Mailing....

So I experienced my shipping nightmare today - I know, I know it's only going to get worse from here out - but I was in line for 20 minutes!  Not so long in the scheme of things, but why do they only have one guy (who looks like he should be working at the DMV for all his personality) working at the front.  People were getting really angry with him!  I couldn't believe it, he wasn't doing anything wrong - he was just trying to do his job and quickly, but people were wasting time yelling at him.  I felt really bad for him and actually said something to a person in front of me who was bitching about how long it was taking.

So that's my mini rant for today - new plan for shipping.  Go to the post office and pick up several flat rate boxes/envelopes/etc in varying sizes and start paying for my postage online then I wont have to deal with anymore DMV lines.

On the bright side I got four packages in the mail - people will be super excited (I Hope!)! and now I'm onto the rest of my orders.

Last Craft Fair for the Season...Now time for Christmas!

First of all - let me start by saying Happy Thanksgiving and that I do realize that it comes before Christmas.  Fortunately for me and other people out there who market their craft we don't exchange gifts on Thanksgiving, so me it is time for Christmas.  I've got a couple of orders in and a new line that I'm thinking of starting a kind of off shoot of Haley's Comet Crochet.
I'll tell you the story of the "As of Yet Unnamed Off Shoot" after Christmas.  Because part of my story involves an order I've received for a gift...I won't be responsible for ruining Christmas for my friend.
So starting today - once everyone wakes up - I'm going to pack away all my craft fair stuff (I only say until everyone gets up because it'll be loud.  Gotta get the stuff out of my car then I have to bring it all inside and then out the back to the trailer - it'll be a mess) and keep out only the stuff for holiday projects (and yes this includes one or two for myself....not that I'll have them done in time for the holidays but they're on the list) and upcoming baby/full size blankets I have on order.
On the upside this last craft fair was amazing!  I came out ahead - first time EVER - and Santa almost ordered a scarf from me for Mrs Claus.  You read right - Santa almost ordered a scarf from me.  There was also face painting - which I would have done except for the fact that I had a ball to go last night (YAY MARINE BALL!) and face paint takes forever to get off.  The best part of the day was the flash mob - yes an actual flash mob.  There would be pictures of it - but I was too slow to realize that I was singing to Thriller and not Carol of the Bells to get up and see what was going on...
*looks around*  At least some of the yarn and hooks/needles are still in the house and I can start on projects now....
Happy Thanksgiving!

Life always gets in the way.

I've been way behind on blogging - and for you regular readers out there I know that that can be kind of a drag. There's an story by David Sedaris called "Glen's Homophobia Newsletter" that has a line that says, "I know you subscribe with the promise that this was to be a quarterly publication....please keep in mind that this issue is twice as long..."

Now I can't guarantee that this post will be twice as long as any post I've done but I do hope to get somethings out that might help you loyal readers out there understand why my blogging has suffered.

1. The Lender.
Lenders are tools who don't want to give up any of their money even though they know that have  good candidate to loan it out too.  Yes my hubby and I have run into some financial issues in the past.  Do I think that we will again?  If we ever have kids then yes.  There are no really wealthy people out there with happy stable kids.  Will it be as bad as before no way.  Not ever again.  But this Tool is doing everything in his power to make it seem like we'll never be preapproved when all hubby and I are looking for is a timeline as to when we will be preapproved.  I dont think that that's too unreasonable, this douche however does.

2. Craft Fair Extravaganza!
In the past two months I've done 3 craft fairs with one more this weekend (on the same day as the Marine Corp Ball [Semper Fi!]).  Now that might not seem like a lot - especially when I have made bubkis for sales - but it takes a lot out of a person to load their car with a table, cash box, yarn, and all the crocheted goodies that I'm willing to sell.  Fun? Yes.  A learning experience?  Definitely.  Exhausting?  To the MAX!

3. Caregiver.
I am my hubby's caregiver.  and now there's a program through the VA that actually recognizes the work and things that caregivers have to give up for their veterans.  The application process is intense - in fact.  I have to go get Matt up in a minute for a doctors appointment for this program.  So basically here's the deal - if Matt is found in need of a Caregiver (ie me) I'll get paid a monthly stipend based on how many hours of care he needs, I'll also get free healthcare through the VA, and free mental health as well.  Thank god, cuz my crocheting and knitting is just getting tighter and tighter with the strain...

So those three things, along with a few minor bumps in the road (getting used to living not in the state I grew up in, making new friends, etc) have kept me from blogging the way I was in the beginning.  I hope that as time goes on and these things start falling into place ("Because they're gonna Megan," Hubby is telling me right now.  "Stop being such a pessimist things are coming together.") I'll be able to get back into blogging and make crocheting and knitting my full time job.

God and wouldn't that be awesome to get paid to do something that I really love doing?

I'm sorry for my lateness....

I know that there is supposed to be a motif this weekend and a project.  and there will be!  I've just been really busy; my hubby and I are trying to get financed for a house and for any of you out there who have ever worked with a lender you know how impossible it is.

That being said - the motif project for this month will be posted no later than Wednesday.

Thank you all for understanding!