Nesting Fun...and I'm Back On Track!

Nesting fun?  What is this nesting fun?

Well, "nesting" is what Tayelor, Jacy and myself did every Friday after work until Sunday evening when we were on our own and they were little.  Nesting is when you raid the bedrooms for every pillow and comforter available, as well as quilts off the couches!  Then you take all the blankets and comforters, except one or two blankets, and you build a nest with it.  Take all the pillows to surround the nest, cover up with the one or two blankets, grab your movies or in this case, load your NetFlix que, and have mega-movie-marathons ALL weekend long!

We were poor when we nested when they were little, so I never had a camera to take pictures of those nests, but here is our nest modern day!

Hubby was gone for the weekend in Oklahoma visiting his daughter, so we had all weekend long to nest!  So much fun :)  Yup, you guessed it.  Hubby is not so supportive of the nesting thing, either!

Oh, so what is Tayelor wearing on her head?  Why this cute little hat!  I got the pattern from Etsy.  The hat is to be crocheted, but I knitted Tayelor's.

Lamb Bonnet Pattern

by Mamachee

$5.50

Don't you just want to eat it?!  Click the link to get your very own.  Super easy to make and works up real quick!  I actually made them for my three step-granddaughter's for Easter.  My step-grandson?  I knitted him a stuffed hand grenade!

Oh, and thank you so much for all your support over the last week.  Your kind words pumped the energy back into me this week!  I actually got in some awesome studio time and completed 14 more pieces...and it's only Wednesday!  Here's a sneak peek:

You guys Rock!  I wouldn't be able to do it without you :)

It's Been a Rough Week...

 

And I mean a very rough week.  

Do you remember my post on Obstacles?  To briefly recap, I discussed how I am overcoming the obstacle of non-support of my business from certain family members.  Don't get me wrong, my parents and children support my business 100%.  As for my husband and his grown daughters...well, my business is nothing more than a hobby where I sit home all day and do nothing.  

I just got reminded about that last week.

Once again, I was asked to babysit for a day the week before.  I held firm and said "no".  As you may recall, because I don't "work" everyday and I sit home and do nothing all day, I am frequently asked to babysit so that the girls can get to work for the day.  This time, it was said that "I very rarely ask you to babysit"....that's funny....I seem to recall babysitting 12 times already in 2011 alone!  I don't mind in the case of emergency, but where do you draw the line on being taken advantage of?  You have had 12 emergencies already these short 4 months!  Well, this declination of mine caused so much chaos and drama between her and myself as well as my husband and I.  My argument of "How is it fair for her to ask me to take of work for the day so that she can go to work for the day" just doesn't hold water here, folks.  Needless to say, it resulted in having very harsh and mean words flung my way...to include the old standby....'my father pays your way through life, the least you could do is babysit'.  I'm not kidding...she really said that.  Oh, yea...I forgot.  Because your father pays for my room and board.....my husband....., even though I cook, clean and do laundry, etc, even though he doesn't pay for anything else beyond that...because I do....WITH MY JOB...if you tell me to hang from a tree, eat a sundae and juggle bananas all at the same time, I am expected to do exactly what you tell me to do.....simply because he is your father who "pays my way through life".  This time, she even added "...family doesn't mean s*#t to you unless it is your blood related kids..."  Owch.  Then she cries...literally cried here...she was crying so loud I heard it across the room while he was on the phone, ..."Daddy, she hurt me so bad because she wouldn't babysit."  Hmmm.  Clue number one:  when a child refers to her father as "daddy" at the age of 26 with a family of her own, you know nothing good is going to come of it....

Needless to say, I was so unmotivated to work at all last week.  I created nothing.  I blogged nothing.  I did absolutely nothing but spend time with my kids who were on spring break.  I was ready to sell all my supplies and go to work full time, until I realized......

Hey!  Who are you to tell me what I should do for work?  Who are you to tell your father's wife what to do with her life?  To heck with all of you...I am keeping my business!

I am sure I will have more rough days ahead, but if you ever hear me stating I am going to give it up because of them, please......drive over here and kick me in the butt!

So anyway, I'm back!