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11-8-10

Hi all! The last week has been kind of busy. Caiden and I both got sick which is no fun at all. He seems to be getting better but I'm starting to feel worse. I haven't done a lot of sewing for the store lately because I've been scrambling to get holiday things and Caiden's birthday presents done. I'm slowly but surely working through everything.

  

  

  

I set up my Etsy store today. I think I will have better luck selling there instead of Hyenacart. I'm hoping so at least. http://www.bearbootyboutique.etsy.com/

Oh and I made the CUTEST newborn longies and diaper for my friend who's due like any day now.

 

But right now all I really want is some tea, my couch, a warm blanket, netflix, and a good baby. So let's cross our fingers.



Hope everyone is having a good Monday! Thanks for reading :)

Good Morning!

G'morning, yall! I hope everyone had a fabulous Halloween weekend. Ours was pretty eventful and fun. I can't believe it's November already! The holidays and Caiden's birthday are right around the corner.

I'm peacefully typing away and enjoying my English muffin and coffee because Caiden is still sleeping... IN HIS BED! Yep. We transitioned my big boy into his own room and he sleeps so much better now. It makes me happy to get use of the nursery too because we worked so hard on it. It's a pirate theme :) I love pirates.

On Friday the hubby went and sky dived with the Army's SOCOM paracommandos. He jumped at 13,500 and had a 60 second free fall! It was crazy. I could never ever do that. I don't like to fly let alone jump out of airplanes. It pretty much just solidified his desire to go special forces. He wasn't even nervous!



Gearin' up

He's so cute :)

Comin' in for landing

So brave!

He wants to do it again and again



Halloween was a pretty relaxed day. I made the most delicious pumpkin rolls I have ever tasted! They're seriously like heaven. I baked Caiden's little pie pumpkin so they were made with fresh pumpkin. So yum. We carved our big pumpkins when Caiden took his afternoon nap, otherwise he probably would have been eating the innards :) Caiden's a little young to go real Trick or Treating so we dressed him up just to take pictures on the porch. Then we stayed in and watched ghost shows and handed out candy. We really didn't get too many Trick or Treaters. Oh well, more candy for us :)



My pretty much most favorite picture EVER!



I've been crazy busy planning holiday gifts. Also I've been crocheting Caiden a pair of longies. I finished them initially when we were at Skydive City but they were too small :( So I took them completely apart and redid them. They're perfect now! I have to start over the Very Hungry Caterpillar pair too. My two skeins don't match so I'm going to have to alternate rows. I'm making Caiden a matching hat too :) I also made little red shoes to go with his Christmas longies.



The baby is still sleeping! It's almost 10. Craziness I tell you. But good for me because Mondays are my chore day. My dishes are sitting there in my sink judging me so I'm off to show them who's boss.

Thanks for reading!

SORRY!

It's been over a week. I'm an awful blogger. Feel free to slap me on the hand and shake your finger at me disapprovingly.

I've been in a sewing funk lately. I'm sure it would help if I maybe sold something... but what can you do. In the mean time I did a couple customs which turned out fun. I made a custom wipes case, changing pad, and matching burp cloths for a high school friend. Also I'm in the process of crocheting three wool soakers. Never mind the fact ALL of the Christmas presents I have to make. I love handmade gifts because they mean so much more; but they're so much more work!

We went to Trick or Treat Street at Riverview high school on Saturday. It was a pretty neat event. They had food, games, costume contests as well as Trick or Treating. We met up with Caiden's cousins and my kinda sorta in laws :) I ran into a girl I knew from high school who I haven't seen since then. I was so flustered I came off like a total idiot and couldn't remember her name. Duh. Joe made fun of me for like an hour. Sunday Caiden and I went to his cousin's 1st birthday party and the husband went to the Buccaneers game. It was military appreciation day so he marched on the field with the color guard during half time. He cam home with all sorts of goodies. Oh and of course the Bucs won in the last 10 seconds of the game.

Caiden got a hold of the fishy the other day, so that was a semi-emergency. I heard the crash and dashed out of the sewing room in time to save the fishy. Luckily nothing was broken and poor Mr. Fish has made it. His home has since been pushed further back on the counter with no dangling leaves where Caiden can reach them.

I made stuffed peppers last night for the first time. They were pretty yummy but next time I'll make them with less rice, more meat, and layer the cheese. Tonight I'm making Parmesan lemon tilapia pasta.

But that's all I've got for right now. I need to put some snaps on diapers while Caiden is napping.

Thanks for reading!

And it's Monday again

Mondays just keep sneaking up on me. I had to rush to the post office already this morning to get out a trial order of wipe solution discs. A lady commented to me that it must be nice to wear jammies and I thought she was talking about me! She was talking about Caiden :) I did look like a bum though.

I need to scrub my entire downstairs today because we're having a bug problem. I hate bugs. Hate them. I probably don't need to scrub everything but it will make me feel better.

I think it's going to be an iced latte day. I need some caffeine!

Over the weekend we went to the Fall Festival in Bradenton. It was fun but not really our "scene." The hubby and I aren't very country and the whole thing had a out in the country feel to it. They had signs warning about fire ants because you had to park in a field to get to the festival... I'm allergic to fire ants. No fun. We got Caiden a little pumpkin though and wandered around and looked at everything. Hubby got boiled peanuts. Um gross. He loves them though.

When we got back into town we went to a local Catholic church and picked out two pumpkins for us to carve tonight. I'm going to make pumpkin cheescake french bread and I think a pumpkin pie. I <3 pumpkin!



I finished several diapers this weekend and some fleece longies. I also got the wipe solution discs up. Now just waiting on customers :)

I need to start working on holiday gifts, too! The holidays are sneaking up right around the corner. I think we're going to try to do Christmas cards this year, too. Also my little boy's first birthday is next month. Tear. Where did my baby go? Just so much to do!

Thanks for reading :) Off to clean my mess of a house.

Thursday!

Hi yall! I hope everyone is having an awesome day before Friday!

Here are some pics of Caiden's new fishy :) For now he lives on the coffee table (that badly needs refinishing), but once Caiden gets bigger he'll have to find a new higher up home. I had almost bought the Peace Lily last week when I was at Lowes but I didn't for some reason. When I went back yesterday to buy it they were half off! Yay :) I had the vase and the pebbles already so all we needed to buy was the fish and his food. Of course I had to pick out the one $15 betta...

Today I made wipe solution cubes. I'm going to start selling those soon so I wanted to perfect my "recipe" for them. My hands smell all soapy and yummy now :) These are 100% veggie based and super moisturizing.  I added a fragrance oil and TTO to keep the wipe solution fresh. I think for future recipes I'm going to add witch hazel and chamomile. One cube is good for 2 cups of water.



My pizza pinwheels for dinner last night were kind of a flop... they turned into pizza piles when I was trying to roll them up and slice them. Tonight we'll probably just have something easy. I'm thinking Hamburger Helper sounds good.

This weekend is going to be pretty busy. We have a mandatory Army Fun Day on Saturday at a bowling alley and on Sunday we're going to go to a Fall Festival in Bradenton. I'm excited to pick out our pumpkins and see the crafts they have there.

The longies I'm working on are slowly but surely getting done. I have two legs done now so I just need to do the butt and the waist band. I'm already craving some new yarn.

But that's it for today. Not a lot going on. I'm probably going to sew more later because I NEED to get dipes up I've just been lazy. I swear I have crafting ADD.

Thanks for reading!

10-13-10

We're getting a fishy today :) I want to do that whole betta in a flower vase thing. And before anyone jumps down my throat; yes I know you still have to feed them and yes I know I still have to change the water and all that. So while we're out and about in a little bit I'm going to pick up a betta and a peace lily plant. I'm excited I think Caiden will really enjoy it. I just have to put it somewhere where he can enjoy it without touching it :)

I got the yummiest yarn yesterday. It's hand dyed in the Very Hungry Caterpillar colorway. I'm going to crochet it into longies for Caiden. I finished one leg last night in about an hour. I want to buy their Christmas colorway too! It's called, "You'll shoot your eye out, kid!"

Last night we had enchiladas for dinner. I made enchiladas a few weeks ago and froze half so I just popped that in the oven. Easy peasy. I'm going to make homemade pizza pinwheels tonight with ranch for dipping. Drool.

But I'm starving right now and I have whiny baby today so I'm off :) I may add more later today during nap time.