Finally over

First up some apologies and thank yous to all my wonderful customers. It has been a really long year and almost a half that we have been on this legal roller coaster, and you all have been so patient with our closures and frustrations and still kept coming back. So thank you all so much. Words really can't express my feelings and thanks for your support.

Friday, the 30th of March, was sentencing day. I will tell you that I went to court with no expectations, but hope. I had hoped he would spend at least two years in prison. The reality was that a nose is only worth eight months in county jail, of which he will serve five. He also has a years probation and has to pay court costs and and my son's medical bills. The medical bills alone will keep him paying for years. As he was hand cuffed,and I will admit to really enjoying that part, and taken off to jail, he was still protesting it was self defense and not his fault.Somewhere along the way he never learned to accept responsibility for his actions.I only hope his five months seem really long to him that time travels slowly this spring and summer while he sits there and does his time. But the best part is this part of our journey is OVER!!!!!!!

Coming up soon is another surgery to hopefully, restore the nerve damage so our son  will regain his senses of taste and smell, and lose the horrid headaches that he has now. I am sure there will be more lesser procedures yet to come on the physical side of his journey, but I am hopeful this next surgery will be the last major event for him. Mentally and emotionally he continues to work with his doctors and eventually they expect him to find a place of piece there also. It just takes time. For my part I want his scars and memories to show him where he has been, but not dictate where he will end on his journey. He has the chance to grab at new opportunities and choices. That is my prayer that he will grab for these new choices and adventures as he heals and let go of all the rest of what led him on this journey. A good first step,  to me, is he is using his design skills to redesign the yard of his 100 year old rental house.His landlord told him to go for it and so this sad little yard has had a major demolition and he is almost ready to begin putting it back together. I'm laughing at him as the rain slows down his projects outside just like the rest of us who want to play in our yards.

The shop. Well to be honest over the last months I didn't really care to much about what happened there or if I would even keep it open. So now I have to decide and begin my own journey. I will say it felt really good to be there Saturday and to go junking Saturday morning, even though I didn't find a thing, so now it is time to pull up my big girl panties and get to work For the first time in months a have a desire to pull out materials and begin creating. I think I'll start by cleaning my studio so I have room to work. Happy spring break to all and may that bunny bring you much chocolate. The bear and the human

Finally

It has finally happened. We have a jury and trial begins tomorrow. Of course when it rains it pours and today my son found out he has yet another operation to endure to further repair his nose and the nerve damage. If only the cops had gone to the bar and found his missing piece of nose....What's done is done and upward we go. So the shop will be closed Wednesday and Thursday. I'll be at the trial for my child and having a civics lesson on government in the bargain.

Postponed again

It seems like that's all I'm saying. We are patiently, or not, waiting for the trial to begin of the person who attacked our son. We think wow the subpenas are out, it's really going to happen then on the day it is to begin the phone call that says nope not this week. Continued again.This has been going on since October, but shhhh we aren't suppose to talk about the trial. The thing is it wrecks chaos on my store hours. Once again we were looking good for this week, but not now after all. So we will be open Thursday, Friday and Saturday this week. We have some fun new things coming in right now so stop in and say hello. We are tentatively scheduled to go to trial next week again. I will believe it when they start jury selection, but I will post next weeks hours here. Peace to all

It' Thursday again

It's Thursday and we're open late tonight. Christmas bits and pieces are popping up everywhere. I do have a fondness for bottle brush trees it seems. Join us tonight, and enjoy our evening shopping. Also if you are planning on taking the ribbon flower class you must be registered by Tuesday the 15th.

business first

 Hello to all, by request we are having two ribbon flower classes in November. The first is Thursday, November 17th at 6:00 pm and the second will be Saturday afternoon on November 19th. The cost for class is $25.00 plus the cost of ribbon for your flower and leaves. The business part first. You must register and pay the class fee ahead of time and it must be paid by Tuesday, November 15th. If no one signs up by that date there will be no class. Also on Thursday evening Basket and Things, who are right next door, will be having their third sippin' Thursday from 5:30 to 9:30 so you'll have plenty of time to make your flower and have a sip of wine next door.It promises to be a fun evening. To sign up you can do so by stopping by the store,by email at horatios@peoplepc.com or by ringing the store at 253.389.8002.

beginnings and waiting

I still think each new year should start in September, rather than January 1st. September is an ending and a whole new exciting beginning especially if you have children.
 On the whole other hand I am grateful that the weather has changed again and this week we will be back in the mid seventies again. I am not ready to be cold yet. That shouldn't happen until December. Gotta love my dream world.
On the shop front I've got four little bears ready to be jointed and stuffed and ready for their Christmas mittens. They are turning out to be fun. Just two more to finish, then it's on to the bear turkey. They will make their debut at the Crossroads Doll and Bear Show October 15th and 16th at the Puyallup Fair grounds.Went shopping this weekend and found a few fun things for the shop so stop in and say hello. Even though it's fair time traffic -isn't bad and there is lots of parking. On that note we will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday again this week.It worked out so well last week and I got so much done in the studio.
For those who have asked the number 3 child, who was attacked and had part of his nose bitten off. He is doing really well physically, emotionally still a work in progress but better. The idiot's trial starts the first of next month and once that is over he will be able to heal even more.Pray for my patience in the courtroom, cause I'd really like to give this idiot a few words but I can't so I'll be biting my tongue throughout.

this and that

when our youngest was transferred down to Vegas I knew I was going to have the empty nest bit...again so I made my summer list
   sand and stain the old dining room floor...... check
   paint the old dining room walls, ceiling and woodwork.......check
   paint the old living room walls, ceiling and woodwork, which also included the walls goin upstairs and the upstairs hall.............................check
   oil and paste wax old living room floor...........check
   switch rooms and redecorate, that was the fun part...............check
  paint the bathroom .............oops not yet
   stain the kitchen floor.............check
  paint the floor in the upstairs hall...........check
   re-stain the stairs.....................check
it helps fill the time and now the house is looking fit for another 100  years. Still missing the girl bunches, however, she is having a great time being back in Vegas. She graduated from UNLV and worked down there for 3 years after, till the economy forced her home. So most of her college friends are still there.
  I'm just excited that we have slowly but surely pared down our long honey do list. There were lots of other bits that also got done. You know how one thing leads to another, This needs doing but that has to be done first. Especially in a 90 year old house.So to celebrate a day of just enjoying the new look.