10 on Tuesday

Posted on Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

1. I hit 1000 sales in my Etsy shop over the weekend.  Thank you to all  of my wonderful customers!!!

2. Last week we went and picked strawberries.

3. Derek took the job pretty seriously.

4. While Lucas had fun attempting to do somersaults down the rows.

5. Either way, I think they both had a good time.

6.  And I was happy because I got a new favorite picture of my two boys.  This was not posed at all.  I was just trying to get a picture of them walking through the patch and this is what I got.

7. We had a busy weekend.  I was gone 3 nights in a row and didn’t get to put the boys to bed.   As usual, they handled it better than I did.

8. Friday night we went to dinner to celebrate my friend Mandi’s birthday.  We had a wonderful dinner at David’s Bistro. I had my all time favorite meal, Chilean Sea Bass.  So good!  Here’s a picture of Dan (my husband), Mandi and me.

9. Saturday night we attended a beautiful wedding.  The boys slept over at Auntie Kim’s house and had lots of fun.

10. Sunday I went to see Sheryl Crow and Colbie Caillat. Despite the rain we had a great time!

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10 on Tuesday

Posted on Wednesday, June 9th, 2010

1.  How do Tuesday’s come so fast?  I have really good intentions of posting the other 6 days of the week.  It just doesn’t seem to happen.

2. I have a new job….catering! Well, not really.   I did help out a friend though.  She is a Realtor and wanted to serve something different than the typical sandwiches for a open house she was having.  We went with won ton wrappers formed into cups and filled with chicken salad.  Also, cute little fruit kabobs.  It was fun!

3.  Here’s a custom design I did for a friends little girl.  I love how it turned out.  I will be adding it to my shop soon.

4. Here’s another custom design for a train themed party.  Gotta add this to the shop too!

5.  It was a rainy day so we spent time coloring and painting….and glittering the house.  Seriously, how does glitter end up EVERYWHERE? I think it’s going to take years to get it all cleaned up.

6. I’m hoping the weather  cooperates for our Sheryl Crow concert on Sunday at Ravinia.

7. I wish there was some way to keep Play-Doh colors seperate.  I drive myself crazy trying to keep the kids from mixing the colors. I usually end up giving up, then the mixed up colors drive me nuts! Here’s Derek making trains.

8. Summer just started and we have just about every weekend planned.  That means the summer is going to fly by.

9.   I am determined to post something before next Tuesday rolls around again.

10.  Finally 10!  Gotta run…I have two little boys that need to go get haircuts!

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10 on Tuesday

Posted on Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

1. I almost forgot today was Tuesday!  We had a wonderful holiday weekend.  It was pretty low key, which was really nice!  We were able to spend time with friends and family without rushing from one gathering to the next, which is usually the case.

2. The only downside to the weekend, our refrigerator went out Sunday morning.  Not good when you are supposed to be hosting a cookout the next day!  We managed though.

3. Last week was the week for custom designs.  They kept me BUSY!

4.  Here’s a poster and front and back card design I did for one of my favorite customers.

Graphics were supplied by customer.

5. Here’s a new design I added to my shop.  This was created by request of a previous customer. It’s a combination of two designs I already had.

6. I created this little girls birthday invitations last year.  I was thrilled to have the opportunity to create a custom design for her this year.  Her only requirement was that the party have mermaids and castles. 

7. Princess and the Frog theme parties seem to be very popular this year.

8.  And the last custom design of the week…. This is perfect for a 4th of July wedding!

10. In case you are tired of the design talk…. I bought this sink for the boys over the weekend.  So far they love it!  Hopefully the novelty doesn’t wear off too soon!

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10 on Tuesday

Posted on Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

1. I am beat.

2.  Derek is 3 and still isn’t talking much. Following the advice of Derek’s peditrician, we had him evaluated.  It’s been a very long process.  Although it was painless, it’s been exhausting.  Today we had our IEP meeting with the school district.  Long story short, Derek will be going to school ( therapy) 5, yes FIVE, days a week starting this fall.  It will  be for 3 hours a day.

3. I know it’s best for him, I am just not ready for it.  I can’t even think about it without crying.

4. I feel bad for being so upset. It’s nothing serious.  I have nothing to be upset about, it could be a whole lot worse.

5.  I was hold back tears during the entire meeting today.  It’s hard to listen to 6 complete strangers analyze his very move.

6. To make matters worse, as soon as we sat down, one of the women that did the screening gave me a picture of Derek that had been taken during one of the first meetings.  So, I had that sweet little face staring up at me the entire time.  Dan later said he almost turned it over cause he knew that it was making things harder for me.

7. The school he will be going to is only about 4 blocks from our house.  But, he does have the option of riding the bus.  Don’t even get me started on that though!

8. He has been so clingy lately.  Hopefully that changes in the next 3 months.

9. I know that this is going to help him tremendously.  I have to just keep telling myself that.

10. I am going to try and move on now.

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10 on Tuesday

Posted on Tuesday, May 11th, 2010

1. I guess the title should technically be 10 on Wednesday.  It’s 12:45am as I type this…and past my bedtime.  These late nights are really starting to catch up with me.

2. Staying  up this late is not good. It’s been so long since I had dinner that I am starving!

3. Saturday is the big party!  I am up to my eyeballs in party stuff.  I hope I can get everything put together in time!

4. There is nothing like just colored and cut hair!  I got mine done tonight…it feels great!

5.  Maybe I should have gone grocery shopping instead.  Seriously.

6. Look at my poor starving kids looking for something to eat.

7.  Here’s a custom design I created for one my repeat customers.  I love how simple it is. You can find it in my shop!

8.  Here’s another custom design created for a repeat customer. The guest of honor is a huge fan of  the Italian soccer team, Juventus. So, it was designed with their colors and logo as an inspiration.

9. Yet another custom design for another repeat customers.

10.  I obviously don’t have too much to share tonight.  I think I just need to go to sleep!  Hopefully next week’s post will be more interesting.

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