good morning

Hello friends! Yes it has been awhile, but I have been extremely busy trying to ready my little shop for the holidays along with clearing out 2 estates, working my other job, and being a mom and wife. I figured this morning was a great time to try to please you with some more of my tales while I am coffee drunk on this crappy french roast that has me buzzing like a fluorescent bulb. This morning is a gloomy rainy Monday. Sometimes these are my favorite days especially when I am fortunate enough to sleep in a little, snuggled down under my comforters with my husband's solid warm body tucked in next to mine. Ah, if only someone could bring us coffee, but seeing that that someone is only 3, it might result in a trip to the hospital and that is NO way to start the day! So now that my business is squared away for the holiday it is now time to start decorating my home. I will need one more cup of this jet fuel to make that happen, but my beautiful 6 ft silver aluminum pom pom tree is about to make its annual appearance. I have my son super stoked to help so this morning could end up being very pleasant or a large lesson in patience for both of us. One never knows with a 3 year old. One minute they are sweet as sugar, than in an instant weird tantrums kick that warm fuzzy feeling right to the curb! Oh yes parenthood. The only way to understand is to be one, a parent that is. Sometimes I feel as unstable as my toddler and have weird tantrums myself.  My husband loves when this happens. So back to decking my halls. As mentioned before I really LOVE Christmas. Not only will there be one giant silver tree, but there are 6 more placed through the house as well. My husband tries to disappear when this occurs. If he doesn't see it than it can't be happening, right? Ah, nothing says Christmas than that sigh that only he has perfected. The sigh of chagrin when he is surrounded by shiny lights, old christmas balls, and trees as he so carefully tiptoes through the melange so as not to break anything and suffer one of his crazy wife's tirades. My living room lights up as big as Vegas. I have tried to be minimal, but I feel you can never have too much Christmas bling. So this gray day is about to get a little brighter with the beginning of my holiday fanaticism. I also have fresh baked cookies on my to do list for the day. A trip to the local indie boutiques and coffee shop is on the agenda as well. Whoa, I think the coffee has just taken me to a new level and I am starting to sweat a little. Time to head to the attic. Good MORNING world.

opportunity

Today was one of those days where opportunity knocked and than kept walking. I suppose my karmic meter gave me enough opportunity last week and said, uh, you've had enough. NO! Just when doors are finally starting to open again and life feels slightly back to normal than today had to go and just not be very extraordinary. I was actually starting to see hope on the horizon rather than just gray skies. It all started with an opportunity to have my business mentioned, but instead I was grouped into that gray area of not important. I understand the reasons why this happened and thought about making a few mentions of my own(taking the opportunity)but I decided to take a higher more mature attitude and leave well enough alone. Whether this will serve me better in the future remains to be seen. Another incident involved a very sparkly pair of "diamonds" found while liquidating. Well they are just glass so there will be no bump in my bank account this week. Oh well. I also had a really great customer come in today and proceed to chat, smile, and than leave. Ugh. I suppose opportunity is a state of mind like looking at the glass half empty or half full. Today it was half empty, but when I think about all the other wonderful opportunities that life has offered lately one could perceive it as the latter. My husband was just hired as an adjunct professor, albeit it's a temporary position, but it is a door opened and for that we are grateful. I have also had the opportunity to liquidate two fantastic estates that will continue to keep my store fabulous and pay my rent another month. My website will be finished sometime this millenium so that is also a good opportunity for my business and our future. See half full. I also know I have been unbelievably blessed with the opportunity to have a beautiful husband and child who keep me happy and fulfilled every day. I suppose the lesson learned here is that opportunity does knock and it's our choice whether to open the door or keep it closed tight. Goodnight world.