This is the type of weather...

...that makes me really glad I don't work on Mondays. It's so rainy and yucky out today, that Hannah and I are spending the remainder of our day in our pajamas. Hannah's napping as I write this, and I'm actually hoping to join in on that pretty soon. Either that or knit... which, when I feel like this, usually leads to napping.

It was somewhat appropriate that at the library's story time for today, the theme was boats, as local weather is forecasting 2-7 inches of rain again between today and Wednesday morning. At least by Friday it will be in the 70's, which means a long afternoon at the park for Hannah and I!

Hannah's Easter basket is all ready for her now. I didn't get her too much, because I'm guessing that her grandparents on both sides will also make sure the Easter Bunny stops by their house next week. With the weather so warm, though, for next weekend, I might do an Easter egg hunt for Hannah in the back yard. We'll see. We'll go to church (of course) that morning, then have lunch at my in-laws house. So we'll see how the remainder of the day plays out!

Lots of new pendants

Lots of new pendants up on my Etsy and Artfire shops - please take a look! I'm excited about a lot of the ones I've been making lately, and I'm happy to say a few things about them:

1) They're getting progressively better the more I make

2) I'm starting to branch out and make some that are a little different than I've made before, so I'm hoping to have something for everyone!

Other than working on my shops, it's been a quiet weekend thus far. John's been feeling a little under the weather since Wendesday, and is almost back to 100%. He even took a sick day yesterday, which he almost never does!

Hannah and I made a trip to the Children's Museum of NH on Friday - I love having it so close by! It's hard to want to get there when the weather is nice, but since Friday was so chilly, it was a great day to go. It wasn't too crowded, which helped a lot, and she plays pretty hard every time we go, which is awesome.

Anyway, that's about all the news from here this weekend. I'm pumped that next weekend is Easter weekend, aaaaaaaaand they're talking about it hitting 75-80 degrees here!

New favorite website

Okay, I just discovered an awesome new part to Etsy, courtesy of Etsy's page on Facebook: Etsy's Recently Listed Items page. It just keeps going and going and going.... It's like the Energizer Bunny of craftiness (or nerdiness, I'm not sure which).

In the course of watching this, I've seen some amazing items pop up (and it's taking a lot of restraint to not click on that "buy" button!) that I just think would be incredible to own.

I may have to start my Christmas shopping early because of this page. Granted, it's probably not a bad idea to get it done early anyway, so I don't have to think about it when the final push for gift buying is on!

I would strongly encourage all of you to check it out!

Movin' On

Yesterday, I awoke to discover that our sump pump had overheated and failed because of all the rain we'd had. There was an inch of water in our basement! Now, for those of you that don't know - we have a finished room in our basement, which is where our computers are. Fortunately for us, nothing was ruined, and thankfully, I have a wonderful father-in-law who came over to check on things for us while I was at work. He stayed and cleaned up all the water in the basement, along with bringing his portable pump to keep things emptying out while he was there. Thankfully, when I arrived home, there were still only puddles left on the floor.

We've had water issues before, so we've redone the room with a tile floor, mildew and mold resistant sheetrock on the walls and a baseboard that is made out of the same stuff as PVC piping that we painted to match the stain in the room. But, it's still exceptionally frustrating. John came home with a 3/4 hp pump, and man, I've never seen anything suck water out of our basement so fast! That was great!

Anyway, now I'm moving on from that disaster and going to highlight some of the good things from yesterday.

First, I met a woman named Meg, who, like me, runs an Etsy shop called Sew Cute! by Meg. She's got some really adorable things! We met because she purchased one of my pendants from my shop, and she lives here in town. Rather than pay for shipping, we agreed to just meet. She seems like a wonderful person, and she's got some adorable products in her store! I'd encourage you all to check them out!