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Keeping it Real

October 22, 2008 in Me by emily | 7 comments

Anina’s post and this link and this link got me typing…

I am a real person. I will never lie here.

But there are things that I don’t really go into…

I will never go into my personal life too much because that’s what it is. Personal.

I don’t talk too much about or post pictures of Sean because methinks he isn’t too comfortable with that but he is here and I love him to bits. <3

I’ve never mentioned or whined about the finally-diagnosed autoimmune disease that has be wreaking havoc on my body and life for the past 17.5 months (it was triggered by Liam’s pregnancy) and all the doctors that wouldn’t listen to me.

I worry that people judge me and blame me for my kids’ gross motor and speech delays which is why I never say too much about them. Maeve didn’t walk until 18 months (long before quilting was a daily part of life ) and has an IEP for speech therapy. An itinerant teacher also spends time with her in preschool every week. Liam isn’t walking and last week officially got the label from the county’s Early Intervention services of severely delayed in gross motor and expressive speech and delayed in receptive speech.

I try not to complain about day-to-day mommy issues. Like the never-ending whining or why won’t he let me give him a bath or why do they have to pull every last toy off the shelves every day? When I go read my blog, that’s not what I want to read so I don’t post it.

I will never speak of my political or religious views. ‘Nuff said. Don’t ask.

I will never air dirty laundry or bash people or complain about non-paying buyers or complain (too much) about Etsy’s ineptness. It just seems to lack in professionalism.

My house is not perfectly clean. My baseboards have dust in places! When I look back on my life 50 years from now do I want to remember kids, husband and a love of quilting or kids, husband and clean baseboards? That answer is pretty clear to me.

I do sew a lot. And yes, I do have two little kids. But keep in mind that my kids are little and go to bed early and one still takes long naps. A lot of people ask how I ‘churn out’ so many quilts. Honestly, I’m never sure quite how to respond to those messages so I usually don’t.

Friday is my day. I sew my Jane blocks and rarely respond to any ‘work’ emails/convos on that day. It’s just how it is.

So if life ever seems perfect based on what is posted here, well, it’s not always perfect, but it’s pretty damn good. We have our share of problems and difficulties, but we also have these moments:

And with that said, I’m off to take Mr. Liam to physical therapy in hopes of him walking … eventually.

Seven years

September 29, 2008 in Me by emily | 3 comments

Sun and Sand

September 21, 2008 in Kids, Me by emily | 3 comments

We spent the weekend at the beach… sun, sand and relaxing (as much as possible with kids at least).

Ch-ch-changes

September 3, 2008 in Etsy, Me by emily | 1 comment

I’m changing things up. My Etsy venture started out as an opportunity to make quilts and hopefully fund my nasty fabric buying habit. I’ve been so busy over the past couple months with custom orders and keeping quilts in the shop that it officially has stopped being fun.

So what is going to change?

– I’m not going to be doing any custom orders until at least after Christmas… with some exceptions … two people who I’ve done quilts for before and we’ve talked about future projects and another who I’ve been talking to a bit and she just emailed me… so you three don’t worry! I’m not going to back out on you.

– I’m changing my mentality going into the quilts I make. I would love to design patterns all day. From the designing, fabric choices to the design of the printed pattern are all so much fun to do. So the quilts that end up in the store from now on will be from various stages of pattern designs. There are a couple in there already that were ‘exploratory’ type quilts to see if it would work as a pattern. They all work as quilts, it’s just whether or not they would be worth turning into a pattern.

– And of course there are quilts that I just want to make because of cute fabric or an idea that popped into my head. That point kind of sounds like nothing is changing at all, but the finer details of it all in my head are different.

Since deciding to do all this this past weekend, I’ve felt much calmer which is good, since that was kind of the point.

The downside of all of this? I have to cut back on my fabric buying since in theory not as many quilts are going to be made. Eek. Do you even want to know how many sales and codes I’ve passed up since the weekend? My AmEx thanks me. The MasterCard too.

And on that note, my next pattern will be available starting Friday! Yay!