It's Thursday night and it's been a really long week. I had a $1200 repair on the Excursion, the Trans Am needs a $250 tire replaced, I need tires on my truck (for the bargain price of $775). Just hasn't been a good week for auto's at our house. A very expensive week! Add to that, a sick kid. John puked up snot. Has your kid ever done that before.....do you know how gross that is? Makes me gag just thinking about it.
Aside from all of that, I had a great day today. I went to see Dr. Winters and we had a great session today. I talked mostly about work and such. Sometimes I leave there feeling.....for lack of a better word....yucky! Most weeks I don't, but sometimes you just have that type of session. Today, it was good. She helped me put together some solid ideas on how to deal with some things going on in my life....family and money wise.
You know, that's what I LOVE about Dr. Winters. Way back when I first left Paul I went to therapy for about 6 months. I went week after week, spending $50 each visit and the woman didn't help me a damn bit. Seriously, she sat and listened and took notes and didn't give me one positive thing to do to help myself feel better. I got no advice. I got no assignments. I got nothing for all the money I spent.
I found the right doctor this time. Thank goodness. I might even begin to feel normal again....I'm getting closer. :)
Sorry, I tend to get away from my original thoughts. Oh well, it's my blog right. We discussed this last time.
So, I had my appt and I had my allergy shot. Got my little sickling situated and I started putting together my toothfairy pillows. I used to sell stuff on Ebay all the time, and I really did make a decent amount of money. I also make really nice gun socks, and I sold a shit load of them a few years back. I've done my research on Ebay to see what's available and what these items are selling for. I'm sorry, but for the price, my stuff is so much nicer. I'm actually quite crafty and creative. Have I already said that in a post? Either that or I just had a brain fart, lol. Hold on...I think I have a picture of my toothfairy pillow....it's so cute.
Isn't that cute? It's not as little as it looks. And the little "toothfairy" is actually a pocket for the tooth to go in and then the toothfairy can leave some money in the pocket. I'm going to sell them for $10...which is what the crappy ones on Ebay are selling for.
And like I said, I make gun socks and I also make rice bags....you know the ones with lavendar in them? You put them in the microwave for a minute or two and you have something so much better than a heating pad. Plus, because of the rice, it's a moist heat and the lavendar is used to naturally relax you. John has one that has bucks on it, as in deer. Sami had a Spongebob ricebag, until she puked all over it. So, we'll be making her a new one shortly.
Our weekend project, to get the 8 gunsocks and 3 toothfairy pillows that are all cut out....sewed together. And then listed on Ebay. I was really shocked when I saw how amateur the current ones listed on Ebay are.
Our friend Lisa owns a Salon in Ohio and I showed the pillow to her. She LOVED it and told me I should put them in a salon here and sell them for $10. I'm wondering if I can find a place to put them and then give them a percentage of what I sell. Who knows, isn't this how small businesses start? Isn't this how small ideas turn into big successes?
I'm not saying I'll be a millionaire by selling rice bags and toothfairy pillows, but you never know what the Universe has in store for you. I don't know why, but I've had this urge to sew and I dragged all this stuff out today and worked on it all afternoon while doing laundry etc. Sami went through my entire button tin and sorted about 5000 buttons out by color. As you can see, my pillows have buttons sewed on the four corners. She had fun too. And Scott's the best, he made me a craft room downstairs so I have all kinds of countertop and tables and such.
I'm working on creating a boy toothfairy pillow. A while back I bought a huge amount of fabric for boys and girls. Oh, and it's flannel, so they are soft. But I bought material for boy and girl pillows and the trim to go with the pillows. Boys loose teeth too. John is so excited to have one. I have material with trees and bucks on it, material that is blue and white with monkey's on it.....way too cute. And alot of other really cool material for pillows and rice bags.
Ok, I've rambled enough about my crafts. It's just something that is very relaxing to me and it made for a great day to be able to hang out with Sami. Seriously a stress reducer for me. Like my blog.
Well, I'm off to the TMAT facebook page to check out what I need to post for work. Until we speak again, keep it real!
Happy that you found the right counselor; sad that you're vehicles are ganging up on you.
ReplyDeleteI love the pillows and was actually wondering if you made boy pillows when I reached the part in your post where you said you're going to start. As you said, boys do lose teeth, too; Ty just lost one Tuesday night so we had a Tooth Fairy visit.
I think the pillows will sell and that you could actually make a good business out of it. I just wish I was crafty enough to come up with an idea like that. I have to look on the Internet just to come up with ideas for the kids to make their dad gifts for Father's Day, his birthday, and Christmas. I'm not creative by any means. Good luck with that; I'm sure you can make something of it. :)
Beth
ReplyDeleteDoes he hunt? What are his interests? I have all kinds of great ideas. You don't have to be super craft....and I have alot of neat guy stuff, but depends on what they are interested in.
What my kids like to do is make homemade Christmas ornaments each year. My parents and my sisters, and me too...each get one. They can be simple store bought ornaments that have their picture in the middle, or even those little clay pots you buy at walmart for a quarter. They can be painted and you put a little ribbon through the hole in the bottom and make a loop with a jingle bell inside. They make the cutest ornament and you have less than $1 into each one.
I know guys aren't as into that stuff as women are, but my dad and Scott love this type of stuff. Our Christmas tree is covered with homemade ornaments fromt he kids. Matter of fact, I have the cutest ornaments, that are meant to be made by kids. They have a little punch out in the middle where they can put a picture of themselves. I bought the kit last year but we didn't use it all. I'll pop it in the mail to you if your kids might be interested in making cute ornament gifts. They even make cute teacher gifts.
They are made of that thin foam, looks like felt but it's foam. Super cute. Let me know.
Thanks so much for the encouragement. You're way too good to me!
Oh, and soon as I get some boy toothfairy pillows made I'll include pictures. I have monkeys, spongbob, batman, and alot of other boy material.
Love ya
Tracy