August???

All ready? Really?? Yikes! I managed to start the enrollment process for the 2 little ones for school, of course I had issues, so I have to wait for the school to get back to me. Then the packages will start. A lot of them. That's why one day next week I'll spend time getting ready for the dozens of boxes we'll be getting. Have to figure out where 2 more desk tops will go, then all of their school books. Maybe some small totes for the misc stuff, keep the workbooks on the bookshelf. May need to grab another one to fit everything.

Did manage to get some clothes sorted today. Not all, and there's a bunch left, but it's a good start. I'd love to sort my clothes tomorrow. See what all I have, pack some away for when we own a house (clothes to wear to paint, do yard work, etc.), try on more. Maybe then I can start listing more to sell. See if I have more luck on yardsellr than I do on webstore. Might list some other stuff on webstore though.

I still have more planning to do for the move. I want to contact another realtor here about a foreclosure deal. Renting, not buying. We definitely want to move next year. Would help us save more money since the rent is so high here.

No real shows on the books for August. I should get busy and look for some fall shows, but I just don't have the energy right now. I'm working on more headbands to keep me busy. I managed to finish a thinner one yesterday while waiting at football. Just need to finish it off, then one of my girls can wear it to model it for me. I'll work on some lined gator clips later. I'll do plain and with some embellishments on them.

They want it to get hot just in time for football to start. Poor kids! I better get lunch stuff in the house for us since JJ will be gone all day soon. Yolanda works most days and usually doesn't eat before, but she might if I have some quick lunch stuffs around. I'd like the guys to do a session or 2 of making breakfast sandwiches to freeze. Then I know JJ would eat before he left for the day. I'll have to go through my coupons and plan out some deals first. I'd like to have some dinners done too for long days. More crockpot meals for the hot days.

I've been so tired lately and I've done nothing to warrant it to this degree. Although I am still thinking about working a night shift job. Just figuring out the logistics of getting people where they need to be, watching the littles, sleep. We'll see how things go in the next couple of weeks. If I clean out at least one storage unit, it'll help a bit. Selling a bunch online would help even more.

Anyone care to help me take pictures, download them and start listing stuff to sell? It actually shouldn't take me too long, it's the littles getting into stuff that'll keep me from getting a lot listed.

Guess that's all for now. Nothing much been going on. Just football, heatwaves, and driving.

Monday

Why is it, no matter how organized I think I am, Monday's are crazy?? Doesn't help that the oldest child snuck out while everyone was sleeping. No note, no nothing. Yeah, I'm looking forward to moving and her being on her own! No more of her selfish antics to deal with on a daily basis!!

I managed to sell something on webstore, now I just have to find the box that I can use. My Priority boxes didn't come yet. I'd like to start listing some more tonight. See if I can manage to get everything I have pictures of listed. Then tomorrow I can concentrate on taking more pictures! I also have a bunch of stuff to try on. Since I lost weight, I have to try on pants again to see which ones are too big. Then I also just got a bunch at a bag sale, so I'll have to check which ones fit well and which can go. While I'd like to keep some smaller stuff since I'm hoping more weight follows, I just don't have the room to store any more stuff. So, it'll get listed and the money goes into the moving fund!

Looks like I have a show Saturday! It's a doggie adoption event - hoping I can make a bunch of good contacts there! If we have good weather we should have a decent turn out. Help me get my name out there a little more.

Spent some time trying to get relocation info for a couple different areas in SC. I have the Myrtle Beach info (I could probably tell you all about that area anyway! I'm always looking at sites for there! lol), but think we should look into a few other areas. See how the job market is, housing, taxes, etc. As long as I keep up with the decluttering, I'll feel confident about the move. Hoping to be able to pay up the storage units this weekend, then I'll get a new unit closer and start to clear out the original 2. I know the clothes in there are most probably a loss now. See what's trash, what we're keeping, what I can sell, what can be donated. Since Boo has a few days off from football, I can use his muscles!

Almost done school with Lex. Have to get her re-enrollment in, got Boo's in. Just have to call for a set for Cricket, have a print out for Zoe. Just have to start filling everything out! Got the littles some books to work in to help when school starts. Try to get them ahead of where they should be since I know they fell behind with all the hassles we've had lately -internet that keeps going down, having to move, and all that stress.

Kittens!!

Yes, Abby had her kittens. 5 of them. Monday night, my oldest yells that fact! lol We didn't realize she was so close, so we really weren't ready for the birth. All live births, and doing well so far. One orange/white, one grey stripe, 2 black and 1 calico. So cute!! I keep going into their closet (where she decided was the best place to birth) and giving Abby attention and checking out the babies. We do have a home for the orange one and a friend said he'd take one. Ds said he may have a taker too. We'll have more in a week or so, since, yes, Ziva is also pregnant! Riptide was a busy boy - but the girls aren't too fond of him now! lol My oldest was saying how Abby and Riptide were "talking" yesterday, and it sounded like Abby was telling him off.
Been keeping close to home since the storms. My tires need replaced and there's ice out there. Tonight I'll be checking on tire prices so I can finally get new ones and not have to worry about that. Just have to worry about the trans that's acting up. Yeah me. *sigh*
Things are starting to get busy with my businesses. I have a show next weekend, one the 26th and a bunch more coming up. I better get busy making my stuff I want to sell, plus ordering some inventory from others. Time to get busy selling! Get bills paid off, put some aside for fun times.
Yikes! I better find the labels to send back the laptop! Completely forgot about that one! He can't get a new one until that one is returned, so I should see about getting it out today or tomorrow. If I can find the label. Wonder if it's one they emailed? Ya think? I hope so!
I'm hoping the ickies are finally on their way out of this house! I'm tired of all the sick kids, feeling horrible, and not being able to get our stuff done we want to do!
I need to look into getting the kids out of the house! Poor things are tired of being cooped up and are getting rammy. :( Can't play outside, it's icy. Can't go to Gram's cuz of the germs (they can't afford to get sick). I wouldn't really let them out here much as some punks destroyed out snowman they built. Not teens either. We're talking younger kids. Yeah, just what I want my kids around...Not! So we stay inside where they get rammy and start acting up. *sigh* Add that to my list - making calls/ looking places up for some fun times!
Ugh, I hear the school books calling. At least one teacher stopped the harassing calls. Now to get the other one to stop calling daily - she's supposed to call weekly or less! Would be nice to get stuff done without the interruptions!

Yikes!

I didn't realize it's been that long since I last posted! Things have just been really busy here and it doesn't look like I'll catch a break anytime soon! Usually I spend the weekends catching up, but I've been doing shows. This past weekend I did only one show on Saturday, but I spent Sunday catching up on some much needed sleep. This coming weekend are the bingos. Both days. My displays will be smaller, but I have to get prizes together tomorrow to take and drop off for Sunday's game. Not sure what's up with Saturday's since I haven't heard from the woman in charge.
School is going okay, except for Zoe. I'll just email her mentor and ask for the return list and labels to be sent. She flat out refuses to do the work. I don't know if I should try Cricket's school with her, or just wait a year. Maybe I'll ask her tomorrow and see what she says. I don't think she'd have the computer "games" like she does now, and that seems to be her major issue.
I've started to list on ebay again. I saw they were offering 100 free listings, pay when they sell. So I have over 25 books listed. Most have watchers (didn't check the newest ones), and 1 has a bid. Hoping they *all* sell! I'll be listing more all week to try to get rid of some of the stuff we have lying around here. I'm pacybermom24 on ebay if anyone is interested:)
Still have to sort the littles clothes. *sigh* I keep putting it off, but the weather has turned, and we need to see how many long pants each of the kids has so we can plan a trip to the thrift store. I know Lexi will need some. She has issues with certain jeans and how they fit. She doesn't like how leggings fit. Plus she's so tall, we have issues there.
I've been doing some craft shows. So far, they've been duds. I'm hoping to find a few more locally so I can sell some gifts in a jar and other goodies I make. I'll have out flyers and cards for my other businesses - if it's handmade only allowed- but I have a bunch of goodies I can make to sell. I have some more printing to do for a basket I'd like to make. Well, 2 baskets. 1 is an Advent basket, the other is a fun take on the 12 days of Christmas. I'll be making calls this week looking for more shows. Luckily I have a lead on one at a local high school.
I better get to bed. It's bound to be a long week, and I really can't afford to sleep 18 hours again because I'm sleep deprived!

I'm tired!

Exhausted really. Managed to get Z completely signed up for school (could have been done earlier, but noone from the school told me the pages weren't scanned and saved right and needed renamed), J is basically done (need to contact the old school for some paperwork) and a call from them to get his classes set up. Still looking for C's birth certificate. I *had* it. I have the copy. Just can't find the actual paper. *sigh* Figure I'll look behind the sofa tomorrow and if it's not there I'll head to the state rep's office again. Yes, that's again. Had to get it to make a copy to sign her up. Lost it already! Definitely need to get organized around here!
I'll be making some calls tomorrow about weekend shows. I'd love to get more exposure and some orders! I'll be working on flyers and displays in between schooling L, searching for C's birth certificate, wash, picking up, and of course, facebooking! lol Friday is more of the same with the added benefit of making 2 pasta dinners (large trays of pasta - probably mac and cheese) for the football dinner all because I didn't have time to call for another volunteer! With losing Monday to a migraine, it really threw me off my game plan for the week.
I finally got a walk in tonight. I'd like to walk more often, but time seems to get away from me. Trying to set up vendor shows, figure out displays, wash (since every time I catch up someone cleans!), declutter, school, surveys, click to earn emails, and more keep me busy. I should try to set up a schedule as I was looking to add a night shift job to the mix. Maybe. I'd need to find out the hours since I won't miss football! If my businesses would pick up I wouldn't worry so much about the money part, but no real orders yet. Too much going on right now and we could use the added money for savings and some small debt that we have. Maybe take a long weekend after football to de-stress a bit. I'd like to do it earlier, but there's the lack of money, and we won't miss football for that. Football is our fun time - we've even started to take the littles with us so they can watch big brother.
Maybe I'll try for a girls night one night soon. Definitely not this weekend! lol

Snow storm coming!

Although they keep changing our totals, this one looks to be a doozy! We have food and toilet paper, but it looks like diaper are needed:( YIKES! And dh has to work tomorrow, so looks like I'll have to brave the storm and walk to the store. *sigh*
Since we'll all be stuck inside (except when ds goes out to plow and shovel), I figure we should get some work done in here. I'll figure out how to add pictures to my auctions, sort my clothes (and take pictures so people can see that I really do have a *ton* of clothes!), get school work done, pick up and possibly do more blogging! There's more I'll get done. On snow days I try to cram alot in for some reason. I have my kids home all the time since we school at home, so it's not that I have their help then. Can't forget to look for a bed for ds (oldest). His futon broke:( I'm hoping to find one on craigslist at a decent price. Also have to see if dh would be able to go pick it up.
I know I was going to post printables today, but I got busy packing up some stuff to mail out. Of course I lost 2 of the papers I needed to send it all out, but I got out the major stuff. I'll need to check an email about a check I'm due. I may have to contact higher ups about it, but I"m tired of dealing with their arrogance. Then there's the fact my ds wants to change schools. Fine, we can do that, but he needs to finish out the year doing the work at *this* school. Noone else is taking applications for the rest of this year! I have to talk to the one school to see how the day would be set up for him. This one, he has to go to a couple of different places and he's not liking that. He misses his old school, but they had alot of problems with their admin, and it's not straightened out yet. Luckily there's 2 other schools using the same curriculum and set up, but I'm not sure if the one has the same scheduler for high school.
Still asking for prayers for our family. There's alot going on that I can't talk about in a public forum right now, but I do promise to update when I can.
I better get some sleep so I can get up early and get the diapers before it starts snowing too hard!