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I received an email this morning from SCHMAPP guides on Flickr. They want to include one of my photos in their guides.
I cant express how freakin excited I am!
This is the picture they are considering:
This was the Los Angeles Dodgers VS AZ Diamondbacks game at Chase Ball Park Stadium in Phoenix.
I had alot of fun taking photos while we were there. Its a gorgeous stadium.
Now, about that new camera purchase! ;)
I had a very vivid dream last night that I was pregnant. I was having an ultrasound done and it was a boy, he was perfect. Then fast forward (weird) and I was breastfeeding him. He was beautiful, dark curly hair, big greenish brown eyes.
I woke up and cried because it was just a dream. I wanted to hold him longer and look at his little face looking up at me.
Oh, baby.
What does this mean?
Then the really weird/creepy thing happened. I went into the bathroom to blow my nose from crying and decided oh what the hell, I might as well pee while I am in here. Hello monthly friend! I got my lovely period.
WTH?????
That I have ate way more than I had intended to over the holidays (home-made tamales, ahem!) and there is still more food pouring in, in the form of leftovers.
Can we say DIET?
As much as I dont believe in resolutions for the new year, I think I may just crack and give in to this one.
Happy Monday! And ugh, yes its already Monday! (as I sit here at my desk at work, only wishing I could have been home today to cash in all that bargain shopping deals out there today! grrrr)
Wow, I am still pinching myself that its finally here. Christmas has come and is just about gone.
We had a lovely Christmas with just our little family all snug as a bug in our little cozy house. Laughter, love and lots of eating took place in the last couple of days. Staying up well past midnight on Christmas Eve & opening gifts at midnight allowed mom & dad to sleep in just a little on Christmas day. ;) A huge breakfast followed along with last minute picture taking.
2008 is a hop skip & a jump away and I ask myself if I am ready for another year? Its time to do it all over again. I am ready. I dont believe in New Years resolutions, because if those things were seriously at all important, you wouldnt wait for a new year to arrive to reach those goal and ambitions. I do however have a mental list of things I hope to accomplish in 2008. And just for the heck of it, here it is on "internet paper" ;)
* I hope to really buckle down and push my business at Etsy full force. I have so many new and exciting ideas that I am planning on.
* The first major purchase in 2008 will be this camera: ICANTWAIT! I plan on adding some special things that relate to photography at Etsy. I dont want to mention to much about it just yet, but more to come.
* I hope to replace my current income by being self employed. I know I can do it. Thinking positive here! :)
There are more things but the other things are a little more personal than this, although this is extremely personal, I just have to share with someone. Heehee!
I hope you have yourself a merry little Christmas...
Heather
That I am now paying for. I guess I had better start showing up at the page. I sit here now, its 10:30 PM and my eyes are heavy yet my body doesnt want to sleep because I have had wayyyy to much Mountain Dew.
I have had so many good, good things happening lately. My shop has been doing so well! I have been devoting tons of time to it and unfortunately me having to work full time during the week and then work by own business on the weekends, my house work is suffering. Well, my housework isnt suffering but I am because I am staring at it piling up around me.
The boys now have a to do list the length of their arms for this week and threats to the lil man about Santa watching should keep him on track for getting his share done. ;)
I had a business offer today that I am so excited about. I wont mention it in detail here for privacy reasons, however it is something that I am seriously considering but am also a little nervous about. It would give me tons of exposure beyond Etsy. The only reason why I am hesitating is because right now, this very moment, I have no more extra time to devote to. I cringe at the thought of production deadlines lingering around me right now. Homeschooling my little guy, working full time at my day job and trying to launch my own business at home is wearing me a little thin.
This week will be the last week that I update my shop until the first week or two of January. I am going to give myself some much needed rest and some time to think up some cool new things for the shop. I also want to hunker down and just spend some quality time with my precious little family that I love oh so much. Hearing them all laugh together is music to my ears.
I did however agree on one small business offer. I am going to make small jewelry pouches and draw string bags for a lovely women who sells on Etsy. Her jewelry is truly amazing and she is just awesome. More details to come on that later!
I wish everyone a magical week as Christmas fast approaches. I have been looking at all of the pictures that my contacts on flickr have posted who live in the northeast and I sigh with delight. Oh that snow! Its heavenly, it truly is! I think we have decided that Maine is going to be the place we will move on to once the time is right. Want to take a peek? Here are the links! This one is my favorite from SOULEMAMA , this one from CHRIS @ Notes from the Trenches, this from JCHANDMADE and this photo that doesnt have snow, but it contains the sweet little feet of IRENES little boys, walking down a lovely road in France. That open road that goes on and on gives me such a warm feeling inside. It was also taken in a place I long to visit though I feel as if I have already been there. Past life? Who knows. :)
Happy Holidays!
Heather
C.O.P.S!
WTF you ask? The following is a quick way to get noticed by your local law enforcement.
When you lock your ass out of your own car because you are tooooo stupid to grace your stoooopid ass into your local Walmart and get a spare key made for your car and REFUSE to pay $110 dollars to an 24 hour emergency locksmith, the following could happen if you follow these easy steps.
First you have to make sure you are parked in a very nice neighborhood in front of a very busy Subway restaurant. Then you must stand in front of said car with a realllly long piece of wire, a flashlight, a beanie cap pulled way down low , other miscellaneous kitchen tools. Like what kind of kitchen tools you ask? ohhh, like a butter knife, a screw driver and a huge wad of paper towels (created for a wedge? WTF? I KNOW,I KNOW!) And it MUST be 11pm! Being dark outside makes a worlllld of difference!
Now the kicker? You must have a very tall, hispanic man with a go-tee with a wild look in his eye (that would be Rob, if you need to borrow him, by all means be my guest) holding the above mentioned objects, trying to pry open the car by jamming the wire into the car window. Oh yes, I almost forgot! Cursing, evil eye looking and more cursing, preferrably the F BOMB, that one seems to get loaddds of attention from middle/upper class white Americans.
Dont be surprised when the police start pulling in one by one, in every angle wondering what in the hell you are doing.
Long story short, they ended up being out knights in shining honor and realized that we were really just freakin locked out of our car and needed help. They even hung around and chit chatted a bit with Rob and left with everyone smiling.
I was sitting in our truck which was parked shot gun to Rob, chuckling silently to myself while humming the theme to COPS.
Aaahhh Friday night fun. Cant leave home without it.
I have been so busy. I wish I had another ME to finish all the things that need to be finished. I had a wonderful weekend at my SHOP. I have little piles of finished gifts and piles of unfinished gifts that still need my attention.
The weather turned very cold Friday. The high today was only 58 degrees and it got down to 34 last night. I almost turned the heat on, but curled up to my love instead. I almost clobbered him over the head at about 2 oclock this morning though, he wanted to open up our bedroom window. He is ALWAYS hot, but also nice to cuddle up to if your cold. ;)
Dinner tonight is coming from a box. A very yummy Marie Calendars box. Chicken Parmigan Pot Pie, oh my. In my opinion, its a little bit of heaven. Oh so good.
Have a wonderful week, my dear readers!
Some of my new items added to the shop!
Melon Sunrise Shopper--I LOVE this corduroy! Oh so nice!
The Zoe Shopper--I sold 2 of these over the weekend! That green, oh so pretty.
The Cameron Shopper-- I love this! Its so much fun and patchwork plaid is in right now! COACH and DOONEY&BOURKE cant be wrong! I called this the Cameron Shopper because when I look at it, all I can see is Cameron Diaz! Dont ask me why, the plaid and happy colors just remind me of her. She is such a cutie!
Today I didnt sew. I cant remember when I DIDNT sew on a Sunday. I had good reason though. My daughter and Nicholas came over for the entire weekend. Such good fun, laughter,happy times and oh so much love for one another. Good times, good times.
My daughter and I went on another little shopping adventure. ULTA was having a pretty good sale and so we raked in on it. Then some shopping at Michaels craft store where I left with everything except what I actually went in there for. I was sad to see that they didnt have in stock the round flat marbles that I want oh so badly for those lovely magnets. All of the clear ones were GONE. They had every color imaginable EXCEPT clear so I imagine there are others wanting those for the same reason I do. I asked a clerk there when they would have a shipment and he laughed and said once they stock them the morning of, they are gone within a few hours. Bummer. I will have to resort to looking for them online somewhere.
I did find some very pretty beads that I will start using on my bags. Speaking of bags, I sold two over the weekend. I am trying to build up customers and I am slowly getting there. I know if I had more time to make things, it would be slamming right now. But, I can only do what I can and hope for the best. I am planning on Etsy to be a little bit of an income replacer once I quit my job next April (YAY!) and start school full time. I can sew in between classes. Saying I cant wait would be a huge understatement.
Tomorrow is the beginning of a new week!
I LOVE this corduroy. I have this color, a lovely green and an awesome orange. I also bought some gorgeous prints to line the bags and oh wow, I cant wait to cut into this fabric.
This tote is smaller than the majority of the totes I make. Its only 10 inches wide by 10 inches high. Its for a younger girl or for the young at heart! The inside is lined with the same white floral flannel the flower is made out of.
Ok, now I am off to have some lunch!
Will be back tomorrow hopefully with some yummy corduroy big totes in different colors. :)
It has been raining non stop since early yesterday morning. This has freaked the boys out just a little, mainly because we rarely see this kind of rain. This is Seattle rain. I am sitting at my lap top this morning and the kitchen window is wide open. The sky is dark gray and low. The air is cold and thick. The trees are dancing slowly in the cold wind.The Christmas tree is illuminating a wonderful soft glow in my living room. My home smells like rich, bold roasted coffee.
Oh how I heart this weather. I am granting today a perfect day to snuggle, cook, eat, snuggle, read, sew and watch some Christmas movies.
I will be posting some pictures and handmade goodness up here tomorrow and also at my shop. I found some yummy courduroy fabric and I cant wait to cut into it! Its so soft, thick and just heavenly.
Til tomorrow! Happy wintery Saturday!
