But I have been very busy this week.

The Mess Girls went back to school Wednesday. This is a big year for them; E started middle school and MiniMe is now a high school freshman! They both have to get a lot earlier this year than last which means I also have to get up earlier. I feel like I’ve been on a treadmill set on high speed from 5:45a.m. until around 11:30p.m. every day this week. Getting up early has been beneficial to my schedule a little bit because it gives me a little extra time every morning to get a few loads of laundry done or some basic chores done before leaving for the store. But the after work schedule has been mad. Every night I close the store, run home, either bring food home with me or figure out something quick and tasty, take one or both girls to some activity (gymnastics, piano, babysitting, etc.), help with homework, sign papers, watch a few minutes of the convention (or Project Runway!), and go to bed.

Things have been pretty quiet here at the store lately so I’ve been forced to had time to get some alternative modes of income generation going. I have the fall class schedule all up and ready to go. Next week I hope to figure out how to add a way for y’all to actually register and pay for classes through the blog or I will add class listings to my etsy shop. Today I started getting things spruced up at my etsy shop and added a few items. I’m starting with fabrics, particularly holiday/seasonal yardage. Eventually I will have fat-quarter collections and more of my designer fabrics listed. I would also like to put together some kits with my own patterns and fabric. I’m just going to keep chugging along until I come up with the right combination of product/service/price/customer. No one ever told me that this small business ownership thing would be easy!

I’ve also been working on my fall email newsletter. I intended for it to go out last week but I keep adding and tweaking things. Tomorrow hopefully I will get the final touches on it and get it sent out. I also just realized that I lost the email newsletter sign up with the blog template change. I’ll add that to my to-do list.

Also on my To-Do list:

Little E wanted a new look for Middle School next week. She decided that dyeing the underside of her long hair hot pink and bright blue was just the look she wanted.

BEFORE:
  

TEST SWATCH:
  

DURING:
   

AFTER:
   

Friday morning she gets a new cut to go with it. She’s thinking something layered and spiky will show off the new color best. She also really liked the bright gold/blonde it turned when we bleached it out so she may get some blond highlights after her cut.

I must admit that I love how it turned out. I also loved how excited she was about it. She even decorated the inside of her locker with hot pink fun fur fabric to match!

If you normally read this blog via a blog reader like GoogleReader or Bloglines, you really need to click over to the full site. I have a surprise over there for you. I’ll meet you there…
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