Bored, bored, bored, bored

Liam is sick so doing anything is out of the question, nevermind the fact I really shouldn't spend the money. So I've been very, very, very bored. I can't sew because the kids get in the way, neither will stay asleep long enough for me to get a nap, and Liam's version of playing lately is just to snatch things out of my hands yelling "NO". (He's been a little possessive lately, is this normal?) I need to find something to do, or I'm just going to eat everything in the fridge out of boredom and that's not good for my weight loss plan.

Calling all Mommies-need opinions

I've been toying with the idea of selling my wares, so to speak. I know that the trendy thing for bored housewives is to start an etsy business or something to sell their handicrafts, but hey, I'm a bored housewife with one or two skills-why not cash in?

Some ideas I have are to sell are:

Tomato hats-takes me about two hours and are really cheap as far as materials. Cute, especially for shower gifts.

Don't you love this face?

Nursing covers aka Hooter Hiders-the trendy "must have" for new mothers. Also can make U-pillow covers. Only takes an hour and about $5 worth of materials.

Ballerina tutu/fairy skirts-isn't the market flooded with stuff like this? Still cheap and easy to make and pretty much every little girl wants one.

Princess dresses/dress up/American Girl knock offs-Probably my favourite option, since I usually do formals, and probably the most lucrative but also the biggest risk. Having to make a variety of sizes and colours, I can't guarantee that everything will sell before I have to start making new ones. Also, dresses take more time and care to make. Also could sew cloaks and little boy's trenchcoats.

There is also the question of should I try to advertise myself though a blog or etsy store, or should I rent a booth somewhere like the Quilted Bear where they will take care of advertising, stocking, and check out for you, but have a monthly rental fee and they take a commission? Or should I just forget about it because the market is terrible right now and luxury items are not a hot commodity? Or should I just get a real job [hippy]? Input please!

My not so glamorous lifestyle

I'd blog, but my life is indescribably boring lately. So I won't describe it to you.

Liam has learned two new words: no and bad. Wonder if he's heard them in conjunction.

Some days are just not worth getting up from a sleepless night for

And today was one of them.

Took Liam to the dentist to find that they had lost the appointment I had made SIX MONTHS ago. Then nearly got killed twice on the way home, both by stupid idiots talking on their cell phones and not realizing their lane had merged with the one I was in about a block back. Now both kids are being little dinguses.

For sale: 2 kids. Available separate or matched set! No warranties. No refunds.

Chunky Monkey part two

I forgot to mention at Alana's four month appointment, she weighed 16 lbs 6 ozs (!!!). She's still in the 97th percentile. I saw a fellow ward member's baby who was born two weeks before Alana. He just barely hit 13 lbs. You think that I would have lost more weight with all the nursing. Oh well.

She was 24 inches and had a 41.7 cm head, both in the 50th percentile. Right now, her favourite things are her jungle gym and staring at herself in the mirror. Little diva!

The Lazarus Experiment

10 points if you know where the title came from.

My sewing machine decided to survive until the very last night of Annie Get Your Gun before keeling over from exhaustion. RIP, faithful Singer. Going out of town the next week, I didn't have time to do anything about it.

After I got back, I had the painful decision of whether or not to get it fixed, or to spend probably less money on a new sewing machine that probably not anywhere near the quality of my previous one when it was working. The sewing machine of my dreams is still something that we can't afford. I decided to bite the bullet, got a recommendation from another sewing nut in my ward, and called a repairman. He came over, fixed it in less than half hour and showed me a few things about my sewing machine I didn't know (and a whole lot that I did).

So my sewing machine has come back from the dead, which is good because I've got Halloween costumes and Christmas presents to make!

Alana discovers her hand

Alana is a big hand sucker. She is starting to take a binkie (hallelujah!) but she still prefers the attached pacifier.