the website is down
please keep posted for further information
thanks for your patience.

ok, this is the first cold day of the year. i had to put on my warm jacket, the one that i save for the coldest days. in some ways, i feel not-so-strong about this because it is only 41 degrees. however, when you ride a bike in 41 degrees with an 18 mph wind, it feels a lot colder. so that makes me feel better about using the warm coat. it sort of clicked over to winter all of a sudden. and i think i need better gloves too! oh well.
it's so hard to get motivated to ride the bike in the cold weather, but we must remain tough!

back to things that people actually care about, duct tape. the new site design and collection are up and kicking, and doing great. and things on the wholesale end are going a bit bonkers with the upcoming holiday season. great!

so i don't really know why i am sitting here typing, instead of working...but i'll get there. hope everyone had a nice day of turkey. mine was wonderful and delicious and i think this is the first time i've actually had turkey in about 6 years. usually i don't like the bird. but c & a made a delicious bird, and now i have a delicious vat of turkey soup, enough to last for weeks.

things on my agenda:
new credit card processor and processing gateway.
snow chains and weather watching for the (long) drive to la for the holiday previously known as christmas (x-mas).
3 wholesale orders (plus more in the works).
staying warm.
fulfilling your orders.

cheers

what exciting new for the 1001st post to the blog!
the newly modeled website is fully up and running, so please go check it out and spread the word for the good season of gift giving. i think this is the most extensive site-restyle paired with a new collection coming out, and it was a big undertaking...there are a few holes that need to be patched, images off old stuff to re-photo and load, but it's not too bad. so...go shopping!

the really sad thing about not having spamming commenters is that now my comments are empty and it makes me sad! not the end of the world though because i've been so busy! hooray. i got all the week's orders out yesterday, all my supplies and tape orders are up to date...and i got to spend all day today focused on updating the website. it's so fantastically exciting. so, i'm about to go post the changes and test them for a bit...so cross your fingers. and by the time you read this vanessajean.com will hopefully look really different.

if you missed the show on saturday...this is what you didn't get to see. but hopefully, you'll be able to see it quite soon on the website.

when it rains, it pours!
the last 4 days have been super intense in so many different ways.
1) friday and saturday and sunday night did, literally, rain and pour. it makes bike riding wet, which is always fun.
2) the ruby martini show went great on saturday, with much thanks to sarah who staffed the goods. yay!
3) my brain was flooded with permaculture info all weekend. rainwater catchment, food gardening, seed saving and storing and starting, swales, water, forest gardens, so much great stuff. worm bins, orchards. great! my list of things to do in the garden is growing and there aren't enough days in the week to take care of it all. oh well.
4) the duct tape orders are starting to (and continuing to) pour in. it's officially the season of chai tea and late nights and good music and help from friends. see you all in january when things slow down.

and speaking of seeing people...i will be in the la area for the end of december and the beginning of january. who else will be there?

how in the world do i get rid of these really annoying spammers on the comments?

my horoscope for the week. i know that the contents of this link will change every week, but i like what it is right now!