Somebody posted one of my soaps on the etsy facebook fan page, and in the space of 2 hours I sold 12 soaps. Wow! Even more so when you consider I started the day with 13 soaps ready for sale ( Read more... )

As some of you (all 5 of you who read this :) ) already know, earlier this summer I started a craft business on the online craft marketplace etsy. (Our site is twobirdstudios.etsy.com. Go check it out. In fact, do so repeatedly - we'll be posting a bunch of new stuff over the next couple of weeks.) My partner is Ann, my neighbor, friend and ( Read more... )

Well, I've decided to start blogging again, mostly in the interests of recording and organizing my thoughts, and getting in the habit of nonfiction writing. I'll probably leave most posts public, but as I expect I have pretty much nobody following my non-existent blog, I'm really writing largely for myself ( Read more... )

A couple of days ago, I ran across a CL ad for free wool fleeces, so I said sure, I'd take a couple. So now I have 2 feed bags full of greasy, dirty wool that smells like sheep. (Actually, I kinda like the smell.) I've never cleaned a fleece, spun yarn, or dyed wool before - heck, I've only been knitting for a year. This should be fun - or at ( Read more... )

Twice in the last week, babyBot has walked over to me, carrying his music cube, and started crying. The first time I thought it was because the batteries were starting to wear down. (I couldn't get any batteries but the originals to work - but that's another story.) Today I ended up holding him in my lap while he played with the cube ( Read more... )

...that only babyBot can access ( Read more... )

This weekend, irrationalrobot and I started watching Smallville. As is typical with high-school dramas, multiple characters were struggling with who they here and what they want to do with their lives in a teenage-angsty kinda way. Along the way, however, I realized that I've got lots of the same issues (although hopefully less angst ( Read more... )

This morning, I got an automated fraud alert call from my credit card company, saying that there was suspicious activity on my accouht. After verifying that I wasn't being phished (wouldn't that be ironic!), I reviewed the charges on my accound and found that indeed, I didn't remember a bunch of charges ( Read more... )

Be thankful for your air conditioning! It's already 70 degrees and it's not even 9 am - I think I may be seeking AC later in the day. :)

Uh, I think my waters just broke. The hospital will need to confirm, of course, but I think I just went into labor.