FAO: Tristyn

Hey, watch Ellen today if you get a chance. Your twin is on there.

I'm on eBay!

I finally took the time to set up a seller's account on eBay. I put on 2 prenatal yoga tapes that I have lying around (put them on Freecycle, but the woman never got back to me) just to try it out and see if I got the hang of it properly. I have a friend who makes a few hundred dollars a month selling stuff that she's got lying around her house. I could probably make some money too (although not nearly that much) selling some of this junk. Robert wants me to figure out if it's more profitable to sell it or to donate it and get the tax write-off. I have a ton of stuff I'm set to donate to a local church that aids the homeless, so I'm most likely going to still give that stuff to them, but I'll pull out a few items that I can probably get some nice money for. Like I have a jacket from the Gap that Laszlo wore once. Stuff like that.

Eventually I'd like to put some stuff I made on there, once I get the courage to not get any bids and to not feel too rejected.

My mom's leaving tomorrow for Florida for 3 weeks and my panic attacks over that have finally subsided. That, and Laszlo turned 3 yesterday. It wasn't nearly as emotional as I thought it would be. My brother and his family came over, so we got to see the 2 baby girl cousins together, which is always a blast.

So, all in all...I'm feeling pretty good and sorta optimistic about things.

My friend Lisa is coming over on Thursday to try and work out some sort of business plan to sell our wares. She also has an embroidery sewing machine. Her husband took a significant pay cut recently and she needs to start earning some money, so I mentioned finally doing something together. She doesn't get off her ass to actually *do* the stuff, other than sewing. She makes gifts for people (like I do) and she's been to some local sales and stuff in the past. We'll see. I know you're not supposed to do business with friends, but I have a feeling she's not going to do it. I mean, she's had the machine (and expensive software to go with it) for 6 years now. I've had my machine for about 6 months or so...and I already have a website up, etc. Not that I'm the queen of follow through, because I'm *so* not, but I just don't want to get my hopes up about her pitching in with me. Also, we've talked about going into business together for years and it's never come to fruition.

I'm working on a special pair of overalls for Lily. I can't wait to finish them and see how they come out. :-)

I think that's all. Oh, and Laszlo's doing great in therapy. He loves his therapist, I think he has a lil crush on her. He gets all gooey eyed when I mention her name. She's so great with him, and I enjoy going because I get to talk to other moms and spend a half hour with just Lily. Laszlo's really growing by leaps and bounds. He amazes me so much. He's already showing such progress in so many areas of his life.

Robert's oldest sister made a horrible comment to Robert about Laszlo. He told her (against my will) that Laszlo is in therapy now. She said something like, "Well, it's good to know you're not oblivious to him anymore." So Robert questioned her and she said, "Oh yeah, you knew something is wrong with him, but you just never did anything about it." So Robert, in all his lawyer trained wisdom said, "Oh, so I was oblivious, but now I'm just neglectful." She's supposed to come here Sunday for a birthday celebration with Robert's family and I'm so pissed off at her that I don't even want her here. Don't talk shit about my kids. I don't care if she was just trying to get under Robert's skin (which is likely) but don't ever talk shit about my kids. I will fiercely defend them. Roar.

Lastly, my brother in California sent me this picture of he and my sister in law at a 70's party they attended. So cute.

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