Posts Tagged "goodies"
I’ve been wanting to post, but I haven’t had anything to say
Last night in the car, Malachai kept telling us not this song, not this song, not this song, and at one point he changed it up and said “not this. definitely not this.” <3
We had dinner with my Aunt, Uncle, Gram, Zaide, and the eight of us. My Aunt & Uncle got the kids gifts. Mal got visibly upset because he got a smaller bag than the other two. He is quiet enough and was talking into my neck enough that we passed it off as him being tired. Poor guy. He got over it quick enough (he got a very cool card game, as did Eshiva, but hers was packaged in a bigger box, and Dor got a ball that was not inflated, but it was packaged bigger too) but we felt bad for him. I remember how I felt getting a gift that I thought sucked when everyone else got cool stuff.
We bought boxes today. I am packing up our breakfront full of crap so I can get rid of the breakfront and sub out something much smaller. All the “crap” in there were my folks wedding fits, my moms owl collection, our “Jew” stuff and some misc. tchotchkes. Dad is asking why I am keeping it. I can’t bear to tell him it’s because I’m a girl and I am emotionally attached to anything that I feel still reminds me of mom. It’s getting better, I’m not saving *everything* some of it really is crap.
I told Michael to box up the tattoo stuff and take what he can to work – I haven’t drawn in over six months, and I haven’t set up the machines in almost as long. I went as far as looking through the stencils today and I just wasn’t feeling it.
My uncle is trying to find a cheap way to send me his studio lights, and we’re going to build a backdrop stand from PVC sometime soon after they arrive. I’m pretty excited about that. I also hinted that I’d be happy to take any other old equipment he isn’t using off his hands and give it a good home (he said he’d like to see his lights get some use in a good home) so maybe I’ll get some other surprise goodies too :-)
I think I might branch out into printing some general greeting cards and stuff. Nothing in big batches, little micro batches I can list at my leisure to sell.
Cliff Bar brand put out organic twisted fruit leather things – I picked up a box on impulse today. They worked out to about fifty cents a package and the kids love them. One full fruit serving in there! Score!
I am back on my “mostly raw” raw diet. I put on a pair of size 10s this morning. I got them on, and had disgusting muffin top BUT I got them on and buttoned. I could not do that even last week. I took them off and put on a comfy pair of size 16s that fall off unless I belt them down. A few more weeks, I think, and I can dig out at least six pair of pants that I haven’t been able to wear for longer than I care to admit.
I’ve been food shopping at the WalMart food store. This should go in confess I guess, but I spent 200$ where I’d normally have spent over 300$ so I don’t care that bad. It’s not like they are putting Publix out of business or anything.
I <3 my dreads. I feel bad putting wax and crap in them, but I need them to look good and not like I am wearing a rabid mop on my head. All in all, it’s working and I am pleased with them and have not threatened to brush them out or cut them off. Yay!
I think that’s it. I am feeling restless and I want to be doing all these things and I just can’t pick one to focus on, so I am kind of doing like, 5 – 10 minutes of a lot of things. It sucks.
Read MoreBah Humbug
No, it’s not that bad. Give me some credit. We’re a week away from Channukah. All but one main gift is wrapped (one isn’t even here yet), I’ve got some extra goodies that will be here on Wednesday on their way as well. I think I might pick some of their stuff out and set it aside for… later. I don’t know when later will arrive, but it’s tempting. While we did not over buy, we did wind up with some extras. I am all about setting them aside as special gifts for special things.
The 21st is the first night. We’ll be at shul for a bit for their festival, and my Gram & Aunt are coming over for dinner that night. The next night my Gram & Zaide are coming over. Busy week ahead! I need to make sure we have candles, and the menorah is clean, not to mention the house. We need to make latkes. Fresh or from a mix? I don’t know yet.
The kids are out of school the 2oth – 4th. We’ll go up to LCS I think, and the park, and some other stuff. Michael has some bowling coupons, so that’ll be fun.
I had this huge, actual post planned out, but it left. Maybe it iwll come back later.
Read MoreGo Vote!
Sent this out this morning – posting it now!
Sorry if you can’t vote quite yet – I just grabbed my entire address book. I also apologize if you get this multiple times!
It is so important this year. I don’t care who you vote for (that’s a lie, I do care, but let’s pretend I don’t) either way it’s history in the making and don’t you want to be a part of that?
We’ve voted already (early voting) but if you were not able to take advantage of early voting or absentee voting, please make sure you take the time to go vote today.
Many places are offering voting incentives! StarBucks is offering a free cappuccino if you bring in your “I voted” sticker, my kids school is offering the class with the most “I voted” stickers a party of some sort, and I’ve heard many other businesses are offering goodies as well.
So quit reading your email (well, your blog list), go vote!
Read MoreI’ve got some Punky Moms news in lieu of new content
I’ve been sick. Not deathly ill, but sick enough to not want to do anything except sleep. Of course, instead of sleep I have done laundry, went food shopping today, taken photos, edited photos, done other misc. work, you know, life goes on, mucous be damned. In lieu of real content, please peruse some of this older, but still pertinent content.
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We want to have this created and ready for download and distro at the beginning of November for those who like to do their holiday shopping early! As long as the ads are in it will go out on time!
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Read MoreGifting taken care of… mostly
Dorian wanted a drum set, a guitar and a camera.
Malachai wanted SpongeBob Operation.
Eshiva doesn’t care (though she wants everything lol)
I did my holiday shopping for my kids today. Dorian is getting a digital camera. My dad got it from work for his 10 years anniversary. He opened it, took two photos, and put it back in the box. He has offered it to me to repackage and wrap and re-gift. Good stuff! It’s a nice camera, and will be the first one D has that isn’t a hand-me-down because I’ve replaced an old one. I plan to get him a nice case for it, and maybe some photo paper for the printer. I’ve got some spare SD cards laying around, so we can hook him up with one of those as well. My dad picked up a cheap (20$) telescope for him as well, and I bought him an origami kit for about 8$ (on sale too!), so other than a few small (5$ or less) items we’re all done.
Malachai did indeed get SpongeBob Operation – we picked it up at Target a few weeks ago for ten bucks! Yay for clearance items! We also got him a Radio Flyer Big Wheel (his “big” gift) to replace his bike. He wont get on the bik, even with both training wheels on, so we are thinking low and stable is the way to go. This one is adjustable and he should be able to use it for a good while (a few years at the least). Again, a fer 5$ or less goodies and he’ll be done too.
Eshiva got dollhouse furniture. I need to find dolls to go with it, but I have some people she can use until I find better ones.
In addition to that haul, I got a 60 piece wooden block set, a box of dinner games/questions (instead of us eating and running), and a Channukah book I had wanted to get last year but couldn’t find. I picked up one or two other books but I need to keep them a surprise.
We’re going Black Friday shopping for my Dad, Michael and Sara. Dad is funding their stuff, but in exchange of getting up at the asscrack of dawn to get it, we get to put our names on it lol Oh, I’ll get them some stuff too, but that sutff is their “big” stuff. I need to find something for Dad…
Channukah is Dec 4 this year, so I am about out of time.
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