I’m behind on a number of things right now - making stuff for upcoming shows, a few wholesale orders (that I was overly optimistic about how long they would take to fill) and some paperwork that needs to done yesterday.  I want to resolve all of these overdue things this week if possible.  Being behind is stressing me out.

I got behind because I took a few well-deserved personal days after Crafty Bastards (which would in themselves not put me behind), then I got a little bit of stuff done but not as much as I would have liked, then I took the weekend off to go on an annual camping trip (big deal - it was just one weekend), when I got home I had to get the application materials for Handmade Holiday together for the Jury to review (it took way longer than expected because we has a third more applicants than anticipated) and we also found out that my husband’s grandfather had passed away.   My husband left a day later with his Dad for the funeral in Illinois and they wouldn’t be back until Saturday.  We were planning to have an big annual party we host last Saturday, but because of my husband’s loss - it was decided that it would be postponed a week.  Two days after my Father-In-Law and husband left (and the day after the Handmade Holiday Jury at my house) I noticed, as I was headed to the studio to get some work done, that my Father-In-Law’s car wasn’t parked in front of the house anymore - it was stolen!  Many phone calls and statements were given, it was awful.  Also, just for kicks, one of my debit card numbers got stolen.  When my husband got home, he was coming down with a Cold (I went out to get all the immune boosting stuff I could find).  Not to mention the weather all last week was horrible - it was suddenly cold, *very* overcast and rainy.  The sun came back yesterday, thank goodness. 

I got a fair amount of studio work done yesterday and today so far, with plans to get more done this evening.  The house is in pretty good order for the party we are having on Saturday, it just needs to stay neat.  There is however a mountain of laundry to fold, but I am making progress.  Right now I am eating chicken soup & force-drying stuff in my kiln. Paperwork is next on my list - wish me luck! 

-Tasha