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The Two Sisters Christmas Open House was a HUGE success! Thank you to all of our friends for supporting us!
We ended up selling out on several hot items so we took orders that we plan to fill this next week. SO, if you saw something on the earlier note I wrote on this blog that you’d like to buy but you couldn’t make it to our event, contact Emily or myself and we’ll see what we can do.
We LOVED doing this and are considering doing another one in the Spring, because let’s face it, most of you bought for yourselves anyway so it’s not like it has to be around Christmas time! 
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You’re invited to the first ever Sisters Christmas Open House!
Saturday, December 5th, 2:00-7:00 pm
Monica’s house– 1495 N Forbes, Lakeport
Emily and I have been making beautiful gifts for you to purchase during our open house. Below are photos of just SOME of the items we will be selling. Prices will range from $7 to $25. Come anytime between 2 and 7 pm, but remember once an item is sold out, it’s gone for good! Some items are one of a kind so arrive early for the best selection!
Click on each picture and read about the item in the comments.
Please bring a friend! Spread the word! This is the ONLY opportunity to get these items. We hope to see you there!
I personally hate halloween. I don’t see the point at all! Of course, I don’t see some of the points of Christmas either, but at least there isn’t any scaring of people for Christmas.
Anyway, since I’m sick and the kids are sick we’re staying home tonight and Eric is handing out candy to trick or treaters. We’ve only had two. The second one was a little tiny boy who was wearing a hockey mask and carrying a machete. Hmmmm…. When Eric opened the door the little psycho killer yelled out in a cheery voice “Happy Halloween!” When Eric said he was giving him nerds and a peanut butter cup the kid cries out with joy “peanut butter! COOL! Thanks!” and runs off. So funny!
And now my kids are eating a piece of candy. Noah chose the Nerds but can’t seem to remember what they are called. So far he’s referred to them as “Narwalls” and “Nermils.” Ha!
I thought a funny costume for the Fall Festival (church’s alternative to Halloween) would be to have my kids wearing comfy clothes and a hospital mask and a sign on the front and back of them that says “Please stay back, I have swine flu.” But then I remembered they said no scary costumes.
Instead maybe we’ll decorate our house for the first time ever for Halloween night with a big sign on the front door that says “Sorry, no candy here! We all have Swine Flu.” I wonder how many people would knock.
For those Moms reading this blog I have a question. How do you find peace and relaxation REGULARLY in your own home when there always seems to be something that needs to be done?
I don’t dwell on it all the time, but every few months I kind of want to freak out because I can’t even sit in my own home and relax. The floor needs to be vacuumed, the kids need help with something, the lawn needs to be mowed, and on and on the list of things goes. Things I could/should be doing rather than just relaxing. And, that’s how my head works. I sit and feel guilty about what else I could be doing. And it’s not like I have to try to think of something. I just look around from where I sit and see all of the things that can be/should be done. It doesn’t matter what time of day or if I just finished cleaning the entire house. There’s ALWAYS something that needs to be done.
So, any thoughts on how to break this? I don’t want a girl’s night out (well, I wouldn’t mind that too), I want to know how to be able to relax and have a peaceful mind IN my own home. With my family. Regularly.
I’m getting into fall mode already. Dang it! I think it’s because I walked past a row of candles at Walmart this a.m. and smelled the mulled cider ones. Smelling fall is the easiest way to get me ready for it! It also helps that I have about 9 million apples I’m processing into applesauce. Kind of a fall thing to do.
Anyway, I also saw this cute pillow I want to make in fall colors. Yay!
So this surfer looking guy comes to the door all happy and friendly (which he maintained all the way to the end of the convo, I might add!). He says he just talked to Ann down the road (whoever that is!!!). He’s here for a race in the area of about 80 people…although he wouldn’t say what kind of a race! Then he tells me he likes my nose ring. Ugh. And says he’s trying to get points to go on a trip to the Virgin Islands. He asks if I’ve ever been, to which I say no. He then asks if I want to go and tells me it’ll be really fun. I really need to get my wedding ring resized so I can act a little more offended at times like these.
Anyway, he hands me a paper and says he has 19,000 points and was hoping I could help him out. On the paper is a bunch of names of magazines with point totals next to them. I keep trying to hand the paper back to him, which of course he ignores and won’t take. He says I can take on another year to my current magazines to help him get points. I told him, 4 times, flat out that I didn’t want to get anymore magazines. Apparently the race he won’t talk about is just to see who gets the most magazine points!
Anyway, finally he could see that I was thinking about throwing his paper on the ground and slamming and locking the door so he took it and, walking away, says “Don’t your kids sell things like candy and stuff?” I lied and said they are too young. He said in a lazy, happy, surf bum sort of way, “Well hopefully when they are older and do sell stuff other Mom’s will be willing to buy stuff from them.” Bite me! My kids are going to get REAL jobs!
So a couple weeks ago our toilet started using extra water and sending our water bill higher and higher. We knew we needed to get something on it fixed and Eric figured out what that something was. A tank level doohikey thing….basically almost everything you find inside the tank of the toilet. Anyway, he purchased the parts, fixed something else on the toilet, and then hasn’t had time to fix the thing inside the toilet too.
Fast forward to today when water started leaking out the bottom of our kitchen sink every time you turned it on. Normally I would just quit using the sink altogether as a permanent fix to the problem, but this time I was motivated. I asked Eric if we could call someone to come fix both dealios (these are the technical terms for these things, folks!).
After Eric okay’d it something strange happened. It was like Rosie the Riveter came alive in me! I thought, well shoot, how hard could it be to fix these things myself? I mean, I could at least investigate it and see what it’ll take! So, that’s just what I did! I grabbed a bucket, some big orange plumbing uh, wrench thing, a smaller wrench thing and a flashlight. After having Bella switch the water off and on at the sink a few times I figured out where it was leaking and that all it needed was to be tightened. 7 minutes later…$25 saved!
Next I took all of my sweet tools that I don’t fully know the names of (so let’s just call them the Smith Family) and went to fix the toilet. After reading the directions (that’s so female of me!) I went to work, removed the old water floating tube device thingamajig, cleaned things up, replaced it and it’s all as good as new! 30 minutes later….$50 saved!
I’m pretty sure at this point that I’m freaking amazing. My head is so big I may have to get the wood-cutting tool things to cut a new doorway out of the house! Oh, and dinner has been cooking in the crockpot for 4 hours.
This is not really a post for guys, but if any of you male readers feel you have some advice to give on women’s hormones and birth control options, read on.
I’m curious if anyone has anything to say about the birth control pill (BCP) called Yaz. My doc wants me to switch to it so as to supposedly even out my mood (which gets a little out of control for about 2-4 days before aunt flo comes into town). I know there are ups and downs to all BCPs, and I also know that some BCPs are basically like having mini-abortions, which I obviously don’t want. Also, I was on a low-dose BCP when I had my ectopic pregnancy and nearly internally bled to death because it errupted. My Doc is convinced the BCP wasn’t at fault, but I am convinced it was….and since I have so much more expertise than he has we’ll just go with what I say. (note the sarcasm) Anyway, I’m also aprehensive about taking Yaz because it’s a low-dose BCP.
What says you?
I’ve uploaded Bella’s Birthday Party (and then in the same photos are her actual birthday day).
Also, Eric’s 30th Birthday Party photos have been posted. There are a couple gross ones involving a hotdog and crack, so beware!
And Josh’s Visit to California!
