Holy cow it's been so long I don't even know where a good place to start would be... That being said we will start with it being past the kids bedtimes and I will have to pick this up tomorrow.
Welcome back to the blog world self ;-)
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
The latest and greatest
So as I lie awake at night thinking; since little man has already decided that I'm not allowed to sleep much, I've been coming up with some thoughts in regards to starting up my own business. I've thought about doing some animal work of some sort but most agriculture based business would require a great deal more land than I have available to me at the moment, not to mention a great amount of risk attached to it. So after all the things that I've been crafting lately I gave some thought to my own crafting store.
And after much thought and deliberation realized that there really isn't much of anything in the area that would constitute a specialty craft store. Ok yes there are a few places that have quilting and fabric type stuff going on but really no one that has reached out to yarn crafting. Well considering my craft of choice is crochet it would be in my interest to have somewhere that I could get specialty yarns and materials to make yarn crafts.
Well I talked to some people about it and talked to my mom and she gave me a great little tip. There is a group called SCORE and they work with the small business administration to help people start, run and sell small businesses. So I dropped them a line let them know what I'm thinking and now have a plan coming to order! I'm so excited! I have an appointment in two weeks to sit with some counselors to go over some business ideas, particularly whether or not this would even be a viable option in the area and then start coming up with a game plan from there.
So now I'm off to do some hunting around on the Internet, maybe a stop down to the library later and try to figure out how I am going to fund the start up of this operation. He mentioned friends, family and fools (or people willing to make the long shot investment) but since none of those are really realistic options for me I'll see what I can find. After all I'm an unemployed single mother, someone has to want to throw money at me right? They just toss it to politicians who squander it on cars and fancy suits. I want to make good use of it and promote economy.
In the mean time little miss is supposed to be cleaning her room, and while that's not usually too much of a task for her, for some reason today it seems to be almost impossible to keep her focused. Speak of the devil here she comes asking me to make mashed potatoes because she is so starving! I swear you would think I never feed this kid. Except for the fact that now all the sudden she is soooooo tired and needs to lay down on the couch and watch her pony show because she is so tired... what a piece of work.
And after much thought and deliberation realized that there really isn't much of anything in the area that would constitute a specialty craft store. Ok yes there are a few places that have quilting and fabric type stuff going on but really no one that has reached out to yarn crafting. Well considering my craft of choice is crochet it would be in my interest to have somewhere that I could get specialty yarns and materials to make yarn crafts.
Well I talked to some people about it and talked to my mom and she gave me a great little tip. There is a group called SCORE and they work with the small business administration to help people start, run and sell small businesses. So I dropped them a line let them know what I'm thinking and now have a plan coming to order! I'm so excited! I have an appointment in two weeks to sit with some counselors to go over some business ideas, particularly whether or not this would even be a viable option in the area and then start coming up with a game plan from there.
So now I'm off to do some hunting around on the Internet, maybe a stop down to the library later and try to figure out how I am going to fund the start up of this operation. He mentioned friends, family and fools (or people willing to make the long shot investment) but since none of those are really realistic options for me I'll see what I can find. After all I'm an unemployed single mother, someone has to want to throw money at me right? They just toss it to politicians who squander it on cars and fancy suits. I want to make good use of it and promote economy.
In the mean time little miss is supposed to be cleaning her room, and while that's not usually too much of a task for her, for some reason today it seems to be almost impossible to keep her focused. Speak of the devil here she comes asking me to make mashed potatoes because she is so starving! I swear you would think I never feed this kid. Except for the fact that now all the sudden she is soooooo tired and needs to lay down on the couch and watch her pony show because she is so tired... what a piece of work.
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
After a while
Well I didn't manage to keep quite to what I had thought and keep up on posting as well as I would have liked,but life happens and you don't always get a chance to keep exactly to your thoughts or plans.
It was kind of funny the other day actually I was perusing Facebook and came across a picture that showed a young man, looked like it was supposed to be the cover to a card, and it said "I wish I could go back to the age where I thought I would have it all together by now." And I thought to myself, yea there are definitely days where I wish I could have more together, more going in the direction I thought it should be. But then I saw an episode of How I Met Your Mother and in it Marshall was reading a letter he had written to himself about how by the time he was 30 he should have this great job and a fabulous blonde bombshell wife ...etc. And I sat there and thought as he was telling himself that it was ok that he hadn't totally followed that plan that where I'm at and what I'm doing right now is definitely not where I thought I would be, but that there is absolutely nothing wrong with where I am or what I'm doing right now.
I have a beautiful little girl that I love to pieces, no matter how crazy she makes me. I have two dogs that again although they drive me nuts on occasion, want nothing more than to come curl up in bed with me and get pet. And most importantly I have a spouse who would do anything for me. He has supported me entirely while I finished my college degree and now he is completely ok with me not working and staying home with our little girl and raising her to be the best little girl that I can. And best of all he is absolutely thrilled that I can be home to take care of myself while I work on keeping myself healthy and safe while we await the arrival of our little boy in April.
Realistically I couldn't even imagine what my life would be like otherwise and as much as I've tried to think about it and think about where he and I would be or what we would be doing if we didn't have kids, a family, our life, but then I realize that when I went to college my thoughts were to be an architect and move to a big city and work for some big designing firm. But now I can't possibly imagine living in the city and I would rather be out in the country with a small farm and friends and family around all the time.
It's funny really, that all through high school, really all while growing up, people ask you what you want to be and you get all these plans set into your head as far as what you want and who you are going to be. But then the time comes and you step out into the real world and you realize, or at least hopefully you do, that there are very few who are privileged enough to be able to keep straight to that plan. The rest of the world has to wake up and smell the coffee in the morning and realize that the world, the economy and the social dynamic have drastically changed over the past 20 years and so what you thought was possible then, very well may still be possible, but more than likely isn't what you want anymore.
There are so many different paths out there and it doesn't matter how long it takes you to drive, walk, skip, whatever way you want to get there, as long as you get where you want to go and you're happy about being there.
Bit of a deep way to come back I know but this whole blog thing was supposed to be about me writing down things that I wanted to make sure got put down so that's what I did.
And I plan on trying to keep up again, though I do have a few other things in the works at the moment so we'll see where priorities land.
It was kind of funny the other day actually I was perusing Facebook and came across a picture that showed a young man, looked like it was supposed to be the cover to a card, and it said "I wish I could go back to the age where I thought I would have it all together by now." And I thought to myself, yea there are definitely days where I wish I could have more together, more going in the direction I thought it should be. But then I saw an episode of How I Met Your Mother and in it Marshall was reading a letter he had written to himself about how by the time he was 30 he should have this great job and a fabulous blonde bombshell wife ...etc. And I sat there and thought as he was telling himself that it was ok that he hadn't totally followed that plan that where I'm at and what I'm doing right now is definitely not where I thought I would be, but that there is absolutely nothing wrong with where I am or what I'm doing right now.
I have a beautiful little girl that I love to pieces, no matter how crazy she makes me. I have two dogs that again although they drive me nuts on occasion, want nothing more than to come curl up in bed with me and get pet. And most importantly I have a spouse who would do anything for me. He has supported me entirely while I finished my college degree and now he is completely ok with me not working and staying home with our little girl and raising her to be the best little girl that I can. And best of all he is absolutely thrilled that I can be home to take care of myself while I work on keeping myself healthy and safe while we await the arrival of our little boy in April.
Realistically I couldn't even imagine what my life would be like otherwise and as much as I've tried to think about it and think about where he and I would be or what we would be doing if we didn't have kids, a family, our life, but then I realize that when I went to college my thoughts were to be an architect and move to a big city and work for some big designing firm. But now I can't possibly imagine living in the city and I would rather be out in the country with a small farm and friends and family around all the time.
It's funny really, that all through high school, really all while growing up, people ask you what you want to be and you get all these plans set into your head as far as what you want and who you are going to be. But then the time comes and you step out into the real world and you realize, or at least hopefully you do, that there are very few who are privileged enough to be able to keep straight to that plan. The rest of the world has to wake up and smell the coffee in the morning and realize that the world, the economy and the social dynamic have drastically changed over the past 20 years and so what you thought was possible then, very well may still be possible, but more than likely isn't what you want anymore.
There are so many different paths out there and it doesn't matter how long it takes you to drive, walk, skip, whatever way you want to get there, as long as you get where you want to go and you're happy about being there.
Bit of a deep way to come back I know but this whole blog thing was supposed to be about me writing down things that I wanted to make sure got put down so that's what I did.
And I plan on trying to keep up again, though I do have a few other things in the works at the moment so we'll see where priorities land.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Mini Rant
So I have to just lay out my mini rant really quick.
Why is it that people think they can use animals and dispose of them as though they are some child's play thing you pick up at wal-mart? I mean seriously!? What on earth goes through the mind of the person who posts their 10 week old kitten for free on craigslist because "my daughter changed her mind" ?
That poor cat now has to go to another totally new environment and try to be ok with it. No different than the guy who posted his great dane for free because "I'm moving out of state and it's too expensive to take him with me". How expensive is it really to pack him up in the car with you while you drive there? Oh wait yea it's free! But you got this huge dog and now you're moving and you don't want the hassle or responsibility or whatever or this beautiful creature who has probably done nothing to deserve being randomly abandoned.
It's people like that that make me wish I had a tremendous amount of land so I could take them all in ( yes I know I would inadvertently become a hoarder and that is a whole other problem) but I can't and I have to just sit by and watch people take on animals that they only want while they're cute little puppies or kittens.
And yes I know a relatively pointless rant but I had to say something because I just find it so frustrating!!!
On a better note took bean to my Aunt Wendy's today and she was soooooo excited to see that Wendy had a little dog. She thinks the ones that are her size are just too much fun. Plus my cousin had left her new puppy there for the day and OMG to watch the munchkin and the puppy rolling around on the deck was just too cute. My cousin actually got a picture of her with the puppy that is just adorable and she said to her "well I have to hold on to her so she doesn't knock you over!" Just too adorable.
Why is it that people think they can use animals and dispose of them as though they are some child's play thing you pick up at wal-mart? I mean seriously!? What on earth goes through the mind of the person who posts their 10 week old kitten for free on craigslist because "my daughter changed her mind" ?
That poor cat now has to go to another totally new environment and try to be ok with it. No different than the guy who posted his great dane for free because "I'm moving out of state and it's too expensive to take him with me". How expensive is it really to pack him up in the car with you while you drive there? Oh wait yea it's free! But you got this huge dog and now you're moving and you don't want the hassle or responsibility or whatever or this beautiful creature who has probably done nothing to deserve being randomly abandoned.
It's people like that that make me wish I had a tremendous amount of land so I could take them all in ( yes I know I would inadvertently become a hoarder and that is a whole other problem) but I can't and I have to just sit by and watch people take on animals that they only want while they're cute little puppies or kittens.
And yes I know a relatively pointless rant but I had to say something because I just find it so frustrating!!!
On a better note took bean to my Aunt Wendy's today and she was soooooo excited to see that Wendy had a little dog. She thinks the ones that are her size are just too much fun. Plus my cousin had left her new puppy there for the day and OMG to watch the munchkin and the puppy rolling around on the deck was just too cute. My cousin actually got a picture of her with the puppy that is just adorable and she said to her "well I have to hold on to her so she doesn't knock you over!" Just too adorable.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Suspense
So of course with child come as variety of exciting events and we have come to term one of them "sippy cup roulette".
Yes in fact is is quite the suspenseful game in which you clean up the munchkin's room, the living room, etc. and find that she has stashed sippy cups in various places, or there is the one that she put in the sink that never got put in the dishwasher and so it sat there for a day or two, and you open them.
Well now it's time to do dishes and you stand there at the sink, hoping and praying, slowly unscrewing the top and wondering 'what will I find in this one?'
And the game is all going along just fine, water, juice, water, water, juice, and then the bullet... milk...
The cup you were dreading.
It wasn't an intentional thing, it just got misplaced, or buried in the sink, somehow you lost track of it, but now there it is in all its chunky glory and you just can't get the water turned on fast enough to rinse it down the drain.
You have officially completed a game of sippy cup roulette.
Now hopefully you survived without any major complications, and managed to keep whatever was in your stomach still in there.
Fortunately for me, daddy took over the game this morning and so we didn't have any hidden bullets so I guess we all were able to steer clear today, and just wait for the next game of sippy cup roulette.
Yes in fact is is quite the suspenseful game in which you clean up the munchkin's room, the living room, etc. and find that she has stashed sippy cups in various places, or there is the one that she put in the sink that never got put in the dishwasher and so it sat there for a day or two, and you open them.
Well now it's time to do dishes and you stand there at the sink, hoping and praying, slowly unscrewing the top and wondering 'what will I find in this one?'
And the game is all going along just fine, water, juice, water, water, juice, and then the bullet... milk...
The cup you were dreading.
It wasn't an intentional thing, it just got misplaced, or buried in the sink, somehow you lost track of it, but now there it is in all its chunky glory and you just can't get the water turned on fast enough to rinse it down the drain.
You have officially completed a game of sippy cup roulette.
Now hopefully you survived without any major complications, and managed to keep whatever was in your stomach still in there.
Fortunately for me, daddy took over the game this morning and so we didn't have any hidden bullets so I guess we all were able to steer clear today, and just wait for the next game of sippy cup roulette.
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Some confusion
Today was just full of so much confusion, and for the whole family too.
A friend of ours son's 5th birthday was today and we were invited to the party, but what to get the five year old who seems to have everything? Well we landed on a Nerf gun, actually a pair so he and his cousin wouldn't fight over them, and some monster truck matchbox cars. Not really sure but that was the end result, plus we couldn't stand there debating much longer or I think bean would have figured out how to convince daddy to buy her the Buzz Lightyear toy she was playing with. Keep in mind we're a week from her party.
Then we got to the party and as much as I wanted to try to mingle with everyone, there really wasn't anyone to mingle with. There were a whole ton of kids, some of which I'm not really sure who they belonged to since as far as I could tell all the adults were accounted for by the kids I recognized. But then came the hard part for little one. And that is really where all of this was going. How do you keep your kid from talking to everyone, but then at parties convince her that it's ok to play with the other kids?
Apparently Grandma and Poppy had the same problem with her last weekend and when they went to the beach there were lots of other kids that wanted to play with her, but she wanted to stick to herself and then because the other kids wouldn't stop trying to play with her, she wanted to go home.
Fortunately at the B-Day party there were kids she knew so she was willing to play with them, but the one little boy she didn't know came over, I think to show her how the power wheels worked, and she just started crying.
Now she's been in daycare so definitely had the socialization, and she's been able to warm up after a bit, but is this just a phase or what? I guess I just don't remember doing the whole super shy thing when I was little, then again I don't really remember 3. And in the same I don't want her to be all super shy for her party next weekend.
A friend of ours son's 5th birthday was today and we were invited to the party, but what to get the five year old who seems to have everything? Well we landed on a Nerf gun, actually a pair so he and his cousin wouldn't fight over them, and some monster truck matchbox cars. Not really sure but that was the end result, plus we couldn't stand there debating much longer or I think bean would have figured out how to convince daddy to buy her the Buzz Lightyear toy she was playing with. Keep in mind we're a week from her party.
Then we got to the party and as much as I wanted to try to mingle with everyone, there really wasn't anyone to mingle with. There were a whole ton of kids, some of which I'm not really sure who they belonged to since as far as I could tell all the adults were accounted for by the kids I recognized. But then came the hard part for little one. And that is really where all of this was going. How do you keep your kid from talking to everyone, but then at parties convince her that it's ok to play with the other kids?
Apparently Grandma and Poppy had the same problem with her last weekend and when they went to the beach there were lots of other kids that wanted to play with her, but she wanted to stick to herself and then because the other kids wouldn't stop trying to play with her, she wanted to go home.
Fortunately at the B-Day party there were kids she knew so she was willing to play with them, but the one little boy she didn't know came over, I think to show her how the power wheels worked, and she just started crying.
Now she's been in daycare so definitely had the socialization, and she's been able to warm up after a bit, but is this just a phase or what? I guess I just don't remember doing the whole super shy thing when I was little, then again I don't really remember 3. And in the same I don't want her to be all super shy for her party next weekend.
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Two more weeks
Well we only have two more weeks left until classes resume. Then hopefully we'll be done and off to vet school.
The job thing didn't work out, not sure if I posted that here or not.
Been a busy week this week trying to get everything in order and ready for Tori's party, plus Matt worked days Thursday and Friday which threw our whole schedule off a little bit. Then Thursday I ended up in the ER with my friend Christine. Poor thing, we just wen to the mall to look at some maternity clothes for her and she started having pain in her belly and then spotting and she's only ~9 weeks so off to the doctors we went. She has the cutest little boy Aiden that stayed with us for the night and Tori just thought that was the coolest!
She was so excited he was over to play and then just wanted to lay down with him on the couch and watch a movie when she saw he was tired. He was too cute all curled up on the couch. The downside is she almost refused to stay in her bed because he was here.
On another note I have started getting into jewelry making. Some of you may have seen my first crochet piece and now I have a bunch of supplies to make "regular" beaded jewelry. I've made a few pieces, two anklets, two necklaces so far and then I have more in the way of the glass beads now to make more traditional jewelry. It's funny really it started as trying to come up with jewelry embellishments for the crochet stuff I make but then I wanted to try making more traditional stuff. Now I'm thinking about seeing what it would take to set up a table at the farmers market but I don't know how much I really want to sell stuff like that. I guess I'd rather have people show them off to friends and family and have people ask for stuff that way, but I guess we'll see. I'll post some pictures soon of completed pieces.
Tori is too funny with it all too, the couple times we've gone to the store to get supplies she's picked out a thing or two, well Wednesday we went to this new craft store, Hobby Lobby; HUGE place!, and she found this little princess tin lunchbox and by the time we got to the register she had it packed with stuff. She had embroidery floss, candy, beads, pendants, she had a thing of waxed thread, just filled it. The cashier went to open it and I was like OMG how did she get all that stuff, well needless to say she was allowed to have the lunchbox but not all the goodies stuffed inside.
For now though it's the weekend and we're waiting for daddy to get home from work and then maybe go to the park, though I think it's going to rain soon...
The job thing didn't work out, not sure if I posted that here or not.
Been a busy week this week trying to get everything in order and ready for Tori's party, plus Matt worked days Thursday and Friday which threw our whole schedule off a little bit. Then Thursday I ended up in the ER with my friend Christine. Poor thing, we just wen to the mall to look at some maternity clothes for her and she started having pain in her belly and then spotting and she's only ~9 weeks so off to the doctors we went. She has the cutest little boy Aiden that stayed with us for the night and Tori just thought that was the coolest!
She was so excited he was over to play and then just wanted to lay down with him on the couch and watch a movie when she saw he was tired. He was too cute all curled up on the couch. The downside is she almost refused to stay in her bed because he was here.
On another note I have started getting into jewelry making. Some of you may have seen my first crochet piece and now I have a bunch of supplies to make "regular" beaded jewelry. I've made a few pieces, two anklets, two necklaces so far and then I have more in the way of the glass beads now to make more traditional jewelry. It's funny really it started as trying to come up with jewelry embellishments for the crochet stuff I make but then I wanted to try making more traditional stuff. Now I'm thinking about seeing what it would take to set up a table at the farmers market but I don't know how much I really want to sell stuff like that. I guess I'd rather have people show them off to friends and family and have people ask for stuff that way, but I guess we'll see. I'll post some pictures soon of completed pieces.
Tori is too funny with it all too, the couple times we've gone to the store to get supplies she's picked out a thing or two, well Wednesday we went to this new craft store, Hobby Lobby; HUGE place!, and she found this little princess tin lunchbox and by the time we got to the register she had it packed with stuff. She had embroidery floss, candy, beads, pendants, she had a thing of waxed thread, just filled it. The cashier went to open it and I was like OMG how did she get all that stuff, well needless to say she was allowed to have the lunchbox but not all the goodies stuffed inside.
For now though it's the weekend and we're waiting for daddy to get home from work and then maybe go to the park, though I think it's going to rain soon...
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