monday

14 Aug

Posted by: Lizzie

Good morning! We had a great weekend, how about you?

We didn’t do much Friday night because, for once, I didn’t have to go anywhere! So we made dinner & hung out around the house. Jamie and I started watching “Capote” but turned it off half-way through and went to bed.

Saturday afternoon, Jamie’s parents took Corey & Aiden over to their house. They planned on going to the movies, but “Barnyard” was sold out. They picked up a couple videos instead.

Meanwhile, Jamie and I went grocery shopping with Simon. How romantic, I know! But…as I was strapping Simon in his carseat in the parking lot, a woman approached me & asked about my wrap. I wish I’d been wearing the Moby instead of the SPoC, but she still wanted to know where she could get one & I gave her my card, told her I’d help her learn all about them, etc, etc.

Business is still painfully slow, I’m afraid. There just doesn’t seem to be much of a market for AP parenting stuff around here. I’m trying to “educate” a newly pregnant couple at church right now. They’ve never heard of the Bradly Method, so I’m letting them borrow my book & giving them my coach’s number. The mama already expressed interest in a pouch sling & I offered to help her learn how to use it. I get so giddy when I talk about sling & diapers. It’s so ridiculous!

I am so close to finishing my tier skirt! It’s taken me so long because every time I sit down to work on it, Simon fusses or the kids need me. I haven’t been able to spend more than a few minutes at a time on it. Last night, though, Jamie held Simon while I finished the bottom tier, hemmed it and started on the elastic casing on the waist. I’m calling this, “The Skirt that Doesn’t Want to be Made,” because while I was sewing the waist, I ran out of bobbin thread. This wouldn’t be so bad except I’m almost out of white thread as it is! Who knows when it’ll finally be done.

In garden news, the African violet I saved from Certain Death is flowering! Isn’t it pretty? I still can’t believe I managed to clone the dying one & have it survive. Sadly, though, the motherless orchid keiki I’ve been nursing finally kicked it & I had to toss it. One of Jamie’s bonsai’s died, too.