Happy, Happy, Happy.....

So...the children in our family (my adorable offspring) have let me know that maybe...just maybe...I have worked too long, too hard for the last few years. They say "It was bad enough when you were working too hard for a person who didn't even CARE that you worked that hard...but now that you work too hard for yourself...we are cranky".

Okay....message received...loud and clear.

So...I called a local gal and she is going to work for me every Sunday for the summer. That was really my HARD time...that second weekend day. And I have another gal who has offered some hours ...but I felt so badly because she sounds like she works like a dog as it is...so I even though she is ASKING ME for hours...I feel bad saying "Yes...Thursday mornings would be great"...but I might just need to do so....

Maybe I have hit a wall.

I have been feeling worn down, falling behind in almost every aspect. Falling behind in shop, home and family... I work ALL the hours at the shop unless my husband covers... (aerobics half an hour a week). And I also make some of my top selling items and I am falling behind on most of those items.

It is TIME that I ask for help. I get SO concerned about covering hours financially...but I think it's where I need to head at this point. I need to get some balance.

The mere IDEA that I have the next 6 Sundays off makes me GIDDY. Honestly. That is sad, but true. It makes me feel like a little fire has been lit beneath me!

I have two special order scrapbook jobs that have fallen behind and I cannot participate in any local art shows that might help promote the shop because I am so low on handmade items.

This might just be a win/win decision I have made.....

Photo Time for you....

A record for children. Love the colors and graphics.

Here is the "simple task" my husband left for my daughter and myself. We have already pounded our thumbs a couple of times. Not good. I have bent many a nail.

Then he says tonight on the phone (he is in NYC "working" but WAY too many fun stories are being reported back) "Oh yes...those nails DID seem hard to work with".

Really? So that came across as a "simple task"...but he forgot to mention the nails? Sheesh.....

Birds, Birds, Birds.

I love me some birds.......can you tell?

A children's book. I laugh every time I read it! There is a monkey involved of course.....and he is a friendly one. And yes...I HAVE read the book. Hahahaaa...

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm...

THIS is how big I have been smiling since I heard that I had Sundays off!

I can easily say "Since I have had Sundays off, I am smiling as big as Rebecca at Sunnybrook Farm!".....and I really mean it.

Here is Heidi in a different language. I can safely say I am not 100% sure what language it IS in. If you know...feel free to hollah! (German???)

A close up page....

Not my language....but folks seem to love the foreign language story books. Is this German? The cover is so vivid...so lovely. I will ask my neighbor next door at Sofia.

Happy LATE Thursday!

 

Comments

[HeidiAnn]

I do believe it is indeed German. (I could be wrong - I only took it in high school MANY years ago!)But it looks familiar!

[Rosemary]

Congrats Amy!
It's about time you had some time off!!
Rosemary