News Bullets

-Zach's chicken pox was mild (from start to finish 5 days) and he is back in school.

-No one else is showing symptoms.

-I have an idea for starting a workshop. Thanks for your suggestions.

-Our lilac trees are starting to bloom. I love this time of year...it smells so good around our house.

-We have blueprints for our addition. Hopefully they will be getting started SOON. The waiting is driving me bonkers.

The One Where I Feel a Little Bit Sorry for Myself

So, remember how I became a consultant for Creative Memories? Well, if you missed it, I did. I booked a get together from my first e-mail and I was so excited about it. I spent all kinds of time getting ready and learning stuff. It occupied my time and it felt good to be working toward something. It was supposed to be this past Saturday. Unfortunately the host got sick and had to postpone. It's totally not her fault and I'm glad to not be sick right now because of it, but it was a big let down. No one else has told me they want to host a get together and I don't want to pressure anyone. I feel bad guilting or pressuring people into doing things for me. So now I'm stuck. I feel so deflated to have nothing to show for all the work I've done and I don't know where to go from here. Maybe people would host an event they just need a personal invitation, but is that putting people on the spot? I've heard way too many people complain about how "so and so" keeps bugging me to have a "such and such" party or "such and such" only talks to me to sell me stuff. Ugh, I don't know what to do and I feel like a total failure. I chose Creative Memories because I know it will sell itself. After years of working in craft stores and crafting on my own I can tell you it is definitely the best stuff out there. I was actually surprised at the difference when I first started using only CM stuff (which was a couple weeks ago when I got my kit, but I didn't tell you that.) I know I just need to be able to present it to people. I love scrap booking and I thought this would be so fun. Well...it is fun when I am getting ready for stuff or doing something, but it's totally not fun to feel like a failure.
Any advice?

::a shake of the head and a slight eye roll:: He is His Father's Son

After I put Lily down for her nap today I went down to switch some laundry. I passed Ryan playing with a wind up motorcycle toy on my way to the basement. Usually he likes to help me, but this time he declined the invitation. I went on my way, switched the loads of laundry and came upstairs with the clean clothes to fold. What should greet me upon my return? Why it's Ryan with a screw driver in hand and an almost disassembled motorcycle toy in front of him. When I asked what he was doing he simply said, "The motor is broken. I need to fix it." I don't know where he got the screw driver, but he can undo every child lock in the house, so it's no wonder he can get to stuff. I put the toy back together and there was no problem with the motor. He just didn't know how it worked. ::still shaking my head over that one:: I showed him how it worked and he played with it for like 2 minutes and went on to the next thing.

The Pox

So, Zach has chicken pox.
What's that? Did you say chicken pox?
Why yes I did.
Don't they immunize against that?
Yes, yes they do.
Didn't Zach get the immunization?
Let me check...YES.
Then why does he have the chicken pox?
Good question!

Happy Birthday TJ!

Happy birthday to my "little" brother, one of the coolest, funniest people I know. Be safe. We love you!


***There is a new post below, but I think TJ deserves to be first the whole day:-)***