Bouncing Crazyiness!

I do alot of online shopping. When you live overseas, you have to. The BX is thrilling, yes, but it changes out the merchandise only so often ;) When it comes to clothing, if you shop at the BX (which I do as well), you can be guaranteed that at least 3 other people will be seen in the same item. Take for example this little gray vest that I bought. The other day, 2 other teachers showed up in the same one. Thankfully, I hadn't worn mine that day, but you get the point. Anyway, several places do not ship overseas. That's where my Mom comes in. I typically have the stuff mailed to her house and she graciously mails it to us. Readdressing the boxes, running to the post office and mailing our stuff is a major pain. I know this, but she's been so great about it. Priority mail is the way to go. She generally mails it priority and we recieve it in a week to ten days. However, I ordered a "jumpy jump" as Claire calls it, well before Christmas. Since it was so heavy and such a vast difference in price, my Mom mailed it the less expensive way. Little did we know that it would take so bloody long. It just arrived. It was shipped via freight carrier. I kept joking that the carrier must have been struck by an iceberg, so she found it even more comical when the box finally arrived this week. Anyway, Chris set it up and the kids began jumping, and jumping, and jumping some more. It is pretty great. I imagine when it gets warm, we'll move it outside, but for now, it is in our exercise/play room. It doubles as a fort or a wrestling ring  too. Who knew?

(I should have edited these pics as they are kind of bad, but as you'll see I no longer have time to do anything ;)

In weight loss news, I am down 1 pound for the week, making it 8 pounds total. Not a big change, but I am okay with that. I was planning on a trip to Hawaii in April, but just discovered yesterday that 3 people have already signed up for leave that same week. The liklihood of Chris getting it off is slim. I am really irritated and very tempted to take leave without pay so I too can lay on the beach in the warm summer sun like I deserve ;) Guess we'll see. (My parents are rolling their eyes right now at the thought of me taking unpaid leave--you never realize how much a day of work actually is worth ;)

Etsy....I've been wanting to expand my little store for awhile, but you know, you has the time. The fact is that etsy is sort of my escape. I work on an order here and there and it gives me an escape from all that is dysfunctional. I finally bit the bullet and jumped in, offering a client a party package. Before doing so, I also roped in my sister, Jess to lend a hand if need be. (You never know with shipping and timelines.) Anyway, the client is in and now I am elbow deep in birthday banners, cupcake toppers and favor stickers, etc. It is kind of overwhelming, but so exciting. Now if I could only put together samples for my other invites, I'd be in business. Sadly there just isn't enough time in the day. Jessica?????