20.12.05

someone has seriously left her position as a blogger. that person would be me. but i'm back with this post about the last few day of the holiday shopping season...and how glad i will be tomorrow when i send out the last order of the season. it's really exciting. no more sore hands, no more ripping tape, no more addressing boxes, and no more playing with the automated postal machine at the post office (although that part is my favorite). tomorrow morning, i will go to the post office, stand in a short line, and get rid off the last boxes. then i can sleep like a normal person, eat like a healthy person, ride my bike like a cold weather weirdo, and go on vacation.
i'm so glad this day has come.

12.12.05

some quick, great news at the end of this long day...
1. fantastic clearance section now online at vanessajean.com. click here to see first rate duct tape accessories as bargain prices.
2. new press from the portland mercury. click here.
anyone who knows me knows that i am not actually qualified to give fashion advice.
3. it's busy around here. no sleep till christmas for us. click here for last minute shipping deadlines.

that's all to report for now, back to work.

6.12.05

the website was down for half a day, and it was scary. i thought i had ruined something with my edits the night before, but it was just a problem with the server. thank goodness it's all back!

things are busy. 3 more wholesale orders to go out, and the private party orders are going a bit nuts. it's nice to bring in extra people to help out, and it makes for good conversation in the studio.

conversation to come...
i was taking three weekends of permaculture classes. 3 of us carpooled since it was efficient (yay!). on the trip there saturday, we (me, a kid my age, and an older-than-me-and-of-mysterious-to-me-age) were talking about our holiday plans. a was celebrating his girlfriended holiday, splitting time between his family and hers. g and his family (wife and kid) just moved to pdx and don't have any family here. i explained my trip to so cal. there was brief conversation about families...and g said, "you seem like you have a pretty normal family." now, what would make someone say something like that, and what makes a family normal?

other things...
neat jobs
what to do in the future
holiday travel
vanessa jean clearance