Hello! and you are...?

SOOOOOO sorry it's been so long! I'm thinking it's time and past time for a little update. Who knows when the next one will be!

Hum... where to start... Etsy shop stuff first I suppose. I've gotten LOTS of new pendants listed along with a few pairs of socks. I'm working on V-day pendants now and would have more done if I hadn't missed a Fedex delivery on Saturday.

Go figure, the ONE time my dad's family decides to do a family party on a Saturday instead of a Sunday is the ONE time I needed to stay home... And it doesn't look like they do deliveries on Monday so I have to wait even LONGER...

I really needed this box too which SUCKS! I have a couple custom orders I really need to get done and off my plate (Dawnberries' beaded flowers and a custom order pendant for another CEMer, LoveToStamp). I had ordered white seed beads a couple orders ago and they're STILL out of stock/backordered! So I ordered a different brand so I can get these done before dawnberries gets hitched!

I'm soooo frustrated that I missed that delivery...

So I have one more custom order to get done before the end of the year - an amethyst and elephant charm bracelet in a similar style to the breast cancer bracelet I made in October. That's the second half of an order and the last part that needs to get done. I think that'll be the project of the day.

My husband pointed out that I get a new obsession about once a month... and he's right... it was dreamcatchers 2 years ago (I will get back into making them and I still like to and I'm good at it, I just gotta get the desire back), last year it was french beaded flowers(recently lost the desire... dawnberries' will be the last ones I do for a while.)

Now I'm doing jewelry stuff, mostly my circle pendants since those seem to be pretty well liked and have had a good reaction. Some more than others, and some surprising me when they sell.

I've started teaching myself to crochet with an "I taught myself to crochet" kit. My mom crochets and I would have loved for her to teach me, but with her working 6 days a week now she doesn't have time, especially because this is killing her and she'll be most likely sleeping on her one day off. Poor girl :( I miss my mommy.

Anyway, I have most of the stitches in the book down, I just don't know what I'll make! There's patterns in the book, but I've got a panel of single stitched that I think I'll keep working on and turn into a little purse for my daughter. I really need to figure something out to do for my son. Maybe a pillow for the car. I dunno. We'll see.

Moving on!

SNOW!!! We've gotten snow, snow and getting more snow now! It's snowing so hard right now i can barely see down the block! I love seeing my kids' faces when they look out the window and realize what's going on. It usually doesn't take long for them to think that they can go outside nekkid.

I finally got a picture of my hugeness last night - as soon as I find my camera cord(yes it's lost again....) I'll get one up! I am so not ready yet! This baby can come any time between now and Jan 19th and I don't have bags packed yet(that will be fixed today) and the house isn't cleaned(hopefully will be fixed in the next week, preferrably before Christmas... something I should be doing right now instead of this).

We got lights up outside right after Thanksgiving and yesterday I finally got the last milkjug set up - I'll get pictures of the lights outside one of these days when it's dark and I remember. We had gotten a 4' blue tree for the kids' room but we put it in the living room on top of the table we moved from the kitchen since we didn't have a chance to get our big tree out of storage. Took a lot of time out of decorating, that's for sure.

Ugh... I suppose I should get a move on and get to doing chores - I have so much to do I'm already getting overwhelmed but somebody's gotta do it... Later folks! Don't forget to check out my Etsy shop for the new pendants and socks!