Missing...1 child

So Spencer is sleeping at Grandma and Papa's house tonight. It surprises me how freaking much I miss the butt head when he is gone. Bella is driving us crazy. She misses him too. I did not realize how much he kept her busy. It is almost her bed time, so soon it will be quiet.

Tomorrow is going to be a busy day. We are going to the gym (first time in over a week), then we are going to pick up Spencer and head to the mall to finish school shopping. He needs some shoes, a first day outfit, and a hair cut. I am sure he will end up getting some more shirts, but he is good on pants. I have done really good with my spending on school cloths. I have only spent like $60.

So I am disappointed. No I am quite sad. I did not sell any of my ebay items. Now what. I have stolen to many ideas to sell them on Etsy, I don't want to take any sales from the women that have worked so hard on their stuff. I am worried. Is there a market for decorations in this economy? Have I spent hundreds of dollars for nothing? Where do I go now. I guess just keep trying Ebay, and put the original ideas on Etsy. I am still going to have a garage sale and hopefully I can sell some of my items there. I don't know why I thought all my stuff would sell. If it was that easy, every one with a creative bone would be millionaires, right? I don't want to make millions, I just want to make $100-200 a month. I reall did not think that was asking too much, but it looks like I was wrong. I have sent away for some Halloween stencils, and I am going to start doing fall and Halloween decorations. According to everyone I ask, I should focus on that now, and Christmas in a few weeks. I will still try to sell the things I have already made, but I think Tuesday I will make some Halloween items and stick them on Ebay for poops and giggles. I cant give up after 2 weeks, I wont give up after 2 weeks.

Just doing nothing today...

I have been so busy for the last week and a half, I just wanted to sit around today. The only problem is if I don't get anything done today, I can not work again until Sunday afternoon. I made a really cute reindeer sign yesterday, but I did not finish it. I should be doing that right now. Bella decided to wake up at 6 something this morning, and I did not go to bed until 1 something, so I never really got to get any good sleep. Spencer kept waking up last night too, he had a dream about a bug being on him. So here I am, need to make a decision... sleep now while the baby is in bed, and work when I get home tonight... or... sleep tonight when I get home and make things now. The problem with working now, I will be sleepy at work tonight, and that could be bad. I think I will nap now and see if I have any time left before getting ready for work to make something. John has a 3 day weekend this weekend and it could come in handy on making allot of things all at once. For some reason I feel like he has plans for the weekend, I hope he doesn't get too mad when I tell him I will be cutting and painting all weekend.

Ok, I cant do it, I am going to nap now.

I did it...

I am on Ebay!!! I have put some of the things I have made up for sale on Ebay. I am super excited, but it made me realize how much freaking work I have to do tomorrow. I want to make more more more!! I will be making the real reason I got into this... my signs. I will post them when they are done. I think you will love them.

Ok, I have a 30 minutes

So, why have I been so busy? Well, I have started my little business venture. I purchased all the tools I could possibly need, and have been working for a week. It is so much fun. I have made a few things, and frankly they are all tooooo cute. I am will be getting allot of things finished this weekend and will be putting them up on Ebay by Tuesday. I am going to be honest. I have copied allot of my ideas. I figure all ideas come from someone elses ideas. Of course they are not identical, but close enough. What is the difference if I purchase and resell, or make and sell. I am making things that I love, I have pretty good taste, so if I would buy it then I figure it will sell.
I have not told very many people about be working on these projects. As a matter of fact, I have not even told my parents. Talk about hard. I am going over to their house tomorrow so dad can teach me how to use Ebay. I told a few of my friends at work, but I am just afraid of people being negative about it, and I wanted to make sure I could do it before I told people about it. I am very confident in the fact that my stuff will sell. I have been working very hard this week to see how much I can make with the little amount of time I have. I go down in the basement while Bella is napping, and cut every thing I need to cut, then I bring it up and paint it while she is awake. It seems to be working out just fine. I will be spending more time in the basement while John is home, that way he can keep his eye on the baby. Spencer is pretty much self sufficient, so he has been hanging out in the basement with me. I love the company, and he love to play down there. I am nervous about telling my parents tomorrow. I know I am doing the right thing, I just hope they think so too. Yes I have had to put allot of money into this, but I see the return being large enough that this is worth the effort. Here is my selling plan. I am going to use Ebay and Aunt Debbie's site, Etsy. I will also be having some garage/craft sales (Plan on putting all the money I make at the garage sale part of it back into my crafts). I will also be driving out to Yelm and have a garage/craft sale out there. My BFF Jessie lives there, and she has plenty of crap to throw into a garage sale. I would love to have one in Olympia too, but I don't know anyone there that would want to have a garage sale. I have ordered a book that has all the information on bazaars and craft sales in Oregon and Washington for August 2008-July 2009, just waiting on it to get here. I DO NOT have nearly enough stuff for doing that yet. I still need to make more more more. The plan is to start some time in Febuary'ish on the bazaar and craft sale circuit. I will also put together some sort of catalog, perhaps come up with some sort of web site, but again, not for a while.
I am super stoked about this. I am loving the craft making, I just hope I don't get tired of doing it. I hope doing crafts does not get old, because I love doing it so much. Ok, I want to hear all your positive comments on what I am doing, I have put some pictures of all the things I have made in the last 5 days, tell me what you think.





This is a garland, about 4'5". The detailed pictures follow it.



This is a wall hanging. It is the first one I made, and I like it, but I don't think it is good enough to sell for very much. I have gotten much better. Like the painting, but the cutting sucks.
These are for hanging stockings.

These are "hat boxes", but together it is just a bit bigger than a big coffee cup. I really this one.
Another wall hanging. It has glitter on it, but it is hard to see in the picture.
I am not finished with this. Not sure how I am going to connect them. There is black glitter on the black paint. TTTOOOOOO cute!! Get it, it is Santa's belt.
I cut every piece of wood out my self, sanded it all and painted them. I made my own stencils too. Damn I am good.

All out of time...

Just wanted to drop in and say I have been super busy getting my stuff together and have not blogged. Sorry. I will make a point to come back in the next few days and tell you all about everything. I now am working Saturday 2-11 and Sunday 6:30 (am)-3 (as well as Wed-Fri 6:30-11 pm), so I will probably be on Monday. Love you all, love Cori.

Pacific Science Center

Here are some pictures of our trip to the Pacific Science Center this last weekend. Let me tell you, that place is expensive. It cost us $10 to park, $42 to get in and $20 to eat. I have been there once before, when I was a kid, and it looked the same. Sure there were a few new things, but all together it was the same. You would think with all the money they are making, they could add some more new things.

Here is a picture of Spencer climbing the rock wall.

I don't think she really cared about this, she was just happy to get out of the stroller.
Looks like John and Spencer are going into space, better shut the door.

Us waiting for the lazier light show. I was in a bad mood, and did not want my picture taken. Bella handled the show like a champ. She actually fell asleep for most of it. So did John and I.

Too cute.

We did a maze, it was sort of hard. Spencer and John got it the first time, but the second time John had a hard time finding the way out. I caught them cheating. Cheaters!!

Normally we don't use the leash, but when she wants to walk around in a busy place, it is the best option. She tends to break free and run.
Here is John being eaten by a ugly dinosaur.
We had not planned on going to the Space needle, but it was so close we thought we would go check it out. Turns out it would have cost $40 for all of us to go up. We passed on that. Then we thought we could go on the monorail, but as usual it was broken. Go figure.

At this point, everything was closing down. We sort of did not want to go yet, so we went down to the water front and walked around for a while. It was a fun day, and I am glad we went, I just wish Seattle did not cost so freaking much. We had to pay $11 for parking for 1 & 1/2 hours down town. DAMN!!!!

Time to blog

I am sitting here watching Ghost Hunters International. I am afraid, but I will make it through, I hope. Today was my Monday, and it went well.

I have so much to say, but I am having such a hard time bloging about it. I want to keep it to myself until I start. I have already said too much. I know you all would be supportive of it, but I am super afraid and feel stupid. I don't know why I can not just talk about it (no I am not pregnant, or trying to get pregnant). I have a feeling it will be ok, I just will worry for a while. I am just glad I have such a supportive husband. If he thinks I can do it, then I CAN do it.

I have started my Christmas projects (aka presents, so I can not get into it too much) and they are going really well. I am just glad I started in August, it is going to take me a bit to get it just right. I will have to start my other projects (Christmas gifts) sooner than later too, I just have to gather more parts. I just hope the old saying about putting thought into a present goes over, or I am in trouble.

We have been slacking on the gym thing. We took like 3 weeks off. We went back yesterday and today. I think we are back on track. We have decided to lay off the weights for a while, and just do cardio. I am frustrated with my efforts and lack of definition, so I will work on the fat loss, then continue to build muscle after that. My internal goal is to loose 10-15 more pounds, then start lifting weights again. I think that would look really good on me. I feel like I have gained all my weight back, but I have really only gained 3 or 4 pounds back. I am still down 15 pounds total, and 4 inches off my waist. At one point I was down 6 inches, so that is disappointing. We have been eating so much and it all has been bad. I was too the point where I did not even feel bad about eating the crap again. That is a bad place to be. I have mentally started over. I am keeping points in the back of my head. I really should start righting them down, that is the key to keeping on track. Ok, it is to be, tomorrow I will wright them down. I will give it a week of cardio and points and see what happens, if I don't loose at least 1 pound, then I will lift some weights. I don't want to lose all my muscle!! I was quite buff!! It would only take me a week or two to get back there, but like I said I am going to give that a break for a few weeks and work on the fat.

Ok, I think that is all I have to say for now. Good night Y'all!!