Crazy Busy

Okay, I'm going to try and do a real post.....sort of. It's been crazy busy here and I'm running in "warp speed" mode  to try and keep up with stuff so I don't get so far behind. Here's a quick and dirty run down!

* I sold my picker and can now order the fine cloth Fancy Kitty carder!!! Yes, I know I already have one but it's medium cloth and doesn't do fine batts with fleece as well as I would like. Can't have to many fiber tools!!
* I got the fiber tools up in the Etsy shop though some are pre-order listings because Eric can only make them so fast but we wanted people to get a look at what was possible and if they want one they can order it and he'll start on it right away.
*The website has been changed around a bit and I've added The Store (handspun yarn, fiber, tool cases, bags, etc) and Wool Combs & Hackles pages where people can pre-order fiber tools for about 10% less than what they are listed on Etsy.
*Finished more bags, cut more fabric, and now have a huge knot in my left shoulder. Still hunting for the heating pad but the bags are coming out well. I've got tons more fabric to cut and a million color combinations in my head.......don't worry, there's plenty of room since there's nothing else up there at the moment.
*I was approved to be a retailer for Greener Shades dye which is a fabulous non-toxic chrome free acid dye...now I just have to come up with enough $ to make the hefty initial order
* I finished my acrylic stash busting afghan
*I finished Katies' split toe socks
*The kids helped clean the house yesterday......it took all day and I had to empty the vacume cannister 3x's...it looked like I sucked up small rodents there was so much fluff in there from carding and combing
*Got 2lbs of absolutely gorgeous Huacaya mahogany colored alpaca fleece washed.....Eric loves this stuff. It's super soft and he loves the natural reddish brown color
*Alex got all A's on his 2 benchmark tests at school....he was very proud of himself ;) He was also 1 of 5 kids in his grade to get 100% on his algebra sol........he said his teacher was so happy he thought she was going to grab him and kiss him.
* Katie got an A on her social studies test and she thinks she got an A+ on her book report/project.......she said her teacher pulled her aside and told her how impressed he was with her artwork (project portion of the report) and that she should go to art school when she gets older. Eric and I already knew this but for her to hear it from her teacher was a major boost for Katie.
*Everyone is sick of snow........we still have some snow in the yard from before Christmas and now it has a inch of ice on top of it. Lovely.
*The whole family is loving some old black and white Alfred Hitchcock movies Eric got super cheap at Walmart. They're almost as good as the 1950's Sherlock Holmes TV shows in black and white.....they're my favorite.
* I haven't heard back from Interweave Crochet yet about my bag and I'm going nuts. I think I will break down on Monday and email Toni just to make sure she got it okay........I hate bugging people.

Okay, I need to take a shower and do some more sewing.

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!!!