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August 11th

{ August 11, 2007 @ 5:01 pm } · { bithday, craft, crafting, etsy, food, meteor shower, notsosinglemama, perseids, presents, ramblings }
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Ugh. Today’s my 27th birthday. Birthdays aren’t special for me, just like the day before and the day after. Big whoop. Meh.

I do love my birthday for one reason, and one reason only. The Perseid meteor shower!!! Yay! I love sitting outside the night of my birthday, into the wee hours of the morning of the 12th, just watching these amazing flashes of light shoot across the sky. This year, Sunday night is supposed to be the optimal viewing time because of the New Moon. So, guess how I will be spending the next couple of nights? So… if you live in an area where you get a clear view of the sky, I highly recommend viewing this yearly meteor shower. If not tonight, then definitely tomorrow night. The weather is warm, the skies are clear with a low moon, so the conditions are practically as perfect as they can be.

Well, my sister got me beau coup crafting supplies as a birthday present. Excitement!!! My mom and dad both gave me some cash, so that’ll probably go to more supplies for me… although I’m thinking of picking me out a birthday present off Etsy.

Oh, and yummy Mexican food for dinner tonight. Maybe I’ll fix a pitcher of margaritas to drink while watching tonight. Hmm….

Miss M and Howie

{ August 9, 2007 @ 10:28 pm } · { Miss M, craft, crafting, etsy, etsybloggers, etsykids, etsymom, motherhood, notsosinglemama, ramblings }
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Every day, it seems The Fabulous Miss M has made a new discovery or learned to do something new. These past few days have been no exception. I love being the Mama to a 7-month-old, so curious about every sight and sound.

First, a nose has holes. Yes, she’s discovered her nostrils. No digging, as of yet. She just “fingers” them… for a good stretch of time. A great occupier of time, nostrils are.

Then, she fooled me. All of a sudden, she started sticking her tongue out and playing with it while making “Aah” sounds, as if a doctor had asked her to stick out her tongue. I assumed she had just discovered something new about her tongue, maybe the way it felt or something. Nope. Today, I found out what she’s really trying to do. I’ve been playing with her lately, using my hand on her mouth to make ‘Indian sounds.’ I had her on my lap tonight, and she grabbed my hand and pulled it to her mouth… her way of saying “C’mon Mama!” So our little game began. Soon my hand was drenched with sticky teething-baby drool, so I pulled it away to wipe it on my pants. Out comes her tongue, up goes her little fingers, and the “Aah” sounds begin. She has her own little way of making ‘Indian sounds.’ It was too adorable!!!

Oh, and my eyebrows. She pets them.

If this keeps up, I’ll never run out of funny tidbits to share.
I’ve begun work on Howie the House Fly, the first item of my Felt Fuzzies line. In fact, I’m working on my third design of him. Just trying to perfect him to a point that I’m satisfied. I’m my worst critic, of course, so I find myself examining each finished version until I find something I can improve upon. Then I start all over. I’m pretty happy with the way this third one is going, though, so it just may be the keeper. We’ll see, I suppose.

Dang computer and keyboard aren’t cooperating tonight. Grr.

Catching up. Somewhat.

{ August 3, 2007 @ 1:33 am } · { craft, etsy, mommymatter, motherhood, notsosinglemama, ramblings }
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Ah, my poor, neglected blog. I had every intention of writing regularly. Truly, I did. But life happens, and intentions get pushed to the wayside of mommyhood and life’s little dramas. Things have died down somewhat, and I now have a sense of normalcy about me. Thank GOD! Now, if only I could get rid of these pesky headaches, but I’m sure they’re my fault for spending every night at the computer till the wee hours of the morning. Insomnia is fun, folks.

Mommy Matter has been a little slow, other than the wee bit of crazy drama that broke loose yesterday and today (Let it go already, please!), so it’s given me some time away from that addiction of mine. That, and the fact that I haven’t really been in the mood to jump right in, as of late. I must note, however, that member texasmom — moderator for the “Cooking With Rachel” board — liked my recipe for Dijon chicken so much that she posted it to share with the other members. Totally made my day! I will have to post it for y’all tomorrow because it’s after 1 a.m. now, and I really don’t feel like digging for it.

I’ve begun participating on the etsy forums, trying to bring traffic to my etsy shop. And I do believe I’m going to look into joining some of the groups to help promote it, also. I read on one forum topic that some have made sales due to interest created from a MySpace page dedicated to their goods. So tonight, I spent a chunk of time creating my own MySpace page for just that. I am really wondering if it will help drum up interest, or not. I hope it does. Could really use some sales right now not only for the money, but also for the confidence boost. I get all giddy when someone “Hearts” me or buys an item.

As for the always fabulous Miss M, since last posting, she has learned to sit by herself! And just today, she began to army crawl. I’m so sad over this. I really don’t want her to get bigger or grow up. I want her to stay my little cuddly baby. Her father, on the other hand, is through the moon with her development and is already talking of her walking. He thinks having more kids will make up for my baby growing up. He obviously knows nothing, LOL.