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.