So...Christmas?

Okay, I am a bad, bad blogger. Now, my sis-in-law and uber cool friend Katie are trying to get me to do Facebook. I know I am the only one on the planet that isn't, but do they really know who they are talking to? I WILL get back to disney, one day. Suffice it to say we had a great time, and I'm already wondering how soon we can get away with going back! I'm thinking 2 years would be pushing it, so maybe 3. We had a great experience, though!

I thought I would get one blog done before Christmas to tell my 2 readers Merry Christmas. I just sat down with a cup of coffee so I can start round 2. The grits casserole is made. I have biscuits and clementines to go with that...coffee, tea, juice. I guess that covers that. I need to set my table, but first I have to finish a present! You read that right! Mom, don't gasp. Yeah, I know you're gonna see this sooner or later. It is 12:30 and I've got to pull out my sewing machine. You know, what I've got to do will not take me long, it's just the pulling out the machine part. Earlier I was thinking of all the wrong and bad things I would do to get a craft room. I would've already went in there and sat down and whipped this thing out, but now I have to mess up my dining room at the last minute. Oh well. That's what I get for being a crafty mom - with crafty kids. I'm making a puppet stage, by the way. 3 to 5 panels with a pocket at the top to hang off of a tension rod. Not hard, but ugh.

I'm looking forward to tomorrow, um, later this morning. I'm pleased with all of the gifts. I'm really looking forward to tomorrow afternoon when I crawl back in my bed and take a nap! I think we are going to let the kids scavenge for their presents, but that does mean 1 more thing to do. It's worth it though. I want to make memories. I want them to say remember when... I just want them to come back home and bring their babies and laugh and remember - and WANT to!

Well, the coffee is gone, and this elf must go back to work! Merry Christmas everybody!

talk later...

Hollywood! Da-dada-dada-dada Hollywood!

The day at Hollywood Studios started off really beautiful. We folllowed all of our advice, directions, and orders and sent the guys straight to Toy Story Mania for fast passes. Well worth it!! We had so much fun. All 6 of us got to ride, and guess who was high scorer? Yup, ME! LOL. Well, later on I found out everyone was helping the child that they were riding with, but not me. No siree, Graycen, you are on your own! I had 115,900 points. Graycen scored a respectable 10,900 all by herself.

We got autographs from Mickey, Bolt and Mittens (from the new movie Bolt), Prince Caspian, and Buzz and Woody. We also got pictures with Lightning McQueen and Mater and Mike and Sully. Oh, we also saw the Block Party Parade. Jadon's highlight was of course, Toy Story Mania and Star Tours. He rode Star Tours twice in a row! We saw stunt shows, but the best show by far was Fantasmic. The only damper was that it was sooooo freezing COLD!! Fantasmic was amazing, but the crowds favorite part was when the dragon lights the whole lake in front of us on

fire! LOL. We were sticking up our hands to warm them. It was spectacular though.

Nothing happened worth sending to Funniest Home Videos. To be honest, we are exhausted, but everyone seems to be hanging in there pretty well. Jadon was funny when the High School Musical 3 show got to rockin' and he just couldn't stand it any more. The funniest part is that he is oblivious! He can kinda move too! LOL. Graycen has done great with the characters, and by the time we got to Buzz and Woody, she was hugging and kissing them both! I was trying SO hard to get it on film and my camera had had it. Out of batteries. I am loving the Photopass people, but this girl wasn't very attentive, and was waiting for the group shot. I want to kick myself for not charging the batteries overnight, but I forgot and had to settle for just while we were dressing. Not quite enough juice. Won't make that mistake again!

Talk later...tomorrow is Magic!

Do you Sea what I sea?

Oh my goodness. I really am having a hard time remembering what happened yesterday, but let's see what I can do! We did not have internet service last night, so I wasn't able to update. We went to Sea World, and it was a beautiful day.

The highlight of the day was the Shamu show. Why? Because my baby was the star! LOL! Breana was chosen as we were walking in to be the audience helper! They took her backstage to make sure she would answer the trainer's questions and she new where she lived. About 1/2 way through the show they came a got her and took her to a box at the edge of the pool where she got a whale tail necklace, told them she wanted to be a cook when she grew up, FED SHAMU, and watched the rest of the show from the box!! I understand that her mom was more excited than she was - she was pretty nervous - but I was beside myself!

We saw every animal at the park - literally! The only thing we missed was petting a dolphin. We had to put it off when we went by because they were being fed and they wouldn't come to our side of the pool while the fish were at the other end. We decided we'd come back, and it just took too long to get back over there. Tentatively, we have a plan to go back Sat. morning just to pet the dolphins.

Well, after we missed the dolphins (and I knew we were chancing it to get back), I sprung for sea lion food. Two trays. Six fish. Eight dollars. You have never in your life seen so much activity! First of all, I have to tell you that there are predatory pelicans and other birds watching for unsuspecting sea lion feeders. Well, Jadon is just the feeder they were looking for! One of the pelicans as big as he is started coming toward him for his fish. He started screaming like a girl, like a wolf had treed him! He throws his fish and we start yelling for him to stop and be quiet!! He is freaking out. Graycen starts screaming. Caitlyn starts chasing the bird. It is mass pandamonium. Finally, we all calmed down and got out of there. At the time, Jason and I wanted to kill Jadon because of the screaming. It makes my adrenaline go through the roof and I feel like my eyeballs are going to explode. Finally, I asked Graycen what her problem was and she says, "That fish hit my leg." Okay, I hope this is comical for you. At the time I was not amused, but we have been laughing about it and reliving it for 2 days. Sometimes to the point of tears. I wish I had had my wits about me to take some video. We could stay at disney for a whole nother month with the money we could win!!

I know I'll remember more details, but this is all you get at 11 p.m. the next night! Our souveniers included bamboo wind chimes and an animal toob for Breana, a big Shamu for Caitlyn, a sting ray for Jadon, and a musical baby "shampu" whale for Graycen. The day and park were beautiful. We'd do it again, birds and all, in a heartbeat!!

Graycen and Isabel at the "Polar Express"

talk later...

Disney World Here We Come!

I am so tired. I mean tired. Really. So tired. It's my own fault, but we are having a great time!

Yesterday, after all day in the car we found our house we are staying in unloaded the vans and went straight to the magic kingdom! We got there in time to see the Spectromagic Parade and watch the fireworks. I got so excited when I saw the castle! I didn't realize how excited I would be! I started squealing and squeaking at the kids. They just looked at me like, "Well, ye-ah! (Read, "duh.")" They were actually really excited too. We started our photopass card with a shot in front of the castle but I think that really you will just see the setting that surrounded us which was CHRISTMAS! They have already begun the Christmas decorations, so that has added a little magic too!

It will take me a while to get a bunch of pics ready, so I'll just post a few.

We got in late last night, but we were all having fun - well Jadon was ready to melt down, but sometimes we just can't count the 5 year old boy.

This morning started early, and we headed for Animal Kingdom. While the dads got fast passes for the safari ride - the name escapes me right now - we went to the information place to get our first time visitor buttons and a birthday button for Jacob (he'll be 8 next week). We all sang Happy Birthday and the cast member had some fun with him. We loved the safari ride, except for Breana who said the radio guy's voice was freaky and she already has this weird fear of bridges so when we had to "go over" one that was falling apart, she got a little tense! LOL. It was really funny. We DID Animal Kingdom! We were right to assume that our crowd could spend all day there, and probably could have spent more, but we were fortunate it closed at 6 because everyone, deep down, was ready. The hightlights of the day were: autographs from Lilo & Stitch, Terk, and Donald Duck; the girls riding their first roller coaster - the mount Everest one - it even got to me a little, so we were proud; seeing the tigers and gorillas, the It's tough to be a bug show, which, thanks to Graycen I only saw 1/2 of! LOL; the Finding Nemo musical show and the Festival of the Lion King. Our souvenirs for the day were pressed pennies which was very cheap of us, but we want them to weigh their decisions. They have been really content and we've stayed out of gift shops.

At the end of the day these were the favorites. Breana: Mt Everest Expedition ride and the Finding Nemo show.

Caitlyn: It's tough to be a bug show! Jadon: It's tough to be a bug show and when we left the Festival of the Lion King, Jadon said, "That was a great show!" He is so cute

Graycen: "Seeing Donald Duck." If the girl ever acts shy, you know she is lying.

That's all for now, I have got to sleep! Tomorrow we are off to Sea World, and maybe a little Epcot. We've discovered we got 7 days of DW park tickets and not 6! Sea World closes at 6, so if we can stand it we may go to Epcot to check out the luminations show. I'll be checking in soon!

Babies aren't babies anymore

My baby turned 9 last week! Oh my goodness! I remember so vividly that day, 4 weeks before my due date to the day, living in our little house in Hogansville, Jason at work at the golf course on a Sunday morning. Throughout the day, I find myself looking at the clock and trying to place what was happening at that time x number of years ago. When I think of it, it feels like my heart is just swelling, it is so full. Breana was born at 4:31 p.m. after a wonderful first baby labor and delivery.

I cannot believe what she is today. She weighed 5 lb. 13 oz., and even though she still looks like she'd blow away in the wind, her hair hangs over 1/2 way down her back in straight silk strands. She is a little tall for her age, and I see the beginnings of her growing into a teenager. She is so creative, and is going to surpass my abilities by miles! She's sporty too. I don't know about athletic abilities, but she has a sporty style. We have now started bribing our girls with money for their birthday instead of having a party, and I take them shopping. She allowed her sister to go this year with us, and Caitlyn chose to wear a fashionable green, belted, turtleneck, short-sleeved sweater with jeans. Breana chose a 3/4 sleeved pull over knit hoodie and matching pink knit gauchos. Both equally cute, but so distinctive in style. I love to think about the ladies they could blossom into. That excitement quickly turns to somberness as I think about all I want to pour into them and train them for in such a short amount of time!

Anyway, we did go shopping. This weekend was opening day of hunting season so Dad wanted to hunt and offered to take Jadon, so that left Graycen going with us too. Breana also invited her friend Jill, from down the street, to spend the night and shop with us. Graycen did wonderfully, which thrilled mom, and the girls were sweet all day. Breana made very good choices with her birthday money. After setting aside some for saving and some for church, she bought 2 craft projects (I hope to be able to report more on them later!) at Joann's, a scooter and a cabbage patch doll at toys 'r us, and a hermit crab with all the accessories at pet smart. After buying "Hermie" her money was spent and so was her attention! She was ready to get home and set up Hermie's habitat. I was just so thrilled we didn't come home with $.88 "treasures" from Walmart!

(Sorry that picture is sideways. I forgot to turn it, and I don't know how to get rid of it! Help!)
"Hermie"

We also had the Rockers over for cake and ice cream and they gave her bead art. That is a favorite pasttime of the whole crew. She wanted a frog themed cake!

Update!

The frame workshop was a HUGE success! There was so much creativity brewing! Everyone had a great time, and I sold so many extra frames that I've got to reevaluate to make sure that I have enough. I am so excited that I have 2 more coming up and know what to expect. This also gave me the confidence to get together a Christmas workshop.

On other business news, you can now order from my website!! That is so exciting for growing business and service customers outside of my area. I now need to try to keep that site updated! Uppercase is growing quickly. I am looking forward to my team growing too!

Frames, frames, frames

Well, I have come down to do or die week. I scheduled 2 and maybe 3 frame workshops for my Uppercase Living business and I had no idea how crazy it would be! The LaGrange workshop is Saturday at 11 a.m. Today I am going to begin priming as many of the 100 frames (for all of the workshops) that I can. The stack is a little overwhelming, but I think once I get in a groove, they'll get done. Poor dad has done his part (including slicing up some fingers - 4 stitches and a bandaged nick), so now it's my turn. The Uppercase for them has come in, so time to get crackin'!

A woman's job description

Now, I have to say, I am not trying to get out of any work, but this morning the thought came to me that I wonder what God's description of a wife/mother/woman's job would be. Would it be the same for all women? Would it vary for situation, or if sin had not entered, would we all be in the same situation?

Did God have a perfect plan that fit every woman's life, or was His plan as different as every woman and personality? Now-a-days, we definitely can't say that there is one way to do things. That would be too confining and judgemental. What is His top priority? That even seems different to and for every woman.

Now, this could get deep and personal real quick, but I'll be the first to admit that the reason these questions came to mind is because I was thinking of all that I need/want to accomplish today. I wondered did Sarah or Rachel or Lydia ever feel this way? Have we made our lives too detailed, or are we trying to do too much of the work ourselves? I mean, did they make beds? Certainly not like we do. How often did they wash their clothes? Not as often as we do. Their meals took an insane amount of time more than ours do. They had handmaidens and servants - most of them. Was that a perfectly, divine plan? Probably not. Now, before you go that route with me, I know that God ordains all, and anything that happens is under His control, so it could be said that yes, it was His plan, but what did He really hope or see for us? Of course if you really think about it, we wouldn't even have clothes to wash before the fall! LOL. Probably wouldn't need too much of a bed either.

This is just ramblings that I don't have exact answers to right now. They'll probably come to me in pieces and I usually have some "duh" moments (like the whole clothes thing), but I know God wants to me to do my best to keep this house running and that would include 2 loads of laundry!

Talk later...

Luke...I am your mother...

I love 4 year olds. It always has been my favorite age. Jadon is seriously obsessed with Star Wars right now. We will be having a Star Wars birthday in a couple weeks. I had better find some characters for the cake! It is constant light saber waving, darth vader breathing, action around here! He keeps his light sabor, that he worked diligently for an entire week on his chores, by his side constantly, and especially on a makeshift belt if he can. He has watched the old trilogy, and that is enough! I am OD'd on 'the Empire,' but my little Jedi is enthralled!!

School Days, School Daze

School started for the Daniel Homeschool this week. Actually things have gone really well. We have read 3 chapters each day in our Children's Story Bible, and done each day's lesson in our Character Building curriculum. In science, we have talked about solar eclipses (too bad we aren't in China!) and done an activity to notebook. We have some timeline activity to catch up on in history, but we have done our reading lessons to date. All of the kids have been eager and willing to get their Math and Language done too. Jadon has done week 1's Math lessons on Monday and week 2's on Tuesday. I guess we will start week 3 today! The girls have kept up with their handwriting in A Reason for Handwriting, and I just realized that I may need a teachers manual to figure out the rhythm of this thing. Once we add in some spelling, reading, and fine arts, we'll be good to go!

We started some chore charts that have helped with them knowing what is expected. They are earning some prizes that we got while grocery shopping last week. Next week we start earning spending money for our Disney trip in November!

So far so good. I hope it will stay this pleasant when we add in those school year activities. We'll have field trips, ballet class, maybe a music class, and Explorers to add. Busy! My desire is to just find a good rhythm or make habits that help this thing we call life run smoothly! No chaos, please!

Talk soon!

Business Booster!

Check out my new website!

mandydaniel.uppercaseliving.net

(Do not use www.) This should make seeing all the Uppercase goods much easier! Let me know what you think!

Running on High

Well, July has come and almost gone like a freight train! There were times I thought it was going to hit me, but we've made it through! LOL. I made it home from EXPO with my wallet a lot lighter and sleep deprived, but it was a wonderful break and so much fun! I couldn't even tell you all the things we laughed at, but suffice it to say that I even wet my pants! I don't have a group pic of our trip, but Vicki does so you can check out her blog at sisterhoodofscrapbooking.blogspot.com. These are some of the few I have:

Can you believe all the STUFF?! This is mine and Gina's. I think this was after EXPO!

Brenda kept things rolling with her practical jokes. I hope you finally got some Excedrin for that "monster" headache, Brenda!!

I went straight from the Stamp and Scrap House to the church to decorate for VBS. Monday morning we hit the ground running and we did crafts for 200 kids every day that week. It was a great week. We were very concerned that we would not have enough craft projects each day, but as Beth Smythe said, "the Lord is blessing the craft department the way He did those 5 loaves and 2 fishes!" It's the truth too! The kids had fun, but boy were we tired.

It may have helped that I had 3 Uppercase Living shows that week! Business is booming, and I'm going to have to do some recruiting or start turning people away! I think my husband is starting to miss me, but he has been a great sport. I have 4 more this week! (2 down, 2 to go)

School has been at the "0" scale these past two weeks, but we will start full force the 1st of August. I'm looking forward to sitting down with some quiet time to map out a loose schedule. We've gotten a good start, and I'm looking forward to getting into the "meaty" stuff. I hope the kids are!

I'm planning on being much more regular in the upcoming weeks, so for the 2 people that may read this, stay tuned!! LOL.

Expo or Bust!

Woohoo! I'm leaving in about 3 minutes to go to Duluth for the Scrapbook Expo and a weekend with my scrappin' girls. I hope to get a lot done! I'll have pics to post when I get back. Got to go change a stinky diaper (my last one for the weekend!).

Talk soon!

Reentry can be tough

Every Monday seems like Reentry! I always look forward to it though. Christy and I agree that Monday is one of our favorite days because we get to get back to normal stuff and our routine. We haven't landed since Thursday evening around here, so I am looking forward to a home day.

Friday we celebrated the 4th and Laura's birthday at mom's. We started out, though, by walking in the parade with the church that morning. It was fun to see friends along the way. I took pictures of those we saw - or tried to, some were blurry from walking while I snapped. I think the kids had a good time, but they were exhausted. It was so nice for everyone to be able to come to mom's. That's the life. When family is together doing nothing - just hanging around. We got in the pool and Michael and Jason got to shoot some fireworks (all of us are too young or too old to stay up late enough to start at dark, so we start after supper! LOL). Enjoy the pics!

Time Marches On

Whew! Time really flies whether you are having fun or not! LOL. Things have been busy here, and I think about posting, but that time thing just gets me. First! I got pictures of my closet. It is wonderful, and we are enjoying it so much! It is like our own little dressing room, and almost nothing is on the floor. It cleaned out our dresser of clothes, and we have room to spare!

To update: The baby birds have left the nest. What a fun experience to watch them grow. We didn't lose one, which was good. I was a little concerned about what would happen to the girls if we found one had fallen out of the nest. As a matter of fact, they even chased one around the front yard Saturday. It wasn't flying well, but it was working on it, and it mostly hopped and ran everywhere.

Yesterday I was an absentee mom, I believe. I had an Uppercase Living show closing and spent a good chunk of time on the phone. I am pondering how to set my schedule. It takes some time for me to commit to "life/lifestyle" changes because I don't want to start something and restart. I have issues on following through, so I balk at starting something new so I won't fail or change it 10 times before I get it right. Is that a pride issue? Something else to ponder.

I cannot believe today is July 1! Happy Birthday Laura! This month is crazy schedule wise for me. That may be another reason I am shy about "setting" a new schedule. I do get to go on a scrapbook retreat in the middle of the month!!! I am so excited, and I've been playing in my scrap stuff trying to organize and list what I have and want to get done. I took Graycen to the last one I attended, but this time I get to go by myself. It will be nice. I wonder, do all moms have the huge guilt trip I do for leaving my babies? I know some do. We talk about it, but some just don't seem to at all. I guess it is good for me. My guilt comes from them missing me though. Boy, does that sound conceited when I write it! LOL. I just want them to have a good time and be good for their daddy! Some of it comes from him being so "beat down" sounding when I talk to him while I'm gone. I guess I could take it as a compliment, but truly, it makes me feel guilty and a little resentful that he can't just enjoy some time with the kiddos. I know it is hard for him, though, because he is not used to having them on his own. I need to start praying now that it will be an enjoyed weekend by all.

Later in the month, I have a zillion Uppercase Living shows. I let them book any day because of the July promotion going on with the triple points. Surely they won't all hold, but it is going

to take some patience and finesse to get through the end of the month with my sanity! OH! And on July 19th my DSIL (Dear Sister in Law) and I are going to Intimacy! Woohoo! It is her birthday trip and DH gave me a nice gift certificate for Christmas that I still havent' used. It will be a good month, but I'm going to have to mind my manners.

That's enough ramblings for now. Hopefully, I will be more consistent and talk to you soon!

Zooming through

My head is swimming with the to-do list today, so I'm just going to make it here so I can reference it all day.

XMake hostess packets for Uppercase show tonight

XLabel catalogs

XCall Home Depot

Call Uppercase referral

Mail Coupons

Make Deposit/Pick up UL check

Make Peach Jam

Cut out Valance

School

Okay, I'm the queen of overdone, so I'm going to stop there, and call anything else bonus! More later. I have Momma bird updates!

School Days, School Days...

...Dear old golden rule days. The plan is to start some sort of school routine in the morning. That may be just a joke. It will depend on how much I can prepare before the kids wake up in the morning. I'll study a little tonight after they go to bed (which I hope will be soon). I'm not going to start Math and Language yet. We are going to take a little more break from them. I'm thinking a couple more weeks. I want to continue our History, begin Science, begin a new Bible routine (Bible Reading in the morning and character study in the evening), begin handwriting. Is there anything I am missing? I'll find out soon enough.

This is what is lined up:

Bible- the Vos Children's Story Bible (a.m.)
Character Building for Families (p.m.)

History - Mystery of History

Science - Apologia Astronomy

Handwriting - A Reason for Handwriting

Jadon may start his Letters & Sounds so I can have some time to get the hang of his routine before I add the girls. Then we can start his handwriting too. They go hand in hand.

That's probably it right now. I got the girls testing scores back. I am thrilled with their listening and reading comprehension scores. Their math and spelling scores were the lowest. They are still in their grade level, but I could tell where I was slacking off. I'm going to do some homework for the other two subjects and make sure that they don't need some extra exercise in math and then we'll get back into those subjects.

I have high hopes for tomorrow. Stay tuned... ;)

Ouch, my toes!

There has been a little red flag waving in the back of my mind recently. It has to do with the behavior of my children. I know that kids will be kids, but I don't think that is an excuse to let bad behavior go on. In a general way, they are just flat out mean to each other. They snap and bark at each other. They do not want to help each other. They are worried about whom is treated fairly. It wears a mother out. Really, one of the main things I want among my children is a love of family and each other. Every mother just wants her children to grow up to be close. I know that it is important that we train for that now. As I've been pondering this, I get a devotional email from Nancy Campbell, auther of Above Rubies, a magazine I love. I'll add her ministry to the links. She highlighted the verse:

"As is the mother, so is her daughter." - Ezekial 16:44 (KJV)

Ouch! I was telling a friend yesterday, that I do believe that they learn how to treat each other from me. I tend to snap and bark at them to get them to move and obey. I don't think I realize how much I do it though.

My prayer is that I will be a reflection of Christ. Isn't that what we should be striving for anyway? Now, I want to apply that to my parenting - or focus on applying that. I need to be a gentle shepherd, not a tyrant. My Saviour is definitely that gentle, loving Father to me. He only thumps me on the head when I truly stray. He doesn't thump me to make me go in the right direction in the first place. His guidance is gentle, yet firm.

I could go on and on, but I am going rest on babbling about this and work on applying it to my heart. The main steps for me to execute will be for me to lower my voice, relax my face, and speak matter of factly. Then, I want to make sure they know why they shouldn't act/react the way they have and how TO act/react instead. I appreciate the action of making them repeat, word for word, the right thing they should've said. That, I believe, is the best training and practice. The main thing is that they will apply it to THEIR hearts, and I think that will come with the attitude in which it is presented.

Pray for the mommies around you. Motherhood is a physical job, true, but that is not the hard part. Motherhood is an extremely emotional job. Mommies are emotional people in general anyway, and the emotional aspects of the job is what makes it physically hard, to me. "As is the mother, so is the daughter." That's a big line to swallow.

Well, the closet is in. Minus the 4 pieces on order, of course. When it is complete, I will definitely post pics. We have great space and everything fits. Now to find homes for the non-clothes things that probably shouldn't have been in the closet anyway! Most of it is home information/paperwork and scrapbook stuff. I have the wardrobe/closet outside for the scrapbook stuff, but I can't help but worry that some of it should not go out in the heat.

Speaking of heat...Good grief! It is June and it feels like mid-August. We are scheduled to get some rain this week in the evenings, and it should cool off. We got in the van on Sunday and the temp read 108 degrees. I know that is from sitting in the heat, but my seat, for sure, was that hot. Hopefully we will spend a lot of time this week in the pool or at the Gardens. Today, I hope it's the gardens!

Oh, I've got to post this great piece too. I don't have one, but I think it is the neatest thing. If you are a scrapbooker or homeschooler, this is a wonderful idea!

http://www.sdsunits.com/

I tried to copy and paste a picture, but the site wouldn't allow it. Just check it out!

When the cat's away...

...The wife will play! LOL. My hubby left town yesterday on a golf retreat, so I set the plan in motion to have our closet transformed when he got home! Doing that and keeping the house from falling down around me, and getting groceries, running errands, and doing whatever else fun I feel I should get done while he's gone, is proving to be some kind of weekend!! Right now it looks like I am fleeing the country while he is gone, because of the piles everywhere! When it is done, I will post pics because I am very excited about it.

On an arrgh! note, I am still missing 4 pieces from home depot! They are now being special ordered after 2 weeks of waiting, so I'll have some holes until they come in. It is mostly for shoes and Jason's folding stuff. I'm going on a trip to Hobby Lobby today in Auburn, so I thought I might check for the pieces that Home Depot just didn't carry. That was the superslide corner rounders. We'll see. This closet will be the bomb if I can get it done!

More soon!...

Uppercase Fever

If you know me, you know I am a demonstrator for Uppercase Living. Uppercase is a direct sales company that features expressions that you "rub-on" to your walls or other flat surfaces. I absolutely love the product! Usually if you come to a show as a customer whatever you purchase at that show (the merchandise total) is doubled when you have your own party and added to your party sales as sales credit. It's a little confusing, but exciting when you get it! If I spend $50 at my friends show and book my own show, uppercase will give me $100 in sales credit because of that order. Well, hold on to your hat! Until the end of July (31st), those points are TRIPLED!! That means you would have $150 sales credit to figure your hostess gifts from that $50 order! It's too early in the morning to start calling people, so I thought I'd put it here first! If you want to take a look at the catalog, click on the uppercase living link at the bottom of the blog and go to customer corner. Use Demonstrator ID: 755829 and Registration Token: Daniel to register. You do not get spam or junk email. Here is a picture of my first uppercase order in my bedroom:



Hope you love it as much as I do...Off to email customers!

June 3, 2008

Just a quick check in. I keep repeating "I must do laundry, I must do laundry..." The thing is repeating it doesn't get it done, so I'd better not take long. I also must sew today. Customers are going to start wondering what ever came of their fabric! I can't wait to hang the latest nursery I'm doing. The fabrics are beautiful to go in a beautiful room for a baby girl. I will be sure to include pics when done.



This is our last week of this school year. Whew! We are going to take a week or so off and start again, but with some fresh subjects and perspectives. That will be a nice change of pace. I am also planning that we will take a break from Math and Language for about a month. I want to read more and do more of the subjects that we tend to fall behind on. Breana will start Language 3 in Abeka and Gamma level in MathUSee and Caitlyn will be in Language and Letters and Sounds 2 and Beta level in Math when we resume. Jadon will also start with Kindergarten (I think).



My Uppercase Living party canceled for tonight, but that's okay because it gives me a full free day, which I always need. It is rescheduled for the 17th.



Just for fun, here is a picture of a diligent momma bird that has nested a top our gutter. We got to watch her and daddy bird build their nest from the kitchen table, and now she is sitting patiently. We've caught daddy bird even bringing her food. So sweet!

Now, I must do laundry...

Getting Started - Again

Okay, maybe this time I'll keep up! I have started blogs before, but I'm terrible at consistency, so I just keep restarting. I just want to put it out there, and keep up with some random thoughts going on in my head. My life is somewhat boring, but this is mainly for me, so enjoy if you do, and if not, that's okay.

It's 8:00 a.m. and I'm already behind. The 2 year old just woke up and is screaming...