So, things have been going sort of according to schedule. I think I need to add in some more flexibility for baby crankiness. I've missed one thing on my list everyday. I'm not quite sure how to remedy that. I've been looking into different daily schedules from different blog and the like but I haven't found one that I like. I made myself a little checklist that I put up on my fridge with my schedule of stuff. It's next to my grocery notepad. I like to see things checked off on a list; it makes me feel good.
I'm thinking that I may need to do a little research into my day and figure out where I can trim the fat and fit in some new things.
Today on my agenda: waiting for my Peapod.com order (I had enough coupons to more than cover the cost of shipping), then depending on if everything come in that order: making homemade pop-tarts, making play dough, updating my meal plan, vacuuming, making lunch and dinner, planning our big shopping trip for Saturday or Sunday and getting both girls bathed.
Wow, that's a long list when I write it all out. But today is project day with Joey, and some of those home made pop-tarts are going to be her Valentine's gifts for her schoolmates. Fun right, they're going to be fun to make and eat and way better than candies, I think. And most of her old play dough is all dried up and it's one of her favorite things to play with so it's time.
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Thursday, February 2, 2012
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Book worming it
So, I've been reading like mad lately. I've been burning through the Anne of Green Gable Series. I'm in love with it and have been since I was a girl. I wish that Joey had the attention span for reading it with me. :-( She kinda lost interest in the Little House Series once the story grew too old for her. Ahh well, How much should I really expect from a nearly 3 year old anyhow. We made it through 4 of them before she lost interest and that's quite a lot, and of course, I went on and finished reading the rest of them on my own just to satisfy my own need to finish things that I start. I am loving that I can get most public domain books for free on my Kindle! Almost all my books are books that I've been reading lately, I've gotten for free. There are so many wonderful books to chose from. And Danny's been making regular trips to the library with Joey and she's been loving having new stories in the house and she memorizes them so quickly. I'm really in awe of that little one.
I also think that I've narrowed down my specialty that I'm going to focus on for my Etsy.com page. I know I've been meaning to do it forever but I just haven't been able to figure out how to do it affordably. The cost per picture per month with all the inventory that I have was just too much to fathom when my profit margin was so low to begin with. But in my search for diaper bags with this pregnancy, I found that I could make a completely machine washable diaper bag that I would actually be proud to carry for 1/3 to 1/2 of what I could purchase one for. The only one that Danny and I could agree upon that I found available retail was $80 (yeah, totally out of the question). So, I made one out a some fabric that I'd been dying to use but hadn't found just the right thing for yet. It only cost me $20 for the materials and I can throw it in the washing machine AND the dryer. I have not found a diaper bag yet that boasts that and looks any kind of decent. So, now I think I've finally found my niche! Woo Hoo! Plus the cost difference between what I can make them for and what I can sell them for might actually mean that I can afford to market them properly. I am so excited to get cracking on them. I've got some fabric ideas working already and I do so love having ideas to mull over and perfect.
Now to just finish organizing the house so that my ideas can become reality. We really are close to being done. We've gotten our bedroom nearly in order and ready for the bassinet. We've gotten the girl's bedroom closet cleared out of most unnecessary stuff and we've been making regular trips to Savers to donate things that we'll not be keeping. We're down to just needing to go through books of ours and sorting toys (which has been started but seems to get undone every so often). I've even conceded to throwing away all my DVD cases. We'll be organizing them in binders and separating out the kids movies once we get some more binders.
We've gotten all or Joey's clothes in plastic drawers so that she can choose her own outfits in the mornings and she can get herself mostly dressed. She still needs a little monitoring to make sure that she doesn't just wear the same ballet tutu every day with last night's shirt and galoshes. But she's loving being able to do more on her own. And it's super helpful for laundry's sake because she can put her clothes away by herself too. I love that part. I just hand her a stack of shirts and tell her to put them in the appropriate drawer and they almost always wind up in the right place.
Well, I'm off to Michael's today for a new sketchbook. I am in such a need to one and here's hoping I find a coupon file folder that I can use as well. I need to be more organized but I'm getting better at the couponing. I was only able to save about $50 this past month with deals and coupons and card savings and all but that's $50 off an already minimized budget and I think I can do better next month. And the fact that I chose to make and reuse things that I can, saves me quite a bit to begin with and then on top of it I buy in bulk where I can. But I still think that I can do better.
I also think that I've narrowed down my specialty that I'm going to focus on for my Etsy.com page. I know I've been meaning to do it forever but I just haven't been able to figure out how to do it affordably. The cost per picture per month with all the inventory that I have was just too much to fathom when my profit margin was so low to begin with. But in my search for diaper bags with this pregnancy, I found that I could make a completely machine washable diaper bag that I would actually be proud to carry for 1/3 to 1/2 of what I could purchase one for. The only one that Danny and I could agree upon that I found available retail was $80 (yeah, totally out of the question). So, I made one out a some fabric that I'd been dying to use but hadn't found just the right thing for yet. It only cost me $20 for the materials and I can throw it in the washing machine AND the dryer. I have not found a diaper bag yet that boasts that and looks any kind of decent. So, now I think I've finally found my niche! Woo Hoo! Plus the cost difference between what I can make them for and what I can sell them for might actually mean that I can afford to market them properly. I am so excited to get cracking on them. I've got some fabric ideas working already and I do so love having ideas to mull over and perfect.
Now to just finish organizing the house so that my ideas can become reality. We really are close to being done. We've gotten our bedroom nearly in order and ready for the bassinet. We've gotten the girl's bedroom closet cleared out of most unnecessary stuff and we've been making regular trips to Savers to donate things that we'll not be keeping. We're down to just needing to go through books of ours and sorting toys (which has been started but seems to get undone every so often). I've even conceded to throwing away all my DVD cases. We'll be organizing them in binders and separating out the kids movies once we get some more binders.
We've gotten all or Joey's clothes in plastic drawers so that she can choose her own outfits in the mornings and she can get herself mostly dressed. She still needs a little monitoring to make sure that she doesn't just wear the same ballet tutu every day with last night's shirt and galoshes. But she's loving being able to do more on her own. And it's super helpful for laundry's sake because she can put her clothes away by herself too. I love that part. I just hand her a stack of shirts and tell her to put them in the appropriate drawer and they almost always wind up in the right place.
Well, I'm off to Michael's today for a new sketchbook. I am in such a need to one and here's hoping I find a coupon file folder that I can use as well. I need to be more organized but I'm getting better at the couponing. I was only able to save about $50 this past month with deals and coupons and card savings and all but that's $50 off an already minimized budget and I think I can do better next month. And the fact that I chose to make and reuse things that I can, saves me quite a bit to begin with and then on top of it I buy in bulk where I can. But I still think that I can do better.
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