Sorry-ish for the long title.but it really ended up being a much better day out at the shed shop than I thought it would be. We have an Art Festival on Saturday and Sunday. I really thought it would be a bust for Thursday and Friday. I was wonderfully wrong. I like being wrong that way. 😆
Work was annoying, but that’s nothing new. Lol at least the main employees I deal with are great.
Okay, I have been up since about 3:45 am. I am so tired I am going to get ready for bed. Night all Kitt ☺️
This was the storm raging over my house a little before 6 am…
It was amazing and a little scary. Luckily, we were fine. Sadly, most of the people around me were not as lucky. Many were without power. It stormed and rained until about 9:30am. It was crazy.
The rest of the day was beautiful. When it stopped raining, the sun came out to make a wonderful day.
I spent the day working with my polymer clay. I made a bunch of mini gnomies and another fairy baby. I would have made more, except I ran out of the colors I needed for the bases for both the gnomies and the babies. Luckily, Amazon said they would be here by tomorrow. Thanks Amazon. Lol
Now, though, it is my bedtime. Tomorrow, I am going to check out the shedshop and see how it is doing. A few others went down and looked, so I know it is basically fine. I am mostly checking to see what needs cleaning. I will take pictures of the baby and gnomies tomorrow. I hope the video I added to this post works. Night all! Kitt ☺️
Even with the rain, the shop had a good flow through it today. We even did well. I do love how each week gets better.
I even got a good complement today. Actually, two good ones.
1. The nice woman I did a commission tail, ears, and cuffs for was her granddaughter, was wearing them to a party in the park my city puts on every Friday night during summer. Another little girl saw them and asked where they got them. Today, the family came to our shop to get a set for her. I even customized the cuffs to fit the girls’ wrists. The girl was happy, and the parents were surprised that I made her a set of cuffs to fit the girl.
2. A woman was driving by our shop, turned around, parked, and came to our shop. Admittedly, she didn’t buy anything. But she did take pictures of the tails and ears to see which her daughter would like and want. She also said her friends little girl loves yo play animals too. I know that it’s kind of a 25/75 she might come back or write us on Facebook. But the fact she turned around and parked with the rain was awesome to me. I am still going to hope she either comes back or messages us on Facebook.
As for the good day until now portion… I was feeling fine then all of a sudden my tummy went wonky and I am going to bed in hopes of sleeping the icky tummy off.
Good night all! Kitt ☺️
The day started pretty well at the shed shop. Sadly, by noon, we just walkers and lookers. Luckily, we closed strong with a sale. Yay!!!
I am tired, though. I woke pretty early. Then, being out at the shed shop in the heat. Because it was hot!!! It has just made me very tired. Plus, I think I didn’t drink enough water. That is never good. I am going to bed soon. Tomorrow will be a good day! Night and sweetest of dreams all! Kitt ☺️
In case that wasn’t clear…. it’s been a good day. It’s a little long but good. Between work and the shed shop it is my bed time. I did take some nice sky pictures but I will post them tomorrow. Night all! Sweet dreams! Kitt ☺️
Today was the pride celebration in my city. Everyone told me the items I sell would go like hotcakes. I had a decent day at the chalet, but hotcakes did not happen. I did meet a lot of fun people. Got asked a rather interesting question about my tails. Got to see some friends I haven’t seen in a while. Heard some interesting things from parents about their young children. Sold some stuff. All and all, it was a good day.
The interesting question was about my tails. The ones I make clip on. The one he was hoping I make get inserted in the tushy. I do not make those. I understand the concept to make one, but the fur I use is not the type I would use for something like that if I could avoid it. There is nothing wrong with the fur I use, I would just want a higher standard of fur for pet play to that extent. Personal preference, not that I have done that. Though I do see the draw to it.
The interesting thing a parent said about their young child… she bought a tail and ear set for their maybe 7 year old daughter. There is nothing interesting there. The interesting part is when the little girl said, look mom I am now a wolf. The mom looks at me and says she is already starting her furry journey. The little girl is 7. She is playing dress up. I tend to wonder if the mom actually understands what a furry really is. Because I find it hard to believe a 7 year old is doing anything more than playing dress up or make believe.
People are weird what can insay. I am tired, though, so I am getting ready for bed. Good night, everyone! Sweetest of dreams! Kitt ☺️
Thursday is one of the days we have to set up at the chalet. The day was very nice. But we sold nothing. Which made this a very disappointing chalet day. I just keep reminding myself that it is a Thursday, and I knew not every day would be a money maker. But it would have been nice to sell a little.
On a different note, dinner was fun. With Ant’s 19th birthday being last Friday, we took him to Red Robbins for dinner. All three of us enjoyed it a lot. Ant and I even shared a milkshake since I can never finish one anyway. Lol
Tomorrow will be a better day. I think I need to change myself up a little to help me change up my mind. We will see.
Now it’s time for bed. Night night and sweet dreams to my wonderful readers. Hope your day was a good one! Kitt ☺️
Today is my youngest son, Ant, birthday. He is 19 today. I am just amazed by my kids’ aging. I know logically that this is what they do. But the last couple weeks, I see the little baby and then kid he was. So stinking cute.
Tomorrow is opening day for our chalet at the Western Market in Muskegon, MI. We forgot a box here last night, so those will have to go out in the morning. It’s not a big deal, at least. Plus, we are going to move a couple of things around at least. Tomorrow I will take lots of pictures, hopefully.
But tonight, between regular work and getting up there set up,I am so tired. I am going to bed. Night night. Sweet dreams! Kitt ☺️
We had some crazy weather today. Luckily, Muskegon seems to have this wonderful quality that normally all the worst of the bad weather goes us. My oldest son, on the other hand, almost had one on top of him. It ended up taking out a new Fed Ex builds. My son said it was just a few blocks from him. Crazy!!!!
Besides that, we went through most of our stuff we need to bring to the fair this weekend. Tomorrow, we are going to separate out faires and chalet stuff. We were hoping to work in the chalet this week, but the weather hasn’t been the best. I really hope it is good at the faire.
I’m going to bed now. Night night and sweetest of dreams, everyone! Kitt ☺️
April was an exciting month this year. It was also very frustrating because of the excitement. But thanks to luck, I had a dream come true. We got our chalet store for the season and have cleaned it. Next week, we will start putting in the product. Maybe later this week, we shall see. For all the frustration, the excitement outweighs it all!
May will be extra busy. We have two Renaissance faires and the opening of the chalet store. So busy busy busy!!! Plus, we still have to keep making products, and I am still working a couple of days a week. These are not complaints. I am just explaining why May is so busy. Plus, I can’t forget my baby turns 19 this month. See, a lot going on!!!! Lol 😆
As for today… Today was weird. It’s not really bad or good, just weird. I did have a pretty morning, which I love.
Love it! This was a good smiling moment for me. Plus, we cleaned the chalet store.
Isn’t it cute. It reminds me of an old school house. Tomorrow, I will post more pictures. Trust me, I will be taking a bunch this season. Hence, the excitement winning.
The only really annoying part of my day was my sewing machine having issues. Tomorrow, I am going to re-thread it and hope that works. If not, I am going to be calling a friend to help. Ultimately, all will be fine.
All and all the day was just weird feeling for me. I did wake up at 4:30 am, and only laid down for a little while to stretch out. Because of this, I am going back to bed. Tomorrow, I will show you the picture of the green dragons Ant did today. They are so cute. Good night all, sweet dreams. Kitt ☺️
For those that celebrate getting high… happy 420…. lol
Personally, I have never done it. Never felt the need or want. With saying that, I wish it was federally legal. I am thankful it is legal on my state, though. It helps my husband so much more than half the pills he has been on. With that said… Happy 420 all. 😃 😊 😀 😄 😁
I have a question…
I will be working on the chalet starting next week. We will be cleaning it and starting to set it up. So my question is,should I take pictures and video to 1. Show what we are doing and the improvements we make. 2. To showcase what we do. 3. To kind of advertise and show who we are. We have an Instagram page, I just suck at keeping up on it, to be honest. Plus, we have a Facebook page I can post on. Of course, I would be sharing on here because we all know I am a slight over sharer. 🙃
Any insight, ideas, comments, or anything really would be helpful. I am not the best with these things. I do want to share, though, because I am really proud of myself and my family. We have worked really hard, and this chalet is a lot of work that luckily came together this year. Please, anything helps.
Besides that, and begging… today was a mostly good day. Hubby wasn’t doing great this morning. But he is feeling better tonight. We think he ate some bad raisins. Their use by year was 2021. So they were horribly out of date. Oops.
Ant, our son, and I went to Hobby Lobby today and got gnome noses, then I pinned the hats to get ready to sew them. Tomorrow, I will get the beards cut and sew the hats and hopefully put it all together. Hopefully, I will get them done tomorrow, but if not, by Monday. Then I will have pictures because, as I stated before, I love picture time and slightly over sharing. 😃
Hope everyone else had some good in their day as well. Night all! Kitt ☺️
This is a gnome I made before…
I get the 90 square foot chalet. I have everything except my insurance is not enough. I need to up my limits. I spent an hour and a half with one company. Got a quote. Then, 2 hours later, I was told that they actually couldn’t cover me. So I got to other quotes, 750 dollars and 950 dollars. I swear that’s just crazy. So now I have a call in with one other place and have to wait till Monday. I hate that.
We did go look at the unit we got today. That was exciting. We won’t have any issue filing it. Wish we could have gotten 120 square feet, but I am still happy. Especially now with how insurance is going.
Shockingly, that is not even the best news. Hubby has this friend in California, and they sent us a thousand dollars because they believed in our business that much. They are such a wonderful person. My hubby and I are luckily to have them in our life. We felt like this before the money.
That’s my day for the most part. I am about to go to bed. Night night and sweat dreams all!!!! Kitt ☺️
Very exciting!!!!!
The interview went really well. I was so nervous. There were 6 other people plus me. All on this Zoom call. I hoped I did well, and I must have because we got one of the 90 square feet chalets. Yay!!!!!
When we got the news, I was so excited with a hundred things going through my head. But since then, I have become quiet. I just realized while I was getting ready for bed that I am low-key freaking out. 🙃
What am I going to do now….
What if this doesn’t work and I lose everything…
How am I going to make enough without working more hours at my job…
All these ‘what if’ are running through my mind. I know it is normal. I know I would probably have a mini freak out. I just wish it wouldn’t happen.
Do I know if all will be well? Of course not. Do I know I will do my best? Of course I will. Even if I was working a full-time job, all those ‘what if’ questions would still be there. Logically, I know this. Sadly, that part of me that likes to freak out at change is kind of going crazy right now.
I decided when I realized I was freaking out that since I know what is happening, I will allow myself this time to freak out. Then tomorrow morning, after bagel time, I am going to go through the contract, make my list of things to get done tomorrow, then go see the chalet we got. As far as my hubby and son will be concerned, all is good and positive from me.
On the other hand, tomorrow night, I may freak out a little on here to you guys, gals, and everyone in-between. But I do truly believe it will be mostly good things I will be sharing. But honestly, I need an outlet. Thank you, WordPress, for this outlet!!! ❤️
Besides the great news that we got the chalet, today was mostly good in general. Work was easy. Di kept texting me silly 🤪 and not so silly to keep my mind from fixating. She is awesome like that. I am on season three of The Dome. If you have read the book, they are nowhere near the same. But both are good.
I am going to go to sleep now, though. Let my freak-out about the chalet be worked through while I sleep. 😆 🤣 😂 Good night and sweet dreams all!!!! Kitt ☺️
I am so excited!!!! For just deciding sput of the moment to try for the Western Market, I turned everything in today. I have an I terrier with the committee on thursday!!! Yay!!!!!! I am so excited and nervous and all the emotions.
My only dilemma is that I have never used Zoom. I am told it is really easy and it won’t be an issue. I am really hoping that is true. The interview ca. Take up to 10 minutes. Five minutes is me explaining what we make and 5 minutes of them asking questions. I hope I don’t flub it.
My play date with my cohorts mom was fine. She is nice. She was hoping to get a chalet at the Western Market to, but realized that with 3 puppy litters coming in the next 3 months, it probably wasn’t fezzable.
Seriously, it was a good day today!!! I am so happy I decided to just go for it. Good night, sweet dreams!!! 😋 Kitt ☺️
I am so proud of myself. I remembered to take pictures of the clay babies I made. Yay me!!!! There are 6 front and back baby pictures, so a total of 12 pictures.
Now, if I had just remembered to take a picture of the finished Thing Hand, my hubby and son has made. Maybe tomorrow… lol
I made some mushrooms today as well. I will try and get pictures tomorrow. But we all know I am not great about it. But I will try.
My family has decided to try something new this year since the Renaissance faires are not quite working out like I envisioned. But because of them, I have the majority of what I need to try something else. You see, we have a farmers market like most cities. I used to love setting up there. Then they got new management and things changed for us. Now, in 2 years, the price has almost doubled. We no longer want to set up there.
There is this other area that has shopping. It is called Western Market. These are little buildings ranging from 90 square feet to 150 square feet. You rent them for a season. May through mid-December. One of the best things about them, they are part of every downtown thing. Art fairs, food faires, bike time, and more. So it is like automatically getting into these venues I normally couldn’t. So we are going to try for that this year. We know it’s not a guarantee, but we figure, why not try.
It’s been a strange day round about new ideas kind of day. Which is always interesting. Hope you had a good day, too! Night night all and have the sweetest of dreams! Kitt ☺️
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