To Return To Work or Not

I haven't yet decided what I want to do yet. I would love to be my own boss and have a business. I know the economy is really poor right now and that is what keeps me on the fence. I have this new passion and it is making diaper cakes and baby shower gifts. I would love to be able to do this on a full time basis. But can we afford for me to do it?? There is alot that needs to be done, licences to obtain and of course a website. Right now I have been listing on EBAY but because of the economy I haven't sold them for very much, I want to be fair to people, but I want to make some money too. I also just found Etsy.com...they have much lower fess than EBAY, which is awesome. They are more for people like me who make crafts and who offer supplies. I have opened and Etsy store as well. I hope to one day stop using EBAY as my main source of sales.

If you want to check out my store, click the link on the right called Diamondssaphire's Diaper and Baby Shower Creations. Check back often too, I just started yesterday and have a few things up and will be adding more..

Gone in a Flash!

Income tax check came in handy this year. I wanted to save some of it, but my husband wanted to get stuff with it. We needed a new bed, no doubt about that and we did get one. It is nice, I haven't slept so well in such a long time. We also got a new tv, we didn't need that but my husband really wanted it and for once in my life, I gave in. We are now the owners of a 42" Plasma HD tv..ugh. I could care less about the tv. Yeah it is bigger and nicer to watch, but I am not into materialistic things, so it really doesn't phase me. We did not get the plasma mount, we almost ran out of extra money and my SUV needed new tires. We got those too..I had withdraw some money from the savings account, but you gotta do what you have to. So all in all we got what we needed and something we did not need. Next year, I get a laptop! (that was my compromise!!)

Life is Okay

So not much is changing on the job search. This week I am off to unemployment for a class on WIA funds. The said "Be on time, if you are late you will not be allowed in." Well, there are no issues with my ability to be on time..I can't stand being late.

Today I am supposed to go shopping with a friend. She is getting married and wants to pick up a few things..UGH. I really hate shopping. One of the things she wants is a corset so I told her to check out Shirley corset. Seeing it is an online store, she wasn't to thrilled about that. I was just trying to get out of going shopping. I mean, not like I have extra money to spend!! But I am going to go, I said I would and it will be nice to hang out with her since we don't get to do it that often..

I Am Fuming..

Ok, so as many people know I have been laid off from my job. This morning I was on the Capitol Workforce Partners website. On this site I notice that they have a Summer Youth and Learning Program. Peeked my interest, Zac really wants a job and this looks like something that he could do over the summer, get some training..right.

They have requirements

• must be 14..check
• must have a birth certificate...check
• must have social security card...check
• must have citizenship...ie..birth certificate....check
• any special circumstances...nope
• do you receive free lunch at school...nope
• are you on welfare...nope

What was I told?...If you do not receive welfare, food stamps or free lunch then you might not want to show up to apply.

What kind of crap is that?? Because I don't suck the State of Connecticut dry my child does not have the opportunity to learn or get a summer job. That is crappy as far as I am concerned. Why does a child that lives in a home with one working parent and a parent on unemployment not get the same services as a child who's parent is milking the system for money or sitting on their asses selling drugs and shooting each other. Making a menace out of themselves, bringing down communities and cities. I have a child who wants to work and who wants to become something, yet my less than middle class income prohibits that!! How is that fair? Honestly, it makes me nauseous..I wonder what the statistics are, how many kids who were eligible for this service, thanks to their parents, have actually taken the skills they have learned and become something as adults.

Out Of Whack

I feel very disoriented and out of whack this morning..why? Because I over slept, in a normal family it wouldn't really matter very much, but my family is far from normal. Nobody in my house can function or get themselves up with out me! Go figure..it is like living in a box, maybe a little bigger..one of those moving pods and no body can step out side of it. It is the same routine everyday, never changes, reminds me of the movie Ground Hog Day. I need to be up to get everyone else up! Ugh, why did I baby them soo much? With me not working, now it is even worse! Now I am going to go and have my coffee, better late than never!