“Oh, and by the way, you’re measuring a bit small today, so I’d like you to go in next week for an ultrasound to make sure everything is alright with your baby.” Without realizing just exactly how he has stressed me out, my doctor states this in a very calm tone.
Small? What do you mean SMALL? In four pregnancies I’ve NEVER measured small. And I’m not sure ANYONE in my family measures small – we always look like beached whales!
For the next 5 days, my brain goes into overtime. Ok, so there are two possibilities with me measuring small. First – the doctor only measures my uterus, so maybe my uterus is just small. Second, maybe the baby is small . . . but he’s been big at my other two ultrasounds, so that would mean there is probably something wrong, like maybe the placenta is having problems. And I’m officially 37 weeks, a this appointment is at the hospital, so I’d probably go in for an emergency c section. Do I tell Hubby this? Umm, no. He’s flying and there’s nothing anyone can do, so I’ll just stress on my own.
And oh BOY do I stress! I count down the hours until the appointment. I pack my bag in case I’m staying at the hospital. I make a list of what Hubby would need to back so the kids can go to my sister’s house. I make sure EVERYTHING is as ready as possible. And everyone except for Hubby know that there’s a chance I’m having this kid TODAY. But I don’t want to worry him, so I keep him in the dark still.
The drive goes fine. I find a place to park. And then I proceed to get lost in the hospital. What do you want from me – it’s like the third time I’ve ever been to this office! I finally find my way, only 15 minutes late. But that’s ok, because they’re so far behind I still have to wait 30 minutes for my turn.
The tech calls me back. “We’re checking baby size, right?" she asks. “Yes, I’m measuring small.” I respond.
She squirts my belly and starts up the machine. My first thought – WOW that baby looks big. But I’ve never had an ultrasound this late, so what do I know.
“That’s a good sized head there,” the tech comments. “And baby IS head down, which is always good to see.” She continues to take measurements – the femur, the abdomen.
“Well, this is NOT a small baby.” Oh? “Right now, he’s measuring 90th percentile, which works out to be 8 pounds 2 ounces.”
WHAT!! I still have three more weeks to go, and he’s measuring a pound and half bigger than any other of my children? She tells me that there’s a margin of error of half a pound either way, but STILL!
A few minutes later, I’m in an exam room with my doctor. he informs me that I have the biggest baby he’s seen that day. And then tells me, I’m still measuring only 34 weeks. I have NO clue where this baby is hiding!
So many things with this child have been unexpected. With my other three I gained right about exactly 30 pounds. So far, I’m only up 12 pounds with this one. If this baby really is 8 pounds, once you figure in all the fluid and placenta and everything, that means I’ve actually LOST weight.
I was crazy dizzy the first few months too. And much more nauseous than usual. I’m much more tired than with my others. And I just feel huge (although apparently, I’m not!)
My feet are insanely puffy. Especially my right foot – it HURTS by the end of the day it’s so swollen.
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As of today, I have 16 more days until my surgery. . . which is only 3 days after my due date (won’t that be fun!). So for now, I have to take lots of breaks while I’m cleaning or playing. I have to drink lots of water, which in turn means even more trips to the bathroom. I need a nap every day or I just can’t function. These last couple of weeks will be a test of wills, but I WILL make it! And after this whole fiasco, at least I can say I really am ready now!
Saturday, July 21, 2012
Monday, July 9, 2012
The most beautiful furniture I own
Also known as how to take two years to fix a dresser.
Are you ready for a LONG story? Good, ‘cause here we go!
Back in February 2011, I’m pretty sure the rental across the street was evicted. At least one day there was suddenly a bunch of stuff out on the lawn. I looked at it for more than a week, especially this great big dresser. It had so much potential . . . but I didn’t really need a big dresser. So I thought I’d let someone else take it.
But no one did. That dresser just sat there for three weeks. Finally, one day it began to snow, and I KNEW I HAD to rescue it!
Hubby was, of course, flying. So I made 2309472 trips back and forth with drawers. Then I backed my van onto the lawn and wrestled the dresser into the back. From there I only had to lift it again into my house. and that baby was MINE!!
I knew I wanted to paint it. I also knew that would bug my Hubby, who has declared that all paint feels “yucky”, and only tolerates it on walls. (Some people just don’t know potential when they see it!) But one of the drawers was very damaged – I couldn’t just stain this thing and have it look decent.
And look at that detail – do YOU want to sand that down?
But I wasn’t sure the best way to go about fixing this baby up. So it sat in my kitchen until November. Yes, for nine months it just sat there waiting for both inspiration and the funds to fix it!
I finally bought some Orange Stripper – ‘cause I’d heard great stuff about it. But I learned something about stripping furniture in this process. First of all, DON’T put it on with a sponge brush – stripper will eat right through it. Use a bristle brush. And DON’T try to use a curved trowel to scrape it off – it’s a mess! Just buy a real scrapper (like a 5 in 1 tool). And WHATEVER you do, DON’T start it until you have all the stuff you need!
I gunked up the entire dresser, drawers and all before I figured out these steps. And then the stripper dried on those drawers before I could scrape them off. And instead of cleaning it up right away . . . I shoved the whole mess into the back of the garage for the next 8 months.
NOT a good idea! When I finally decided to work on it again, this is what I found:
Ugg – look a that crusty stuff. I had to scrub hard on every part of this thing THREE times to get that off. It was awful, especially all those details. And even after three crazy scrubbings, there were still crevices where the stripper was still there. But at that point, I just didn’t care any more.
Honestly, it was now June, and hot, and I had drug this dresser into the middle of the garage so I couldn’t park there until I finished it. So it was time to get serious. I borrowed my sisters awesome sander and got to work.
(and now is where I become a bad blogger and didn’t take any process pictures!)
My plan was to paint/glaze the bottom and stain the top. So I started by turning the whole thing upside down so it was easier to get to the bottom. The sander worked great on the flat surfaces . . . not so much on the rest. But I was tired and knew I was painting, and just didn’t care. Because of all the detail, I knew spray paint would be the easiest method. So I started with some spray primer.
Something was wrong with it – where I had sanded down to bare wood the primer bounced off instead of sticking. Seriously, it was weird. After three coats on everything (aka, 3 full CANS of spray primer), you could still see bare wood. Well, that won’t work! So I grabbed some regular Zinsser brush primer and use that on the actual dresser. MUCH better.
Then I started with the paint. I was worried the spray would be bad again – but this time I was using Rustoleum 2x coverage, and it worked like a charm. After the first coat it was looking so much better! I used just over 3 cans of paint to get a beautiful coverage.
Then flipped it over and sanded down the top. Some wood conditioner and stain later, and it was a BEAUTIFUL color. Then I mixed the same stain with some glaze to take the dresser from ok to AMAZING (it really is awesome what glaze can do for a piece!) I finished the whole thing off with 3 coats of wipe on polly, sanding VERY lightly the flat surfaces between coats.
Ok, enough blabbing, here’s some pictures of the gorgeousness that is now finished!
(Sigh). I love this thing!
The outside pictures are bit more accurate for the color – it’s a cream not a true white.
Look at that detail!
The luscious stained top:
And what’s that behind the door?
Another surprise – I like the two tone of it, do you?
Here’s the cost breakdown for you – please keep in mind, that I think I could have saved a good $20 if I would have done this thing right from the first!
Stripper: $6
5 in1 tool: $6
Scrub Brushes: $3
Primer (3 cans at $3 each): $9
Spray Paint (Rustoleum Heirloom White, 4 cans at $4 each) $16
New Handles: $15
Stain (rosewood water based) $0.97 (on clearance!)
Sand paper: $7.50
Brush on primer: on hand
Wood conditioner: on hand
Glaze: on hand
Wipe on Poly: on hand
Grand Total: $63.47
I LOVE IT!!
Places I like to link up to
Are you ready for a LONG story? Good, ‘cause here we go!
Back in February 2011, I’m pretty sure the rental across the street was evicted. At least one day there was suddenly a bunch of stuff out on the lawn. I looked at it for more than a week, especially this great big dresser. It had so much potential . . . but I didn’t really need a big dresser. So I thought I’d let someone else take it.
But no one did. That dresser just sat there for three weeks. Finally, one day it began to snow, and I KNEW I HAD to rescue it!
Hubby was, of course, flying. So I made 2309472 trips back and forth with drawers. Then I backed my van onto the lawn and wrestled the dresser into the back. From there I only had to lift it again into my house. and that baby was MINE!!
I knew I wanted to paint it. I also knew that would bug my Hubby, who has declared that all paint feels “yucky”, and only tolerates it on walls. (Some people just don’t know potential when they see it!) But one of the drawers was very damaged – I couldn’t just stain this thing and have it look decent.
And look at that detail – do YOU want to sand that down?
But I wasn’t sure the best way to go about fixing this baby up. So it sat in my kitchen until November. Yes, for nine months it just sat there waiting for both inspiration and the funds to fix it!
I finally bought some Orange Stripper – ‘cause I’d heard great stuff about it. But I learned something about stripping furniture in this process. First of all, DON’T put it on with a sponge brush – stripper will eat right through it. Use a bristle brush. And DON’T try to use a curved trowel to scrape it off – it’s a mess! Just buy a real scrapper (like a 5 in 1 tool). And WHATEVER you do, DON’T start it until you have all the stuff you need!
I gunked up the entire dresser, drawers and all before I figured out these steps. And then the stripper dried on those drawers before I could scrape them off. And instead of cleaning it up right away . . . I shoved the whole mess into the back of the garage for the next 8 months.
NOT a good idea! When I finally decided to work on it again, this is what I found:
Ugg – look a that crusty stuff. I had to scrub hard on every part of this thing THREE times to get that off. It was awful, especially all those details. And even after three crazy scrubbings, there were still crevices where the stripper was still there. But at that point, I just didn’t care any more.
Honestly, it was now June, and hot, and I had drug this dresser into the middle of the garage so I couldn’t park there until I finished it. So it was time to get serious. I borrowed my sisters awesome sander and got to work.
(and now is where I become a bad blogger and didn’t take any process pictures!)
My plan was to paint/glaze the bottom and stain the top. So I started by turning the whole thing upside down so it was easier to get to the bottom. The sander worked great on the flat surfaces . . . not so much on the rest. But I was tired and knew I was painting, and just didn’t care. Because of all the detail, I knew spray paint would be the easiest method. So I started with some spray primer.
Something was wrong with it – where I had sanded down to bare wood the primer bounced off instead of sticking. Seriously, it was weird. After three coats on everything (aka, 3 full CANS of spray primer), you could still see bare wood. Well, that won’t work! So I grabbed some regular Zinsser brush primer and use that on the actual dresser. MUCH better.
Then I started with the paint. I was worried the spray would be bad again – but this time I was using Rustoleum 2x coverage, and it worked like a charm. After the first coat it was looking so much better! I used just over 3 cans of paint to get a beautiful coverage.
Then flipped it over and sanded down the top. Some wood conditioner and stain later, and it was a BEAUTIFUL color. Then I mixed the same stain with some glaze to take the dresser from ok to AMAZING (it really is awesome what glaze can do for a piece!) I finished the whole thing off with 3 coats of wipe on polly, sanding VERY lightly the flat surfaces between coats.
Ok, enough blabbing, here’s some pictures of the gorgeousness that is now finished!
(Sigh). I love this thing!
The outside pictures are bit more accurate for the color – it’s a cream not a true white.
Look at that detail!
The luscious stained top:
And what’s that behind the door?
Another surprise – I like the two tone of it, do you?
Here’s the cost breakdown for you – please keep in mind, that I think I could have saved a good $20 if I would have done this thing right from the first!
Stripper: $6
5 in1 tool: $6
Scrub Brushes: $3
Primer (3 cans at $3 each): $9
Spray Paint (Rustoleum Heirloom White, 4 cans at $4 each) $16
New Handles: $15
Stain (rosewood water based) $0.97 (on clearance!)
Sand paper: $7.50
Brush on primer: on hand
Wood conditioner: on hand
Glaze: on hand
Wipe on Poly: on hand
Grand Total: $63.47
I LOVE IT!!
Places I like to link up to
Thursday, June 28, 2012
'cause I like it
I get to teach the women in my church this Sunday. I love to teach. I love the preparation, the new ideas, the things I learn. In fact, if anyone is listening, I'd GLADLY give up my current calling to teach the women instead. MUCH MUCH less stressful!
Anyway, I had this idea to make one of those fancy smancy word art thingies for a handout. And then I decided to not actually print it out for the ladies, but just email it. Why you ask? First of all, it will look much better in color, and I'm not going to blow the entire month's budget on one lesson. Second of all, I also know that 99.9% of all handouts end up in the trash, and I'm not in the mood to waste paper OR money. So, if anyone actually wants my cool picture, they can print it out for themselves!
Including you! I saved it high res, so just click on it and save it to your computer.
This is from the book "Daughters in My Kingdom" pg 59, and I love the feel of the quote. So much courage, and joy in there. And yes, I'm going to print it out for myself. The wall art in my bathroom has become a motivation theme - this fits just perfect!
Anyway, I had this idea to make one of those fancy smancy word art thingies for a handout. And then I decided to not actually print it out for the ladies, but just email it. Why you ask? First of all, it will look much better in color, and I'm not going to blow the entire month's budget on one lesson. Second of all, I also know that 99.9% of all handouts end up in the trash, and I'm not in the mood to waste paper OR money. So, if anyone actually wants my cool picture, they can print it out for themselves!
Including you! I saved it high res, so just click on it and save it to your computer.
This is from the book "Daughters in My Kingdom" pg 59, and I love the feel of the quote. So much courage, and joy in there. And yes, I'm going to print it out for myself. The wall art in my bathroom has become a motivation theme - this fits just perfect!
Saturday, June 2, 2012
How to make yourself really, REALLY tired in 5 steps
Step 1: Be 7 months pregnant. Now really, we could stop there, but if you’re going to do something, we might as well be thorough here.
Step 2: Stay up way too late watching silly movies because your Hubby is flying, and even though you know he’s in a different state, you still struggle to go to bed without him.
Step 3: Have a drama queen 7 year old with both a sunburn AND the sniffles (oh the horrors!). She’ll be so vocally miserable, you’ll convince her to try to take a nap at 4:30 (something she hasn’t done for 5 years). Amazingly, she’ll actually fall asleep. At 5:30, you’ll try to wake her for dinner, but she’ll be completely unresponsive. Not coma unresponsive, but roll away and not come even close to waking unresponsive. Decide sleep is good for her anyway and leave her there. Don’t you worry, she’ll wake up 4 hours later, completely famished. You’ll give her dinner and send her back to bed. Of course she’ll then proceed to come down every 15 minutes to tell you she can’t sleep. This will last until around 10:00
Step 4: Around 11:30, when you were finally thinking about heading to bed yourself, have your 2 year old start crying. Not a normal cry, but a truly something is wrong cry. Remember she’s been . . . off lately, and go help her. Her entire bed will be soaking wet. Dry diaper, no spilled water sipper, just everything strangely wet. Get everything changed, comfort her, and get her back to bed. But the night isn’t over yet folks! Around 2 am, she’ll wake you up again and say “bed, bed!” You’ll then try to get some sleep for 30 minutes with her sitting on your face in your bed. Then, she’ll suddenly sit up and make a very strange noise. Frantically run down the hall with her hoping you can get her to the bathroom before she throws up all over you. Of course, bending over even the sink will freak her out, so she’ll throw up all over the floor. But once she’s calmed down, at least she’ll let you lay her back in her bed!
Step 5: Toss and turn for the next hour trying to get back to sleep. Have all three kids wake up before 6 am, for a grand total of 4 hours of sleep!
Extra credit step: Every time the house is quiet during the day attempt to lay down for a nap. Within 60 seconds, your entire family will come looking for you!
*This procedure is guaranteed to make you deliriously exhausted. Undertake at your own risk. Author is not responsible for how cranky you’ll be.
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Bliss by the Bowlful
I’d like to introduce you to THE MOST AMAZING THING YOUR SWEET TOOTH HAS EVER HAD.
(and yes, those caps are completely necessary!)
Honestly, I can’t think of a single amazing dessert that I’ve ever enjoyed more than this one!
Let me set the stage for how this deliciousness came to be.
First, I’m in charge of all the activities for the women at my church. We recently had a produce manager come and talk to us. Of course, we HAD to have super yummy fresh produce for refreshments! And of COURSE only half of the people showed up that we were expecting. Even with giving a bunch of stuff away, I went home with almost 2 pounds of strawberries. I had also made the BEST fruit dip for that night and had a huge bowl full left.
Second, there was a very real possibility that Hubby would not even be home for Mother’s Day. And even if he was, he wouldn’t have time to do anything for it. We discussed it beforehand, and decided to celebrate later. But, it was STILL Mother’s Day, dang it! And if I was cooking, I was going to make something drool worthy. I planned my favorite menu and just needed dessert. So I opened up my fridge for some inspiration. Those luscious strawberries were staring me in the face. Strawberry shortcake, of course! I thought to myself. But what if we used that awesome dip instead of whipped cream! And the typical angel food cake is nice, but what if we went for full fledged pound cake to make it even more tasty! LOVE this idea!
So that’s what I did. I decided to try my hand at making my own pound cake. Results: yummy, but oh BOY do I need a better pan. In spite of very liberally greasing and flouring, it came out in chunks. Well, we can deal with that! It turned the whole thing into a bit more of a trifle idea, but hey, it was edible!
Ready for the recipe?
Lick Your Lips Shortcake
*Pound cake (I made mine from scratch using this recipe)
*Strawberries, de-hulled and sliced
*fruit dip (I combined these two recipes into my own )
Grab a bowl. Crumble up your pound cake. Sprinkle about 4 strawberries worth of slices on top. Dollop a great big spoonful of dip. Eat with great enjoyment!
Fruit Dip:
*7 oz. marshmallow cream
*8 oz. cream cheese
*zest of 1 orange
Beat cream cheese until smooth and fluffy. Beat in marshmallow cream and zest. (I added in some fresh juice too, but it made it too runny. So next time I’ll skip that part)
(and yes, those caps are completely necessary!)
Honestly, I can’t think of a single amazing dessert that I’ve ever enjoyed more than this one!
Let me set the stage for how this deliciousness came to be.
First, I’m in charge of all the activities for the women at my church. We recently had a produce manager come and talk to us. Of course, we HAD to have super yummy fresh produce for refreshments! And of COURSE only half of the people showed up that we were expecting. Even with giving a bunch of stuff away, I went home with almost 2 pounds of strawberries. I had also made the BEST fruit dip for that night and had a huge bowl full left.
Second, there was a very real possibility that Hubby would not even be home for Mother’s Day. And even if he was, he wouldn’t have time to do anything for it. We discussed it beforehand, and decided to celebrate later. But, it was STILL Mother’s Day, dang it! And if I was cooking, I was going to make something drool worthy. I planned my favorite menu and just needed dessert. So I opened up my fridge for some inspiration. Those luscious strawberries were staring me in the face. Strawberry shortcake, of course! I thought to myself. But what if we used that awesome dip instead of whipped cream! And the typical angel food cake is nice, but what if we went for full fledged pound cake to make it even more tasty! LOVE this idea!
So that’s what I did. I decided to try my hand at making my own pound cake. Results: yummy, but oh BOY do I need a better pan. In spite of very liberally greasing and flouring, it came out in chunks. Well, we can deal with that! It turned the whole thing into a bit more of a trifle idea, but hey, it was edible!
Ready for the recipe?
Lick Your Lips Shortcake
*Pound cake (I made mine from scratch using this recipe)
*Strawberries, de-hulled and sliced
*fruit dip (I combined these two recipes into my own )
Grab a bowl. Crumble up your pound cake. Sprinkle about 4 strawberries worth of slices on top. Dollop a great big spoonful of dip. Eat with great enjoyment!
Fruit Dip:
*7 oz. marshmallow cream
*8 oz. cream cheese
*zest of 1 orange
Beat cream cheese until smooth and fluffy. Beat in marshmallow cream and zest. (I added in some fresh juice too, but it made it too runny. So next time I’ll skip that part)
Monday, May 14, 2012
Crazy things my 2 year old can say
‘Lil’s language is finally taking off. While there is a LONG way to go, she does now talk like your normal 12 month old (only 15 months behind!). She’s slowly learning to say things like Dada, her sister’s name, and “mil” (milk).
But she says crazy things too.
One of her first words? Yewow. Really? Yellow? We’d been working for more than a YEAR to figure out how to ask for food, and she comes up with the hardest color to say first instead?
I just heard her say : aye, eee, eye, ohh, YOU!
Really? She can’t identify me as Mama (she usually says “Head” or “Hair” when I point to myself – thinking it’s time to go over body parts I suppose). But she can say all the vowels. Where the heck did she even hear all the vowels in order anyway? That’s not your typical Sesame Street or Blue’s Clues lesson.
“Tae Too” (thank you) is one of the cutest. Actually, for not being able to communicate, she sure is a polite little thing (when not throwing the biggest fits in the world that is). She says “tae too” whenever you give her something, or she gives you something. “Pwee” (please) has been her way to say yes for months now. Just this morning I heard her say “wem”, which I think was your welcome, after she said thank you. And she’s starting to say “sow” (sorry) when something goes wrong.
Our biggest communication hurdle right now is figuring out just what the heck she is saying. She never EVER has finally consonants. So milk and movie sound the exact same. So does color and cookie. It’s still a big guessing game – but she has started to say “No mee” or “No cugh” when you hold up the wrong thing.
A two word phrase – that’s HUGE people!
Maybe, just MAYBE by the time Jr comes in August, I’ll be able to talk to my daughter. And oh, how that makes my heart smile!
*and yes, she is just POSTIVIE this seat is for her to eat breakfast in, not for a baby!
Friday, May 11, 2012
My Favorite party
So my last post (where I was crazy!) I talked about filling those baskets with pretties.
Here’s the follow up.
Several months ago, one of my favorite blogs threw a Favorite Things party. It’s kind of like when Oprah would have her insane giveaways, only for normal people.
I fell in love with the idea. I’ve had it in the back of my head ever since, just wondering how to make it work.
Then, all of a sudden, I realized I needed to do it LIKE RIGHT NOW!!! Before school gets out for the year and before I have to worry about a little baby around the house!
So I made a list (and checked it twice!). I sent out an email invite through pingg.com (LOVE that site!). And then I re-explained it to pretty much every single person I invited! Here’s my quick explanation for it.
“please bring 5 of your favorite thing to share with everyone else. I’m also putting a price cap on it of $10 each item – but if your favorite thing is costs a quarter that’s AWESOME!!!”
The idea is that we each get to find new favorite things – and actually go home with our own goodie bags! Adults NEVER get goodie bags!
My next problem was what on earth I was going to give! I finally decided to give one of my favorite books. I hopped on abebooks.com (another GREAT place!), and found 4 hardback copies of Wildwood Dancing (a retelling of 12 dancing princesses) for a buck each! (ok, so there was also a couple more bucks for shipping, but still!) Perfect! I placed them all in my cart and was good to go.
That is, until I got the confirmation emails the next day. They all said expect to ship in 7-14 days . . . except for the one that said shipping can take up to a MONTH!!!?!?!?!??! What! I only had 9 days before the party. If it was my idea to have this thing, then I think I better have something to give everyone else!
Which is why I had to get those silly baskets made. I really do love how they turned out, but boy, talk about crazy!
Fortunately, the night before the party the books arrived. It was cutting it close, but at least they made it!
We ended up with only 4 of us there. My favorite thing was the book. One lady brought flushable wipes (I’ve always wanted to try those!), and the other two both brought foaming hand soap – great minds think alike!
I’m for sure going to have to do this party again!
Here’s the follow up.
Several months ago, one of my favorite blogs threw a Favorite Things party. It’s kind of like when Oprah would have her insane giveaways, only for normal people.
I fell in love with the idea. I’ve had it in the back of my head ever since, just wondering how to make it work.
Then, all of a sudden, I realized I needed to do it LIKE RIGHT NOW!!! Before school gets out for the year and before I have to worry about a little baby around the house!
So I made a list (and checked it twice!). I sent out an email invite through pingg.com (LOVE that site!). And then I re-explained it to pretty much every single person I invited! Here’s my quick explanation for it.
“please bring 5 of your favorite thing to share with everyone else. I’m also putting a price cap on it of $10 each item – but if your favorite thing is costs a quarter that’s AWESOME!!!”
The idea is that we each get to find new favorite things – and actually go home with our own goodie bags! Adults NEVER get goodie bags!
My next problem was what on earth I was going to give! I finally decided to give one of my favorite books. I hopped on abebooks.com (another GREAT place!), and found 4 hardback copies of Wildwood Dancing (a retelling of 12 dancing princesses) for a buck each! (ok, so there was also a couple more bucks for shipping, but still!) Perfect! I placed them all in my cart and was good to go.
That is, until I got the confirmation emails the next day. They all said expect to ship in 7-14 days . . . except for the one that said shipping can take up to a MONTH!!!?!?!?!??! What! I only had 9 days before the party. If it was my idea to have this thing, then I think I better have something to give everyone else!
Which is why I had to get those silly baskets made. I really do love how they turned out, but boy, talk about crazy!
Fortunately, the night before the party the books arrived. It was cutting it close, but at least they made it!
We ended up with only 4 of us there. My favorite thing was the book. One lady brought flushable wipes (I’ve always wanted to try those!), and the other two both brought foaming hand soap – great minds think alike!
I’m for sure going to have to do this party again!
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