Back in the Saddle

After a quite arduous week, I took some much needed R & R (from Etsy and social media and jewelry making) over the weekend.  It's a hard thing to balance the demands of a family and work, as well as trying to grow your hobby into something more fruitful and so it's difficult to flip that switch that's always telling you "Go, go, go!"

I made a conscious choice not to even look at my Etsy shop for two days, not even to check my page views (which can be addictive). And it was everything I hoped it would be.  I slept in and then slept some more while hubby looked after our kids.  I ignored the urge to get out of bed and take control of everything.  The only thing that finally roused me from my blissful slumber was the smell of bacon frying - and really, who can resist that right? 

I relaxed on the couch and watch cartoons with my girls, I took the kids on a few little fun errands around town, we invited some friends over for dinner on the spur of the moment and instead of spending hours in the kitchen cooking, we ordered pizza, (again - I let go of the reigns of control there too) played Yahtzee and tried to guess the names of obscure songs my husband was playing.

Sunday was awesome as well;  we spontaneously decided to take a mini road trip to Grand Forks (2 hours from Winnipeg) with friends.  We visited the Splashers water park at the Canad Inns and my husband Rob and his friend Andy swam with the kids while my friend Rebecca (aka Winnipeg Style) and I went on a mini shopping trip.  Again - it was a wonderful spontaneous day where everyone had fun and although I was a little worn out, it was the good kind of worn out.

It did me a lot of good to switch off for the weekend - much easier than I thought it would be and it's a good practice for me to get into I think. After all, everything has it's place on the scale of importance and sometimes they get all jumbled up. So, it's Monday morning and I'm all reset.

The only price I have to pay today is getting caught up with custom orders that I put off for two days, but I couldn't think of a better way to spend the day than doing what I love.