12-12-12 Happy Birthday Nathan!

Friends of ours had a baby today - unfortunately he was born in Houston due to extenuating circumstances and so it will be awhile before we get to meet him.  I am so excited because I love little babies. I cried when I heard that both mommy and baby were healthy, happy, safe and sound.  I am going to have lots of opportunities to baby sit and help them both since they are first time parents - and I did it five times over.  12-12-12, Welcome to the world sweet Nathan!  Can't wait to meet you.

Getting a lot done today and mood is good.  I ran around doing some errands and I created a piece I really like.  There is a list of things that need to get done, but for whatever reason I am a bit less daunted by it than usual.  Fiona accompanied me while dropping the kids at school and on all my errands.  She is a big hit wherever she goes.

The fourth night of Hanukkah came and went.  We had a nice evening with the kids and now we get to redefine Hanukkah with just the two of us.  When they are all grown it will be another new chapter.

The in-laws are coming this weekend along with two of my sister-in-laws and my nephews so that they can ride the Polar Express in Grapevine Mills. We will be busy at McKinney Trade Days but depending on how long they hang around there, we may join them after we break down the booth.

I am struggling with marketing and promotion.  I want to reach more people and grow my business and my community.  I don't have the money for large marketing and advertisement.  Possibly I need to check out my local newspaper, but I wonder just how large the readership is given our propensity toward technology these days.  If anyone reading this blog has any useful ideas, please feel free to comment, I'd greatly appreciate it.

Time to move on to the next thing on my list; housework - yuck! LOL