This morning Mom and I spent the whole first half of the day out doing research for her business. Come February, after the Christmas rush is done, Mom wants to start wholesaling the signs. She wants to find an easier, or cheaper, or faster way, or a way that someone can help her, to produce the signs and/or my canvases. We looked all over the metro area for screen printer or people with screen printing information, for wrapped canvas printers or people who could give us that information. We also went in to a really fun store called Wheaton's, which used to carry the signs of the woman who taught my mom how to do what she does now (since the other woman lives in Utah now). We also went to Fabricville. We found lots of good information, and a guy who will probably be able to help us. He wasn't in the office today, but he'll be back on Monday and Mom and Dad will go talk with him then.
Wheaton's and the fabric store gave me renewed excitement, appreciation and determination with my talents and artistic abilities. We came home and I decided that I wanted to start sewing my projects right away. I have a huge long list of them to get done before I come home, but have been kind of nervous to start. Just in case I find out I'm not as good of a sewer as anyone in my family, I was scared to even try. But tonight I tried, and I didn't do too badly. All we got to was the pinning and the cutting of the pattern, but that alone was #2 on my list of things to learn from my Mom while I'm here in Halifax. (I also learned #1, which was how to download new fonts, but duh! I don't own a PC and my mom doesn't know how to do it on a Mac. I'll have to relearn that one.)
This is my first sewing project that I am going to do entirely on my own (with my mom's voice in my ear telling me how). It's a shirt.
You know that I called Beautiful Bride today, and that they don't have space for me to come back to work right now. You know that I am disappointed that I didn't call sooner. You know that I hate job hunting, and am worried about what will happen next. You know these things that happened today, and yet you have faith that everything will work out, and so, so do I. I trust you, I love you, and I'm grateful for you.
I am also grateful for FaceTime that allowed me to see you again tonight. I love talking with you and Verona and Max in the evenings. It brightens my day each time! This short time for us to spend separately with our families is good for us I think. I feel good about not having to talk to you all the time, because I see you every evening. I love that I can see you, talk with you, and pray with you every night, and that you are my family.
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