This may just be the dork in me, but how cool is this?
I'm on my way to sign up and, to me, it just confirms my belief that all of us in the world are connected. It's a smaller world than we think.
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
(Mostly) Wordless Wednesday
Pixie's Self Portrait
Her first.
She's 4 years old.
I may have to keep and frame this one.
Monday, October 4, 2010
Growing Pains
Do you ever get to the point where you feel so overwhelmed. I took the weekend “off” from most of my GirlSunday business stuff, thinking I had a little buffer in time before I had to crank things up again before my next event. Then, this morning I got an email from a gal who is helping me sell my bags and she had a very busy selling weekend. I have my retail people begging me for more and I have that event looming. An event where there will be swarms of families, the same people who my bags are really targeted to.
I had one of those mini anxiety attacks where I realized I really do have A LOT of work to do. I have a daughter who wants to play, friends to hang out with and a husband who also wants some attention. There’s errands to run, shopping to do, laundry piling up, and a house that needs to be cleaned. I also have a day job and then my GirlSunday business. Augh.
My business has grown very quickly in the past couple of months and I feel like I’m really playing catch up on it. I easily handled the 2o MPH pace, but now I feel like I’m going 80 MPH and things are coming up on me a lot faster than I am use to. I run out of materials faster and find myself at a point where I can’t sew anything because I’m waiting for a shipment of something. I need to work out a system. I need to get a production schedule. I need to get a handle on things.
It’s a challenge and I like that. And like a lot of things that having meaning, it’s hard work.
With all that said, it’s still fun.
I had one of those mini anxiety attacks where I realized I really do have A LOT of work to do. I have a daughter who wants to play, friends to hang out with and a husband who also wants some attention. There’s errands to run, shopping to do, laundry piling up, and a house that needs to be cleaned. I also have a day job and then my GirlSunday business. Augh.
My business has grown very quickly in the past couple of months and I feel like I’m really playing catch up on it. I easily handled the 2o MPH pace, but now I feel like I’m going 80 MPH and things are coming up on me a lot faster than I am use to. I run out of materials faster and find myself at a point where I can’t sew anything because I’m waiting for a shipment of something. I need to work out a system. I need to get a production schedule. I need to get a handle on things.
It’s a challenge and I like that. And like a lot of things that having meaning, it’s hard work.
With all that said, it’s still fun.
Friday, October 1, 2010
Lemonade Anyone?
I have a feeling Pixie, as my 4 year old likes to be called, is onto something.
She’s been wanting, rather begging me, to have a lemonade stand. I’ve been a little reluctant to do my duty as a mom, and actually get it together and keep coming up with really lame excuses not to do it. This was our latest exchange.
Pixie: “Mama, I have an idea!”
Me: “What’s that honey.”
P: “Today would be a great day to have a lemonade stand!”
M: Silently groan “Well, that is a good idea, but probably not today.”
P: “Why? It’s warm out and you said we should do it on a warm day.”
M; “Well, you are right. It is a warm day, but there’s just not a lot of people out today.”
P: “I know what we can do Mama. We can call all my friends and they can show up. Then they can call all their friends and they can call their friends. Then there will be lots of people.”
I think she may invent Facebook 2020.
And just so you know, we still didn’t have that stand. Yet.
She’s been wanting, rather begging me, to have a lemonade stand. I’ve been a little reluctant to do my duty as a mom, and actually get it together and keep coming up with really lame excuses not to do it. This was our latest exchange.
Pixie: “Mama, I have an idea!”
Me: “What’s that honey.”
P: “Today would be a great day to have a lemonade stand!”
M: Silently groan “Well, that is a good idea, but probably not today.”
P: “Why? It’s warm out and you said we should do it on a warm day.”
M; “Well, you are right. It is a warm day, but there’s just not a lot of people out today.”
P: “I know what we can do Mama. We can call all my friends and they can show up. Then they can call all their friends and they can call their friends. Then there will be lots of people.”
I think she may invent Facebook 2020.
And just so you know, we still didn’t have that stand. Yet.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Friday, September 24, 2010
100 Things
100 things about me.
In no particular order.
1. I live in a house with beige carpet
2. My husband is color blind
3. I love color, celadon green
4. I've lived on an island in the middle of the Pacific
5. I now live in the same town where I was born
6. My parents and brother also still live in the same town
7. I recently learned how to sew
8. I never thought I'd be sewing things and making money out of it
9. It's more work than I thought it would be
10. It's the best job I've ever had
11. Being in big crowds isn't for me
12. Being in bumper to bumper traffic makes me crazy
13. I read every day
14. One of my favorite books is Jayber Crow
15. I've been in the same book club for about 15 years
16. I was one of the gals who started the group
17. I love naps
18. I don't take naps very often
19. I love Bravo TV
20. I DVR too much Bravo
21. I met my husband when I was 38
22. I met my husband at a bar
23. I got married at 39
24. We got married a beach in Hawaii
25. I had bare feet
26. I had our daughter at 40
27. I didn't drink at my 40th birthday party because I was knocked up
28. I've traveled to 12 different counties
29. It's always nice coming home
30. I love to cook
31. I rarely follow the recipe
32. I love looking through cooking and food magazines and blogs
33. Reading beauty magazines makes me feel old and frumpy
34. I color my hair
35. I get my hair cut about 3 times a year
36. I love walking around the neighborhood and looking at houses
37. I have a summer garden every year
38. The tomatoes I grow are my favorite
39. During the summer I eat tomatoes every day
40. I love sushi
41. I especially love really good wasabi
42. Hearing my daughter laugh is a sound I can not get tired of
42. Hearing her whine is a sound I don't like
43. We won't be having any more kids
44. By choice
45. I like owning my own business
46. I love fabrics
47. I love good design and color
48. Although I wear a lot of black, almost on a daily basis
49. I'm wearing a black top right now
50. I don't like the circus
51. I really don't like carnivals
52. Carnies are scary
53. I've walked a marathon once
54. Not sure if I'll ever do it again
55. My favorite form of exercise is walking
56. I've done the Breast Cancer 3 day 4 times
57. Not sure if I'll ever to it again
58. I don't like to read directions
59. I like to figure out how do things on my own
60. I like things to be perfect
61. I like things tidy
62. Messes make me crazy
63. Piles of things around the house make me crazy
64. The dining room table is piles with my work things
65. I don't have a separate "work/craft" room
66. I work and sew on the dining room table
67. The Husband has never said anything about me cleaning it up
68. I like having people over for dinner so it does get cleaned up
69. I often cook new recipes for friends who come over for dinner
70. I get frustrated easily
71. I see that same thing in my daughter
72. I am not a patient person, but wish I was
73. I married a man who is
74. I try and learn from him
75. I get scared of trying new things
76. I know it's ok to feel the fear
77. But I try anyway
78. I believe that most people are good
79. I am an optimist
80. I believe things work out the way they do for a reason
81. I believe in Karma
82. I currently addicted to Words with Friends
83. I think I'm pretty good at it
84. I love playing board games
85. I love puzzles
86. I'm kind of a dork
87. I'm amazed by technology
88. I listen to NPR every day
89. I listen to The Coffee House on XM
90. GirlSunday is a play on words having to do with my mother's maiden name
91. Both my mom and grandmother's were business women
92. I think it's in my genetic make-up to own my own business
93. As an adult, I wish I had know both my grandmothers
94. I am grateful for those who came before me
95. They have made my life better
96. I have a good life
97. I love the word love and hate the word hate
98. I am proud of the person I am
99. I think there's a lot of life left in me and things to do
100. I applaud you if you made it through this list. It was much harder than I thought it would be
In no particular order.
1. I live in a house with beige carpet
2. My husband is color blind
3. I love color, celadon green
4. I've lived on an island in the middle of the Pacific
5. I now live in the same town where I was born
6. My parents and brother also still live in the same town
7. I recently learned how to sew
8. I never thought I'd be sewing things and making money out of it
9. It's more work than I thought it would be
10. It's the best job I've ever had
11. Being in big crowds isn't for me
12. Being in bumper to bumper traffic makes me crazy
13. I read every day
14. One of my favorite books is Jayber Crow
15. I've been in the same book club for about 15 years
16. I was one of the gals who started the group
17. I love naps
18. I don't take naps very often
19. I love Bravo TV
20. I DVR too much Bravo
21. I met my husband when I was 38
22. I met my husband at a bar
23. I got married at 39
24. We got married a beach in Hawaii
25. I had bare feet
26. I had our daughter at 40
27. I didn't drink at my 40th birthday party because I was knocked up
28. I've traveled to 12 different counties
29. It's always nice coming home
30. I love to cook
31. I rarely follow the recipe
32. I love looking through cooking and food magazines and blogs
33. Reading beauty magazines makes me feel old and frumpy
34. I color my hair
35. I get my hair cut about 3 times a year
36. I love walking around the neighborhood and looking at houses
37. I have a summer garden every year
38. The tomatoes I grow are my favorite
39. During the summer I eat tomatoes every day
40. I love sushi
41. I especially love really good wasabi
42. Hearing my daughter laugh is a sound I can not get tired of
42. Hearing her whine is a sound I don't like
43. We won't be having any more kids
44. By choice
45. I like owning my own business
46. I love fabrics
47. I love good design and color
48. Although I wear a lot of black, almost on a daily basis
49. I'm wearing a black top right now
50. I don't like the circus
51. I really don't like carnivals
52. Carnies are scary
53. I've walked a marathon once
54. Not sure if I'll ever do it again
55. My favorite form of exercise is walking
56. I've done the Breast Cancer 3 day 4 times
57. Not sure if I'll ever to it again
58. I don't like to read directions
59. I like to figure out how do things on my own
60. I like things to be perfect
61. I like things tidy
62. Messes make me crazy
63. Piles of things around the house make me crazy
64. The dining room table is piles with my work things
65. I don't have a separate "work/craft" room
66. I work and sew on the dining room table
67. The Husband has never said anything about me cleaning it up
68. I like having people over for dinner so it does get cleaned up
69. I often cook new recipes for friends who come over for dinner
70. I get frustrated easily
71. I see that same thing in my daughter
72. I am not a patient person, but wish I was
73. I married a man who is
74. I try and learn from him
75. I get scared of trying new things
76. I know it's ok to feel the fear
77. But I try anyway
78. I believe that most people are good
79. I am an optimist
80. I believe things work out the way they do for a reason
81. I believe in Karma
82. I currently addicted to Words with Friends
83. I think I'm pretty good at it
84. I love playing board games
85. I love puzzles
86. I'm kind of a dork
87. I'm amazed by technology
88. I listen to NPR every day
89. I listen to The Coffee House on XM
90. GirlSunday is a play on words having to do with my mother's maiden name
91. Both my mom and grandmother's were business women
92. I think it's in my genetic make-up to own my own business
93. As an adult, I wish I had know both my grandmothers
94. I am grateful for those who came before me
95. They have made my life better
96. I have a good life
97. I love the word love and hate the word hate
98. I am proud of the person I am
99. I think there's a lot of life left in me and things to do
100. I applaud you if you made it through this list. It was much harder than I thought it would be
Busy Busy Busy...
Things are a whole bunch of crazy around here lately. After the article in the paper, it sparked something in me to give this business more attention and really see what can happen. It's paying off. I've promoted more, I'm going to try and blog more, and just get the word out more. Shameless self promotion.
Here's what's been going on lately...
I dropped off some bags today at a local elementary school for their weekly farmers market.
Speaking of schools, there's the school in Virginia who asked me to participate in their Green Team efforts to reduce their waste and also fund raise. For every sale I make where the buyer mentions the school, I am giving back a portion of the sales back to the school. A winning situation for everyone.
I'm getting ready to do a fair next weekend. Whole Foods is supporting local artists and are having a monthly arts market.
I've also been listening to what people want.
People have asked for a larger sandwich bag line and yep! I now have sandwich bags.
People have asked for Dino fabric. I now have dinos.
People asked for owls, I now have owls.
You ask, I listen.
What do you want now?
Here's what's been going on lately...
I dropped off some bags today at a local elementary school for their weekly farmers market.
Speaking of schools, there's the school in Virginia who asked me to participate in their Green Team efforts to reduce their waste and also fund raise. For every sale I make where the buyer mentions the school, I am giving back a portion of the sales back to the school. A winning situation for everyone.
I'm getting ready to do a fair next weekend. Whole Foods is supporting local artists and are having a monthly arts market.
I've also been listening to what people want.
People have asked for a larger sandwich bag line and yep! I now have sandwich bags.
People have asked for Dino fabric. I now have dinos.
People asked for owls, I now have owls.
You ask, I listen.
What do you want now?
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