My Most Random Post Ever

So much to say, so much I've held in. I am planning to open my own online shop. I thought I would use my stimulus check to finance it, but that plan went south quick. I had to use it for other things. And so life goes on. I'm not giving up my shop, it makes more sense than anything has in quite a while. It just has to be postponed. I will make it happen eventually, it's a goal, not a hope. Hopes don't always pan out. I'm done with hopes, going with goals now.

In the meantime I found a site you can sell homemade crafts on for a bit o' extra cash. Etsy.com, I'll put links up to my stuff when I get it done. Need to make stuffs first. ;)

I only work 4 days a week now, so I have a bit more free time and I'm not so damn tired all the time. I still get 33-35 hours in, and I'm saving gas one day a week. I have a 40-45 minute commute including dropping off Brianna, so that's a lot of gas money right now. It's balancing out alright. And that's what I'm going for right now, balance.



Having more time and more energy, I'm cooking more. I made homemade-from-scratch Nestle Tollhouse chocolate chunk cookies last week. I have a recipe for Zesty Tomatillo and Corn Soup. I'm going to make it for the Summer Solstice. I figured we could have a late dinner on the balcony, then Brianna can blow bubbles, she loves that. We can't go on the balcony til 7:30 or so in the evenings because of how the sun falls. Too much direct sun in the late afternoon/early evening.

I have loads of flower pots on the balcony. I have a hanging basket, petunias, zinnias Brianna planted, mint, lavender, pansies, two diff colors of violas, rosemary, sweet basil, Italian oregano, bachelor buttons, and of course my hens and chicks I've had forever. There's a small Jade plant on the little table. Last week I found a plain wooden crate at a craft shop on clearance. I painted it light yellow and put one pot inside it and two on top. Then there's the four wind chimes, and the lights I hung, a small thing of white lights with black little lantern covers on them. I'll take pictures and post later.

Enough rambling for now. I hope to post again this weekend.

It's Summertime...

Summertime
Janis Joplin

Summertime, time, time,
Child, the living's easy.
Fish are jumping out
And the cotton, Lord,
Cotton's high, Lord so high.

Your daddy's rich
And your ma is so good-looking, baby.
She's a-looking good now,
Hush, baby, baby, baby, baby now,
No, no, no, no, no, no, no,
Don't you cry, don't you cry.

One of these mornings
You're gonna rise, rise up singing,
You're gonna spread your wings, child,
And take, take to the sky,
Lord, the sky.

But until that morning,
Honey, n-n-nothing's going to harm ya,
No, no, no no, no no, no...
Don't you cry — cry.

New pictures...

...added to the flikr account on my sidebar. But a lot of them are private, you have to be a friend or family. I dunno if you have to request that on flikr or what, but let me know if you can't see what you want. I just dont' want the kids pictures out there for anyone to see or copy.

Another Good Day

This morning Brianna and I got up at the ungodly hour of 730ish. We did so to make the 920am show of Kung Fu Panda at the theater downtown. It was really cute, Jack Black was hilarious. Afterwards we had a snack and went over to the outdoor fountain again for Brianna to play. We took a break and bought Snickerdoodles from a vendor at the farmers market once, then back to the water. Those are cinnamon cookies for those that don't know. Then we went home for lunch.

After lunch I put a movie in for Brianna and took a nap on the couch. At the ripe old age of 4 she thinks she's too old for naps. However, when I woke up the movie had stopped and rewound itself and Brianna was on the opposite end of the couch asleep. Silly baby.

We had a snack then headed over to the mall for the Semi-annual Bath and Body sale. Twice a year I get their glycerin soap for $1 a piece. I almost missed the sale this year. Then we popped into Weigel's for an Icee. Every summer all sizes are 69 cents. They have a tiny Brianna size and a nice medium Mommy size. :)

Then dinner of psgetti (that's Brianna speak for spaghetti, the last baby word she's holdin onto) and blowing bubbles on the balcony.

Brianna is in bed now, and Steph is coming over in a bit to hang out with me. :)