thanks to daddies letting them fall off tables while camping) but i've taken it all with stride. but when your 12 month old child laying listless in your arms proceeds to jerk, a sense of helplessness comes over you. i don't care who you are. and so here i am, 3 days later to tell you that my child has an ear infection. yes, that's right, a simple ear infection caused her to have a seizure. well, the sudden rise in fever caused the seizure, but non the less. . . she is doing much better now. no fever for 24 hours.

a lot more has been happening in my life, but i will not bore you with the details. ok, so you maybe would not be bored, but i will not, WILL NOT, use you as my sounding board. lol

i have been busy making bandanna dresses. having lots of fun. hopefully i can get a business started and take care of mine.

so, until tomorrow, sleep well, and i hope you have all have a nice day with family.

am i an idiot?

i have been looking for a new sewing machine. can't really afford one, but wanted one non the less. well, i thought it may be worth it to take mine in and get it looked at. so i started researching my problem and found a site, forget now, that had a list of possible solutions. she called it the 10 minute something or another. (i feel really bad that i can't link you to her site) so anyway, i did the 10 minute something or another. i changed the needle, re threaded with the presser foot UP and started sewing. i have made three dresses and practiced a hem. all with no skipped stitches!!! i am relieved. excited!! as i write this i wish there was more material to sew!! well, you know what this means. I CAN JOIN THE SCARF ALONG!!! i just need to get my materials. hee hee hee

what i learned this week is . . .

• i have become the parent i always promised myself i would not become
• my big girls love each other sooo much
• the baby adores her big sisters
• sometimes it's good not to know where certain family members are
• i DON'T trust putting my children's' names on the internet
• my 5 year old is getting too big to be falling asleep in strange places; restaurant booths, the bathtub, my lap, just to name a few

I MADE A SALE!!!

i am so excited! so it's just for empty baby food jars, but it's a sale. now we'll see if i messed up with shipping. i did last week on ebay, lesson learned.

i've got about 20 key chains to get posted on my shop. and a friend is making some baby burp cloths. getting it started!!

going to eat lunch with the girls at school today. they are looking forward to that. the kids love seeing the baby. wow, i just typed her name! i need more coffee!

nothing new

nothing new to report. how boring my life has become. just sent in my fafsa application. we'll see. now i just need to decide what to take. have a few ideas, just want to make sure that i chose something that will be worth it, allow me to support my little family and something i will enjoy in the long run. decisions decisions.

may have found a sewing machine!!! so excited. not anything fancy. found it on craigslist. it's the brother that my local target has but it's about 15 bucks cheaper, still in the box. we'll see if she replies to my email.

got a few key chains and barrettes made. can't decide if i should add an iron on monogram or not. trying to get enough made that i can put them up in a local sale fair type thing in jan, or feb. not sure when. eek! better get busy non the less.

so how many have checked out the scarf a long? i hope i can get this sewing machine in time so i can catch up. looks fun.

a little hello

well, three persons voted, one being me. someone changed their vote. don't know who that was. hmm? appletini, huh? we'll see what she can do. thank you for all who participated. we'll see what my sister has in store for you. she's still perfecting her wick technique, and when that is finished, she should be up and running.
hope you all have a great weekend, and you will hear from me soon.