Now I Can Feel Christmassy

Having created a business that runs right up to Christmas to provide gifts for people to buy, certainly makes me see the Christmas build up in a different light - for me it's become a very busy time of year. I'm lucky that I can still swing things around and make it all fit around the children, but I have put in some late nights lately! 

She's not too big to lift up to put the angel on top of the tree!

 But the rush is over, no orders at all this weekend, which I'm thankful for (really, although I'd be happy to sell a bit more...) as I hate the idea of someone not getting something they've ordered by the time they want it. Everything gets delivered a bit slower now as they must have mountains of parcels to deal with.

I'm very thankful I can work from home (well workshop) like I do, and be around my children so much. It enables me to mess about here and still do lots of other things I enjoy. Having travelled for work for so many years, walking across to my workshop is still something I pinch myself about. I'm never going to be rich doing what I do, but I do enjoy it, and for now it's ideal for family life, maybe I should push to earn more money, but balance is always tricky to find.

I'm going to make a bit more stock now, to top back up, and have a few more products I'd like to design and make, as well as some magazine articles due in fairly soon. But I'm also going to take a bit of time for myself and try to do a few other things I enjoy. In the new year I really want to lay some hedges, and sort out chicken pens, and get the garden back in order! There's always a list as long as my arm!