The Man and #6

Today – tonight's To Do list is gonna be a strange one… We are currently "rooming" in with #6 for the evening. The hospital here would like to see if the Man and I still "got it"… and by 'IT" I mean our parenting skills.

You'd think that the parents of 5 children.. would have learned SOMETHING in the last few years.. but maybe not. Some people would think we don't learn too fast since we are STILL having children…

Tonight #6's nurse said to me; "I'd like to watch you change his diaper and take his temp." I looked around the room and waited for Ashton Kutcher to jump out and say: "You've been PUNK'd!" but he didn't.. Did I mention that the nurse was the same age as #1…. ON TO the list..

• 11:00pm Take temp, change diaper, feed #6
• 2:00am Take temp, change diaper, feed #6 watch nurse draw blood (I won't be watching..)
• 5:00am Take temp, change diaper, feed #6
• 8:00am Take temp, change diaper, feed #6
• Wait the rest of the day for them to test and approve me as a parent…
• Remind #1 to remove all animals and sanitize the house
• #2 should arrive sometime in the early am to ride home with #6 in the backseat.
• Have #2 run into Target and buy the industrial size bottle of hand sanitizer.. the nurses have scared the poo out of me about germs and babies.
• Before bringing #6 in the house rub hand sanitizer on everything.

I’ve been a little lax in my daily to do list.  I don’t think they are interesting, but my 5 readers like them.. So we have to give the people what they want   I’m really late in doing this list today.. but here it is anyway.

1. School with #4 and #5 (#2 and #3 will be doing a little spring cleaning)

2. Go to the friends of the library sale

3. Upload 400+ photos.

4. Dinner: Tacos, cilantro rice, spoon bread, chips and salsa (This is#5′s birthday dinner choice)

5. Run to the grocery store.

6. Get the church’s charity auctions uploaded this evening.

7. Upload my auctions this evening.

8. work on updating my store categories **on going**

9. Make Father Daughter Masquerade ball mask

10.  Monkey’s need a hair cut.

11. List any books I bought to re-sale on Amazon.  (see list item #2)

12. Frost #5′s cupcakes for his Birthday

13. Plan Youth Group for Wednesday

14. Plan Girl Scouts

15. Write Article

16. Write up the stuff below…

Writing up Sunglasses…

Miscellaneous JUNK

More Sunglasses..

Oh.. and slippers

A perfect photo.. of how I feel.

1.  School the monkeys.. I know everyone else is on Spring Break.. but not these kids.. they are Homeschooled

2.  Reschedule my lunch date with Mon Ami

3. Check on Mission Fish Status

4. Write up eBay Junk

5.  Blog

6.  Dinner.. I’m not sure yet. Frozen pizza.

7  Change 900 listings and their store categories (on going process)

8. Wii Fit 30 minutes

9.  Finish About Me page for Charity Auction

10.  email Youth Group about work day..

11.  Clean up Inbox

12.  Start #3′s father daughter dance dress.

13.  Call Dentist

14.  make Dr’s appt’s

Tabled Items

1. Order Confessions Book for youth group  (sold out.. check back later)

2. work on the Cooking Blog

3. stretch and block my friend’s needlepoint

4. finish #1’s Coat (make button holes)

5. make lining for the felted purse #1 gave me

I collect pigs.  It started back when I was a junior in high school. The whole reason I collect pigs is because of an old boyfriend, a hunting incident, getting lost in the country, a farmer, my allowance and the runt in a litter.  One day I’ll tell you the story.. but for now just believe me when I say.. I collect pigs.   Here are 5 of my favorite from Etsy!

1. Hazel Atlas Dancing Pigs Tumblers; asking price $145.00  Being sold by WinkingOwl  Check it out Here.

Here’s what WinkingOwl says about the tumblers:

This set of 8 tumblers measure nearly 6″ and are all in excellent vintage condition! Please make sure to check out the matching Barware and Rocks/highball/juice glasses

2. Pig Butcher Hooks Recycled Farm Machinery: asking price $125.00  Being sold by TheSteelFork Check the listing out HERE.

Here’s what TheSteelFork says about the hooks:

12”w x 2”d x 10”h

Give your market bags, aprons or tea towels the honor they deserve. Hang them on this original Gatski Pig Butcher Hook. This primitive folk art hook is handmade with recycled farm machinery in rural Pennsylvania. Bring your farmhouse or modern kitchen a blast of organic farm style.

The Gatski Pig is a farm artifact. It maintains unique markings and patina from its original use in the field. Your Pig Butcher hook will be absolutely unique.

3.  Here Piggy Pig Recycled License Plate: asking price $119.00. Being sold by RecycleArtCo Check the listing out HERE.

Here’s what RecycleArtCo says about the Piggy Pig:

Original Recycled Art Co. design. This Piggy Pig would look great in any setting near or far from the farm. He measures about 16 inches by 17 inches.

This listing is for Here Piggy Pig only. Other pictures are examples of other pieces and colors available.

Each piece is handmade. Your piece may differ slightly from picture shown. Please let us know if you would like your pig or background to be a different color. Otherwise it will be our favorite color combo…a funky black and white pig on a bright white background.  We can add words made out of license plate letters to this piece (see other listings for examples). In the past customers have added names, the words BBQ, let’s eat, etc… If you can dream it, we can make it. We have been working with salvaged materials for over 10 years. We have always been tree huggers, but working with salvaged materials initially came out of necessity. We married young and worked our way through undergrad school (having two babies along the way). We are now celebrating 12 years of marriage and are working our way through grad school (with one grade schooler and one middle schooler). Life goes on and on…we are just along for the ride. In 2008, we made and sold our first piece of “artwork”. Our house has always been filled with our creations, but after much prayer and decision making we decided to go out on a limb and try to market our fabulous creations to the world. Here we are today sharing them with you. Enjoy We love to do custom pieces. If you do not see exactly what you are looking for, just send us a convo and we can make your vision a reality.

This needs to say “Queenie and The Man September 28, 1996″

4. Wedding Slate Pig Plaque: asking price $100.00 Being sold by InMyFathersFootsteps.  Check out the listing HERE.

Here’s what InMyFathersFootsteps says about this plaque:

Do you know some newlyweds? Who happen to collect pigs?  They’d LOVE this slate to commemorate their union!  Your choice of greeting, language, family name and wedding date.  The slates are hand-painted and originally quarried in Spain for use as roof tiles. They are approximately 8″x12″.  Coated with 3 layers of clear acrylic spray to protect against the elements. They can be hung indoors or outdoors.  This is a sample of what I would paint for you.  You have a choice of two typefaces:  Old English or Times Roman.  Please email me your choices (i.e. Wedding Pigs…Bill and Terry….October 11, 1986).  tkole2001 [!at] yahoo.com  This is an original, hand painted piece of art. Please allow two weeks for painting and one week for shipping. I ship one slate per package; USPS only. Each slate weighs about 2 lbs.

5. Vintage Hadley Pig Pitcher: asking price $58.00  Being sold by purrrfume.  Check out the listing HERE.

Here’s what purrrfume says about this pitcher:

This is a 2 quart pig pitcher by M.A. Hadley. It has no chips or cracks and is app. 7 1/4″ tall and 5″ across the top. Email me with any questions. Thanks for looking!