the jack o'lanterns' faces are curling inward, the trees are nearly bare, and there is a new, crisp chill in the early november air here in western new york...
halloween has come and gone, yet again, and i am overwhelmed this year with how quickly it crept up and just how much i heaped onto my own plate. it made for a crazy, hectic, and less enjoyable samhain than i prefer. october was one very busy month for me -- a sister in law got married; another sister in law launched a new cancer research foundation with a rather large, successful benefit; and i took on one too many custom costume requests. the month of october is inevitably a busy one, with my wedding anniversary and my mother's halloween night birthday. so to add these major projects onto an already brimming list of tasks, responsibilities, obligations, and just plain ol' 'i'd really like to's', october 2009 was certifiably nuts.
my niece, sayo, above in her devil princess costume; my husband below her, as 'max' from 'where the wild things are'...
there were many projects i would have liked to have completed to celebrate this year, such as carving more tombstones or finishing the paper mache work on the jack o' lantern head for the scarecrow. instead, i sewed my niece a devil princess costume, my husband a 'max' costume from 'where the wild things are', and a 'queen of treats' custom costume for a client for the shop. i also kept the store stocked and a plethora of orders filled. it would have been nice to have had the time to have gone out and hiked a day or two to enjoy the beautiful wny autumn, or to have done some photo sessions while the trees were full of color. but every year i set my personal bar so high, and the list of objectives gets so long, that i find that it gets harder and harder to find the time to enjoy it all.
needless to say, the lesson learned this halloween 2009 was just how important time management, organization, and learning when its time to say 'no' really is if i am going to successfully run both my life and this small business of mine. around the corner lies christmas, one of my least favorite holidays, specifically because i have found it is just impossible to frantically prepare for two very long days of merriment and enjoy it. nonetheless, i hope those of you reading out there had a haunting halloween...
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