the pumkin patch

Fall Pictures

Today was so warm and beautiful, so Miriam and I went and played in the park for awhile. I am still trying to figure out my mom's camera that I am borrowing, but I got a few cute shots. Miriam loved sitting on the ground (she can sit up!) and grabbing for dirt and leaves.

Highlights of the Week:

• Miriam FINALLY rolled over, front to back. At every pediatrician visit over the past few months: "Has she rolled over yet?" "Nope." "Oh...well...it will probably be soon." Thanks. However, she rolled over on Tuesday. It is now Saturday and she has not figured out how to do it again. Actually I think it was quite an accident on Tuesday--she looked startled when it happened. Or maybe it was just me squealing and clapping my hands that made her look like that. Other than her one accidental flip, she just flails her arms and legs and whimpers when I put her down on her stomach. So much for tummy time.

• I made $20 off an old punk band shirt I sold on ebay. Let the home business begin!

• Actually, I can't begin quite yet. I ordered fabric samples on October 5 and I got an email yesterday (th 19th) that they had just been shipped. Slow as molasses.

Reinstating the blog

I don't have time to blog...I really, really don't. As all my friends know, I don't even have time to answer emails. I don't even know if anyone really reads other people's blogs. Miriam has woken up from her nap and is crying in the other room, I have clothes strewn across the apartment because I woke up half and hour before I was supposed to be at a Bible study at church (YOU try showering, dressing, eating, changing the baby's diaper, feeding the baby, dressing the baby, washing spit-up off the baby's face, making sure there are diapers in the diaper bag, making sure there are extra clothes in the diaper bag in case the baby has explosive poop, making it down the treacherous apartment stairs with a baby and overloaded diaper bag, and getting the baby in the car seat in half an hour! I was only five minutes late to church...I'd say that's pretty good). I need to make dinner for tonight, I have a few errands to run, I need to fold clean diapers, do a few loads of laundry, finish cleaning the toilet that I began cleaning yesterday, etc, etc. I did want to be a housewife...

On top of blogging, I now hope add the ventures of WAHM to SAHM ("work-at-home mom" and "stay-at-home mom," to the uninitiated). I have to figure out a way to make money and not put Miriam into daycare by next August. My ideas so far have been: cake making, writing, and selling everything I own on ebay. I have tried to get into cake making, but I am just not motivated to practice. And since my last cake was really quite ugly, I haven't felt inspired to try again. My sister has an awesome idea for a children's book she wants me to help write and my stepbrother to illustrate, but as a I know absolutely nothing about writing for children, she might fire me. Selling everything I own on ebay would only last so long. My newest idea is making organic cotton diapers and nursing covers and selling them on the internet. I already know how to sew, so this would involve only finding a fabric supplier, experimenting with different fabrics, and learning the best way to sell them on the web. I could start with ebay and then try to sell to natural baby stores if I find that there is a market. If nothing else, at least I will know how to make my own diapers!

I'll try to update this blog frequently with the successes and failures of my upcoming business, with pictures of the cutest baby ever, and with whatever else I feel like at the time. So if you are one of those people that reads blogs, here begins the reinstatement of the blog.