Not doing too badly...

Alright, so we women don't often give ourselves a pat on the back.  But tonight, I did.

I was cooking lamb roast for dinner, having gone to work, taken the kids to the library for new books, done the daily post office drop-off, cleaned out my car etc etc.  The phone rings.  Brad is crazy busy at work, and won't be home till late - very late.  I am able to say 'that's fine, honey - drive safely'.  Then I stopped for a moment and took stock...

I was -

* carving lamb roast

* frying hot chips (french fries)

* serving vegetables

* keeping the Busy Boy away from the hot oven

* having an email discussion with the real estate agent for our houses

* getting the Busy Boy to take his new Thomas Tank Engine fabric back to his room;

* setting the table for dinner; and

* generally maintaining total calm.....

all at the same time!  You go, girl!

I have scaled back my hours at the shop.  Next week we are closed for Busy Boy's surgery, and the week after that I am packing up and cleaning out, in preparation for The Big Move.  So today, after dropping Miss Blossom at kindergarten, Busy Boy and I came home for a while, cleaned house, I did some computer work, and we opened the shop at 11.00am.  It felt good.  I felt like I was coping with life on all the different fronts - kindy, home, shop, tags and labels - everything was in balance.

I think this is a life lesson for me.  I was drowning in work commitments, and letting all sorts of things slide on the home front.  When we  move, I think I will enjoy the time at home, and look to set up business in a way that better suits our family needs.  So much to think about.

In the meantime, check out my sweet new post signature, which I managed to do with the help of a tutorial from Life on Planet Baby. Great, huh?  You go, girl!

Introducing... Mr 18 Months!

I am grateful to be able to work, and have the kids with me some of the time.  Fabric Fusion has given me that flexibility.  However, the perils of bringing Ryan (aka Mr 18 Months) to the shop for the day are, in the timeless words of The Fat Controller ... "confusion and delay".

Ryan learns to crochet... 

The new to-do list...

Art fabric

I am a fabric-aholic.  I like 'em all... modern, funky, country patchwork-y, cottage garden-ish, and beautiful art fabrics... I couldn't resist ordering some of these, when I saw the samples.  They are from the Aboriginal Fabric Collection by M&S fabrics.  Original indigenous artworks, printed on lovely soft fabric.  The artists are all credited, and receive royalties for their designs.

And the prints are so vivid!  Nothing kitschy 'Australiana' here - just beautiful art, on fabric.

Anyway, if you love them, they are all going into the Fabric Fusion online shop as we speak!