I'm brain dead...

I was completely brain dead yesterday, so I got no homework done what so ever. So that meant I had to do it al today. Yuck. And now I am even more brain dead than before. I wrote my second concept paper for humanities, but I don't think it's as good as the first. It was hard to write it on a sonnet, we'll see how well I do though. I still don't know how we did on our presentation, so I'm waiting for that grade as well.

I did get some bows done. Aren't they cute? I made a whole bunch of bows for Rustic Star and husband went and mailed them yesterday! I hope they do well. I guess she sold about $40 worth within the first week. I sent a whole bunch of LSU bows so hopefully those will do well.

Eric has Thursday and Friday off. So Brooke can stay home with daddy while I'm at school. I like that because then I don't have to fight traffic on the way to her daycare and then fight traffic going to school.

Alright, I should get going. :) Check out my bows below!

CafeMom Etsy Sale!!!!

Life has been hectic. I have a huge psych exam tomorrow that I should be studying for, but instead I'm here updating. Ha.

It's dangerous bringing your laptop to class and having internet connection. I end up talking to friends online instead of paying attention in class, and that's never productive.

I got two things back today that I turned in last week. One was my first Sociology take home exam (the class that I never study for and haven't done a lick of homework) and got an A. And I also got back my first history paper that I studied my rump off for, and got a C+. Go figure. But I think I know what to do for my next paper so I'll be better equipped to handle the next one. I hope I do well on my psych exam. There are small take home quizzes that I've been doing pretty good on, but this is a lot of points toward my grade. Yikes. She did post a study guide and said that if we know the stuff on there, then we should be in good shape. I hope so because that's all I'm really studying.

I got this new instant messenger application called Adium and it's pretty cool. You can intagrate a lot of different chat clients so you don't have a lot of windows open. The one stinky part is, my yahoo part doesn't always seem to connect. So irritating. But it connects to MySpace IM and FaceBook IM. I really like the fact that it can host GMail jabber in there as well.

Now on to some CafeMom Etsy news!!! Below you will find a list of all of sales that will be ongoing throughout all of October. There are a lot of wonderful ladies so make sure you take advantage of their sales! I am on the list as well. I will take 15% any order before shipping.

Cafemom Etsy Moms Pre-Holiday Sale

Starting October 1^st and lasting until October 31^st the talented Cafemom Etsy Moms are having a Pre-Holiday Sale! Each store is offering a great pre-holiday promotion. Be sure to check out all of the shops to see what each talented Cafemom Etsy Mom has to offer!

To get your Pre-Holiday Sale discount use the Code "Moms Rock" in the notes to seller, to receive discounts in the following Etsy Stores:

Rockerchic For Girls

Funky Stuff for your Punky Princess!

25% Discount on purchases over $20

The Curious Spork

A Sporktakular Mix Of Ladies Clothing and Jewelry

25% Discount on purchases over $10

Turtle Girl Crafts

Everything Your Baby Needs to Stay Hip and Funky

15% OFF Everything before Shipping (Excludes Special Orders and Shipping Costs)

Lil' Turtle Mama Crafts

Everything Mama Needs to be Funky

20% OFF Everything before Shipping (Excludes Special Orders and Shipping Costs)

Handmade By Andrea Baker

Aprons, business card cozies, grocery bag cozies, sewn goods.

25% Discount on purchases over $10

Mama's Little Monkeys

10% off orders over 10$(EXCLUDING Wendy's Children's Wear)

Fleur De Ink

15% off orders over 10$

BeWitchy

(Gypsy/witchy-style jewerly)

30% Off aside from custom

Rock Mama Punk Baby

Handmade punk rock baby and mommy things too!

Free Shipping on all Skull Caps from baby to adult.

31 Summers

20% off all orders over $15 (before shipping)

Mountaineer Candle Company

Specializing in gel candles, soy candles and wax dipped bears.

10% off purchases over $15.00

CurlyMonkey Organic Apparel for Baby and Kids

Free Shipping on orders to US

Ms. J Creations

Hair Accessories and a little more

10% off orders over $10 before shipping

Hecate's

30% Off all orders, excluding custom OTHER THAN baubles.

Bauble special orders qualify for the discount.

Little Daisy Designs

Sweet Clothing for your Little Sweetie

10% off all orders

Free shipping to all US orders

Windy City Soaps

10% of all orders over $10 before shipping

Cinnamon & Spice Crafts

15% off orders over $10.00 (before shipping)

Little Papoose

Free Shipping

SMOX

Unique children's items and hair bows

10% off orders over $15 before shipping, excludes custom orders and oopses

SugarBug Slings

Ring sling infant/toddler carriers

Free Priority Mail US Shipping

1/2 Price Priority Mail International Shipping (that's only $6.50 anywhere outside the US!!!)

BrannockArts

Handmade Fun Felt Goodies!

20% off $10 or more (before shipping).

MyBUG

Handmade Infant Gifts and Children's Hairbows

Free U.S. Shipping

Brooke Ann's Boutique

Get 10% off all orders over $15 before shipping

Style Accents

Children's clothing and bedding. Fashion accessories for mom.

10% off on orders over $15, before shipping.

busy little elf

Handmade toys for boys(and girls), delightfully whimsical prints and more

15% off orders below $25(excludes shipping)

25% off orders over $25 (excludes shipping)

Cozy Cabin Creations

Purchase 2 or more items and first class shipping (U.S. only) is FREE!

Hiccups Boutique

FREE SHIPPING on ALL purchases over $20!

Andrea Evans Design

GIGANTIC CLEARANCE SALE!!!

25% OFF EVERYTHING IN ENTIRE SHOP!!! (excludes shipping)

Bows For Baby

15% discount on an order over $10 before shipping.

Create Me A Canvas

Free Shipping US orders only

Sassy and Dapper

20% off

Me and Matilda

10% off all orders over 15.00 (excludes shipping)

Fabriclicious

10% Off all orders over 20.00 (excludes shipping)

20% Off all orders over 50.00 (excludes shipping)

Rocka-ma-baby

Creations for mama and baby

Free US shipping on any item

Kaleidescope Jewels

15% off (excludes shipping)

Do Not Disturb

10% off all October Orders

15% off all Hoiday Ship Cakes

Honeybee's Creations

15% off everything (excludes shipping)

CRWstudio

Fresh and fun photo jewelry.

10% OFF Everything before Shipping (Excludes Shipping Costs)

Creations by Toni

20% off all orders over $15.

Magnifique

Magnifique offers Bath Bombs, Powdered Bath Fizzies and Yummy Lip Balms!

20% Off All Orders Over $15 Excluding Shipping. FREE SHIPPING for Silicon Valley Residents!

Meagan's Designs

25% off everything

Kaedan Krafts

BOGO 1/2 off

Trinity's Tutus

10 % off everything in store ( excludes shipping)

ae baby

a boutique for mom & baby

10% off all purchases in October, excludes shipping

Little Lovlies Boutique

Free Shipping within US Only for all orders over $20.

StarWalkerBoutique,

custom tutus for princesses of all ages!

10% off your order OR Buy 2 tutus and get free shipping!

Donna Pool Designs

25% off all puzzle balls and photographs

Through the rainbow

Free shipping on fabric appliques only.

SweetSouthernDesign

20% off all orders over $15

ElegantHobbies

Sock Monkeys, Sock Plushies and more....

Free U.S Shipping, With the purchase of Two or More items

Leaky Mouth

All Items-- buy one get second 1/2 off!

dawnberries

20% off anything you see!

Hopscotch Square

anything in my store 10% off (not including shipping)

carry kids clothes (infant-toddler) baby blankets, aprons, "play"capes, hairbows

Tizz Olsen

20% off all WRAPPED baby wraps. including custom made, and lil' wrapper

And that should just about wrap it up! I'm looking forward to the two 4 day weekends starting not this week but the next!!!

I am all homeworked out...

I had to take a break from my homework, my brain feels like it's going to fry. I have a huge psychology test coming up, so I know I'll have to buckle down and get crackin' on cramming. Yuck.

I pulled all my bows from Everitte's and sent them down the street to Rustic Star. Rustic Star is a consignment shop where different vendors put their wares up for sale. The owner actually emailed me and wanted to sell my bows there. She said that they were the best quality and the best made she'd ever seen. She said that she gets a lot of customers in asking if she has bows and she thinks that mine would do really well. She has a couple of other vendors that sell their bows there, but she thinks mine are a lot better. :) That made me feel good. So I had a friend of mine pull all of the bows from Everitte's and bring them to Rustic Star. The owner said she hadn't even had them a day and already sold six. She was trying to organize then and customers kept coming up and inquiring about them. She seems a lot more organized than the girl at the other shop, so I'm really looking forward to working with her. I have a lot of bows here that I need to ship to her, about 100+. I've spent the last couple of days inventorying and getting them priced accordingly. I am waiting on some personalized postcards from Vista Print that I'll be using as bow cards. I ordered close to 1000, so we'll see how long it takes. Then I have to cut the slits in them and get them mounted. I am excited. I've been making a lot of LSU colored bows because she says they sell really well. I hope to have a good batch of them sent to her so I can just send her steady streams of bows here and there, but she'll have a good inventory on hand.

I'm sure I'll write later, but I need to go wake-up my husband and daughter. Haha.

Man oh man.

Today was a pretty uneventful day. I couldn't go to class because Brooke is sick. I brought in my Psych quiz because I knew I did well on it, so I wanted it to count towards my grade. So I brought Brooke to campus with me and she was so overwhelmed by all the people on campus.Well, I checked my answers online tonight, and I got a B+ on it!!! I only missed three, but I'm going to contest one, because I think it's wrong. I mean, I think I got it right even though it tells me it's wrong. 

I thought Brooke's fever had broke when she woke up from her nap, but I took her temp before she went to bed because she felt warm again to me. It was 101.4. She was drinking better today which is good news, but poor baby. :( 

I finished my custom order today. It looks so cute! I hope she likes it.

Tonight after Brooke went to bed I wanted to make another bow. I had some colors in mind and I think it really looks nice. I'm going to list it tomorrow to see how it fares. I really like it because it's a lot bolder than my other ones. What do you think?

Alright, I really should get going. I have some things to do before bed and I have a long weekend of homework. :) Leave me some love!!!

New bow creations!!

Today was a rough day. Brooke woke up feeling a little warm so I took her temperature under the armpit. It read a little high, but wasn't over the 100 mark. So I took her to daycare, cautioned Danielle and told her to not hesitate to call me. Well, she called. She called at around 12:30 and told me Brooke had a temp of 101.7. Poor baby! So I went to scoop her up, took her home and put her straight to bed. She slept for 3.5 hours and I finally had to wake her up. I wanted her to get rest, but she also needs to sleep tonight. When she got up she was still warm but acting like her a little Brooke self. Needless to say, there won't be any school for me tomorrow. I e-mailed both professors. One responded, the other didn't. I'm bringing Brooke into school with me while I drop a couple things off. Eric had been sick this past week, and I told him not to kiss her!!! He's going to hear it when he gets home... GRRR. 

I've worked on some bows. These are my newest creations. I really like the small korkers in the middle, it gives it a little something different. Let me know what you think! I think they're pretty neat. :)

Today started out stressful...

But has turned around dramatically! This morning after I dropped Brooke off I realized I had left my Psychology quiz at home. So I had to go all the way home, get it and then get to school on time. When I got to school I parked in the parking lot that was closest to my last class, Psychology. The nice thing was, CLASS WAS CANCELED! The suck part was, now I was parked in a totally inconvenient place. :) My Humanities class was good. We have presentations coming up on Thursday, so we worked in our groups. At the end of the class she gave back our first concept papers, and I got an A-!!! I was so excited! I wasn't sure how well I would do, so it was nice to see such a promising grade. This sets the mood for the class. Everyone has said that she grades really hard, so I know I'm capable of doing good things in this class. :)

After class I went home and studied. Brooke was staying at Danielle's until after nap so I could really focus. I finished my Sociology quiz so that was good. Then I tried studying History but I kept getting distracted. Horrible. 

I picked up the peanut and we went to get groceries in the rain. Yuck. Cold and wet. 

On another good note, I got a message on myspace from a shop owner in Louisiana. She was very impressed with my hair bows and wants to carry them in her store! I would send them to her listing what prices I wanted on what bows, she would then mark them up and give me what I want and take the difference. Sounds fair! I would price them how they are priced on Etsy, and then she can do what she wants. I think this would be a better fit than Everitte's because she isn't very good about sending me my money. That and she started  making her own bows so I'm not to keen on competition. I think I may pull the rest of my bows from Everitte's and have them sent to Rustic Star. We shall see!

And one more AWSOME thing. Brooke has this lovey that she's had since she was a baby. She's VERY attached to it and will not sleep without it. Eric and I have bought her 4 other loveys in hopes that she takes to one of them as well, with no avail. She got her lovey as a gift, so I had no idea what store it came from. Well, genius me decided to see who made it. I googled it and they have a website!! And the GREAT news is that they had them in stock still! So I ordered two to be on the safe side. They were very cheap so that makes me happy as well. Hopefully she takes to them as well as she took to her other one!!!

Alright. That's good. :)

"I don't want to be the rebound guy. I want to be the guy."

I LOVE Ugly Betty. I missed the last two episodes last season, so thank goodness they're replaying them before the new season starts! I watched the second to last one tonight where Gio tells Betty that he wants to be with her. How cute is he?? And I always LOVED Christopher Gorham (Henry). I loved him since he was on the show "Popular" way back in the day. Let's just say I have a soft spot for the nerdy guys. :) But I honestly hope that Betty chooses Gio. Henry has way too much baby mama drama (even though the baby may not be his!). 

School was good today. We got our first take home exam in Sociology. I started it when Brooke was down for her nap. I got 2/3 of it finished which is pretty good. I do have a confession to make, I haven't read any of the book! Haha. All of my other classes keep me so busy, and this class doesn't really require you to read the chapters. We do a lot of inclass work so we cover a lot then. The questions on the exam are pretty easy to find in the book and the questions aren't too complicated. He basically told us the first day that if we showed up and got decent grades on the exam we could pass no problem. And it was REALLY easy to get an A. In History we discussed the plays "Medea" and "Lysistrata". I liked this class today because I felt confident about the discussion. I had a couple of really great valid points and the teacher recognized them. I like that. Tomorrow is Humanities and Psychology. Some of us get our papers back in Humanities, so I am anxious to see how I did. This is the first graded thing in that class, so I hope I did ok. I'm very excited to bring my new laptop to Psychology. It will be nice to take notes on this. I can type a lot faster than I can write. I figured out I can type while looking at something other than the keyboard or screen. I make a few typos, but I do a pretty good job. :) We also pass in our second take home quiz. The last one I got a B on and I was a little uncertain on how I did when I passed it in. This next one was a lot easier (or so I thought) so I think I'll get a better grade (I guess we'll see when we get them back!). 

I should get to bed. Brooke will have two full days at daycare tomorrow and Wednesday. Eric will be in the field until Friday so this will give me time to get things done. I am planning on doing two full days and two part time days when Eric is at NTC all of November, and then have that same schedule when he deploys in February. I feel really comfortable with leaving Brooke in her care so I know she'll be ok! 

Night guys!