Wow, it is fall around here. The wind, cooler tempretures, school starting....this is the first year that we have had to even recongnize the school year....Olivia started kindergarten this year...wow she is 5.....I remember when she was born! Never thought that I would say that. Funny how you turn into your family without meaning too.
Well, mom and I had a great taping at Quilting Arts TV and I hope to get some photos soon. I will share I promise...once we were done with taping I sat down to work on my fabric while mom and I sat in the hotel...my computer decided to just quit. Yep quit..oh my god I couldn't believe it. My total mistake was that I hadn't backed up in 2 weeks or so...lots of new fabric designs were on my computer and not on my back up hard drive. Panic set in.....but at the same time I knew I couldn't do anything until I got home and called my Mac Doctor.
As we were coming home on Saturday I found out that our daycare was closing on September 30, 2010....thought someone smacked me up side the head. SH** what was I going to do with a 3 year old and a 11 month old...and the emotion hit me. I will admit that I had just started my period..I am an emotional gal so you can imagine. I cried all the way to Chicago....daycare, my computer, my hormones....I think that people were looking at me like I had just left my boyfirend or something like that.
I still don't know for sure what we are going to do for daycare. It is hard in a really small town to find good care! But life goes on and we will figure out what to do...I am trying to be stong and positive so that the kids don't know and so that I don't lose it. The week went on...Liv started Kindergarten...such a big girl. I am so proud of her.
Then Vi got sick...high fever - 104- last night...I lost another day of work but on the good note I had a day with Miss Vivi.....we really kind of enjoyed getting to be together in spite of the circumstances. She is wonderful....I don't get much time to spent with her, it was lovely!!
It is now Thursday night.....listening to the football game on the TV, Ross and I just got home from our first parent teacher thingy...My dad and step-mom are in town and they watched the kids while we were gone...I am happy as a lark that my computer is home. All is well, some freak thing happened but I didn't lose anything and I am backing up every day. I am rolling with the punches....I have little control of somethings in my life and am dealing with it.... the best that an quirky, intense, artist type can. There are probably more words to describe my personality but I think that will do for now......Donkey (for those of you who don't watch Shrek there is a line - "That'll do Donkey." that we love to quote in our house.)
While I waited for my computer I was forced to get my butt in gear with my flannel...it has been sitting here calling me for weeks....Bliss...what am I going to do with you? I figured out my "free pattern" for Free Spirit and a new Sewing Card and..... some new stuffed friends. I would say that maybe there was some good reasons to have the computer be out of comission for 5 days.
We do have the new flannel on our web site for pre-orders....I have decided that I LOVE the elephants...there is something about them....
Here are the other prints that I did for the flannel and some of them are also coming out in fleece... there are lots more colors I just picked one color from each design...
Life is crazy and I am reminding myself to breathe and to remember to just take the day and make the most of it. I am so being tested these days.....
XOXOX
Valori
Ohhh, flannel! I would love to sew some of that wonderfulness! Glad to hear your computer is doing well and that you didn't lose any of your designs!
Posted by: Kaye Prince | September 09, 2010 at 09:33 PM
I love how stinkin' honest you are here. It's nice to hear that you "famous" people have the same crazy days as the rest of us. : ) I am REALLY lovin' those elephants too! So cute!
Posted by: Kim M. | September 09, 2010 at 09:37 PM
beautiful fabric (of course!)and keep smilin' :)
Posted by: shellie | September 10, 2010 at 01:38 AM
Oh dear, glad you had a good cry and got through it all. Fingers crossed for new daycare arrangements.
That flannel says 'wheat bag covers' and 'hot water bottle covers' to me. But I could be mishearing it!
Cheers,
AJ
Posted by: apeppermintpenguin | September 10, 2010 at 01:55 AM
Oooooh, those elephants. PJs for sure!
Have a great weekend!
Posted by: twirl {amy} | September 10, 2010 at 05:13 AM
So many blessings interspersed with all the challenges. Makes for an interesting life to be sure. I'm enjoying your blog and am wild about your designs. Now I have to come up with something to do with them, too. Thanks so much for sharing.
Posted by: Jan Myhre Spokane, WA | September 10, 2010 at 12:39 PM
Hang in there!!!! It will all work out, things in life always do. And I love the animal flannels!
Posted by: kathy | September 12, 2010 at 05:36 AM
Computers, daycare problems and hormones, a perfect storm. Only crying to Chicago is a big achievement. I have 3 or 4 little blessing arriving in my sphere this year, oh joy, luscious flannels! And of course elephants area sign of great favor too!
Posted by: Mary Ann | September 12, 2010 at 05:57 AM
Oh, those luscious fabrics! Beautiful! I love your flannel the very most. One step at a time with all the crazy stuff--Just keep swimming, just keep swimming... haha! That's the movie line that get's quoted around here when things get crazy! :-)
Posted by: naomig | September 14, 2010 at 12:06 AM