A Very Nice Birthday

I had a very nice birthday yesterday! I slept in and got to play with Carson before I went to work. Then I went to work and got a very pretty picture frame and Godiva chocolate from Nyla. I taught piano lessons in River Heights at a friend's house and her husband made me chocolate cake and the kids sang Happy Birthday to me and then had me blow out candles. My visiting teacher had flowers delivered, my teaching partner for primary brought me Utah truffles, the relief society president brought me a bag of cookies, and my parents gave me money and got me a pie! McKenna and I got each other the Disney animators dolls for our birthdays and we swapped them last night. We were both wondering if we ended up getting the other the same one. She gave me Rapunzel and I gave her Pocahontas!

I also got to hear from a lot of friends and family through texts, facebook posts, and phone calls!

A Wonderful Birthday Surprise

I order things online ALL THE TIME, just ask my mom, as she puts it, "You get a package everyday!"

Today when I went to check the mail, there was a box from Amazon in the mailbox with my name on it. As I walked back up the driveway with it, I was wracking my mind trying to remember what I had bought from Amazon that hadn't arrived yet. I couldn't come up with anything. When I opened it, this is what I found.

My first thought was "What on Earth? I didn't order that! I haven't even heard of these!", but then I quickly remembered a conversation I had with an old roommate over Facebook. She had asked if I had red the book "City of Bones", I had told her that I hadn't and she said that I should and that it was awesome! I agreed to read it and then she said she would mail it to me. I, of course, expected her to mail me her copy or something which I would read and then send back, you know....Sisterhood of the traveling books or something. She went ahead and completely surprised me by sending me a new copy, and not just that, she sent me the whole trilogy! How awesome is she!?!

Exhausted....but in a good way

Right now I am exhausted, watching the clock until it is a decent time to just crash in my bed. My shop has been hopping lately. I cannot begin to express how grateful I am for my faithful customers, support, and the Lord. I have been so busy this year and especially the last couple of weeks. I have a certain customer that has me do custom orders for her and in the last week she has ordered two toddler size patchwork blankets, a baby blanket, bib, burp cloth set, and a twin size patchwork blanket! I still have one toddler blanket and the twin size blanket to go! That doesn't even touch the other orders I have been doing. Since the beginning of January, I have had many times where as I watch my inbox fill with orders, I almost want to cry because of the all of the support and blessings! Although I am wearing out because I have been doing more lately, I am grateful and happy, so it is a good kind of exhausted.

One of my favorite things about doing custom stuff is that I get to do things I may not have thought of or made time for. I get to be creative and get paid to do it! This is the blanket that me and my customer designed for her friend's new baby. I was a little bit worried by the airplane fabric, but I love the way it turned out!

Tomorrow my trip to the post office will be very well worth the trip of about a mile. (A very nice thing about having an online business!) I will be taking 4 large orders and then I will begin working on the other two that I already have on my list. 

I am still teaching piano lessons and have some pretty sweet kids that I teach. I teach at a friend's house in River Heights on Thursdays. When the kids told her husband that I will be at their house on my birthday, he brought out the menu (the ones that they only get to pick from for birthdays) and asked me what I wanted! So sweet! 

Way more Productive when the Sun is Shining

It is official! I am way more productive when it is bright outside and warm!!! This morning I did 3 etsy orders and got them shipped off, I decorated the cakes for birthdays, and did my laundry, all by noon!

March is the BIG month for birthdays in our family! 

I have the coolest visiting teacher! She is always bringing me something and she brought me tulips this month!