Monday, Light at the end of the tunnel

     I hate to post things that I feel or see sometimes as I am sure that  the fates will take it and run.  But I just went into peruse my shop for my daily what do I need to get done and all I can see is the pile.  Yes there is one wedding dress that needs beading fixed and two coats that need to be altered that will both be quite hard.  But other than that it is the pile.  This could mean by the end of the week I will be caught up.  That has never happened in September before. Does this mean my shop is slower this year?  No!  It must mean that I have been working harder. ( choke, laugh, snort( you will notice I snort a lot))

     I have to remember that for three years previous to last fall I had mom to deal with and she took a great deal of my time.  Then last summer into fall I was a mess dealing with mom's death.  I got really behind as she was so sick in May and June, and then I was in that terrible fog for a few months.  But maybe it is just that I have been actually working harder.  Like maybe I am growing up and getting organized in my life enough to not feel like I am constantly behind.  Okay this is really nonsense but I was just thinking out loud.  Or typing out loud.  Thoughts?  Opinions? Or do you think I am going to get bombed by the end of the week?

     The hateful curtains are done. I finished those yesterday evening because I was not going to look at them today.  I am going to take them over to the neighbor after this post.  It is nice to be able to go back in the blog posts and see where the shop was a year ago.  I am really ahead of my schedule this year.  I don't know if this is a fluke or I am just managing better.  The fact that I will be gone for a couple of weeks in October has made me really try and get things done earlier.  Or maybe this is just a weird year.  Anyway I will take it.

     I can hardly believe that I could be close to caught up by the end of the week.  If I am just think of all the things I could get done on my list.   I am really counting my chickens. In the mean time.....

To do:
 1. take curtains to neighbor
2. shorten bridesmaid dress
3. hem a pair of pants
4. hem three pairs of shorts
5. hem 5 pairs of pants
6. alter mans suit coat
7. shorten sleeves of a suit coat
8 .shorten choir dress
9. patch three items
10. mend two items
115.replace waist band on 4 pairs of pants


That is today's pile.

But there is still to be done

1. fix all beading on antique wedding dress
2, shorten coat sleeves on a winter coat
3. shorten a winter coat

  Then the shop is empty.  This is it.  If people will leave me alone I could get caught up.  It is like a dream.  Can you imagine just have a few items a day to do and not a whole pile?  I can't either.

    I am living in a dream for the next hour.  Dang the shop bell just rang.  I hate to be woke up from a good dream.

Have a great and productive day staying positive while you are in the negative.

Kim