Here it is, Christmas time....and yet again I've taken on too much all at once. I've been busting my butt making all of these ear warmers that I have orders for, as well as having 4 photo shoots in 1 week to edit, and something possessed me to make my Christmas cards this year instead of just printing them at Walmart like every other year.
I'm proud to say that I've successfully gotten my ear warmer orders down from over 20 to 8 paying customers (and three for family), I've edited all of my photos (except for the shoot I just did on Sunday that wasn't included in the 4 in one week) and have gotten half of my Christmas cards done and sent!
I have so much going on that I've barely had time to blog at all. It's almost kind of weird to be doing this. I have a lot to do but I decided that I needed a little time to just decompress. I really should be crocheting....but I'll do that in a bit.
I feel like we did pretty good this Christmas. I will officially win "Best Mom of the Year" award on Christmas day when Elliot opens his gifts (a Buzz Lightyear action figure that talks and lights up, and a Woody action figure that has a real pull string and talks back when you talk to him). I'm hoping I don't win "Worst Girlfriend of the Year" when Tim opens his gifts.....I'll let ya know how that one goes lol. I thought that they were pretty thoughtful gifts, but Tim is hard to shop for!
I was pretty proud of myself though, I was actually able to give myself a paycheck from the business! I checked the account and decided that I've worked hard enough and business has been good this month. It felt good knowing that Tim wasn't actually buying his own gifts this year haha. Business has been picking up recently, which is definitely good! I've already booked a wedding for next summer and I have two more shoots this month! The way I look at it is that I haven't done any advertising except for on Facebook and by word of mouth, so all in all I'm doing pretty good!
I heard from Dr. Phil that a toddler needs your undivided attention every 4 minutes and that being a stay at home mom is the equivalent of having 4 full time jobs. So if I'm a stay at home mom who does photography from home and has a crocheting business on the side I really have like....5 full time jobs and a part time job! Holy smokes!! I think for that I deserve a day off at the spa!
It's been weird, you'd think that with being so busy I'd be super tired at night. But lately I've been going to bed no earlier than 12 am, and sometimes I'm even up until 2. I don't think that's right. I have no idea why I'm not tired at night. And I've been having super weird dreams, like one had Charlie Sheen in it....I don't remember a lot of it, but I'm sure he was winning. And one night Tim told me that I was talking in my sleep and was apparently angry about something. But I was talking to my friend Kelci and I guess I said a few other peoples names too and that I "Want that one! NO!! The other one!!" I have no idea what I was dreaming about but I know it must have been intense for me to be talking loudly enough to wake up Tim.....
So we don't get to go to Missouri for Christmas this year, and that makes me sad. But at the same time with how busy we've been I'm glad it's one less thing to have to plan! I hope that maybe some time in March we'll head that way and try to conserve Tim's time off so that next year we can actually go there for Christmas. I feel bad for him, this will be his first Christmas totally away from home. I'm glad that we got his new laptop and skype because now his family can watch us open gifts :)
Well this blog has been super long and kind of scattered so I guess I'll be done for now. I'll keep everyone updated as the Holiday season progresses.
Peace and love with wishes of good health and happiness <3
