I made the front page....hhehee....of Etsy :)

I know, I know....some of you just won't get it at all....and to be quite honest, I did not think I was going to think it was going to be a big deal...but oh my....hehehe....was I happy girl when I got to see this...



Mine of course is the little dress at the bottom....but OH how happy was I to see this...the front page rotates about every hour or so, so to actually catch see in it is pretty good....I actually STILL have it open on one of my windows...lol....and it was early yesterday morning that is was up...yup...I am a little bit odd...hehehe...but I like me that way. Now the only reason that I actually caught this little bit of gold so early in the morning is because I am still going through my bouts of insomnia....sigh....and even worse it is not a productive insomnia. I spent most of the night up in chat, from FaceBook to Twitter....nicely got caught up with old friends and my sister...but nothing could get me into a tired enough state to get me into bed.....the reason why...it is empty. Yes it is full of 3 very furry dogs....but it is empty enough to not want to get into it. I miss my husband tremendously that I am losing sleep over it. He calls me daily....sometimes umpteen times...but I need to hold him. We are a very touchy feely couple...after almost 15 years together and we are still like that....he is my air, my story, the reason why I love my life so much. He gave me my life 3 times over...and I need him by my side....not to feel complete....but just to feel in general. Sad state we are...lol...

Can someone please just buy this house...so we can be together again, and I can stop feeling so tragic.


Back to the sewing machine, and hopes that dreamland comes to me tonight....

Lookie what I am doing... :)

I have been attempting....and attempting is the right word here....to make a quilt. I have gotten the general concept down. I just do not quite understand how I can actually do a project that is longer than 3 hrs....I like quick things...it helps the ADD in my life...I need to move from project to project....even if it is the same one over and over again, I need to keep moving....but this quilt thing has me stumped....I have the pc's cut, and most put together....this is all the quick part for me...but then I was told that I have to hand sew (GASP) the binding and the quilt together....can that be right??? how did those ladies do it way back when...beyond me. So it is a slowly/quickly thing this quilt of mine...I will enjoy seeing it when it is all done...and if all goes well I may try again. It reminds me of Spring, which maybe what I am missing right now...even though my favorite season is Fall....I love the Emo-ish of it....but I adore the colours of Spring (though maybe not the dingy smell)

Tristen (son number 2) is going through a ton right now...feelings of not being accepted, of self blame, and that the world is generally against him. While I feel horrible for him...he has to learn that he can not get everything in life by crying...sigh...drama for the day....he wants an e-mail account...one of his own. And while I understand why he wants one, I just think that he is still to young and immature to handle the responsibilities of having one. He likes signing up for online games...which I am generally okay with him and his brothers playing...as long as they are not asking for money and downloading a bunch of crapola onto their puters. But in the past he has shown that he is not mature enough to handle it so it will be up for rediscussion maybe in a few months...but not right yet...he wants Facebook, and MySpace, and all those things that I really think that an 11 year old is to young to have, and hearing how some kids interact on those forms I do not want to subject him to that, especially since he is a very eager to please kind of boy, and takes things very sensitively. He doesn't need to extra drama in his life right now...but sometimes I wonder if I am being to over-protective....and if I should let him spread his wings little and get to know the wide world of ours....but for now...at this moment...I think I it would be better if I was in full control....let's hope he will forgive me soon for this...while I like giving him the world...I want to keep him in it for as long as possible...and who knows what can happen out there....


Okay, getting off my Mommie Soap Box there now...

here is a little bit of a sneak peek again of my stuff that I am doing...this is the starting of the darned quilt...this will give you an idea of what I am up to with this at least and why I think Spring so much....



and I have a couple of new listings up on ebay that I am having fun with...I am loving the ease of the A-line dresses and the fact that they are completely wearable for anyday dress....this is a new one for me...



Thanks for taking a peek...and I still think I haven't figured out how to put a link in properly...grrrr....

There is a certain sadness about leaving......

It's a New Day....

Started out as one of those "I'm gonna do everything" days....and slowly turned into mush....lol...

I have been having trouble sleeping since Stefan (the hubby) left....I basically always have when it is for long periods of time. But he usually comes back from a business trip and stays home for awhile inbetween before my schedule gets outta whack again. See going to bed at 3am and waking at 6am does not make for a productive Mommy at all....while I do try....along comes noon and I am out like a light for about 2 hrs. Which is thankfully while to kiddos are still at school...but man that is prime "doing stuff" hours. I did manage to walk the dogs, take out the recycling/garbage, and get the dishes done. I also had the task of catching up on all things internet worthy...but then I took a bath....I know....who takes a bath in the middle of the day?? Not I usually, but dumbly I did....and then laid down right after....and then that was it....

I woke up cursing myself....I swear (well not really) that I will not do this everyday to get myself back on track. But with DH being pretty much gone permanently until we sell the house and join him it does not look like I will be getting any beauty sleep for a long time coming....and boy am I needing it.

We had a great Halloween weekend though...the boys all had fun, and took home 24 pounds of candy...it really is so very very wrong. I am going to have to ditch some of it before it completely rots their teeth, and makes me gain that 24 pounds...lol.....thankfully good ole brat dog Sawyer is helping us out with that....who said that chocolate was deadly to dogs did not tell this pooch... He ate at least half of Tristen's bag-o-candy....even though it was in the cupboard and up high, the stinking sneaky dog still managed to get it....never fails....everytime we go out, he always finds something to destroy. I think he just likes to outsmart us...grrr..... We did the annual pilgrimage to Zellars to pick up all the boys snow stuff....hats,mitts, snowsuits (Kyle is now to cool for snowpants). Gavyn is now wearing a sz 18.....the boy is 8.....I am scared....while not in length, the boy is all torso, he is definately in the waist...and I get to do a lot of tailoring...hemming snowpants is not one of my labours of love, but I will for him...:)

Last but not least...I have been sewing up a storm these days, and I hope to fill a up a new etsy store...why? I don't know...cause I am silly that way...hehehe...I recently listed a couple of things with ebay for the NieNie Recovery launch...if you would like to see what is listed, please go to ebay and search NieRecovery...I have some sweet Silhouette dresses up....here is a sneak peek...




please if you have a moment and check out all the listings for her...I have a link in my sidebar that will take you to the story of NieNie and her amazing strength...I am in awe...

Coming up later on this month the POP!kids ebay group (the one I am in) and The Jaynes will be having their annual dual launch called Nifty Fifty....where you can find great Gifties for under Fifty.....all with BIN's....great time to pick up some great deals...like stocking stuffers and OOAK unique treats....more of that to come soon....and I will get some sneakies out for that too.....hope everyone had a great Halloween weekend...

A Day Raking Leaves

While I did not get much done inside the house today (maybe tomorrow) I did get a ton of raking outside....and I introduced my two older boys to the idea of outdoor chores ;) While I raked, they bagged....actually Tristen got bag duty and Kyle got poop duty....I know it is a dirty job but someone has to do it, and though we have a HUGE yard, for some reason the dogs favorite place to do their business is right on the only part of real back lawn we have....thanks....

We are completely surrounded by a Conservation area just about....and while it is pretty (VERY) and colourful and all that...the leaves this time of year is non stop, so while this is my first go around with the leaf picking up, there will be plenty more in the next month. Since we are trying to sell our house, it pretty much will be a constant. Hopefully tonight I will have time to do some laundry and baking....I need my weekly fix of banana bread thank you very much.



















These are my Puppies....Sushi, Sawyer, and Lucy....I love my dogs....well except for Lucy, who hasn't quite figured out that the dining room is not the poop place....grrrr....

Sushi MY Chow Chow :)

Sawyer the Crazy Ball loving dog



and Lucy....the trouble maker....




and here is my favorite shot of the day...a boy and his dog :)

Snip Snip Snip....

oh man....man, oh man, oh man......

Now I feel the pain of all mothers of little girls that get there hands on scissors and give themselves a haircut....cause while Gavyn is definately all boy....he sure gave himself a doozy....and while he completely needed to get chopped, he didn't need it this way....not at all....right in front, right to the scalp almost....and for some reason, right at the top of his head too....I really didn't know what to say to him except...."Don't EVER touch scissors AGAIN!!" Not only is it dangerous like that....but you gave yourself a dorky haircut :(

I really should get a picture....but I am still in cringe worthy mode, so I can't look at it without him feeling bad..

oh, and guess what....lol.....tomorrow......is picture day :) Of course it is....

Tons of stuff

Okay I gotta lotta stuff to do today....usually I try to post about things that are done...lol...now it is about things to be done. Let's hope and cross our fingers that I stay on track today. But somehow I doubt that. The house is clean....no really the house is completely clean...odd...lol...but it is. So I do not have to worry about that. I have about 4 *Scrappy Dress*s to finish today...which in reality I will probably finish two. Sucks to only get that far, but I get computer distracted easily. I also want to make a couple of chocolate chip banana breads today as the boys are digging into the school lunch snack reserves...lol...so that must be rectified somehow. I still want to start up the scrap quilt pillow that has been swirling around in my head for about a week now. I want to make a few of these as x-mas gifts, and if they turn out nice enough, I might enleash them onto the esty/ebay world :) so we shall see...


Geeesh....even my studio is clean.....I definately *MUST* do something about that....


Tally-ho...