Wednesday 5 September 2007

Hectic Jumping Frog!

Well... what first, oh yes! I had my scan yesterday and everything seems to be all right (phew!) the consultant spent so long with me lying in a weird position that by the time she told me that my little tadpole's heart seems fine I was too dizzy to take it in! She still has Choroid Plexus cysts, which put her in the 1/200 risk band of having Edward's Syndrome, but everything else looks fine, and the cysts are harmless... so whoopee! Now I can sit around relaxing and think about naming her...

Well, maybe I won't exactly be relaxing! The evening before my scan I went to the college... only to discover the silly toad on the phone had not told me, you know, like, the most useful bit of information she could have which was that it was the official enrolling night at 6pm for the evening maths A level - it was just pure luck that I decided to wait till Mr Frog got home, and turned up at quarter to six! Unfortunately, the rest of the people (except one other unfortunate) were primed and ready to sit the 'are you good enough' test! Argh! It was quite big, and full of algebra.....over the period of the next hour it dawned on me that the one section I'd forgotten since my exams in June seemed to be algebra (typical).... so the nice tutor said I could revise and retake the test next week, but I must know it otherwise I won't be able to manage the course as the first module is algebra based.... talking of modules, I didn't realise it was modular (well no one mentioned it like!) so there are three exams a year, the first one being right after I'm due to give birth so erm... hmmm.... going to be interesting.... the tutor was very nice about it all though, and said I could resit that one if nature got in the way. It looks really mind boggling... I hope I find time to learn everything I need to!

I've got my first craft fair on Sunday, my parents are being super nice and taking me there and delivering me back, so I shouldn't have to carry much.... mum's going to do clothed Indian head massages and I'm going to attempt to sell as many toiletries as I can! I can't wait, I'm also going to be meeting a lovely UK Etsian http://easilysuede.etsy.com she makes lovely suede belts and sells vintage jewellery... as well as being generally nice!

Talking of Etsy, I'll be listing a moisturising bath bar later (if the sun ever comes out for photos!) it's scented with lavender and tea tree and is great for people with super dry skin who don't want to use normal soap, it's packed full of shea and cocoa butter and is super soft and lathery, leaving you feeling clean but soft.... yum... I had a lovely bath with some last night!

I also can't wait to get back from my fair because I'm going to spend lots of money on brand new ingredients for products!

*hops off hectically thinking about the million and one things she has to do before Monday....*

Monday 3 September 2007

Stressed out Frog...

Aahh... well, this evening I will be mainly hopping onto the bus with my frogpass and attempting to get on an evening course; I didn't apply in time so I'm hoping there's a space left! I didn't apply in time because the college wants you to have actual results before applying and I got my results after the last application day (urgh)... so I'm going to embarrass myself when they a) laugh at me because I'm so late and trying to blag my on b) laugh at me because according to them evening courses in qualifications are for people with jobs and having two froglets under school age doesn't count and c) laugh at me because I'm incubating a tadpole who will emerge in the Christmas holidays most probably.... but I can but try (and try not to get flustered and go red, frogs look funny when they go red, unless they're poison arrow frogs)...



I listed my Peppermint Cream body butter, it's gorgeous, really sweet and deliciously tingly, I think it's one of my favourite ever butters... I'm thinking of inventing some new, funky soaps soon, to brighten up the shop and compliment the totally natural selection of products I have already..


I got my first treasury on Etsy! http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=7988 click on it, go on, my friend's got to page one instantly (just 'cause she found a body in her garden, I mean, pffft :D )


The froglets are currently littering the pond with more vehicles than I think I've ever seen in one place at one time - have you ever tried clearing toy cars out of a pond? It's not fun!


I also found out yesterday(ish) that Dad is getting pensioned off, he's been off sick for 6 months and doesn't want to go back - this means he may lose his frog-mobile, which means I will soon have to lug all my products for fairs on the bus, and it's just not possible for a heavily pregnant froglady, so I'm feeling a bit lost.... I'll have to find ways of selling online, or not at all!

Scan tomorrow! I'll let you guys know how it goes; I can't wait to be able to either calm down and relax or *know* something for sure.


Also, last night I ate a whole tub of ice cream. Not even low fat. *waddles fatly off*