Bad- DH still does not have a job
Good- Very good prospect on the horizon, just waiting to hear back from hiring manager. He should really get it, but trying to keep a good balance between optimistic and preparing for not getting it.

Bad- Living arangements are a bit wonky, not exactly what we expected.
Good- We have a place to live for as long as we need, a nice place that we love. No rush or worry there, so really there shouldn't even be a "bad" here.

Bad- My biz is not exactly doing much right now.-- read more >>

At least in my book! Here is a little x-mas morning story....
"Let's go guys, it's Christmas!!"

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"Come on, what's taking so long?!"

Check this etsy shop out, http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5868184 ! It's awesome! I just randomly found it while reading the forums there. Really, really awesome.

http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/today/index.ssf/2008/12/holland_township...

What do you mamas think of this? On one hand, I applaud the store for not wanting to do this. On the other, it is just the boy's name, he had no choice in it. But the parents knew there would be some huge problems he would have to face when they named him this. And I suspect they welcome it, more publicity for their hate mongering. Ugh, gross all around.

I've been thinking about how thankful I am right now. We finally got our house sold and moved back home. And most importantly, I've become the SAHM that I've dreamed of being for so long. Dream come true. Don't get me wrong, I don't dance and sing through the day with a goofy grin on my face like Donna Reed or something. But I would take my worst day at home with DS over my best day at work, any day. This suits me. -- read more >>

I just signed up, any of you ladies on there? Mine's http://twitter.com/bleuroo , if any of you want to "follow" me (kinda creepy sounding). Still not sure the whole appeal of it, but I keep hearing so much about it, thought I'd try it.

My eyes are fighting me right now, but before I give in I'll grat a few things.

- Bread maker I got off of freecycle, woohoo! My first forray on freecycle and such a great score. I just got done baking my first loaf of whole wheat bread, can't wait to have some for breakfast in the morning. And I wasn't expecting my town to have a very active network, but I was wrong.
- Spending lots of quality time with DH and DS.
- Finding our x-mas ornaments. I was starting to think that we had lost them in the move, but we found them tonight. So happy, now our tree looks complete.-- read more >>

In lieu of going out into the madness that is black friday, you can shop safely from your home and support the crafting/arts community!! I'm buying many of my christmas presents on Etsy, and I thought I'd have my own black friday sale! And for all of my beloved hipmamas I'm offering free shipping Just send me a message before you pay on Etsy and I will send you a corrected invoice from Paypal.
Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving, stay safe any of you ladies who are going out tomorrow!!

http://bleuroo.etsy.com

I'm super excited about my new creations, so I thought I'd see what you mamas thought. Here are some of them. (don't mind the quality of the pics, they haven't been cleaned up yet)

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My babe was a sock monkey, I think it was the perfect costume for him.

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We closed on our house!!-- read more >>

I just published my own site for my etsy shop!! It's basically just a gateway to the etsy shop, much easier to maintain than my own merchant site right now. I need some of you mamas to see how it looks on your screens, any glitches, completely screwed up? I'm no computer pro by any means, so it's very basic and simple, but at least cute I hope. Anyways, here it is, http://bleuroo.com . Any thoughts?

Any good pain remedies for an ear infection? I'm not even sure if DS has one, but something is hurting him fierce tonight. It came on suddenly, about 2 hours ago. He just had an ear infection a couple of weeks ago, finished up his antibiotics for it last Thursday. Would one come back so quickly?-- read more >>

Mamas, I'm just at the end. We are totally fucked. I don't even feel like going through the details right now. It's house selling shit, and we might be royally, hugely, insanely fucked. I don't know what we're gonna do. Fuck.

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I want to coat some acorns and other natural items to use in jewelry, but not sure what to get. I need a clear, shiny finish to protect and preserve. Anyone know? Am I looking for epoxy, or lacquer, or something else? I don't have any experience with either of those, so not sure which one I'm looking for.

My best friend just got to the hospital a little while ago to have her second babe!! I'll be leaving soon to be there, she's asked me to be in the room with her during the birth I'm just so honored and excited (and a little nervous) to be there, I've never seen a birth in person (ha, not even my own son's, I was knocked out!!). Anyways, any good vibes and thoughts you can send her way would be great! She's posted here a few times, KellyD. if anyone knew her. I'll update hopefully with pics later. -- read more >>

Okay, so I decided to go with red riding hood, a bit on the dark side. This is my finished costume, minus makeup and final touches.

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Okay, so I have this dress that I ordered like 4 or 5 years ago and I've only worn it like once. I really, really love the dress, but there just haven't been any good occasions to wear it. It kinda has a 50s feel to it, it's black with little stars all over it. I'm trying to think of a good halloween costume to use it for. Here are pics......-- read more >>

If so, you probably don't want to read any further. Sorry.

Oh. Dear. Jebus. She is on SNL right now, and I want to jab the tweezers (why are there tweezers on the computer desk?) that are sitting in front of me deep into my ear canals. She is dreadful, like seriously. Just had to get that out there.

So, yesterday was the first day that DS started initiating walking himself. He's taken steps here and there, with some prompting. But yesterday, I'm on the couch and look up and he's just toddling by, all by himself! He did it quite a few times, by himself and with some prodding from me (I just had to see it again and again!).

My boy loves the water, and this makes me happy beyond words. As a kid, that was a major past time for my family when I was growing up. It was a nice, fun, free outing during the insufferable hot summers. It's one of my great memories I have of my dad, swimming. He was always the most fun adult in the water, dunking and splashing and throwing all the kids. He'd play with us in the water for hours. He still loves the water and turns into a kid when he's in it. My brother, sister and I all grew up being little fish, swimming from an early age and we all still love the water today.-- read more >>

Ummmm.... I'm totally weirded out right now. So, I'm sitting here, just surfing the net, yada yada. I feel something wet on my shirt, look down and see a small wet spot around my nipple. Lift up my shirt, squeeze said nipple, and milk comes out. WTF?!?!?!?! I have not lactated in over a year. I'm not pregnant (to my knowledge anyways, and I'm pretty sure I'm not!). I mean, I've heard that many women will just spontaneously lactate, but is it really that common?! I'm just totally freaked out right now. Should I take a pregnancy test?-- read more >>

Okay, so the drama of my house being for sale continues. It's been on the market now for about seven months now. I know in this market that isn't rare. We've had two offers fall through, this first one not doing so until a week or so before the closing date. At this point we were all set to move back to our hometown, I had already worked my last day at my job, DH had his notice in. Deal fell through, we were royally fucked. DS and I packed up and moved across state, DH stayed with job until house sells or finds a job here. It's been over a month that we've been apart.-- read more >>

Okay, let me preface this by saying that I am not a political person at all. I'm not registered to vote, I will be registering since I just moved to a different town, but I have not been before. I do not know much about either cadidate. Not something I'm proud of, but there it is. BUT, I can say that I do hate all the smear campaigning that happens in politics, especially with Obama in this race. There is a girl I know who is one of my myspace friends. Went to high school together, have mutual friends, not close friends.-- read more >>