I’ve mentioned before that we have decided not to buy a whole lot until we have a referral. I’ve stuck to that. I told you about the nursery full of furniture on Craig’s List that I wanted to purchase. Steve talked me out of it. But I did purchase a little celebratory item after I finally sent off our paperwork. I bought this pretty little baby quilt. (Gotta love E-bay.)

I wish I could sew. Maybe I should learn how. Steve is fascinated by the new sewing machines because they are computerized and do much of the work for you. He was tempted to buy one just because it seemed like a cool electronic toy. I was afraid of the damn thing. The last time I used a sewing machine was in 7^th grade home economics class. And let me tell you, it wasn’t pretty. The teacher wanted to throw the thing at me because every time I touched it, it got all jammed up. But Steve kept telling me with one of those computerized ones, I couldn’t go wrong. I’m quite skeptical. It seemed rather personal with that last machine. But I’ve thought about taking a class at the community college to see if it is something I would like. I would have to like it a lot to justify the cost of one of those machines – they weren’t cheap. I could buy a lot of already made stuff for the cost of one of those machines. Then I wonder what I would make?

I have this vision of making and selling some kind of sewn item on Ebay and in 5 years telling my husband “Honey, with that sale the machine has finally paid for itself.”

I was at Kaufman’s today. They were having a sale. So I purchased a few things to put into a ziplock and send down if anyone is heading down from our agency in the next month or so. (People from our agency will take a gallon size ziplock with items for your baby. You can send one pre-referral and then the foster mother will get the ziplock once you receive your referral.) I had fun picking out some sweet but practical items. But now I am going to behave until we get our referral! I swear. I can quit shopping for sweet baby stuff anytime I want. Really.