I've Discovered

...that my baby is way huge and heavy.
...that I eat far more now than when I was pregnant because of nursing. Joke is I eat more than a teenage boy. I am always hungry.
...that babies sneeze when they have a cold so that they can clear their noses.
...that I have no problems sucking the stuff out. The more the better even if he cries.
...that baby crying never bothers me. I stay pretty mellow.
...that it feels like I rarely get to take a shower. Can't trust a 4 year old with a newborn.
...that Gunnar has an awesome memory.
...that Gunnar is obsessed with our "meetings" aka Family Home Evenings.
...that I am nesting but not pregnant or spring cleaning but it is not spring.
...that you do not tell 4 years about his special events unless you want to hear about it foever.
...that I love 20 packages of FREE cheese because of coupons.
...that Gunnar does not want to marry a girl because he says, "girls have special powers and will turn me into a girl." He is very adament.
...that he will marry Brecken instead.
...that Jeff and I are very busy people.
...that we have a goofy, spaz dog that we love.
...that Diesel can chew an entire rawhide bone in one night.
...that Gunnar is overly obsessed about his brother in a good way.
...that he is so proud to be a big brother.
...that I hate the new emissions testing in our county. We failed = $ for repairs.
...that I really enjoy sewing easy little projects here and there.
...that Gunnar keeps us on the right track with prayers and scripture reading.
...that our house requires a leaf blower. Ours broke and we were lost without one.
...that, like 5 seconds ago, my babies thumb was in his mouth. Oh no he doesn't.
...that life is ever changing and pretty exciting...

2.5%

Jeff today informed me that the county in which he works just signed into affect a 2.5% reduction in pay for everyone. That equates into $.40/hour or about $70/paycheck. That sucks! $70 is a lot. It was either that or no paid holidays which would take huge chunks of money out at once. I guess this way it is the same amount but spread over time. This lasts until September when they will re-evaluate it. Who bets that they will return it to what it is now...yeah right. They will either keep it this way forever or make a bigger cut. This sucks!

Where have I been?

I have been home, creating away, as fast as I can. I need to get all of this done within the next two weeks and thinking of some of it has just put me over the edge. I thought that my advent calendars would pretty much be done yesterday, yet I received two orders yesterday. I have made about 20 of these cute little things and sold all of them. This includes the orders on Etsy, the ones in the boutique in southeastern Idaho and private sales. I am thrilled with the outcome and they are actually really fun to make. Each one turns out completely different keeping them interesting. I just have one custom order album left to do and a wedding gift that comes with us to California. Oh ya, I have the calendars to finish for christmas gifts. I actually managed to finish my nursery gifts. They turned out really cute and I hope to take and post pictures soon.

So what has happened other than this craft frenzy. We obviously celebrated Thanksgiving last week. We spent it with Jeff's family at our house, which turned out actually fun. It was the first time we cook a turkey. I have pictures of that entire ordeal but I left the memory card in my coat pocket which is in the car that Jeff took to work. The day after Thanksgiving was my 28th birthday. I celebrated my 28th birthday on the 28th. Isn't there something like that is my golden birthday. Heidi and I went shopping in the morning. We always usually go to just Fred Meyer for socks every year. Jeff had this entire scheme going for my birthday and i had no idea so when I get that memory card and time I will post more about it later.

We discovered last week that we have a mouse or an entire family in a cupboard where we keep our cooking oil/venigar. We got the poisen and set it out and I know that things are eating on it. Well today after lunch and right after Jeff left for work, I wanted to see if more of the poisen has been eaten. I always open it just a crack just in case a mouse is in there. There never is...until today. I saw that thing shimmy up this electric box thing. Eeeww!

This morning I woke up to an email that stated that I won a body slimmer on Ebay because I used Buy it Now, that I paid for it and that it would be shipped today. What!? I didn't do that. I immediately sent emails to the seller, changed all passwords on the site and jumped onto Ebay Live Chat. Let me tell you, those people are so nice and chatting back and forth instantly like that was so helpful. I was on there for an hour almost exactly trying to get this thing cleared up. Sure enough a third party initiated the sale. Ebay was able to get rid of it completely and get it taken care of. We reset the passwords again and that was that.

While brushing my hair today, I noticed a gray hair. My first one ever! My hair was straightened so maybe that was the difference and why I just noticed it.

Oh ya, on Saturday it totally dawned on me that I had yet to receive the prints from John W. Golden for my brother in law's birthday. I emailed the Etsy seller and he saw that sure enough the order had not shipped for some reason. He totally rememberd talking to me. He offered a free print along with it and shipped it yesterday. I ended up getting 3 prints for the price of one when this was all said and done. This last weekend I also received this really cute business card case that I ordered. Is that not the cutest fabric. I love it and the seller was fantastic to work with.

I think that all of this pretty much sums up these past few weeks. I hope to post pictures soon. And I just remembered, we got all of our Christmas stuff up this weekend. Everything is still a bit of a disaster but our tree and outside lights look great and it was fun

A Poodle with a Pig Face?

I downloaded a bunch of pictures to the computer this morning and forgot about this one. Jeff buttered his toast one morning and this is what I saw. It looks like a poodle with a pig face. Do you see it or have I gone crazy? Okay, so for some reason it is saving this way. Sorry...I can't get it to load the right way.

Computer is Nutso!!

Where is my dad when I need him...oh ya, miles and miles away. The other day our computer went nutso and so since my dad is gone I had to pay someone for the first time to fix it. I thought that it was a virus but it turned out to be a semi-maliscious adware or spyware (or both) problem. It was bad enough that it kept my computer from doing anything. That happened Friday and we got it back yesterday. We then couldn't get on the internet and found out that the network card went wacko. I was so mad and frustrated and I can't stand when things like this go bad because I don't know enough about fixing it. So it comes down to having a love hate relationship with the computer. When it is working fine, I love it but when something goes wrong, I would rather beat the thing to pieces. Anyway, this is why I have not been around for some time. I wish that it was because I as on vacation or somewhere doing something fun.