Merry Christmas & New BMH Newsletter

First the whole family would like to wish everyone a belated Christmas and  a Happy New Year!! We had a fabulous day with the paper and bows flying in the morning and a somewhat relaxed rest of the day though Eric and I did get some work in. Not a big deal, after all it is what we do........besides, I love what I do! I also managed to finish Eric's Birthday presents on the sly which is on the 30th and I wrote the BMH newsletter for January. Yep! I'll be cranking out a newsletter about every month that will have a little bit of general news, new products, events and drawings, secret codes for monthly discounts and other ramblings. You can subscribe to the newsletter on our website on the BMH Newsletter page and you will get it in your email every month.

We are expecting 5-6" of snow today (joy, NOT!) and I have 6 million things to do. I think I'll concentrate on making cookies (the one thing I can cook and not burn them, mostly) knitting my long johns that I'm a little over halfway done with and maybe wash or comb some fleece. I don't have any wool in my hair at the moment and it's really freaking me out.......I always have wool in my hair, on my clothes, or both;)

In The Wake of Christmas

Okay, I survived Christmas again this year. Now comes the dawning realization that in another week or two all that Christmas stuff we unpacked and lugged up from the basement has to be packed back up and put away. The thought of it makes my skin crawl. I've gotten a bit of stuff done that I actually wanted to do versus stuff like laundry and cleaning bathrooms. I finished a pair of socks for myself, a bolero that started off life as a caplet (I still don't know where I went wrong), 2 more needle cases for my shops and a purse. Now I've got to take photos of everything and post them. Maybe tomorrow.

The kids had a great Christmas! They stayed in the pj's all day and played with their loot. Alex got a large robotic remote control raptor thingy that he freaked the cats out with and Katie got a really nice sewing machine. Seriously, it is a NICE machine. I got it at an auction for $17--my guess is new (and it was only used once)it was a $250 machine. Yesterday we cleaned out Katie's room. Had to do it the old fashioned way because I was out of dynamite. I think we took about 3 1/2 forty gallon trash bags worth of stuff out of her room. Where the hell does it all come from? Anyway, you can see her floor again, you can find stuff, and she has a new sewing center which she is thrilled about. Now she wants to go to JoAnn's to get sewing stuff and fabric.........I've created a monster! Alex is cleaning his room out as I type (yes, I'm hiding). I see another trip to the dump and the Salvation Army in my future. We do this twice a year to keep the clutter down to a dull roar......well, that's the idea anyway.

I'm going to go eat half a bag of Ghiradelli chocolate my sweetheart Eric got me for Christmas and make some of that gormet coffee one of my yarn buddies sent (it's liquid caffeine) and see if I can make it through the rest of the evening. Geez, I really am long winded! Sorry.........

Merry Christmas!!

Well, it's Christmas Eve.........finally. I think my kids would explode if they had to wait much longer and that wouldn't do a thing for my carpet. It's been a crazy day and it's not even lunch time yet.......what's new, right. First, I get a call from the post office saying we have a package to big for the box and I need to come and get it. I decided since I had to go to the P. O. to get the box I might as well do the little bit of shipping I had for ebay and etsy. While I'm doing shipping I discover someone filed a dispute against me in Pay Pal. They say it was an unauthorized transaction. I looked it up and found that this lady had purchased an item from me on ebay, paid for it, received it (at the Pay Pal confirmed address)and then decided 7 weeks later it was unauthorized? Ummm, I DON'T THINK SO! So it took me half an hour to deal with that.

Last night I signed up with Art Fire---a newish selling site similar to Etsy. I was going to throw on my patterns to start with and guess what, it wouldn't let me list a single thing. Some technical malfunction. The folks at Art Fire fixed it lickety split quick but I bet I spent 2 hours trying to figure out if I was doing something wrong (being the computer retard that I am) before I decided it was out of my hands. The kids and I made cookies yesterday and miracle of miracles I didn't burn them and they are not just edible, they're actually pretty good. Betty Crocker I'm not. I have so much updating I need to do and pictures to take that I've decided to take the Scarlett O'Hara approach and let it take care of itself tomorrow............or Monday. I better go make sure the kids haven't mangled the few presents under the tree (Santa hasn't come yet after all). I hope everyone has a safe and stress free Christmas!!!

The Tree

December 21, 2008

Well, we got our tree up yesterday. Eric insists on a big tree--6 footish---and we have a tiny living room. This means that we have to take the living room apart rearrange the furniture, put the tree up, and then put the living room back together. It was more fun than humans should be allowed. The tree is gorgeous!! I should be............the damned thing cost $69!!! I almost fell over. Yeah, it's got a great shape and is fluffy without being prickly but CRIPES!!! The house is totally Christmasyfied and as gaudy as we could make it.....our kids are still little enough to love a gaudy Christmas. Eric and I are almost done wrapping presents. When I went to get the kids at the bus stop on Friday he hid all the presents that hadn't been wrapped yet. I hope he remembers where he put them---he indicated they were scattered around a bit. This is how your kids end up getting hats and gloves and other things you originally got them for Christmas on their birthdays.

We woke up to a thin layer of ice on everything this morning so it's an indoor day. The kids are goofing off, Eric is prepping stuff for ebay, and I'm updating this site, adding things to Etsy, and trying to knit a little inbetween laundry and doing things with the kids. Alex and Katie are thrilled to be out of school for Christmas vacation. Alex has been sleeping in to 10:00 and I think Katie has had on the same PJ's for two days now............she has assured me she is changing her underwear. Hmmmm..... Well, I guess it's time to go make lunch and turn on the gaudy lights and the kitch musical bears ringing bells (they're so awful they're funny). You all have a nice weekend!

Later alligator,
Beth