It has been a crazy few days. Rachi's cold became a cough and then a series of asthma attacks this past weekend, sending she and I to the emergency room. Nothing too serious, just the usual chest xray, oral steriods, etc. She and I got to have some nice alone time on that emergency room rolly bed. How do you keep a 1-1/2 year old in an emergency room for 3 hours? I went straight from the emergency room to the Black Cat Rock and Shop on Sunday. It was a hard call, but she was doing fine and Jeff was ok with it, so I went. I hate making those calls. Do I do what I planned or stay home just in case. These are times that I am lucky I am not a single mom and have the ability to make these calls. I felt a little like a bad mom for going, but then the turn out and interaction with customers was so great that I felt better.

I re-met some people who I had sold to at Crafty Bastards including the guy who I will refer to as "zombie guy" because his girlfriend called me the "zombie lady" which totally made me laugh. Yes, I am the now the zombie lady to many. :) Anyway, zombie guy was rad to see again and I am glad he finally got a shirt that fit!

The Mutiny were nearly all there and once again, it was rad to work together. I can't say this enough. If you are out there and crafty, get yourself a group of crafty friends. There is no reason to make and sell stuff in a void. I did that for so long and it was weird and lonely.

Then on Monday, a bunch of us loaded up Debbie's car again and sold at the downtown market. This wasn't as good as the Black Cat, but the weather was lovely and the company was good and at one point I looked down to see that we were all wearing cool shoes. I always like people better when they wear Mary Janes. I don't think I have had such a nice experience with a group of people since my magazine days in college and this is rad.

An evening and day away from the girls really made me put things into perspective, too. I missed their faces so much. Rachi's coolness and Ani's sweetness. It also made me realize their talking is just growing every day. They can now say so much stuff, including words like love-y, bobo (for belly button), cool, Belva (their grandmother's name), cup, cookie, plus they can sing "row, row, row your boat". Rachi can also take off and put on her own pants! I feel like it will only be a few months before we have full sentences. Amazing.

I usually hate Christmas things like Santa and songs and things, but the girls are changing that for me. They just freak out when they hear Christmas music and see Santa. It is strange. I didn't want to do the whole Santa thing because I think it is awful to lie to your children about these things. And we don't believe in the whole jesus thing, so why even bother with Christmas? But seeing the girls get so excited by the Christmas tree in the lobby makes me realize that I have to do it. So, this weekend, we will make a trip to the mall in hopes of seeing Santa and lights and trees and Christmas music. Oh! And the Hallmark ornament catalog is their favorite book right now. They just want to look at it and oooh and ahhh and point and chat. How weird is that? I guess we will be going there after xmas to let the girls pick out an ornament. They will all be on sale by then!

I hope you are having a good December. Now I am off to sleep and dream.