ENORMOUS

HUGE

MONUMENTAL

BIG

LARGE

NEWS - WE GOT ECHO, AUGUST 12,203, EXACTLY 6 YEARS AFTER GETTING EMMA.

SHE IS GOLD

I AM SO HAPPY!

SUNDAY ROUGH DAY ABSORBING THE SHOCK OF IT ALL.  HEX AND I WENT OUT TO BELQUEST SATURDAY.  SOMEHOW I GOT TO AGREE TO THAT, BUT HAD NO IDEA WHAT WOULD HAPPEN.  WE SAW FIRST PUPPY, AND SHE WAS AN ABSOLUTE TERROR, JUMPING ALL OVER US AND GENERALLY JUST ACTING CRAZY HYPER.  I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, OH NO, THIS MAY NOT WORK OUT.

SECOND PUPPY CAME OUT, AND BOOOOOOOOM, SHE WAS JUST PERFECT.  NOT JUMPING, CALM AND SWEET.  LOVEY DOVEY.  

I KNEW WHAT I WANTED, BUT DID I REALLY???????  IT WAS AN OVERWHELMING FEELING SITTING THERE WITH HEX, TRYING TO ACCESS HOW HE FELT, AND HOW I FELT.  WAS THIS A GOOD IDEA?  CAN WE REALLY JUST PICK UP A PUPPY AND CHANGE OUR LIVES FOREVER??

I HESITATED FOR A WHILE, AND HEX SEEMED TO WAIVER.  WE ASKED TO SEE ANOTHER OLDER PUPPY, WHO WAS ALSO A NIGHTMARE.

FINALLY, THE GROUND SHIFTED, WE WERE IN HESITANT AGREEMENT, WE BOUGHT HER, LOADED UP IN THE CAR, AND DROVE OFF.

 

THE REST WILL BE HISTORY.  I HAVE WANTED THIS FOR AT LEAST 5 YEARS, AND GOT IT.  I'm SO HAPPY.  It's A NEW PATH, A NEW CHAPTER, ALL THE METAPHORS.  A NEW WAY TO THINK AND LIVE.  I'm READY FOR IT!  I WANT IT.  THE PAST IS PAST. EVERYTHING IS NEW AND POSITIVE AGAIN!!!!!!!!

 

 Productive days

got tees finished from weekend

giclée prints designed and ordered

garden flags (???????) designed and ordered.

Cat commission card drawn, designed, and printed.

car inspected by DC

Accomplished!!  

 

Huge news RE: belquest and echo and saturday.  I bide my time and hold my jaw tight.

trashcan waited!!

 

 Dear Dave,

Dog Days 2023 over!  Saturday we had coffee then went over around 12.  Weather was good, very sunny but not too hot.  Found a spot further towards the old studio, and eventually in the shade, almost across from the Florist. 

Vibe was good, BUT so different from past years.  Not so much neighborhood people, more people coming into town to eat and meet friends and maybe tourists.  I don't know, it's just very different.  Totes were a hit again, although I feel like last year they sold a little better?  

Not so much with tees.  People don't seem interested in looking thru them.  The ones that do specifically came for them.  I don't know, it's just the energy was totally different.  Still had fun, but vibe not the same, in not a good way.

Finished around 4 and were lucky to be able to leave tables at florist.  Mini worked great, lots of room.  I had folded tees in paper bags, which made everything so much easier!.

No cards, but hats.  They sold well, but it's just a crapshoot.  They need to be there in front of people, not a website thing.  Still into the patches, but hesitating about making more.  Not sure if they fit with pixie / shopmade.  Funny how stickers have felt fizzled too.  Probably all in my head, but less energy towards them.

Made the big mistake of going out 12-3 sunday.  Still good weather, but total bust with customers.  People not into shopping at all, Or even stopping.  TOTALLY different then Saturday.  It was kind of weird how dramatic it was.

Oh well, need to learn for next year. 

Love car!  Took emma to great falls sunday.

 

 The Friday before Dog Days 2023! Got shirts and totes and hats and patches and stickers and postcards.

Weather expected to be good!  

 New car has got me a little worried about smushing all this stuff into it for tomorrow.  Hope it works out.  It wouldn't be normal if I wasn't worried about something.  

Less work went into this, which is nice.  BUT - I did spend days printing mediums and totes.  We'll see.  Last year, I felt like I put too much effort into coordinating colors etc.  And the hype for shirts was way low.  And the rough circumstance with Dad.  Bad memories.

 

Anyway, love the new car so far.  So much drama associated with getting it, so glad that has all passed.  LASER focused on next step, and having it up in the air is KILLING ME.  But there is no other alternative.  Just get through the weekend, and go from there, I tell myself.

 

Fingers crossed it goes well.  Sell Dave Sell !!!