We went on vacation last week. Cruised on down to San Diego with all of the kids and my hubby. 2 10-hour days in the car to get there, but SO worth it! We went to the SD zoo- a phenomenal place, love the animals and how well they are cared for. I am one of those people who are on the fence about zoos. I love that people can go and learn and appreciate animals that they have never seen in nature, but on the other hand, it makes me sad that there are zoos. It would be best to have animals in their natural habitats. But the San Diego zoo was a phenomenal place.
Also went to Sea World, and Disneyland, Coronado Beach, and the Science Center. I also cut my hair off really short, but I love it- so easy to take care of! It was a whirlwind time away, but really fun and relaxing too. Hard to believe we did all that in just 5 days!
I was wishing that I had a really good camera. I want the Canon Rebel so I think I am going to have to dedicate my savings to it this next four months. I really want a good camera. I took the little digital point and shoot thing that I have on vacation, and it does the job, but has this delay thing that makes me crazy. You have to shoot and anticipate like 3 seconds in advance. I can't tell you how many shots that I missed because the flipping flash and delay would be taking their sweeeeeeet time.
But before we went on vacation I was stocking up my sewing supplies for the big blitz that I am planning. I found that you can buy all sorts of things on ebay, especially things like sewing materials. I think people go and buy them from estate sales and yard sales and things and resell them. I bought scads of thread and notions like snaps, set snaps, needles, buttons, elastic and tons of bias tape and just everything that you would find in your grandmother's sewing basket. I figure that I have saved a ton of $$ over buying stuff like that at Joann's, even with shipping.
On a side note, I made a ton of women's cloths last month from some old flannel that I had left over from Christmas jammies (instructions for cloths are on the Hillbilly Housewife website) and used them this time round. I was thrilled that they worked really well, even better than the store bought pads. I had no leaking, none! and that in itself is pretty much miraculous. I have been told that there is a chemical in the store bought kind that enhances blood flow, causing more symptoms in women. I can say that that seems to be the case for me. I am sold! I admit that I was nervous using them at work on the first days, as a leak could be really embarassing, but nothing like that happened (although it has before with the disposable kind) And I am thrilled that this is my little way to stick it to those companies who charge so much for those disposable things. I never have to pay for them again! Woo hoo! I feel victorious! And hmm, if I save 8 bucks a month, in a 100 months, I can pay for my camera with the savings!
Well, off to watch the Olympics, women's figure skating!
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