I know that I have been scarce for a week.
'Tis the season for every nasty sickness known to school children... and school children, unfortunately have to come home everyday, even during this season... And you get in trouble if you don't send them to school to catch the damn diseases. It's a lose/ lose situation.
The even more terrible reality- Kids get over crap faster than parents. So, both of my kids suffer for 2 days, and BAM! They're all good.
Me? I think I may or may not be fighting it off and winning for 2 days, and BAM! I am down for the count... Then the count down finishes, and then it rewinds, and then it counts down again.
My face hurts. My ears are crying, I know that all that liquid draining from them is tears. I don't think I would miss my nose if I cut it off, I haven't been able to use it for four days.
In other news...
My dog has effectively made my "Dear God In Heaven, How Are You Even Still Alive!?" shit list.
He has severe separation anxiety when he is in the house alone. He destroys stuff if left to his own devices. It doesn't even help if you give him something that is OK for him to destroy like rawhide, or stuffed animals... He won't touch it while I am gone. He goes for the stuff I really like! In the past he has destroyed a brand new $70 comforter, my daughter's mattress, my son's sheets and curtains, a bedroom door, accent pillows...
I left to go to the store Monday (20 minute trip), and he got into my finished craft projects and destroyed several of the ornaments I had spent hours making (so you guys won't get to see them, and I am now very behind in what I was going to put up in my Etsy store next). I was pretty annoyed, but the stuff only cost me time, no real amount of money, and that was awesome considering his past record. I thought we were making progress.
I had to leave the house yesterday, so I put him in his kennel. I had to be gone for 2 hours, and I didn't want a repeat of Monday. Well, I didn't get a repeat of Monday. When we got home (the husband was with me), we found that he had tore up the bottom of his kennel, he had pulled the metal frame and twisted it up, and continued to dig at my brand new linoleum floor... He didn't just tear up the linoleum under his kennel. He proceeded to drag his kennel all through the kitchen to demolish the entire job.
I cried!... I still cry when I walk in there.
...It wasn't even 3 months ago that I , all by myself, gutted my kitchen, laid brand new linoleum wall-to-wall, and replaced the cabinetry (did I say all by myself? Becasue I DID do it all by myself), painted, and effectively remodeled that entire end of the house...
I was so happy with my kitchen... I actually spent time in there!... I was beginning to be proud of my tiny little house. It actually looked updated and cool... It fit my personality...
Now my kitchen reminds me of a movie set where the bad guys make drugs in abandoned slum neighborhoods. Maybe I should submit pics to Hollywood and see if anyone wants to pay me to turn my kitchen into a movie set.
Well, I took a tally of the total amount of money the dog has cost me, and coming in at nearly $2500, NOT factoring in the cost of food since we got him (we got him in March and he has turned out to be a decent sized dog )... We can't afford to keep him. Especially since neither my husband, nor me, can find a 9 to 5 at the moment.
So I have my hands full... Much more than I had before yesterday morning.
I have been busy, but I haven't done much with Etsy. I check it everyday, just on the off chance I might have an order. I don't expect it yet, as I haven't fine-tuned anything that has to do with my SEO (Search Engine Optimization). I also have began some listings, but I haven't activated them yet, because I want to be able to monitor them after I do. It is easier to keep track of which ones people are liking when the new listings are in the spotlight, and that gives me ideas on where I should focus on in the future.
Expect to see stuff by tomorrow evening. I hope to get some more ornaments done and listed, plus some new suncatchers, I may even have a couple PET bottle projects as well.
Later.
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