Please say a little prayer..or give me good mojo...or jobby dust

whatever your religion, thoughts, or beliefs are haha

Thanks to a friend Steph she gave me a link for genuinejobs.com and this lady tries to weed out all the crappy work from home jobs and only post legitimate ones.

Well she hasn't updated in a while so I thought to go back to look at the January 30th postings.

And there was a job for a schedulers assistant.
I open it up and it's for an interpreting company (of course not the one I work for) and wouldn't you know they want someone to schedule the interpreters and work with them and the clients via phone and email. Ummm yah this girl does that right now!

It's only part time with more hours possibly in the future so I really don't know how many hours but I can assume about 20 hours a week.

The pay it said based on experience...well this girl has 4 long years of that haha
I'm just so worried since she posted that 3 weeks ago!
But I sent an email right away saying how interested I was and sent off my resume.

So please please please think of me and hope they call back and like me and hope that the pay is worth it.

If I can make roughly what I make now I think Mr. B would actually go for it because we'd save on all the crap you're tired of reading about plus I'd still be bringing in a good enough chunk that he could feel secure.

And it would be amazing to stay at home with La Rue.

You know it's funny the other day I signed up for Facebook Horoscopes and the first one I got was saying something about conflicting things on the home and work front and decisions I have to make and it might just be better to stay at home. I of course read that to Mr. B and he scoffed at me...but hey I know not everyone believes in signs and what not but that's pretty eerie that two days later I find this opportunity that I'm qualified for, that's legit, and I can stay at home and make money so the Mr would be happy.

ok now I just have to hope it's still open!

Go Vote...

for Ava in the Parents.com Cute Kid Contest.
If she wins this week we can win 250 (which we'll put in her 529 when we set that up) and then she can go on to the Cutest Kid of the year and the Grand Prize is 7000. That would be a great start for her college savings!

You can vote every day until the 27th. I don't want to be the annoying mommy but this will be the only contest I put her in for awhile...haha

http://photos.parents.com/category/vote/photo/712079

Age Progression

Ok so I finally was emotionally stable enough to put pictures up at work without bawling like a crazy lady although this morning when I was getting ready I felt almost like day 1....it's so strange how I can at least cope for a couple of days or a week and then BAM! It's like I'm starting all over letting her go. And maybe it's because I really see her love for me. I don't want that to come off as sounding pompous. I know she loves Mike and well really anyone who smiles but even his family told Mrs. B in law that they can tell how much she loves me. And so maybe with her starting to cuddle with me and smile a certain way just to me it has made it harder.

Anyways so I decided to put up each month of her pictures to see how much she has changed and even though she hasn't change a ton I think her 3 month looks more like me as a baby then Mr. B which are clearly his child for month 1 and 2 haha.

Aww I love her

Got the Itch

A. To have another cute Ava or Adam (we wouldn't really name him Adam but it starts with an A)...how stupid and crazy is that...? She's only 3 months. Or is it silly? She's brought so much joy to our lives and even though I've had many sleepless nights (last night included) it's all worth it.

Well anyways I have a plan for that later

But I love to shop when I'm at work because I get bored. And my sights have been set on redoing our house.
I want to paint our fireplace white because we have waaaay too much wood in there and that would break it up.

Then I want to paint our kitchen cabinets, put in granite, get new stainless appliances (specifically the double oven stove where it's all in one unit not the wall double ovens) and get an island with granite, oh and the under mount sink....oh and new carpet....a new fence....and outdoor furniture.

That's it for now haha
See working is very bad for us I tell you

And I've been looking at new work clothes too.
Mr. B has to now get something for Vday that's 250 which is how much my Iphone and Otterbox was and then he said he needed to get new steel toes...well whatever he spends on steel toes I'll be getting in work clothes sucker.

I've had a hankering for salads for lunch at work...trying to recreate what I get at Jason's Deli salad bar to go because it's too far to drive and get back to work.
But I only like certain ranches and Hidden Valley is NOT one of them. Texas Roadhouse has to be one of my favorites besides some local places around here.

I just found the recipe whoot
So next week I'll buy my spring mix since Mr. B only likes fresh spinach and boil some eggs, and get some sunflower seeds and dried cranberries and some cottage cheese and bring some yummy salads.

ok now I'm hungry but about 1.5 hours ago I started to feel sick especially when I would drink water but I have to so that sucks. Hopefully it's nothing

The Mesh Bag

I couldn't save the picture but here's the link if you want to see....it's actually supposed to be for a Bridesmaid but it would be great for many things I think.... Daycare Bag.

And I think this is the case I'm getting for my Iphone

I'm just trying to figure out if the ones on Amazon are compatible with the Verizon's version because I can save 20 bucks but I know Verizon's mute button was moved a little and Otterbox was designing a new one however it says it's compatible for both so I don't want to spend 50 with them if I can get it for 30 you know.....le sigh

Anywho I forgot milk yesterday and lucy loo only at 7.75oz I am so thankful that she did that and she was fussy on the way home (what else is new) but she made it just fine and ate.

I didn't even know but Mr. B is staying with his brother who had his appendix removed two days ago. I kept wondering what in the hell was taking him so long this morning when I could've used his help and it was because he was packing but when I asked all he said was because he had to shave.

I thawed chicken ...and do you really think I want to eat chicken...no but now I will have to.

So yesterday I only pumped 6oz yah 6 lousy oz I was pissed and worried. But today I pumped like 11.5oz whoot

But I am going to buy some Mother's Milk Tea and some Fenugreek as well as increasing my water intake. So we're going to try that because I really want to make enough for daycare for her.

My great husband

Well Mr. B and I have had a couple challenging weeks with Ava going to daycare and me really wanting to be a SAHM...I had to compromise on this and it sucks but he's been really great and supportive with everything around the house.

And I'm not up for a discount upgrade with Verizon until March 29th but luckily this morning there were still Iphones left for the online portion but I'd have to pay the full 200 instead of 150 but he said to go ahead and get it and get a good case too and Happy Valentines Day. Crap now I have to get him something. We of course got Ava stuff but I was just planning on doing a dinner.

But I am pretty freaking excited because I've wanted one for a long ol time and he has one with work and everyone sits and plays on them while I play on my old Palm Pre that I bought on Ebay when my other phone broke haha.

I should get it around the 18th!!!! He's so great.

We got Ava a Purple Bumbo (for LSU duh haha). I need to get her a few more books and little toys.

I also got this cute cool mist humidifier since it's so hot and stuffy in her room she's been waking up all congested and there's only so much that sucker can get out...but listen up TAKE THAT HOSPITAL SUCKER WITH YOU!!!! People always told me that and I'm so glad I listened because no matter what brand you buy they will not be as good. If you can score 2 get them because then you can leave one at daycare.

I also ordered her a cute mesh daycare bag that is brown and then it has a trim with brown, cream, teal, and pink I think stripes and I'm having her name embroidered on it.

That way they can put her used bottles, paci's, and dirty clothes in there at the end of the day and when I come in the morning I can bring her fresh stuff instead of using a plastic bag.

Well that's it for now.

My big girl...

So it's kind of difficult to know how much Ava actually eats being I breastfeed and I exclusively breast feed unless she's at daycare because otherwise I would spend my entire life hooked up to that pump and well even though it's annoying sometimes I really love it.

Anywho yesterday they said they think she can handle 4oz each feeding...for some reason that just got me sad that she's growing up and getting big haha I mean just a week ago she could barely finish 3oz at one feeding and now 4....

But she only gained 1/2lb from 2 months to 3 months although I contribute those 2 weeks at daycare as her not gaining as much being she wasn't eating an then slowly eating and since I'm not readily available all the time she's not eating as much but still she's very high on the charts.

And clearly she's getting over that if she's eating a lot now.

I love getting the sheets everyday to tell me when she ate, how much she ate, when she napped, and when they change her and they put nice notes on usually.

Everyone keeps saying she looks like Mr. B but while Auntie Toni and Uncle Kenny were over I showed them a picture of me as a baby and they were like whoa! She does look like you haha I knew it!

She's laughing and giggling and talking now and it just melts my heart especially when she gets really excited. Just wish I had more time with her at night. Last night Mr. B was out of town and I let her sleep on me for about an hour and then I put her down and 2 minutes later I missed her...how silly! She was just in the other room but I held the monitor to my ear to just listen to her for awhile haha

She's been getting up a lot these past few nights so I guess she's going through a spurt because she's eating a lot each time. Hopefully she gets over it soon and starts going back to doing at least the 6-7 hour one so I can get some sleep.

Right now I pump at 10 and 1 at work but I'm either going to have to do that then pump when she goes to sleep (although I have to wait a few hours to get my supply back up and then she's been waking up 3 hours later but hopefully that spurt will go away and I can) however it's a pain to bust out the machine since I keep it packed in a backpack for work...or I'll need to adjust my times here at work to 9, 12, and 3 but then the 3 is later and right when we get home she eats so I want there to be enough.

Currently I'm getting about 9oz so I guess if I did the 9 and 12 then I could do a smaller pump at 3. But it depends on when she eats before we leave too...most mornings she eats around 5-5:30 and is asleep all the way there and until about 8 something but today she ate at 7 so then the 9 wouldn't have a lot.

It's so freaking complicated I tell you haha

Being Featured!

So excited that I have been featured on Mental Noms site!

She does this great thing of featuring MOMpreneur's every Monday to get the word out for mom's who are working from home or trying to.

I'm doing a giveaway over there for a credit to my store but also doing a discount so check it out!!!!

So get ready for this....

So last night as I'm playing with Ava and Mr. B is making dinner he comes in and looks at her and goes "Yah I think we'll try for another one of you in about a year".....

Crickets....

Me...."um what?"

And he goes "well maybe a little over a year"

I said "you confuse me so much"

Mr. B "I never knew she'd bring me so much joy"

awwww

Which led to our discussion of me staying home and he said it's just not feasible....what if you need new tires....what if we need a new air conditioner (I wasn't lying when I told you he's the what if man) I cried so much last night!!!! And he did too. He was so sad that he couldn't make more in his eyes and he didn't want me to hate him or resent him.

Anyways I got to working on my fan page for Facebook and still don't know if I did that thing right but did create a Twitter account and I will officially be featured on the MOMpreneur blog on Monday weeee

I'm doing a give away for them and doing a discount for some folks.

So today Mr. B called and wanted to take me to lunch since he had to go out of town for the day which was nice.

I told him my plan which is....

If Etsy gets going and I can make some money and find a part time job I'm still going to do that however
if not...

I'm still taking my whole check sans daycare money booooo to pay off the loan which he thought was an excellent idea.

Then I'm going to take my whole check sans daycare (can I get a booo booo) and put it into savings and do this until we get pregnant and I quit my job when I'm oh 8-9 months pregnant. That'll be 2 years from now and as I see if can be buying a new car in cash or at least putting a huge down payment on one and then having money left over as a supplement since I won't work at least for the first year....because honestly 1200 in daycare will be stupid to work and by then Etsy will have done something I'm quite sure!

And Mr. B said yah we can also do some home improvements which I agreed to.
I want new carpet for the 3 bedrooms and hallway and he said we should get it after Ava gets through her spilling stuff phase....I reminded him A. that's 4 years away and then we'll have #2 running around doing that and B. When she's crawling I don't want her putting her hands or mouth on that dirty crap!

And why would she have her drink all the way over there anyways? He was like "please don't tell me you're going to be THAT mom that makes them drink in the kitchen" hey my mom was haha but I said no she's good in the living room with hardwood.

So he agreed he would price out carpet and I said as long as we get it before she's crawling so we have a couple of months. Then we're just really going to have to watch Parle since he likes to sneak and go to the bathroom in the middle of the night instead of waking us.

Then the next year we'll do a new fence for our entire big yard that way Ava can get a playset or whatever and just have room.

Then the next year or flip flop the fence we'll get granite for the kitchen.

And we'll still be getting a tax return this year of course and next year so that will be a good chunk to save onto as well.

But if Etsy takes off and I can find a part time I'm outta here still dudes! Seriously.
And I still am going to look for something else but it has to be either in this location or closer because I refuse to make her get up any earlier or get her any later....and unfortunately I make decent money for no degree and don't know if I can find something.

We'll see.

Well I'm going to get things together to go get my muffin!!!!