This must be the hottest, dryest summer (if you don’t count the oppressive humidity) that I’ve ever experienced. The forecast is cruel, often predicting rain that never actually materializes. I’m trying to keep my plants alive, but I’ve mostly lost the will to be outdoors. I think it’s time to start fall vegetables, but I can’t seem to muster up the motivation. I keep telling myself that I’ll do it “tomorrow.”
In more positive news, I officially hired my 17-year-old son, Keats, to help me with my little business. I should have done this a long time ago, but I am terrible at delegating. I had no idea how much stress this would relieve for me, or how much mental space it would release, but it has! This is life-changing for me! Keats is doing most of my prep work now and some of my finishing work as well. He has always been very attentive to detail and it’s so good knowing that I can trust his work. He’s cutting fabric, ironing, trimming, and reskeining yarn. I can hand him a bolt of fabric, give him dimensions, and he returns a tidy stack of whatever it is that I asked for. Last weekend we spent a couple of hours listening to violin concertos while working on sachets. He cut all the fabric for me ahead of time and then I sat and sewed the sachets while he turned them right side out and ironed them. It was wonderfully productive and all-around happy for me. I think it’s a good situation for both of us. I am freed up to focus on the more creative side of things and he can save more money towards purchasing a viola. He plans to continue to make things for the shop as well: little bird shawl pins and hopefully cutting boards as well. We will be updating the shop next week (Friday, I think) and I’ll have more details about that in my next post. I’m super grateful for Keats’ help and hope this can translate into some great shop updates for all of you!
p.s. Jonny and I visited our county animal shelter this week. I promise our intentions were completely innocent, just your typical date night (afternoon, actually). I assured Jonny that I just wanted to visit the cats, and possibly adopt one, but only if I felt a strong connection with one of them. (I’ve been a little sad because Intruder and Rosie have chosen to stay with our neighbors after all.) After spending about half an hour with the cats, we decided to visit the dogs too, for no reason really other than that we like dogs. There were only about half a dozen dogs there and we were immediately struck by the presence of a funny little white, long-bodied dog. I’ll tell you all about him soon, but in the meantime, could you help us name him? We can’t seem to come up with anything that fits.
Jeannette says
Albert Einstein
He has that look in his eye
Heidi says
He is so cute! I’d name him Sparky. What a little sweetheart!
Hot here also & its time to start picking all the veggies & canning. Honestly, I do not feel so inclined AT ALL!?
Annym says
Barnabee. He’s very sweet. 🙂
Michelle says
Elmer or Mr. Peabody.
carissa swisher says
When I saw him I immediately thought of the movie “The Adventures Of Tin Tin”.
Tintin’s dog in the movie in named “SNOWY”, and your dog looks JUST LIKE HIM!
Look up the video to see a picture of Snowy… I think it is a perfect fit! xo
Either way, no matter what you call him, he is adorable!!!!
God Bless!
Helen says
Marshmallow, lol 🙂 Our dog came from the city pound. She has been the loveliest dog. 🙂 (I’m not partial, nooooo.)
Steve says
Ugly, call him ugly 🙂
Joan Benson says
We recently named our male dog Archie. You could use it, too. We live in California.
I like the name Bertie, too. I think cute little dogs need a name that ends in y or ie.
I like old names, too, like Freddy and Eddy or Teddy. I’m surprised that with all of your big family, you haven’t found a name. He is a very cute little dog and looks smart. He looks like a poodle/dachsund mix.
Lisa K says
He’s a sweetie! Albert or Milo (but I like the Fergus suggestion too)!
Lisa
Camille says
Snickers. I don’t know why…it popped into my head.