blossom - labor day weekend 2006

labor day weekend 2006, originally uploaded by blossomb.

Well, clearly life has gotten crazy again around here, and my successful journal maintenance has ground to a screeching halt. The good news--well, there's so much good news, depending on how you look at things.
As far as the shop goes--I think I'm officially never making anything of my own again. No, that's not the good news. And its probably not true, either, but some days it certainly feels that way! The actual glad tidings are that we have SO MANY new artists joining the site for Fall, and sales have really started to pick up, so maybe this isn't a very elaborate game of make-believe after all! In case anyone is interested to keep tabs of how things are shaping up in Blossomland, you can bookmark our "New Products" page (here) and refer to it often! (like I do--except I am rightfully President of the Blossom Geeks Club, and rather obsessed with gawking at my own handiwork)

labor day weekend, originally uploaded by blossomb.
Elseware in the news, we travelled south to Fredericksburg, VA for Labor Day weekend, where we visited my mother in her new home and her new urban-ish life, as well as my Nana and Papa, who seem to be so happy to have my mom nearby after all these years. My Nana is on her 3rd round of chemotherapy for 4th stage ovarian cancer, and it has been killing me to be so far away. Thankfully, she looks wonderful, even though she has lost some weight, and, as always, a nice visit was had by all. It is a hard time for our family, but we all love each other so much, and have had a wonderful life all together so far, with many happy memories, and more to come, I'm sure.
I am including some pic's of the car ride (as taken by Corey) and our visit.
labor day weekend 2006, originally uploaded by blossomb.
labor day weekend, originally uploaded by blossomb.
"trot trot", originally uploaded by blossomb.
My favorite is the one above, where my Papa is playing "Trot, Trot to Boston" with Finn, which he once did for me long long ago, and which Finn already knows and loves because I play it with him practically every day. I hope his children will love it, too!
Back safe and sound at home in rainy PA, it was our 2 year wedding anniversary on Tuesday, September 5th. Unfortunately, Corey had to work evening shift, so he was gone from 2pm until 10pm, which kinda screwed things up for us. Plus, things are pretty tight right now, so no chocolates and champagne for us! Boo hoo! What I did muster for my hubbie's happy belly was a late night Chicken Pot Pie (my own secret recipe), with a little message baked into the crust. Possibly my most sickeningly domestic moment of all time, but, I have to admit, strangely and fulfillingly fun. And let me tell you, in Pennsylvania Dutch country, a well-made pot pie is worth its weight in gold....:)
anniversary pie, originally uploaded by blossomb.

Now this is where the good news gets kinda tricky...Also on Tuesday, I started back to work full-time, for the first time since Finn was born. Well, actually, I worked pretty much full-time last Fall at Earthrhythms, but Finigan came with me, so it didn't really count. This time around, however, its the real deal--the deal I promised myself I wasn't going to do, the deal where Finn goes off to daycare to be with people who don't even know that when he throws his head back in his highchair, you're supposed to do it, too, and then everybody laughs, and we do it all again...Oh, god, It's been a hard week. I know he'll be OK--Eden was, and other kids are, too. But that doesn't make it the best way, and I was pretty sure that there was a better way to live, that if we just made sacrifices, we could make a different path for ourselves. Well, for whatever reasons, it didn't happen, and now the world's sucky financial burdens have forced my hand. Is this sounding anything like good news? Well, like I said, it all depends on how you look at it. Two weeks ago, we decided that I really needed to try to find a job, and, the next morning, my old job called out of the blue and offered me my old position. Kizmet? Well, I've never been one to look a gift horse in the mouth, so, 5 days a week, I'm the girl answering the phone "Good afternoon...Imagine That...Alex speaking!..." Its kinda surreal, stepping back into that word, but, so far so good. So, thank you, universe. For opening a window.