Holiday Stocking Hunt!!

Mark your calendars for November 6th….and join in the fun!!!

Our South Carolina Etsy Street Team (TeamSC) is preparing for a fabulous holiday game for all etsians.

Everyone who completes the hunt wins a shopping spree… just in time for the holiday season.

The grand prize winner receives a gorgeous handmade “Holiday Stocking” stuffed full of items donated by South Carolina Artisans. We are calling it our “Holiday Stocking Hunt”.

Information and rules for the hunt are available right now on our blog. http://scstreetteam.blogspot.com

Watch for the official forum thread on etsy under Promotions on Thursday, November 6th at 5:00 pm.

We’ll be looking for you!

We're off!

Tomorrow we leave for 9 days of camping, hoteling, Disneying, fishing, swimming, beaching and all sorts of good times!  First stop - Gainesville FL @ Payne's Prairie Preserve.

Oh my la-la ....

Chandler(12) comes down stairs at 6 this morning, the first day of 7th grade, our conversation:

C: Mom, I got it.

Me: Got what?

C: I got IT!!

Me: It, what?

C: ITTTTT!!!!

Me: Oh!!!  My la-la!!! 

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Yes, my first born got her very first monthly cycle! She's crampy, but otherwise doing fine so far. She knew what to expect so she wasn't too spazzed out.  But what a crappy day for it to happen on!  I'm going to take her to a nice lunch Saturday and get her a little gift of some sort.  If you have an idea please post it in comments!

School, Burban, Fay

Lots of stuff going on!  I'm coming up on finals for the summer A session in my class with DeVry. This last week is a killer!  We're analyzing the annual report of Whole Foods - 68 pages long!  On top of homework, lecture and discussions!  Going to be a mega busy week!! 

Yesterday the Suburban sprung a leak - transmission fluid in the driveway.  Frustrating because we're getting ready to go on the vacation and a big chunk of $ is tied up on that, so not a lot left for repairs right now. 

We're also keeping an eye on TS/Hurricane Fay.  We have many friends and family down there on the W coast side of FL.

Planning A Trip

During our vacay next month we're staying at Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park » Florida State Parks , Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort - Rooms | Walt Disney World Resort, $65 A NIGHT CONDO RENT FLORIDA USA DISNEY ORLANDO - eBay (item 230278337312 en.  We reallllly need to get away for a bit and this is going to be so much fun!

Never thought I'd say ....

This conversation would never have been conceived of.

 

Upon finding salt in Adam's hair:

Me: Tori did you put salt on Adam?

Tori: Yes Mommy

Me: Why did you put salt on your brother?

Tori: I want to eat him!

Need A Name ...

The Suburban is mine!  Drove it home from Ft Myers without incident.  The A/C doesn't work though.  Had it looked over today and they estimated $1600 to replace the parts and what not.  We're going to try and get the parts from a junk yard and get someone else to install.  My idea was Might Putty - you know the stuff Billy Mays is hawking on tv now?  As Seen on TV!  So anyway, I'm kinda bummed that it's so much to fix.

I don't like to refer to the new thing as The Suburban - too many syllables.  It's not a car or van - as in "Hey kids - go get in the _____!".  I don't want to refer to it as a truck, cause DH has an actual pick-up truck and that would be confusing. So .... my solution is - the Suburban needs a name.  I figure sooner or later something will come up that fits.  It won't be Bessie, George, John, Donna or Greg. If you have an idea throw it out there - I'd love to hear your ideas!