September is here...almost Halloween

As I am told daily - Halloween is almost here. According to my daughter Halloween should be as big or bigger than Christmas. I spend almost as much on candy each year as I do on Christmas so I figure it's almost what she's wishing it were. We live in a development that fringes agriculteral land, and truckloads for farm kids come by each year and it lasts for 4 hours and I always run out of candy. I may conplain but I love it. Some towns and cities don't have that kind of neighborhood traffic anymore which I find so sad. Another thing from my and my children's childhood that is disappearing. (Please vote in the poll that follows this posting)

I am really getting into Etsy and my journals. Never being a marketing genious has proven the difficult part of all of it. How to get the word out and spread it coast to coast is hard. There are so many great things to see on Etsy that the down side is you get lost in the shuffle.

I'm getting better at doing digital papers. It's still takes me time to narrow down what I want to use and what it should look like, but the actual task is faster than I thought it ever would be.

My daughter is coming to town from Seattle to celebrate her birthday this weekend. (The BIG 30) We always do the CKC Show in Sept. and that and a group night at Recollections (crop night) headlines our list of to-do's this weekend. She coming alone for the first time since becoming a mother about a year ago, and I can't wait to see how things go back at her home with Daddy in charge for 3 days with an 11 month old.That will be a full blog unto itself I bet.

Anyway, we plan on cropping, shopping and eating our way from one side of town to the other. I can't wait.

Thanks for checking in!

Hannah
DreaminginColors.etsy.com

Last week of summer - Thank G*d

I can't believe I have a blog. I always enjoyed reading them but me doing one is another thing.



Things have been hectic this August, and of course we're in the hottest summer on record since the 1980's which makes everything so fun.



The job search continues but I'm taking avantage of having "free time" to get my site on Etsy set up and getting stock made for the journal portion. Next will be a new set of hats.



Reyna and Jason are expecting their second child this winter so I'll have baby caps to knit and Elsie is growing up so fast - she'll be one year in October and will need all new caps for winter. Javan has a little girl Telani who just turned one in June and they now live in Bellingham. Everyone seems so far away.



I've been working on the land in Selah and looking for a possible house plan for building the dream of a sheep farm. I fluctuate between a country farm house and a totally modern 'green' house. Go figure.



We just celebrated Phil's (Papa/grandpa)Reyor's 80th birthday. Louie and his brother Mike were able to non-rev to Denver to celebrate the event, but air travel is such a hassel anymore, I stayed behind and took care of the house and cats.



I'll try to update this weekly to keep you informed of the goings on around here.



Thanks for checking in!

Hannah