The Sewing Mom

Over this past 4 day weekend I did get out with my daughter and do a little bit of shopping.  We had received some coupons in the mail from one of her favorite clothing stores at the mall and she had also told me about some new sneakers she was wanting.  This in itself is amazing because up until now, she really hasn’t been too into shoes.  So I jumped on the opportunity to go shoe shopping!

Let me just say I was surprised at how difficult it was to find these sneakers, I thought it would’ve been much easier.  But, in the end, I’m glad we found the exact ones she wanted and I have to say, they are very cute on her.  Now, if we can just keep the dog from chewing her brand new Converse tennis shoes!

I believe my daughter really likes her new shoes since I just found this picture that she took of her feet!

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Plinko is growing so much, sometimes I think she’s bigger by dinnertime than she was in the morning!  The nicest thing is watching her mature.  I know she’s still a puppy, but it’s like going from the baby stage when we brought her home to the toddler stage and now I think she’s entering the child/youth stage.  There are more times when she just wants to sit with us or lay down by us.  After dinner still finds her in her hyper mode, but even that is getting better.  She spent a lot of time outdoors yesterday just chasing birds and chewing mulch.  She’s grown enough that she no longer fits through the fence so she can be outside without us being right there with her.  She really found ways to keep herself busy which is why it was so funny when she finally came inside at 8:30 last night she just crawled under the coffee table and went to sleep!  She was completely worn out.

One thing that I’m so happy I did was remember to use the digital camera from the day we picked her up from the breeder.  I love it because I can just snap away and delete later!  Sometimes I think Plinko knows she’s having her picture taken and poses, she’s a big ham!  My daughter started a Plinko photo album the day we brought her home, she will have a full album in no time!  I wonder if she would like one of those digital frames to put puppy pictures in, that would be sort of cool in her bedroom.

One of these days I’d like to upgrade to the digital Rebel, but for now I’ll just keep using my Sony Cybershot.  I think my favorite thing about having a digital camera is being able to instantly share the pictures. We don’t live near our family so I have to email pictures of Plinko so they can see what she’s up to! I wouldn’t even let my husband take the camera to the Orient with him because I didn’t want to miss any good Plinko shots! 

This is a shot my daughter took of Plinko this evening. It reminds me of those Dog pictures but it’s really Plinko. My sister will appreciate this one, she loves taking close up shots!

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I posted a while back about the fact that I have volunteered my time as my daughter’s school’s coordinator and team manager for the 6th grade DI team.  Things are starting to get crazy.  I did successfully get the school to register with the National DI organization and now we are gearing up to hold tryouts for the kids.  I’m sort of nervous about this right now because I have absolutely no idea what to have the kids do for tryouts.  I have sent out a few emails to people I know who have done this themselves and will wait to hear from them.  Hopefully they will send me some suggestions.

Now, the school principal is also asking me to do a presentation for the PTA.  I’ll happily do this as I want money from them anyway for the team to attend workshops before competition, but I just don’t know if I can be ready by next weeks PTA meeting!    I just keep reminding myself to take some deep breaths!

I’ve been trying to purchase a Wii since it first came out, unsuccessfully. I don’t think I’ve ever shopped for anything that is more difficult to find. I just found a great contest over at Everybody Loves Coupons, the blog of Ulitmatecoupons.com. They’re giving away a Wii plus one game (Mario Party 8). If I were you, I’d be getting over there quick because the contest only runs through Oct. 31, 2007.

I know I’m going over there anyway to look for coupons that I can use to jump-start my holiday shopping.

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I have lived in many places in my lifetime, many different cities, states and have even lived in the Middle East.  Over all those years, in all those many places, I have never experienced anything like the U.S. Postal Service where we are now.

We have lived here since April and in that time, I’ve lost count of the number of pieces of incoming and outgoing mail and packages that have been lost or show up weeks after their scheduled delivery.  This is a good size town with a population of around 74,000 and yet they have one post office with 3 service windows.  Yes, they do have what they call contract postal units, these are stores that sell other things and are set up to handle most USPS transactions.  However, I’ve personally mailed items from 2 of the 3 contract postal units in Allen, and had one package that I paid to ship 2 day priority mail take 3 weeks and at another center I mailed an over-sized birthday card over a month ago and it has yet to show up.

This morning, I had a small package to ship so I took it directly to the main P.O.  I arrived at 8:35 and they weren’t open yet.  Their sign says they open at 8:30.  I was the 7th person in line, we all just stood there.  Finally, about 8:40, an employee poked their head out of a side door and asked if anyone was just picking up and I said “no, but when do you open?”.  She responded that they would be open shortly, they were having “technical difficulties”. 

I did not get out of the post office until 9, what a waste of time!.  In case you’re wondering, I have started taking packages to UPS instead, I find them to be very reliable and usually cheaper.  I would’ve taken my little package there today, but I had to drop the mortgage payment into the mail anyway so I thought it would be easier to make one stop.  Don’t even get me started as to why I can’t mail bills from the mailbox that sits out in front of my house!  Of course, I think there will always be times when I have to go to the USPS and I dread those days more & more!