Merry Christmas!

It's after midnight so technically not Christmas any more. I was feeling a bit refluxy so have got up. Being vertical helps. Typical after a delightful day with a lot of rich food. Even grazing, it takes its toll.

So, nothing from me since August and then a couple of days ago. A quick recap is in order I feel:

• The shop has been delightfully busy as people support small businesses, and have rediscovered crafting.
• I've done several shows - audiences were a bit frenetic at first but have settled down. Most gigs are selling out. We are VERY lucky to be able to do this and I feel terribly for performers everywhere who cannot!
• The project I was employed to oversee was canned in a funding cut, and therefore so was I at the end of October. I got a nice pay out and we're still living off it, and I was hoping to have something in place for after Christmas but now we shall have to wait and see.
• I took on making denim jackets and it's taking off nicely. Not making the actual jackets but embellishing them. I've sold seven already and pump out a few every now and then. They are a nice addition to the patches as a product. 
• We get to move back into our own home FINALLY on 8 Feb. I. Cannot. Wait.
  

A Christmas show in late November up north in Raglan.

This jacket is well gone. Felix made a whole window display of them in early December and they just started selling, as did the patches without the jackets. I have had to make a huge batch only 6 weeks after the last lot.

 Four days off, and twice! Such luxury. I've not been working all week like I was when I had the day job, but have tried to give David an extra day off a week plus we've been busy enough for us both to work as well as our staff. So I have a long list of creating at home projects, catching up with friends and working on calming my brain down. 

This past year has been hard on my brain. I can see now that I've been running in the amber and red zone for most of it, not really thinking just getting through. This needs to stop - my brain is what earns me the big bucks and if it cannot function, what use am I. So, calm and mindful activities, a growth mind set, being deliberate, not trying to do 25 things at once all the time and feeling frazzled.

I mean it's worth a try!