Broke the $250 Mark!

Wooooo! I've sold over $250 worth of stuff so far! It's certainly helped. Almost 1/2 of it is in the savings account and the rest has helped pay bills and groceries. We're almost done the basement too. I'll probably get the last of it done tonight *fingers crossed* Brianna caught me taking pics of sale stuff and insisted on being put up for sale lol

Brianna's almost done school. She pouting about it lol We've come to an agreement for the summer. She'll do homework books through Olivia's morning nap. I'm hoping with her home all the time too that her behaviour will get better too. The stealing has gone down to a minimum but the temper tantrums are still high. So we have lots to work on over the summer. Hopefully the behaviour will get better and we can work on any weak spots in school work.

We're all excited about Canada Day coming next week! Olivia and Brianna got some new Canada Day clippies from a contest I entered.

Lee's work has slowed down. He's now getting home before 4pm almost everyday! Waaaaay better than the after 7pm he was doing. The girls are loving him being home!

My dieting has sucked lately. I need to get back on track. Thankfully I havn't gained, but I totally blew my Father's Day goal. I was still off 2lbs. My current goal is to get to 178lbs by Olivia's birthday... only 4.2lbs to go!

We're getting close to the Birthday Season! I'm done present-wise for Olivia and Brianna. I have everything but food for Brianna's party (and I think I need some icing color too). I still havn't done anything for Isaac's birthday but at least I found some of his gifts. And I really need to make up and send out Olivia's invites! Brianna will be taking her invites to school on Monday.

Father's Day Weekend

Hot weekend! Hot in weather, hot in sales, hot in general!

Went to Ottawa to see Isaac on Sat and so Brianna could see Gilles. I promised Isaac and Brianna last visit that if it was nice next time, I'd leave Olivia with Lee so we could go play outside without having to worry about keeping an eye on Olivia. We got to go outside with Isaac and Brianna playing on the sand hill and the play structures but not too long after we went out did it start raining :(

Father's Day dawned a sunnier day. Brianna and I made breakfast in bed for Lee and Brianna gave her gift to him. She picked out a pretty pocket watch back in March that says Dad on it and insisted it was perfect for Lee. He wore it all day. We had a BBQ while Brianna was at a birthday party and Dylan came over for supper and to go swimming. Olivia wasn't too sure about the pool at first and had me in a death grip but soon discovered all the people to look at and splashing to do!

Getting along in the basement. We're up to 5 bags of donations and 6 bags of garbage now.

Moving to the Basement

Last night I started clearing out the basement. Got bunches of stuff garbaged, donate-abled and sellable. Did more tonight and majority of it was garbage :( Why on earth did I keep this crap for so long?!?! Well no more! My packrat days are OVER! It'll take a lot longer than the closet but I am tearing apart that entire basement! So sick of all the junk! Hopefully I'll have lots of sellable stuff and be able to make lots of money too!

Brianna had a rock bottom crappy evening. *sigh* I'm so sick of it. I just don't know what to do about her anymore....

Getting Better!

My head cold is moved completely into my chest and is much less bothersome now! YAY! Brianna did stay home again due to her sore stomach. Mine was a bit sore today too so I wonder if we ate something funny or just have a bit of a bug along with our colds. She claims she's all better now though and going to school tomorrow.... we'll see in the morning lol

I got some more selling stuff listed and sold. I'm so excited about how much I'm selling! May not seem like much to some, but every $ in the savings account is more than I had before! Tonight seems to be a big selling night for me. I've had 4 separate buyers questioning me in the last 20 minutes!

I promised Lee I'd make him a treat today but was busy with the kids during the day so only got to it now. Making him Cheater Black Forest Cake. YUM

Sick Day

My head cold has moved to my chest. Ewww. However, it seems to want to hang around in my head longer. Thankfully I have a fresh prescription for my asthma pumps. Feels like an elephant is sitting on my chest :(

Brianna was home sick today too. We started walking to school and she was walking like a hunchback cause her stomach hurt. I kept asking if she wanted to stay home. Nope, she wanted to go to school. Finally when we were almost there she says maybe she should stay home. Silly girl, in love with school! She took a nap at the same time as Olivia and seemed much better when she got up.

Lee got home at like 1:30pm today! I couldn't believe it! Kinda sucks cause it means he only got 7 hrs today. Hopefully he at least works til 2pm tomorrow.

Started sorting through crap in the basement. Got another bag of garbage and 3 bags of donate-ables! I am soooo sick of keeping crap in hopes of *maybe* using it a zillion years from now. So out if goes! I've been putting aside stuff I'm actually keeping and stuff to sell but otherwise the rest of it can get out of my house!

A Little Behind

So I'm almost a week behind here! Oops!

New landlord says we don't get to use the porch AT ALL anymore. No chairs out there, no more cross stitching, no more reading, nothing. He wants it empty. WTF?!

Did Brianna's hair up in 32 braids. She loved it! The next morning we took her hair out and she's in love with the waviness of it! I'm guessing we'll be doing that hair style often lol

Olivia is walking around more than ever now. Getting really good at standing from a seated position without anything to hang on to. Got pigtails into her hair several times now. Trying to get better pics though.

Lee's still working crazy hours. He did get off before 5pm 2 days last week. It was so nice to have him home! But, I'll admit, this overtime is certainly helping with the bills!

Cleaning out the bedroom closet.... what a job! I've been working on it for the last 3-4 days. I've already got 2 bags of garbage and 1 bag of donate-ables out of it. But I'm getting there! I'm about 3/4 done and there is SOOOOO much more space in there! I'm hoping to be able to get all my for sale stuff in there rather than having it our in the bedroom.

Speaking of... my selling is going pretty good. Already got money in the savings account and putting more in this week. I'm finding new stuff to add to the selling pile everyday!

Selling off to a Good Start!

I posted only some of the things I have to sell late this morning and have already made over $40 pending pickup! YAY! I've still go bunches of things to take pictures of and list but now I'm getting excited about listing stuff rather than dreading it.

Asked the after school program today about having Brianna in it 5 days a week until the end of the school year. She's only off it Tues and Wed but with Lee's new hours it screws up Olivia's nap times. Normally I'd put her down for a nap around 2pm and leave her here with Lee while I pick up Brianna at 3pm. Now I've got to put her down at 1:30pm and wake her up almost an hour early to go get her. With the after school program though, Olivia's naps would be perfectly fine since I don't have to pick up Brianna til 6pm.

Brianna had a good day today. Did her chores with no complaining, and even helped with some extra ones! Hopefully this is a sign of things to come!