Jarom's New Trick

Cute Sesame Street

Did you just say that?

(Disclaimer: We look really tired because we are really tired. Jarom did NOT like sleeping in the pack and play so we are really sleep deprived!)

A couple weekends ago we drove to Denver to see my sister and to go to a Brian Regan show. It was HILARIOUS! One of his skits was about since he became a parents he has been saying sentences he never thought would come out of his mouth. One of his examples were (and I'm paraphrasing) "Charlie please don't hold the juice box between your chest and the table" So lately we have had a couple of these things going something like this:
"Please don't lick the grocery cart!"

"Try not to poop in your pants" "why not?" "Because you just shouldn't"

HA!! Kids! I'm sure we all have lots of funny sentences you never thought would be coming out of your mouth! Please, share them with me! :)

Retro Night at the Rink!

Saturday night we had a date night out with some friends. We went roller skating in a nearby town. It was retro night at the rink, but apparently we were the only ones that knew it! :) We had a good time and looked great doing it! :)

Projects!

We have decided to make 2010 the year of improvements. I know we are a month behind on making new year's resolutions, but we have received the inspiration and motivation we need to make some changes around here.

First! We were inspired by a story we saw on the news about a lady who plans her families meals for a year.s That way she know exactly what is coming and can prepare for it. She knows exactly how to shop the sales at the grocery store because she knows the exact amounts of everything she needs. We are going to try it out. We wrote down the meals that everyone likes and side dishes to go with most of them. We will put them in order and rotate through. I am gathering all the recipes for these meals and putting them all in one place so when it is time to cook I have everything in one place!! I am also going through all the food magazine we have to find some additional recipes and copying them into my new recipe notebook. I am pretty excited about this new plan! Figuring out what to have is half the battle, so we're already partial winners in that sense!


Second! Being inspired by a Martha Stewart magazine to try a new project, I have completed my first scarf. Needle felting is a lot of fun!! I can't wait to make another scarf for me (Jason claimed this one) and one for Paisley. I'm really excited to think of other fun needle felting projects I can do!

Third! Our fifth Sunday lesson was all about the family finance section of providentliving.org. We have decided to crack down and make a better attempt at budgeting. Our current budget is sad and needs a makeover. This also relates to our first project of planning our meals ahead of time.
We are really excited to crunch some numbers and figure out a better system!

Fourth! Fixing things!! Our water softener hasn't work in about 2 years (shocking it lasted that long, can you tell how old this thing is?? hint: older than me!)) The water here is HARD!!! We all are very dried out thanks to our hard water. We were preparing ourselves to have to buy a new one, but the wonderful repair man came today and was able to fix it!! That really made our budget happy! We look forward to losing the itchy feeling that came from our super hard water.

There are a few other projects we have going on and perhaps they will be a different post. We look forward to improving ourselves and our household. It feel refreshing to make improvements!! We know we are behind but welcome 2010 we can't wait for more of you to come!!

Big Crumb

I keep saying that the key to my success with my etsy store is getting the word out. I have found another way to do that!! It is called Big Crumb (if you click on the picture it will take you there) It is an awesome website that let's store owners (even big retail chains, not just small businesses) list their stores and their deals. It is pretty cool. It also has a facebook spin on it where you can be friends with other store owners and have status updates. I'm very new to the website but have enjoy exploring and getting The Purse Place listed on there. Feel free to check it out. You can also join free to become a shopper on the site or add your own store to it. All of their accounts are free. I'm pretty excited to have my store out there more in the public view. Thanks for checking it out!!

By the way my to get to my etsy store the link is thepurseplace.etsy.com or you can order directly though my email at purseplace.etsy@gmail.com

Thanks!

The Purse Place Prize Drawing

The Purse Place will be holding a prize drawing for a chance to win one of my hair accessories!! With every purchase you gain one entry into the drawing. For every 15 purchases at my store I will add another prize!! I will keep adding prizes as needed. The email address that you pay with on paypal will be the email address that goes into the prize drawing and where you will be notified if you win. The contest will end at 11:59pm on January 31. The drawing will take place on February 1. So let's get shopping to get some entries into the drawing!!

My store can be found by clicking the widget on the sidebar, or going to:
thepurseplace.etsy.com

You can also order directly by email me at purseplace.etsy@gmail.com and those sales will also count for the drawing!

Also if you would like to follow my store's progress on facebook, you can become a fan at:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/McPherson-KS/The-Purse-Place/237748328205?ref=ts

Spread the word!
THANKS!!