Last of January

This will be the last post for January and I totally had a reason for writing it and have now completely forgotten it. I'll just wing it!
Faith is sick. She has a cold and is getting her very first antibiotics twice a day. I have to say, when Dustin is sick, I always think that it's amazing when he gets better and both of us are still alive and in love. Because he's really annoying when he's sick. (Not so much lately, though) But when Faith is sick, my whole world is in pain because there is nothing I can do for her. Since she as a cold and is not two - not even one-, I can't give her any real medicine for her cough and no decongestant either. So she can't breathe at night because she can't breathe through her nose and forgets that. So she'll be asleep, close her mouth and try to breathe through her nose and wakes herself up choking and coughing. Poor baby. So none of us have been getting a whole lot of sleep.
I am so bored!! But our income tax money comes in next week and we're going to get a car and then, finally, I'm getting my license! Long overdue by anyone's standards!
Megan is coming to visit tomorrow. Resale shops and Dustin has Faith. Maybe. I'm hoping becase I could really use the break.
Anyway, lunchtime! Gotta go, bye!!

Oh yeah, Faith stood by herself yesterday. I was making her walk with me and I let her go to see if she would stand and she did. For about ten seconds. Then we went over to where Dustin was and did it two more times, once for about fifteen seconds and then for about thirty seconds. She was so cute! Then Dustin went and texted EVERYBODY about it, which was realy even cuter than Faith! LOL

Adventures in Resale Shopping

Well, every week since before Christmas, Faith and I have been going to resale shops with a friend and her son. We have had a blast and managed not to spend too much money while still getting some really nice stuff.
But that's not my reason for this blog.
As we've gone along, we have had a few 'adventures' and I just wanted to share them with you guys.
On one occasion, Chelsea - my friend - and I were looking through the box of toys while Jayden and Faith were playing right beside us. Faith crawled into my lap and I started smelling a minty odor. I kept thinking, 'Did someone dump mouthwash in here or something?' Then I happened to look at my darling daughter and discovered she had a piece of gum in her mouth. From off the floor. GROSS!!!
Another time, (at the same resale shop, oddly enough) Faith wanted me to hold her and was a bit fussy, so I picked her up and loved on her. She nestled her head on my shoulder - and promptly spit up in my hair, down my back and on the floor. THAT was lovely! Chelsea had to help me clean it up, but after that, Faith was fine.
Then there was the wonderful time that we walked into St. Vincent's and were met with a loud harangue about the economy and this guy's job and how the 'Mexicans' are destroying 'our' workplace and a whole host of annoyingly loud opinions. We didn't stay long that time. Plus they wouldn't let Chelsea go to the bathroom. Big, pregnant and they said no. Can you believe?!
Oh and don't let me forget the time a man walked up to a woman he did not know and asked her if she ever made tamales and how much would she charge for a dozen. I was more offended than she was. I mean, he didn't know her at all and thought that just because she was Hispanic, she would have made them. She told him that she would charge like eight dollars and when he walked away, started talking to the woman with her in a low voice. The whole thing was so weird!
At two of our shops, they always give us or Jayden something for free. Mostly toys or a little thing, stuff like that.
I love resaling, as I call it. Since my friend's due date is Friday, I'm going out on Saturday after the FWAC meeting with LaJuana and the kids. Looking forward to it!

Update on new law

http://collegestation.craigslist.org/bab/988743252.html

Snopes says that the new law is just stricter regulations on the reselling of things that MIGHT have lead. That's it. Much ado about nothing.........maybe......

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-thrift2-2009jan02,0,2083247.story

This a story on one of the stupidest laws they have ever passed. Obviously these people have no idea how many people shop for their children at resale shops. But this law may also effect the private sale of children's. Private. Like garage sales or over the internet on craigslist or ebay. As if it's anyone's business!
And where are these items supposed to go? In a landfill. Sounds great for the environment, doesn't it?
So what am I supposed to do now? I may never be able to afford brand-new clothes for my kids. The resale shops I know may not be able to afford the tests this law requires. So what exactly is my option? And what about the economy? Don't resale shops have a part in that?
Has the world lost it's mind?!
Wait, that was actually retorical...........

Update: I talked to one of the ladies that run Second Chance Resale and she said that it wasn't going to effect their clothing sales, only their kids' toys and equipment sales. She said that the only thing about the clothes was a certain type of zippers and a certain type of button. Also, a friend of mine talked to some resale shop she knows in Austin and they are not going to be effected by the law at all becase they meet all of the requirements in the bill. They also said that some of the shops here in Bryan may be exempt and not know it.
Be nice to know the exact parameters of the laws and what it entails and will effect, don't you think?