New Year's Resolution

I'm feeling inspired.

I forgot how much I loooooved being crafty.

I use my creativity pretty regularly creating lesson plans but when you do it at your full-time, put-food-on-the-table-job, it just isn't the same.

As I worked on my crafts the weekend, even through the millions of hot glue gun burns and the frustrating crafting pot holes (burlap is a pain to sew) I loved every second of it.

Especially the feeling when I took a step back from my freshly painted bricks to admire my beautiful book page wreath (that only took 1 hour labor and $7).

Why haven't been crafting since I love it so? (Oh, that's right! I had a baby and bought a house!).

So here is my new year's resolution a month early.

I am going to open an etsy shop.

I will spend 2011 researching like crazy, gathering ideas and feedback, getting my crafting space organized and developing an inventory (of whatever I am going to sell) and MAYBE even creating a separate blog to go with it!

Ambitious much?

Isn't that what resolutions are all about?

Part of the pack.

Our K-9 son has been something of the jealous older brother type to say the least.

As soon as Cooper arrived, Fletch started chewing on everything (especially things found in the nursery), peeing in the house, back to his old general puppy ways... "acting out" is what we call it.

We figured eventually things would settle and eventually Fletch and Coop would become best buddies. In the meantime, we had to expose them to each other without over exposing them...

Every evening before Coop's last bottle, he gets his last turn on his playmat and usually can stay occupied for an hour some nights! This is usually when we try to give Fletch lots of attention.

Tonight, Fletch went and found his giant tennis bone that he loves so dearly. Instead of bringing it to one of us, he dropped it right next to Coop and sat down, patiently waiting for Coop to throw it and play with him.

I guess it is official. Cooper is a part of the pack! :)