I woke up around 8am with my husband. As he got ready to leave for work I got dressed and made my morning coffee and sat down for a bit of the today show. As Alan left the house around 8:45 I got moving on my to do list for the day, checked my emails and began pinning some patchwork scoodies I have in my to do upstairs tub. Now at 10am I'm taking a quick break to begin writing my blog for the day. Now to go downstairs and commune with my sewing machine. ( One thing I have found while building my business is that my Mitsubishi industrial sewing machine is invaluable. I spent $500 on it about 3 or 4 years ago and it has more then paid for it's self. When working with as much faux fur as I do day to day I have found that my machine is my life, without it none of what I have would have been possible.)
And now taking a break again to continue the flow of my day. From 10 till about noon I worked on the machine sewing the mushroom pin cousins, assembling the patchwork for the scoodies and finishing up some leggings. I then came upstairs to feed the cats and myself. I usually don't take much time for lunch and often keep working through it. I hand finished 3 of the mushroom pin cousins and cut out the scoodies from the patchwork, now ready to finish. Lots more to work on. So back to pinning and sewing. Looks like Alan's coming home late tonight from work so try to get as much done before then.
And so now it's after 6pm. As usual I didn't get as much done today as I would want, but it's time to take a break and clean the kitchen. Once the kitchen is cleaned up I have to cook dinner for Alan and I. Hopefully Alan will be home soon. After cooking, cleaning and eating I will probably spend the rest of my night on the couch, pinning leggings and scoodies and reading my new favorite book Creative Girl: The ultimate guide for turning talent and creativity into a real career by Katharine Sise. In short this lovely book is helping me quiet my mind and focus on what I need to do to shape my future in the manner I want it.
And so as I get ready to post this blog I sit and quiet my mind. Tonight I will commit to myself a few good quiet moments to remember why I struggle everyday. Why I work every spare moment of my waking hours to barely scrap by, well not even that really. I desire nothing more then to support me and my family while doing what I love. I want to create, I live to create, and my greatest hope is that I will be able to live by creating, that my art will come to pay my bills.
Fuzzy Dreams
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