I feel busy – a good busy – but very busy none the less. I’ve had to make changes to my life to balance out this intensity that I work at with lots of down time with my family. Thank God my friends are understanding and take my hermit like ways without offence when all I want to do on the weekend is stay home with the boys and do absolutely nothing. There isn’t anything I like more then doing ‘nothing’ with them 🙂 I thought you may want to know what a typical day for me looks like – I find it interesting when people do this on their blogs (but I am a bit weird like that).
Get up around 6 – 6:30am – this is all dependent on my little alarm clock named Jasper. It’s getting earlier because the birds are rising earlier and singing up a storm and waking him up! Then we have breakfast – change (if your kid goes to a Waldorf school you will understand how much ‘changing’ needs to be done here – from woolies to muddy buddies…. it’s a lot of clothes) – just hang out (I’ll check email/FB). I leave notes for the gals on what needs to be done that morning as I sometimes arrive back later then them.
8:20 out the door to take Benjamin to school for 8:40 – then off to take Jasper to Tina’s (the lovely lady who takes care of him a few days a week) for the day.
9:30 arrive at Michelle’s house (she’s like the Sewing Mama manager sort of – most of the ladies pick up and drop off at her house). Had a yak with her for a bit about doll stuff and I meet a potential new sewer (yeah) – a friend of Michelle who is over at her house to try sewing with her to see if she likes it.
10:15 back at home to a full house. We have a new gal working this week and I’m giving her a crash course on how to make doll shoes. Of course the sewing machine is not cooperating and I thread and rethread it about 20 times. She does great and conquers the sole with finesse!
10:45 I have to leave to attend Maypole dancing over at Ben’s school- it was very sweet. A bit of a challenge though as Tina (who takes care of Jasper) attended the dancing as well so Jasper was there too – he was very excited to see me but when I had to leave to go back to work there were lots of tears .. that was hard (apparently he cried for about 2 minutes then was totally fine). So the separation part is icky but we go to a school where not many moms go to work and I always feel this guilt – like I’m a bad mom for having Jasper with someone a few days a week… anyhow, it’s my own stuff – but someone actually told me that I had chosen my work over my children – ouch.
12:30- Come home with Benjamin – make him some lunch and finish up packing up Tuesday’s upload to ship out before the 4pm Post Office pick up. I write out cards and bundle them all up ready to go. I go over the shoes that were made while I was gone and am super impressed by the good stitching – sweet! More shoes for all!
1:30 – 3:30 Few hours spent sewing on faces. Rachel and Brandi are working with me – B is putting noses on and headcovers – R is updating orders and giving dolls some haircuts and sewing up 20 pairs of doll underpants. I sew on about 8 faces and then get all the outfits ready for the dolls for tomorrow’s upload. Rachel gets to dress them all (she hates that part – just joking!!)
3:30 – 4:15 Prep 5 dolls for Shauna to pick up tomorrow – cut hair and get all the ‘bit’s’ together for her. Each sewer has her own bin – I put all the bits in there to keep it all together. The dolls come stuffed and the yarn for the hair is blended and pre cut – they assemble the body and sew on the hair.
4:15 – run out to the grocery store to pick up a few things ,come home . Jasper and John arrive around 4:45 is – it’s general chaos as I try to cook dinner while spending time with the boys – Jasper is a great little sous chef! John takes the boys at around 7pm to get them ready for a bath and bedtime. During this time is when I’m usually on FB, do lots of emailing, blog, Serendipity Doll, etc – the boys are asleep by 8pm.
8pm – 11 or 12 – I hang out with John and sew. This is the time where I get most of my actual sewing done – it’s quiet, I can sit for more then 10 minutes. Tonight we are watching Season 4 of ‘The Wire’ a show that I’m totally into right now – but usually we will listen to music or podcasts all cozy in front of our woodstove. John reads a lot – but he’s usually making doll heads while we chit chat about nothing really – it’s great.
There you have it – a day in my life..
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