It's a new day.

For days now (Er, make that "weeks."), I've been struggling (Actually I think it's "months" now.) to get back to my normal routine. It's been very, very hard. In fact, I began to believe it might be impossible.A wise friend told me yesterday to realize I now have a new "normal." It took me about 24 hours to believe she's right. I made a decision today to embrace this new normal and learn to work with it. I feel better already.

I needed to realize that our lifestyle change (The Big Guy's retirement) is not temporary and is not like an illness that we will get over. It's here to stay. It will change and evolve with time just like all phases of life. I just need to learn to go with the flow.

My mind mulled all this over through the night and I've given great thought to how I can make the best of all this. It's going to take some time for all the pieces to fall into place but, if I keep reminding myself of the good points, I think we'll even enjoy the journey.

I'm off to make plans for some fun days ahead.

Still working on it!!

Here's a preview of the post for tomorrow! (You know, the one I wanted to do on Saturday!)

Photo by Cepia

I'm really sorry but I got totally bogged down by family life and other necessities yesterday and by business demands today. (The latter is a GOOD thing.) I didn't want to just throw the post together as I want it to be worth your read.

I've actually been working on several posts for this week (another Working the Shows Wednesday is coming out this week) and I hope to be on track again by tomorrow. I'm designing a new Marketing Series to start in the very near future and I've got an interview or two just waiting for pictures to attach.

I've also been trying to actually produce some new designs for my Spring sales. I'm expanding on the adult-size merchandise, home decor pieces and some great toys. I'll be telling you about these items as they actually come out. Most of February was a bit dry for me inspiration wise so I'm eager to go with the flow since getting some of my mojo back.

Hope you're getting some Spring inspiration, too.

See y'all tomorrow!!