TO SELL, OR NOT TO SELL... THAT IS THE QUESTION

A lot of you mentioned that if you didn't win my Giveaway, you would be interested in buying one. Were you all serious? I hope so, because I think I've decided to set up a shop on Etsy.com.

Before I set it up officially, I need to build up my inventory.

Here are six combinations that I've got in the works.

BTW, I still haven't been contacted from the Winner, Lynn, so if I don't hear from her, I will draw another winner. Stay tuned.

3 DAY POTTY BREAK

This is a BIG week here at the Faucheux household.

This is the week that Luke gets potty trained. Yes, I said "week", and actually, it's only going to take all of 3 Days.

I've got everything ready to go....

Potty Chair, Big Boy Toilet Seat Cover, Flushable Wipes (in "Cars" container of course).

Instruction Manual and 20 pairs of Big Boy Underware... "Cars, Toy Story 3, and traditional Tighty Whiteys... only they're red, blue and camo. As far as Tighty Whitey... well 2T was the smallest size they had... they will by no means be "tight" on my 23lb, almost 3 year old.

Plenty of Fluids...

and PLENTY of Treats and Rewards.

I am going to start on Tuesday, and if all goes as it should (according to the manual), Luke should be Potty Trained by Friday. The really great thing about this, is that the manual recommends doing this training starting at 22mos. (just a Little behind with Luke), which means I can Potty Train Grey in March, and be done with Diapers in 8 Months.

So for 3 Days, I will be UNAVAILABLE. All my Focus, Dedication and Love will be on Luke.

There will be no working out, sewing, being on the computer, talking on the phone, or housework (YEAH!!). So Lynn (winner of the Giveaway), if you're reading this, your new purse won't get to the post office until Friday.

I'll be online only briefly tomorrow because I've got to catch up on my domestic duties and chores, and then completely off the radar until the end of the week.

Wish me Luck, and I'll let you all know how it went next weekend.

BIG... I MEAN HUGE, PROJECT ON THE HORIZON

My husband and I, have now lived in our house for six years, and have had children for three of those years. In the years that we've been here, we've done NOTHING to the yard. Our house is situated on a one acre lot, that is mostly wooded. We have some grass, but it's at the top of the driveway which is near the main road, and at the main entrance to our neighborhood. Basically if we do anything outside, it's ALWAYS on our deck. Now granted, our deck is quite large, but there is only so much you can do on it - especially when there are now two toddlers running around. Also, our house is built up on stilts (we live in a lake community - if the lake ever floods... we're set), and you can drive under the house - so that's were we park our cars; tandem style. When we were first pregnant (and actually still up until about 4 months ago) , we had this grandiose vision of enclosing the underside of the house and doubling our living square footage. However, due to serious lack of funds and knowing deep down it would be ridiculous to put that much money into this house, we've let that vision drift away.

But now, we have a NEW VISION! One that is Totally Doable. One that will get us up and off the deck. YEAH!!!!!!

We are creating a Yard more accessible from the house.

This is what the immediate area around the house currently looks like - the "Before".

Basically A LOT of freakin' Gravel!!!!!!

This is what our new Yard Utopia Oasis is going to look like - the "After".

There are 3 main objectives:

1. Build the Pole Barn - this will now be where we park our cars

2. Clear out the underbrush in the Woods

3. Plant Grass

The secondary objectives are:

4. Jungle Gym play area for the boys

5. Extending the Lower Deck

6. Building the Privacy Fence

I cannot even begin to express how EXCITED I am that we will very soon be able to go outside and the boys will be able to play and run wild, like all little boys should be able to do. How wild can you get on an 8' deep deck? Not very, let me tell you.

Things are supposed to get under way this week. I will be sure to post pictures as it comes along.

AND THE WINNER IS..........

AHEM......

DRUMROLL PLEASE...

The Winner of My First Giveaway

is LynnQuiltsAlot.

Congratulations Lynn!!!!!!!!!

Please contact me by Wednesday with your information so I can get the purse out in the mail to you.

I want to Thank all of you who participated and let you know to stay tuned, because I just might do another one. Who Knows?

TWITTER

I have finally joined the rest of the cyber world and joined Twitter. You can follow me @tMoOT.

There's a handy little "Follow Me" button in the left sidebar.

FIX-IT-FRIDAY

If you are a follower of my other Blog, then you are familiar with my posts of I Heart Faces' Fix-It-Friday. This photography blog, posts a photo every Friday and allows it's viewers to download the photo so they can practice their editing skills.

Here's the "Before"

And heres my "After".

I know nothing about Photoshop, which is what most people use to do their editing, so I use Picnik.

Go to iheartfaces and check out ALL the other cool edits.