the stars say this month is good

talking to rachel yesterday, she told me of a friend that she has that keeps up with the astrological charts and such. she said september was really non-prosperous (which we found to be scarily true)and october would be busy. so far that is correct. my back storage yard almost looks like it did this summer (a very good time) and my phone is ringing with customers and people are walking in my doors. i have not had time to leave for lunch so luckily, i have friends that will drop things off to me in a pinch. 4:15 comes early every morning, but i am feeling better about getting up again. i am registered for my marathon in january (the 13th), although i registered for the half (15 miles) instead of the full. i lost 2 months of training over the summer and i don't have the time to make up for that. so, although i was set on the full, i think it is smarter to run the half especially since this is my first. well, i had better finish my work so i can close tonight!

bad children

finishing the day, these two (who remain nameless-if you beleive that, you don't read this very often) showed up in my back area looking for me. without hesitation, this is what i got. "we had a bad day. miss terry was yelling at us for no reason because she couldn't find her keys." as well as i know these two, i jumped to the conclusion that they had done something, or at least knew about whatever was done.............. turns out they are perfect (yeah, that was just a dream statement. he he). terry follows out shortly thereafter and i told her the version i got. she laughed and proceeded to tell me that for 20 minutes she couldn't find the keys (which she left in the ignition) and her son fabian never "heard" her tell him to put his shoes on. amazingly enough after enough time had elapsed, the keys magically appeared on the drivers seat (no one knew how they got there) and fabian still had no shoes on which she decided to not care. she showed up here with 2 screaming children (hers) and two very happy blaming anyone else for all problems (mine). i couldn't possibly be more proud.

child labor

fall break for school is this week, so............. kids need something to do. idle hands are the devils workshop (or something like that). nikki, aaron and ian all came down for a few hours today to put their time to use. we mean business here man! my friend terry is at my house all week taking care of my kids (and hers too). she is doing fun halloween stuff with them and cooking some fun things. the kids don't go back to school until next monday. i am sure i can find some more things for them to clean or take apart! by the way, my floors at the house are gone! we are starting over. fun fun for us!

hiking

my friends are crazy (which is why they are my friends). these are our kids and 2 of my friends took them all hiking sunday. they had a wonderful time and all came home dirty and tired. they range in age from 4-11.

busy again

after labor day we slowed down as do all businesses here, especially those of us dealing with the boating world. the snow birds seem to be returning early this year though and we are already picking up again. usually it is the last of october before they get here. our name came out in the phone book last week and i bought 3 domain names this morning and have called a web designer to set up an appointment to get started soon. we have had a very busy saturday thus far despite that we close for soccer games, so it is differnent times that we are here on weekends. things are looking up and i am excited about the prospects of having a busy winter...........

mustang seat

if you turn your head sideways, (really, is that so hard?) you can see that this is a newly upholstered mustang seat. there are two of them and we are finishing them now. mike is installing the head rests as i speak.

Lions and tigers and bears-oh my!

these are some couch cushions i reupholstered for the cutest customer! she sews for herself and kids all the time (and does a great job) but did not feel comfortable doing upholstery work so she brought it to me. we did a chair out of a different print (still animal) and they turned out really fun. it is wooden framed furniture that it goes on.