You know you're a mom when....

(I found this in an email and had to share. It's funny but it's true)

You automatically double-knot everything you tie.

You find yourself humming the Barney song as you do the dishes.
(I always find myself singing elmos world.)

You hear a baby cry in the grocery store, and you start to gently sway back and forth, back and forth. However, your children are at school!
(I've also found myself swaying back and forth when I'm stressed.)

You actually start to like the smell of strained carrots mixed with applesauce.

You weep through the scene in Dumbo when his mom is taken away, not to mention what Bambi does to you.
(Bawl my eyes out!)

You get soooo into crafts you contemplate writing a book called 101 Fun Crafts to do with Dryer Lint and Eggshells.
(That's how I got into candles and soap:-)

You spend a half hour searching for your sunglasses only to have your teenager say, "Mom, why don't you wear the ones you pushed up on your head?"

You are out for a nice romantic meal with your husband, enjoying some real adult conversation, when suddenly you realize that you've reached over and started to cut up his steak!

Well, La-ti-da!

My office recently switched to a new phone system with new phones included. We are moving up in the world. Unfortunately it has not gone too smoothly with some of my older coworkers. One in particular who wears hearing aides. She is great person but she has always been a little lacking on the good communication side of the receptionist job. She can't hear well and at times when she doesn't understand something she can get very frustrated. You can't help her either! She gets very defensive if you try to help her. So I've taken to listening and trying not to let my embarrassment show.

Yesterday while I was checking a client out this receptionist answered the phone and in a very, VERY loud voice:

HELLO, THIS IS JUDY, HOW CAN I HELP YOU!

HELLO!

PARDON?

I'M SORRY?

WHY ARE YOU CALLING?

DO YOU HAVE AN EMERGENCY??? HELLOOOOO?

WHAT THE????

I'M SORRY, I CAN'T HEAR YOU, YOU'LL HAVE TO SPEAK UP!!!!

Apparently at this point the poor caller had enough of the yelling and just hung up. Judy slams down the phone.

WELL, LA-TI-DA, I GUESS WHATEVER THEY WANTED WASN'T IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY HUNG UP ON ME! I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WRONG WITH PEOPLE THESE DAYS!

The phone starts ringing again and I pick it up and ask them to hold. A voice on the other line says "Sure but PLEASE don't pass me over to Judy, I think there is something wrong with her!"

I almost fell out of my chair laughing.

The Oregon Trail! Hi Ho?

So, hubby has lost his mind again. Not that it's a huge surprise but all the same, what now! So he's decided he does not like his job anymore and in fact, does not like Pennsylvania. This is his 5th job in the past 5 years. That's one a year. So I'm hoping that we can find him another before he just walks out on this one. Our last plan was for him to get his Oregon Pharmacist license and then plan our move to the west coast. It's what we've always wanted and as the clock ticks by I've started to get the itch.

This is the longest I've been in one place. There is actually very little to keep us here. So perhaps this time we can use his momentum to actually follow through and hit the Oregon trail!

I'm also happy to report feeling a little bit of Halloween spirit tonight as we carved pumpkins. It was that or when I put on a pair of monster fangs and scared the daylights out of my 5 year old. I laughed so hard I almost peed my pants. I think I've started a tradition.

A blue Halloween

I can't believe that Halloween is next Saturday. Despite it being my favorite holiday and also a sacred one for us heathens, I just can't seem to work up any excitement this year. Between trick or treat night, school parties and then Samhain dinner on Saturday I just feel overwhelmed. In fact I can attest to the fact that I am overwhelmed a lot lately. I think my depression is sneaking up on me in spite of being on meds. At night when the lights go out and everything is quiet I find myself with an overwhelming sense of sadness and worry. Money, time and my childhood memories come floating to the surface. It's like drowning.

My kids are running on high octane as of late and I'm trying to find more interactive things to do with them to keep their interest piqued. Is that even possible with a three year old? I'm unable to work in both of my kids school halloween parties so I have to come up with something special for my 5 year old. Maybe a mommy daughter day is in order?

Run, stop, run again...stop!

Despite the fact I am running in all directions I have taken it upon myself to add in "Best mom" into the mix. For some reason I was under the impression that with my 5 year old being in Kindergarten now that there would be more time for me to concentrate on my biz. So not true. In fact, with school sales, parent teacher conferences, bake sales and holiday parties I feel like I have less time. What the heck?

By the way, DQ has brought back the Pumpkin Pie Blizzard! Yum. I love fall.

The fall scents are selling like crazy at the clinic. I have a small section set up just for my candles and tarts. (It's one of the bonus's of working at an animal hospital) I can't keep them in stock.

Check them out http://www.wickfulthings.com/newholidayscents.htm

Did I mention I love fall?

I forgot, my candles and tarts were featured in the October edition of the Out of the Box sampler. You can find the website here: http://www.outoftheboxsampler.com/

I also decided to buy a box and was pleasantly surprised at all of the wonderful samples from all of the different handmade business's. I will probably list some in the near future. Stay tuned.

Back to the grind.

After taking a much needed break I'm back to rambling. Of course, my last blog was deleted in a fit of rage due to hormones and frustration at the world. I'm known for being snarky and temperamental. Oh well, blogger did warn me not to be rash as I hit that delete button, alas, I defied them.

So I'm still selling on Etsy and through my private website as I am trying to finish up all my legal paperwork and taxes that are required to sell in stores here in Pennsylvania. Oi! Talk about a headache. They seem to get a kick out of confusing people by making it as hard as possible to figure this stuff out. I can't help but wonder if it has anything to do with trying to scare most people off.

So onward and forward I go...