I spent last weekend in Claremore, Oklahoma and had the best time! I dropped in on a couple Bella Rustina exhibitors who have shops downtown. I had no idea The Pickin' Queen and A Cozy Cottage are located right beside each other! It was fun to see the surprised look...
I took the boys to Toad Suck Daze last Friday and of course we spent most of our time in the petting zoo. They had different animals this year, like ducks and a pig! I kept daring little Caleb to pick up the pig because I knew it would have a fit. He finally caught it...
I spent last weekend in Vicksburg, Mississippi. I learned about life on the bayou, watched alligators from the porch, and shopped the great vintage spots in town. On Saturday mornings there's a flea market downtown that is pretty good with everything from food to...
I predicted correctly how Festivus would go. I got my 40-year-old tail kicked by a bunch of twenty-something ladies, but I wasn't last place! I improved my times compared to my practice runs, so I did well for me. On Thursday one of my coaches saw me struggling with...
Now that the spring Bella Rustina is over, we can actually enjoy spring! I've been exhausted and brain dead since the show, but I've been doing as many fun things to play catch-up as possible. I tried hatchet-throwing and disc golf for the first time last week and...
Last week I said I was going into my most epic event of my life. It turned out to be the most epic loss of profit in my life, but yet my heart is full. Why? We had an amazing weekend. Exhibitors and myself quickly figured out the huge lack of attendance was...
We're so close to what I expect will be the most epic Bella Rustina of my life - I say this because I've spent double what I normally spend on advertising, labor, etc for an event and this event has a concert and bouncy houses. I'm also managing 46 campsites. This has...
I finally got my Bella Rustina eclipse glasses in! They were supposed to come in last week so I was beginning to worry. It's so fun that I got to design these and order them from the local American Paperwear company. My favorite part is the inside of the glasses which...
Coach Taimi came over and helped me on some projects last weekend and one of them was hanging my crewel art in my stairwell. I'm so pleased with how it turned out - all the pieces I've collected over the years fit together so nicely! I have plenty of room to add more...