Wednesday, Okay stop already...

 Okay we all knew this was coming.  But now it is here, and Kim is declaring a Halt to all business in the shop.  She must catch up. All that whining a few weeks ago about not enough to do.  Sniff, shrug, sigh.... Now comes the season of Kim complaining about having too much to do.  Please feel free to unsubscribe from her trauma. I wish I had a button I could push.

Hubs is up with Oliver today and it was my job to feed the chickens as hubs got up late. I took out two pears that were past prime, and a piece of stale bread, one of Kelsa's half eaten apples.  Then collected 13 eggs.  The neighbors are starting to run from us. Too many eggs! But this does keep us supplied in egg cartons.

Kim is in protection mode now.  This morning I had a mother of a missionary call and ask if I would take a bunch of old very wide ties he had been given and make them narrower.  I do all missionary alterations free.  It is one less expense families have to face when getting a son or daughter out in the field. I asked her if he did not have enough ties?  She said no he had way more than he needed but he just liked these.  I told her no, nicely.  In my mind I was thinking.  I am not here to be taken advantage of, I am here to make your child functional, as in taken in pants, or shorten pants, make clothing fit not fashionable.  Was I right?  I just shake my head sometimes.

A man was in this morning with a 300-dollar fishing coat that the zipper was acting up on.  I looked it over carefully and determined that it was off track and the zipper head was too wide on one side to make a proper closure.  I needed my pliers and could not find them in the mess that is now my shop.  I know, I know I just cleaned it, ( I can feel Sissie smacking me right now). So in frustration I just used my teeth.  I told him this is what the Native American women did when they were out on buffalo hunts and could find their pliers.  Zipper worked fine, saving me the angst of replacing the darn thing.  I do this at least 5 times a week.  I never charge, I just say," Be gone peasant, Thou hast saved me the job of replacing the blasted thing."  Plus men when they are ready to go fishing always want the zipper replaced in less than an hour or 24 hours. Again this is part of protection mode.

Kim is protecting her time.  I have hired a  teenage girl who is home schooled and lives down the street, to come in on days that Kelsa is here. She will take her to the park, play outside, play with her and keep her out of the shop.  Daughter will pay the girl.  It works for me.  Kim is protecting herself.

Now I must make a list, I just feel a list is needed for my ADHD mind today.

1. fix outdoor pants

2. replace zipper in an outdoor coat

3. go to JOanns

4. hem two jeans and fix a stuffed animal's arm

5. mend and alter a pile of clothes

6. find staple gun and recover two chair pads

7. run with scissors

8. alter another wedding dress for a fitting

9. hem and fix straps on two flower girl dresses.

10. mend shirt

11. hem a pair of suit pants

12. alter a bridesmaid dress and steam

13. replace zipper in carhartt overall leg

There we will see if I can get through this. Shhh don't tell Sissie but I had two donuts for breakfast and there is a third one.  Asking if I should eat that?

Hubs dug all of last years leeks from the garden. (leeks need two seasons to grow).  I am making leek and potato soup for dinner yum! Leeks are do expensive and they have such good flavor.  I am excited.

Well I am off to go to Joanns to get a zipper and then into the salt mine I go.

After I eat this donut.

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

Kim