waiting, brother wizard and water

hi!
i am still waiting for my pictures.
aren't i so patient?
are you impressed?
well, maybe you are and maybe you think i am being a whiner,
but  do you wanta know i am suuuuuuper lucky?
because, it just happened that while i was having these computer issues that i have no idea how to fix(and have to completely depend on my reedo to fix) our brother, shane came to visit!
do you know what that means?!
computer wizard.
here to rescue us!
he has cleaned up my whole computer and now you can totally see my screen saver and he freed up TONS of space on that baby!
plus he went with reedo to best buy(expensive) and showed him what to get to manage my photo craziness in the future!(besides me doing a better job at deleting the trash pics...of course :[ )
i am so blessed!
i mean, crazy perfect timing!
so they are gonna finish cleaning everything up today, i think hope, and i will have SO MANY pics to share!
our trip still, christmas stuff, tons of 365 pics! yah!
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for now I'd like to share with you a etsy store where 100% of the money that you spend is going to an amazing cause!
water for christmas is all handmade or vintage items that people donated to raise money to build wells for clean, safe water in west africa.
tidbit donated this dress.

buy it.
and ten more things if you can.
no matter which things you buy you are helping little children drink clear water instead of muddy water.
that is the christmas spirit.
truely.

blah blah blah and a rad online magazine....

here are some random thoughts going on in my head today
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our tidbit boutiques were so great!
it was amazing to hang out with my favorite red head and be a super-team.
i was happy to get out there with our creations and do something besides mommying and running our house for a few short half days.

it's nice to change it up a bit and get out of the norm.

however
my house has seen better days.
my reedo will agree.
there was at least a few weeks of neglect.
and by neglect, i mean i just did the minimum for all my tasks and it built and built until today i just wanted to jump out of my skin.
or run away.
are you understanding what i mean here?
well, i must say i kicked some serious mess booty and my house is looking a lot better after my hours of straightening and throwing stuff away.
hallelujah!
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also,
 because of my critical look around my space today, i just want to send an email to all our friends and family BEGGING THEM not to get my kids a buncha toys this Christmas!
isn't that horrible?!
i just don't think i can take one more thing to clean up.
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i have a question for you ladies out there who have and are raising girls.
WHAT IN THE WORLD!!!!
i am out of my league here, people!
my precious sweet ella, who has been an amazing sleeper, who had always seemed to go with the group
is now a monster.
a really pretty monster....who i want to hug and kiss.
i am telling you, one small thing can tick her off and she is out of control.
on the ground.
won't let me touch her.
sobbing.
screaming.
covering her face with the back of her hand.
it is like a sally field movie.
what am i gonna do?
sometimes i think she is going to hurt herself with all the flailing and stomping and flinging.
please tell me what to do.
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and finally,
 i followed the yellow brick road (what i somtimes called the crazy blogging path to fabulous)

and i found this special snazzy online magazine.
it was linked on Heather's blog.
why is she so flippin great?

it's called
gifted magazine

there is so much beauty, i have to be careful not to overload and get angry, ya know?
is that crazy?

"no! no! no!" in place of "ho! ho! ho!"

oh wow.
 i'm on a roll.
so find your happy place.

then, what i recommend is making yourself a cup of marshmallow milk (chocolate or plain) and sitting by the fire tonight and reading this little inspirational magazine.

wanta see something pretty cute?

it's time for me to introduce you to tidbit.
my and leslie's little, hopeful, little girl's clothing and home "treats" company.
by "hopeful" i mean, "hopefully, we will become a big-girl company someday, but for now we are content doing a few boutiques a year"
that kind of hopeful.

we love the tidbits that we cook up.
maybe you will too.

if you are in the OC area this weekend, we will be vendors at two boutiques!
to find out where,
 click here
come and see us!!!!

and if you are not in the area, we don't have our etsy store set up....yet.
but we will soon, "hopefully"...
if you are just gonna fall over dead from needing one of the things you see here, just email me (my  email address is on my blogger profile, so scroll down and click on "more about me") and we will work something out.....
but, otherwise keep your eyes open for our future etsy store.