Common sense if your husband is not rich, to get any where in life, or to get ahead (savings!) a family needs duel income. Well, its the smartest solution... unless you plan on winning the lotto or inheriting from long lost rich relatives...lol.. i like to live in reality. I think everyday how i wish i could just be a stay-at-home mom... like not work from home and stay up until 1am, to wake up at 7am because your husband closed and gets home at 2am so he can sleep in til 10am.... i don't see the fairness, BUT his job wears on him more, he is constantly go---go--go-- I've told him many time, i could never do his job. Could you image having to deal with problems all day... But he says that is what he has a passion for and hopes to one day have his own restaurant. I love how i get to spend my extra time raising taylor, i am very blessed, and the 2 hours of nap time i work (i pray i get 2 hours, sometimes its 30 min..eek!) then at 8:30-whenever i get tired i'm done working... those are my work hours which my income helps out A LOT, basically its like me working full time at a mall - job but i do not have to pay for daycare so we get to keep all the income!! hehe! Brandon asked me the other day if i enjoy what i do, i told him that in the beginning i did, but now it feels like work because of deadlines ect... but i enjoy creating and love sewing... i just wish i could create more new designs for my shop and make clothes for taylor!! I made these really cute boots for Taylor's Halloween costume... they turned out so well, i wish i could sell them in my shop... but i have only worked out the pattern for a size 7 (my daughter's size!)
When we lived in Eau Claire we always talked about what we wanted in life (brandon always talked about a restaurant, even though he was going to school for something completely different).. when i got pregnant with Taylor, i told brandon that i wanted my own baby boutique, i loved researching the internet for clothes, shoes, accessories (at the time, well probably not right now either, we couldn't afford boutique styles...lol) I came across etsy and fell in love with all the handmade items.... especially handmade baby shoes... they were ranging anywhere from $25-$40. I thought I could make cuter ones so i asked brandon to buy me a sewing machine and a lot of research, you tube videos on sewing, trial and error...Little Posh Bebe was created. I talked to Brandon and my mom about opening a children's boutique in Clarksville because there was nothing like that here, well apparently my friend Miriah informed me that one JUST opened on madison st.... WTF. Beat me to the punch, i just kept thinking that those kind of stores wouldn't last in clarksville because of how expensive the clothes are (Boutique quality, NOT second hand store or consignment). I've lived in clarksville since 1999' and have always thought of this town as a Discount/Coupon town... if its not on sale people won't come out! LOL. Maybe Clarksville is changing... for the better... I went in that store today and it was really nothing special they only had like 4 rounds of clothes and 1 round of blanks for embroidery.... a TON of baby gifts like all kinds of random knick-nacks. One little jumpsuit was $89 was not even cute! I suppose since they just opened they don't have much inventory. My friend Miriah said she would like to open one in the green hills area, maybe in the next year or so after she gets her store running, she can come to clarksville and help me open one!! Haha!!!
We will see what the future holds, time waits for no one as my mother tells me over and over like everyday!!! That has been a dream for a few years, but not sure if it will come reality...but i do know that i need to figure out a career of some sort... i have been contemplating on going back to school and getting into medical or teaching, but i am not even about to spend thousands of dollars (shoot we already owe 30K on Brandon's imaginary degree) So i am going to stick with my Business degree and either start a business or run someone else's! Just need to get the experience (everyone starts at the bottom!) I cherish the time that i have spent with my daughter as a stay-at-home mom, maybe for a few more years (who knows wink*wink*) but i do know that in 18 years my child(s) will leave me to live her (their) own life and what do i have left if i do not start my career now, could you image me, a 46 year old trying to figure out what do in life? no, no, no... So those are my objectives, really praying that i can open my business and run that other kids boutique out of town... HAHA.. just kidding, sorta.
Can't leave without posting pictures of my baby!! Taylor is sporting her cute outfit from her Mam-maw from her birthday... which by the way this is the EASIEST outfit for potty training, the soft velour pants are so easy to pull up and down, next post is about potty training... don't read while eating...gross.. HAHA!!!
She just learned how to swing on this!
She was pushing her ball in the swing...lol
I think she was giving the neighbors the stank eye... i tend to give them that look too... they are so weird!
Busy week ahead!! Parents are moving in 10 days... boo hoo hoo... :( Good Night!
