Sunday…a
day off…sort of. Sunday is supposed to
be my day off – to take it easy, relax, find some balance. I do take it easier, but I have to say I long
for the days when I could read most of the day or watch a movie (during the
day) like Anne of Green Gables, Sarah, Plain and Tall or Mary Poppins. However, right now, things are
different. I spend any time off working
on the house. We’re still unpacking and
organizing, and that’s okay. At this
point, I would rather get the house taken care of than sit and watch a
movie. It makes me feel good when a room
is “settled” and I can enter it and feel calm.
Work
has been busy as usual. The days go quickly. I generally start my day between 4:30 and
5:00 am and finish around 7:30 pm. I
don’t work every night, so that gives me a break. There is always so much more to do at the end
of the day, but I think I am getting caught up.
I’ve been longing to list some of our vintage items. I have pictures ready to go for some. It’s just a matter of having the time to sit
down and list them.
This
past week I’ve worked on getting our Scrabble bracelets strung and tied, so we
won’t be going crazy during the holidays.
I have also been working on our vintage art frames.
I haven’t made any for a while, so it took a couple to get back in the
groove. The first day I ruined one. I hate that.
Our printer has been giving us fits, so that has been frustrating. I have to say that the whole printing
situation for this business has probably been the most frustrating thing to
deal with. Getting the quality pictures
that I want is not always easy. My poor
HTP has had to don the hat of copier technician. Poor guy.
He is super smart about those things thank goodness. The other frustrating thing is consistently
finding the materials we need. I worry
about losing a source for one of our key materials. We’ve worked so hard to
find what works best for us. And the
beads…well, geez…they come and go, so we try to buy in quantity whenever we can.
At
any rate, that is my venting about our frustrations. Overall, we’re moving along nicely. I did get a dog frame or two made this
week. We’ve already sold a few. That makes me feel good. I couldn’t believe that some of them I hadn’t
had listed online since last November…2012!
Yikes! Like the Pointer dog frame
– terrible. I even got the horse frames
and Army frame made. So we’re on our way
to getting our inventory up-to-speed. It's great to see the frame totes filling up. I forget how good it feels to have plenty
of inventory.
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| Pointer Dog Frame |
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| Horse Frame |
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| Army Military Frame |
Well,
off to enjoy my day of leisure. Well,
kind of a day of leisure. Between
cleaning, unpacking and organizing, I am also going to map out the property! Then, I
can start planning the garden. That will
be fun! I’ve starting using Pinterest to
keep track of some of the cool things I’ve seen online. What a fun site that is! It gives me so many ideas for the yard.
Until next time…
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