A for warning:  this post is a bit of a downer/rant....

I have so many ideas floating around in my head. All of them though take money to begin. Money and time. 2 things I have very little of....ok none of!

So I need to tend house, rear my tiny human .... and make money. Easy.....said no one ever! Our ancestors didn't do this alone. There was a whole family unit working together or servants. So I need a sister wife!

Some researching has born little fruit. Most of the stay at home ventures are:
1) surveys - I spent months taking surveys for hours a day only to be told I don't qualify for the paid surveys....waste of time!
2) blogging - this requires affiliated links (something to look into) and an interesting topic. My scatter brained blogging...yah not...

Elance now called upwork has finally given me 1 job. Dan might be right about that site. Like a craigslist for freelancing. People wanting a lot of work for very little pay. People who don't have all their documents ready or done correctly. They just don't know what they need before they post a job and hire someone. Sigh. I'm still applying for jobs on it but have only gotten the 1 job....that still isn't published because the artist doesn't wish to redo the work at the correct dimensions.

I've sorta got the saving money part down at least. I've saved close to 1k by making our curtains. (or half way if I compare them to cheap box store curtains). $126 a month in baby food by making it at home (assuming they are 1.50 a meal). $50 a sheet by mending the ones Georgia snags (so far $150). I make our soap now. Bars which we use for body and hands. We mix our own laundry soap. Sadly, small stuff. I can't figure out how to save larger. Tips? Leave a comment!

I've added a meal planner to my planner! It's kinda hard to fill out..... I'm so used to planning the day of because I fail at cooking. And shopping to be truthful! A work in progress!

I am starting to vlog in addition to this blog. Mostly garden stuff. We'll see how that flies. I don't expect monetary rewards from it so no sweat there!

Big sigh. Time to go clean the kitchen again, pick up toys and prepare for grocery shopping once Aidan wakes up from his morning nap.

Well the ball is rolling faster on my studio. It's empty now save the 2 desks for sale.

We're still tossing around color ideas and playing with some designs. It'll not be attached to the walls like initially planned but free standing, and cut up into a tilt drawing desk and flat top with shelves underneath. I'll post some sketches .... once I have some nice ones made rather then my sketchy sketches! 😏

While we finalize we'll be taking base molding off to clean up and repain and repair/paint the walls. Seal the window and rehang curtains. I am super excited about my repurposed "curtain rod"