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14. November 2009

Life Outside of Etsy

I have a little update for y’all. As I previously mentioned, I was recently hired for a position as a server in a new fine dining concept here in Jacksonville. Training began Wednesday, and we’ve been completely immersed in learning and training.
I’m so excited about this new opportunity! It hasn’t left a lot of time [...]

31. October 2009

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween from the Princess and the Mouse! Gabi and Joshua had a great time trick-or-treating. This is a post-game picture, as the camera batteries were dead when Gabi still had curl in her hair! It was hot and humid, and Joshua was drenched by the time we got back to the house, but they [...]

30. October 2009

Wading out of the Mire

I’ve been in a rut. A deep, muddy, sticky, bog of sameness. For a long while after I took all the Fiddlesticks stuff back up to South Carolina, I wasn’t feeling creative. I still had all these fabulous new fabrics, I still had a (new to me) sewing machine. I had started learning to knit, [...]

8. October 2009

Happy Road Trip!

This weekend the kids and I are headed back homeward (that’s South Carolina for all y’all who don’t already know.) I’ve been looking forward to this particular weekend for some time — it’ll be all three sisters together again! We’ll be in town to celebrate my nephew Carter’s 8th birthday.
Gabi and Joshua are also looking [...]

29. September 2009

A Great Day

After many, many, many months everything is right where it should be!
And all is well here in Carousel Land.

18. September 2009

Big News!!!!

HOORAY! We’ve had some awesome news on the family front this past week! Though I’m currently not at liberty to discuss much of it, changes will be coming! The Fiddlesticks business is going back into the loving hands of my sister, as are the Janome embroidery machines, and all the monogramming and personalization!
I’m excited that [...]

10. September 2009

Beach Bunnies

I’ve been working on Fiddlesticks projects (or Fiddlestuff, as I like to say) for most afternoons this week. Today, in honor of Dayman’s day off, I escaped the sewing room for a while and we took the kids for a quick jaunt to the beach. Normally we lug chairs and umbrella and beach bag and [...]

31. August 2009

Garden Goodness

Oh my, how the summer days have trickled away! And, as the days slowly begin to shorten, my garden is finally producing a bit of wholesome goodness.
I planted in late spring. And, making up for lost time, I also planted a large variety of vegetables in a very small space. And, of the tomatoes, eggplant, [...]

25. August 2009

Beginnings

Yesterday was Gabi’s first day of kindergarten. She’s excited about being in Ms. Wilson’s class, and I’m excited to get into a new routine for the school year. All through the summer our days have been relatively unstructured, and bedtime has ranged anywhere from 8:30 to 10:00 p.m.
But, with our new school schedule, bedtime has [...]

7. August 2009

Inspiration from the mouths of babes

This week I haven’t been very fleißig (that’s a fabulous German word for hard working.) Since summer’s almost over and sales have slowed down considerably on eBay — and I’m still at two sales for Etsy — I decided to take it easy and spend lots of time with the kiddos.

The kids and I had [...]