The highs and lows of our weekend

I have edited this post to correct what appears to be a misunderstanding. I should have been more careful in choosing my words, but I wasn't, so I'm sorry that I offended my readers.
As the author of this blog, I have the right sing the praises of my children as much as I want, but I shouldn't have been so harsh on the other contest entrants. That was wrong, but I stick by my Author's Disclaimer on the right hand side - read if you want, or don't read.

First the good news - we made a little over $900 at the garage sale. While it would be nice to spend that on something fun, what it'll go towards is our mortgage payment. Without a paycheck coming in for Brian, this will be a huge burden lifted for at least one month. Having him at home will also mean we can list the house MUCH quicker - as in the next 2 weeks. He's been working so hard on painting, staining, cleaning, and packing. I don't even want to think about how long it would have taken me to do all that stuff during nap times and on the weekends. The low of the garage sale wasn't technically during the garage sale, but happened after we closed down on Saturday. I went to a local resale shop with 4 tubs of clothes and toys where they only bought 4 things. FOUR. I had a hundred items. Not only was I incredibly insulted that they thought my stuff wasn't good enough, but the employees were rude to boot. For $11 they bought a $20 wooden toy, a Discovery Toys crib bumper, 2 articles of clothing, and a $30 activity center. Yes, I know they need to make a profit but come on! $11??????????

Another low point of the weekend was seeing the results of the Evenflo Cute baby contest. I always knew it would be a long shot for Julia to win, but I never thought she'd lose out to a flower child. In the future I plan to stick to smaller contests or at least ones that there's a panel of judges do the work rather than asking friends and family to vote. (A big THANK YOU to all of you who took the time to vote!!)To end this post on a high note I am thrilled to share the news that Julia will be featured in a Kissaluvs Cloth Diaper ad this fall. We knew that part of their photo contest was the chance to be used in their online advertising, but I never dreamed that after the kid's finalist placing that they'd contact us for more pictures and end up using one in a MAGAZINE. The Nov/Dec edition of Mothering Magazine will have a Kissaluvs ad that features my baby girl!!!!