TuTu Tuesday 8/27

CassidyChristy takes custom orders!

 

I recently got a request for a special birthday tutu from the same person who was my very first customer over a year ago.

It came out pretty cute!

 

Remember, if you don't see what you are looking for in my shop, there is a custom order requests button at the left side of the page.

 

Weekend Winning!

Well, I didn't get as much done around the house as I wanted to this weekend.

 

But the time was well spent!

 

Saturday we spent all day in the basement trying to make something out of that giant disaster.

 

A few months ago...

My brothers started finishing the basement for me. 

 Vinyl snap and lock floors.

 Drop ceiling.

And a laundry room with a half bath.

 

We had just gotten the whole space painted when...

 

Everything had to be moved in, in a hurry!

 

None of it was properly sorted or packed.

I can't even show you the other half of the space... it's too embarrassing.

 

FOR MONTHS

 

Work had ceased in the basement

and,

me and my girlies were digging through boxes to find whatever we needed and leaving a bigger mess behind.

 

It took a few days of hard work and frustration...

 

 It obviously needs to be swept and mopped, but I'd say it was a success!

To the right of this pic is mommy's scrapbook corner.

That is taking me a lot longer to organize...

 

At least now I can figure that out while the kids are occupied and within earshot.

 

Sunday = School clothes shopping!

 

 

 

TuTu Tuesday 8/20

Welcome to an

 

ALL NEW

 

TuTu Tuesday!!!!

 

Since our last episode...

 

I have added a few more costumes to my ETSY shop. 

I've also shipped out a few
out to some cuties from
Boutique Beauties.
I am (im)patiently waiting on those images.

And...

I announced the WINNER of our Facebook
giveaway over on the page.

The Candy Corn tutu is headed over to England tomorrow.



 

Feeling Sluggish

We have been spending the last couple of weeks trying to get back into school time mode.

 

Not so easy for me and my oldest...

 

We don't like the morning!

 

Re-adjusting our sleep schedule has proved more difficult for me than her though.

 

I am just not able to fall asleep at night.

 

Two more weeks to fix it.

 

In the meantime I spend my days in a sleepy fog.

 

I think yesterday was the first time in weeks that I actually accomplished ANYTHING around the house.

 

One of the biggest reasons I bought this house was because of the

large, clean, dry basement.

 

Perfect for a playroom.

 

The big plan was for me to use the space during the day when I babysit the nephews and keep all the toy clutter out of my living room.

 

My brothers started finishing it for me as soon as we closed.

 

Unfortunately, we ran out of time and I had to move all of my stuff in a hurry, before the room was finished.

 

So I have an *almost* finished basement piled high with boxes and toys.

 

Toys that I allowed my kids to get out and play with even though I knew there wasn't going to be any way to clean up the mess afterward.

 

It's not pretty down there...

 

but,

 

It will be!

 

This week I am getting it done.

 

Next week I will post photos and show off all the awesome features I made my brothers add for me.

 

 

 

 



Wasted week

I had really good intentions this week.

 

Really.

 

I made the decision not to go to Maine and instead, spend this week at home with my girls without babysitting the nephews.

 

List of things I wanted to do:

 

1. Clear off junk mail covered desk.

2. Sort through bottom of stairway "catch-all"

3. Finish unpacking and clean the playroom.

4. Unpack/clean/organize the rest of my bedroom.

5. Wrap up some unfinished projects.

 

Guess how much of that I got done?

 

Nada!

 

I watched a lot of cartoons.

 

I hung out and played outside with the girls.

 

I got a few more costumes sewn up for my store.

 

Did a few errands that I have put off way too long.

 

So, I have two more days until life goes back to normal...

 

Now I am sitting here trying to decide if I want to get my buns moving and take care of the list

OR

Keep cuddling on the couch with my babies and watching the hub.

TuTu Tuesday 8/6

Tuesday is almost over and I forgot to post!

 

Working on some more Halloween designs.

 

Another giveaway on the Facebook page.

 

And,

 

got the first set of images from Boutique Beauties!

I can't wait to send out more.

 



Home Sweet Home

We had a fantastic vacation!

 

Everyone had fun

 

~and~

 

the children were well behaved!!!

 

 

We all got a little tanner, had fun playing in the ocean, walked the boardwalk, went shopping, rode roller coasters, ate good food, ate bad food and slept in late.

 

 

The only thing better than a fantastic vacation?

 

The feeling you get when you pull into your own driveway

when it is all over.

 

I get another week off before the nephews return from their

vacation and I resume babysitting.

 

I'm looking forward to relaxing with my girlies and getting some of my more time consuming projects done around the house...

 

At a leisurely pace, of course!