Alexandra's Blog

Many people do not know this but I have worked for the same company about 18 years now as one of the jobs I have held. Today there was a going away party there for me with some of the people I have wokred with over the last few years.

 

This is my friend Angie She used to be my boss, but now we are friends.

 

That cake was awesome!!

We went and took our grand daughter for the day to the snow she had never been before.

 

They were so cute in their googles, and we were in our sweats with no gloves, boots or anything. It was a beautiful day up there sunny and warm.

 

Bubbles decidedly is not that excited about the snow.

 

This is our house getting ready to be cleaned up to get rented out. So we have been scraping the outside and then we will repaint after the next rain storm. We have had no rain almost three years running and now it seems the atmosphere must know we are moving to Oregon, as it rains every three days now!

 

The funny thing is that we have hired someone to come and help with this project which none of my girlfreinds can believe since usually I work myself to death. However as you can see I am tackleing other things like packing!

 

I have been so busy that it has been hard to have time to blog.

 

I was lucky enough to share booth space with Tanglewood Fiber Creations at TNNA. I have learned more about business in the last few months than I ever thought I would. As you can see in the photo here the yarn was well displayed. 

 

Here is how the rest of the booth looked.

 

There have been so many things that have gone on that I lost track a little bit. My partner had foot surgery over the holidays.

 

Here she is wearing her new hat from Oregon.

 

Here are the kids looking at us wondering what is going on.

 

Last but not least we are announcing we are moving. We have made arrangements to rent a house in Silverton Oregon. We are packing and cleaning our house to get to ready for a rental arrangement.  Mataniu's company has stated that they are closing the California division, and we would not be able to stay here anyway. So off we are going to the trees and at least have the  support of family and frends while we are looking for work. My father has been working hard for about a year to help us get into a better financial position and we are do grateful to him.

At the same time you will find that our web site will be changing with a more stream line look and show everything we have to offer. Please stay posted....I will try and blog again soon.....We are so excited at the new prospects on the horizon and are sure that with all our friends and family prayers we will land successfully on our feet!

This is a picture of my partner and our grand daughter getting ready for her christmas recital.

 

The greatest gift was given to us this week. Many of you know we got married over a year ago. Before we got married we thought we would have our honey moon outside the united states. In order for this happen we would both need passports. My Partner was born in American Samoa, and apparently it has been really hard to get the state department to give her a passport. We have been working on getting them all kinds of things and were on the point of thinking she would never get one with out hiring legal help. However yesterday we recieved a package from the state department thinking they had sent all our paperwork back, however also included was her PASSPORT! Imagine our joy....Although we are long past the honey moon now and could not afford to go out of the counrty, the thing is we COULD if we wanted too.

I am hoping that all of you feel as blessed as we do and the lights of the season light your hearts with joy.  I would not be where I am with out all of you and your support, so thankyou. 

There will be some new things on the tables and many thing that are excellant gifts for the Holiday times.

Holiday Craft Sale16601 Bellflower  BlvdBellflower Ca

Please come if you are near by and see the new color ways of yarns and support Alexandra's Crafts!

Some of you know I was robbed a few weeks ago......Bummer

 

So it was black friday and while I was in a small town I walked into Walmiart at 930 in the morning and replaced the GPS with a Severe discount!

 

 

Thank god for the home owners insurance!

Here is the shot of the sunrise coming home. 

 

We left really early on thursday morning and got there in the early afternoon. After gettthing the trailer hooked up and settleed we all wanted to go for a walk right as the sun was setting. It was stunning!

 

Here is my mom waking Shakespeare.

 

Mataniu walking Bubbles,,,,

 

We had a wonderful time with family and friends while there and the Food! I wish I had remembered to take out the camera more on my visit but I did not so you will just have to trust me that the town of Sonora is really cute and the area is beautiful.

I have been working in my Shop more than not lately so if you are looking for Lazy Kates go to the Spinning Loft in Michigan, or Carolina Home Spun should have recieved her this week as well. If you are looking for Sock yarn go to Purl district in Silverton Oregon!

 Thankyou to everyone who has supported us on our adventure of getting ourselves to where we are!

I just wanted to add a small note of thanks to all who have supported us through out the year!

 

We have much to thankful here and it is all owed to our friends and family, and our Customers. So thankyou for helping us grow and be bountifull. So enjoy your weekend where ever you might be, and know we are thankful for you here. 

 

 

I have some of the best support ever as this last craft show proved yet again!

Here is some of what was on my tables...

If you see something you want than please email me and we can make arrangements,

 

Remember Christmas just around the corner.....

 

If you are in the neighborhood next month there will be another show in December....

 

On the 14th from 9-4

 

We would hope to see you there.

 

There will be one new thing in the December show that was not seen here. You will have to come and see it!

Come knit,  spin or hang out with us this saterday!