So, when I started this blog I had every intention of really posting activly. But a lot has happened in a short time. I moved to Florida a year ago this week. I loved Florida. Leaving four months later was not easy. When I returned to New York I began a relationship with somebody i thought i had known for years only to find that the person i knew was just a front and in reality he was a lying, lazy, tunnel visioned bum who could not afford the rent he signed a lease to pay for. We moved in in december and broke up about 3 months ago. He broke his lease and the landlords have been attacking us for his part of the rent rather than hold him to his lease. On top of that the landlords have left the house in disrepair and our yard filled with trash from the previous tennets. My life has been pretty occupied with other things that have kept me from really focusing on Sew Purty as a business.
Things at work have become incredibly frustrating with certain people being promoted causing grudges to be held and expressed inappropriatly amongst what used to be a great team. As a result I find it very hard to want to go to a job that I really do love. For a couple years now I have wanted to be able to cut my hours back and be able to focus on Sew Purty. I have now realized that there is never really going to be a good time to this. The job market where I live is pretty tight, just like everywhere else. Rather than go looking for a second job again now that things are tight I have decided to double my efforts with Sew Purty. The first go I gave at this didnt go well and I think it was more discouraging than I realized. This time around I am not going to give up on etsy just because i have not yet made a sale. I am proud of my work, even more so now that i am putting that much more effort into everythin I make.
The Roomie and I have been seriously beginning to plan our move back to Florida. In an effort to save as much as possible I am hoping that Sew Purty will take off. I am also hoping to find a space in Florida where i can really treat this as my business. We have been looking for places with guest housing in the back for me to use as a studio space. It won't be easy to find but i am keeping my fingers crossed.
There's been a lot going on for me this past year. Its been hard and I know I have probably been a little depressed. But I feel better having set some goals for myself. To work harder with Sew Purty, and to get back to Florida where I desperatly want to be, and lately i have been more and more tempted to somehow start saving to buy a house. I want to start doing an occasional craft fair to get my product out there.
So that's it. It's nine at night, I've been guzzeling coffee all day despite being sick all last night, I've been sitting here at the house all stressed out waiting for the landlords to come and take care of some things like they said this morning that they would. It's been a long day off. It kinda sucked for the most part. I'm going to through a pair of pajamas together for my mom for mothers day, and i might have a little fun with a new cricut cartridge I picked up, mostly i am hoping a get a good night's sleep since they are few and far between lately.
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