Naps and Cravings and Earrings

Dear Lord! I Love Naps! I have been so exhausted with this pregnancy. I’m sure I was with my others, but really, I don’t much remember. And this time I am nursing still too, so there is a double drain on my body. I occasionally toy with the idea of nursing through the pregnancy. I do love it and I hate the idea of weaning DS. But there are just so many things I can see getting in the way, a big belly being one of them. It’s not like he’s nursing much. Maybe three times during the day and three at night. Possibly more if I nap because I’m asleep and just want him to be quiet so I can stay asleep. I can feel that nursing is pretty draining though. So we’ll see. If nothing else I have to night wean because laying down and nursing has been very uncomfortable and draining even before I was pregnant.

DH was so good to me yesterday. Because we live so far away from town I haven’t had the same luxury of being able to acquire thing I crave immediately. Really that doesn’t bother me much because with all my pregnancies I have been at least a half hour drive away from a decent store or restaurant to sooth my savage cravings. Anyways, DH went to town yesterday and bought me cantaloupe and eggrolls. Oh I am such a happy little pregnant lady. Especially since the eggroll craving hit night before last. It was almost instant gratification when I got them 14 hours later.:)

Today I started making cards to display my earrings on. A while back I crocheted some earrings for my SIL. She loved them, but what totally shocked me is that she said a lot of other people loved them as well. She said she had more people asking about that pair then any of her other earrings. She has this gorgeously long neck and a great attitude, so she can pull of wearing just about anything (including cloves of garlic). When I made the earrings I knew they weren’t for me but I know she would love them. Well surprise, surprise, big and unique earrings are a fashion and people are longing them. She told me a friend of hers wanted to buy a pair, my MIL wanted to buy a pair for herself and DH’s Aunt, and on the other side an Aunt and cousin wanted to buy a pair. DH’s grandma even bought a pair! So I started making a bunch of pairs out of yarn I happen to have laying around. Then SIL got the brilliant idea of putting them in our Christmas shop which we’re opening up for a few days for Christmas In July. I haven’t heard if anything has sold there, but then I know it’s been slow cause it’s the middle of the week. Today I made cards to hang the earrings on. I also bought backs for them so they stay on the cards. I have slowed down on production, but I like playing with different styles and colors and as soon as I get some decent pictures, I will be placing them on etsy. I’m kinda excited. The hot water bottle cozies have taken and extreme back seat to the earrings. The return is just that much bigger, and it takes so much less time to make. I’ll still probably see if I can sell the cozies, seeing as that is what I got all that stuff for, but I think earrings are a new future for me.

So now I’m starving again (and so are my children apparently) so I must go and see what I can dig up.