I'm in cool tie purgatory

It's not quite hell yet. That comes next week as I try to finish quickly.

In the last week and a half I've cut out and seamed 141 more cool ties. I've done the first pressing on about half of them and gotten most of those turned in the last two days (when I wasn't typing up a newsletter for my dad). Still to come -- pressing and turning the other half, then doing the final pressing. Then I can finally start sewing and filling the ties.

I can say right now, if I never see another bright yellow, lime green, or red tie after this order, it will be much too soon.

Life Bites . . . . . .

. . . . staying at work late three days in a row because it's so busy . . . . . getting called in on my days off . . . . . being so tired i can hardly think when I get home . . . . . . trying to put a newsletter together in just a few days . . . . . needing to make a couple blocks for a baby quilt . . . . having to cancel a sale due to non-payment . . . . . . seems like my life is rush rush rush these days.

I've been so busy with work, work, and more work, as well as the project in my last post, that I haven't even touched my sewing machine for at least 3 weeks. I've got 2 skirts and a nightgown waiting to be put together, but I just haven't had the time, inclination, and energy all at once. And I don't know when I will.

Another Day, Another Dollar

This week Dad and I once again got our local KC newsletter written, edited, and printed in the usual frenzy. Last night I labeled 240 in a little over an hour by myself, and when the parents got home we managed to have nearly 500 newsletters labeled, sealed, and stamped by 11:30. Dad had a meeting this morning, so Mama and I finished the rest together. By 1:00 p.m. all of them --- nearly 1100 --- were in the tender loving hands of the USPS, and we went to CiCi's Pizza for lunch.

And for all this mental and physical labor, I get the truly munificent sum of $30 a month.