Quite a lot to blog about lately.

Here are a few life lessons as of late:

1. I shall never work in a clothing store. I volunteered at the baby consignment sale I consigned in last weekend and I’m not sure I’d like to repeat it. I did it because it allowed me to get 80% of my sales – but man, one 4 hour day and one 8 hour day later – and many, many pieces of clothing picked up off the floor and rehung – well, let’s just say that people are not very considerate. And people STEAL things. Doesn’t that just stink?? I had a very cute Babygap beret stolen from me – a person actually removed the tape off the bag and swiped it.

I’m glad I did the sale…but the clientele was not quite what I expected. Not much of my “good” stuff sold, which was a huge bummer…BUT out of 4 packed bins of clothing I came home with only one, and made almost $400. I got it all out of the house, and made some cash. I was hoping to clear a grand, but the customers just weren’t buying the boutique stuff. And I guarantee you, my stuff was the best looking in the whole place! So, it’s back to eBay to recoup some Christmas spending cash.

2. I thought we were almost out of the woods regarding sickness but then poor Baby E got the worst of it. Cough, runny nose, sneezing, etc. AND the worst rash on her face which had Vann very concerned until sweet Lauren told me not to worry – a very normal reaction to whatever virus she’s contracted. Fortunately she’s been sleeping well at night. I am praying that she is better by Friday – not only is the girl’s cousin Owen coming for a visit but we have our Christmas card photo shoot on Saturday afternoon. Poor little girl.

3. The Bischoff house has fleas. Gross, I know. Please don’t run screaming. What we thought was a normal grooming session for Siena last week turned out to include a fleabath and some Frontline. Don’t ask me HOW she got fleas – the cat has never been out of the house. Ever. The only thing we can think of is that she must have gotten them during her stay in the “country” this summer. I didn’t even think of it when she was shedding heavily and chewing on herself a lot…just never occurred to me that she would have fleas.

Siena is now all clear…and I’m afraid I was living in denial thinking they would just leave on their own.

I thought this up until the point I found BITEMARKS on Charlie.

I know.

So, $75 later – pest control is coming tomorrow and we will hopefully be rid of these anklebiters. It’s probably not a bad idea to spray considering this is Texas and I’ve been told that bugs are just “part of it” – and we all know how I feel about invertebrates so – please, anything I can do to rid our world of bugs – so be it. But what a pain in the you know what!