Good Bye 2010

And so we come to the end of another year. 2010 - you were a big one for me and one filled with many challenges. I have listed some of the highs and lows of my year:

We purchased a new house in March but at the time of the move, my husband was hospitalised with a nasty staph infection in his leg. It took months for him to fully recover and I was left to deal with the move by myself, along with everything else. I have only just finished unpacking and decluttering the house this last week.

The Sad: My dear Uncle Mick died. My mum had to have her badly healed leg - rebroken and reset (making that a total of 3 breaks). My poor dad was diagnosed with macular degeneration and has since lost much of his sight.

Business-wise, many challenges were overcome. Much time and money was spent on a home-studio application that was never to be approved. On a positive note, my hard work to redirect the business away from fashion late last year was a wise one with wonderful new stockists buying our linen homewares and fabrics this year.

I calculated that we bought 800 metres of fabrics for screen-printing this year! Thus, the decision was made to import our own and we are now waiting for new European linens to clear customs as we speak. It's all a little scarey as we have had to buy a LOT of fabric but we have to keep the faith in what we are doing to move forward.

My best purchase of the year was my sweet and economical Volkswagen Polo after I sold the old Holden Commodore (a family hand-me-down) to the car wreckers.

I am looking forward to the New Year and wish you all a great 2011 with Love, Health and Happiness. I want to thank you all for reading my blog, supporting my business and for the wonderful friendships that have developed.

My big New's Year resolution is to get organised and to work smarter with weekends off. What's yours?