I met Lucinda today.. and it will be a joyful, purposeful friendship. Lucinda is the newest member of the ggC team and is a brand new coverstitch machine. I fretted and fretted and finally gave in. I have big plans for Miss L. She is the 4th machine in the ggC lineup and I joked with my hubby that we consist of an American, a Japanese, German, and Swede. lol. Seriously, though our processes will speed up greatly since I can make them more fluid:) It’s a huge luxury to be able to do a single stitch on one machine, not have to set up or change any levers, move knives, change 5 serger threads, and just have a particular stitch ready to go. I’m so stoked!
Most of you guys know that our family consists of me, the hubs, our (in two weeks) 16yo son, and 13yo daughter. We hang out and do stuff together a lot. We are also total Switchfoot groupies. I am not even kidding about this.. we love us some ‘foot. The eldest follows them daily (they were on Conan last night!!) and we catch them live whenever possible. They’re pretty talented musically-speaking and we love that they champion certain charities. I think it’s so important to share something you love with your kids.. keeps us, as parents, human and real with them.
Jon Foreman.. Switchfoot lead singer/guitarist. We stalked him going into the tour bus on the UNCW campus.
And this. Oh me.. I shot this during Restless while he balanced the seats in front of us. He held mine and Andrew’s hands and afterwards, I thought I would be sick lol.
and another from the concert
Total change of subject. Are you guys on Twitter? I’m trying to make a go of it but good grief, there’s so much info. I love reading tweets from other moms.. reminds me that I’m not alone in this thing called parenthood. Still, I can’t seem to stay engaged on Twitter.. I get sucked in and realize 20min have gone by. And I don’t have 20 minutes to kill!! Aahh.. technology lol.
I’ve been thinking about something for a while and thought I would just throw this out there. For years in my business, I have felt like I needed to be on my game 110%. While I know that “perfection” is something our culture is somehow taught to seek, it’s not realistic. At all. Being beautiful and perfectly pulled-together is sexy, almost intoxicating. We love those huge Hollister ads, watching Dancing with the Stars, and keeping up with Hollywood peeps. I have to tell you guys: that is so NOT me. I don’t have the perfect family, I struggle in my faith, I’m always trying to drop a few pounds, and I only sometimes wear makeup when I go out. Ha! In my work, I used to think that I had to have the most adorable custom outfit. Or the most current fabrics from a certain manufacturer. Or the best images I could get. Or a minimum 10% growth every year. Or whatever.. But really, how does all that benefit you? If I’m being honest here, all I really want is to enjoy what I do, sell a quality product, and be able to feed my family. I don’t need to be the “best” (whatever that is) or the most popular. All of that is a lie that pervades our culture. I hope you guys realize that when you buy a ggC item, it’s coming from me. I designed it, I created it, it’s 100% handmade right here in the good ol’ USA. Our little business is growing and I’m so grateful to you! Our market is incredibly over-saturated and there are some amazingly talented peeps out there. So know that I appreciate YOU. I am doing my best to put my family first and then my business.. but I am human and still trying to work through what it means to have a growing, thriving business while juggling what’s most important in my life. I can have an easy transaction with a customer who’s in love with her new outfit but if I never hang out with my kids or spend a few minutes each night with my husband, then nothing else matters. Just me keeping it real:)
So that family I adore? We are pretty competitive. Like a lot! Friends have spied us outside Target bursting into sprints so that one of us can make it to the car first! I’m not sure how healthy it is, but it’s us. We recently played a little backyard soccer that -as always- got out of hand ;)
some sisterly love.. kinda
It was all good at the end. And here with our adopted son, the eldest’s bff.
Hope you’re having a great Hump Day.. I love you guys!
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