Good bye Corporate World.....

I've got some great news to share with you!! As of Tuesday, December 19, 2011, I will begin to shift my focus back to designing quilt patterns. Since June 2010, I began a new adventure in the corporate world....I was working a part time job. Yes, you did the math correctly, that is 18 months! I was orginally hired to work 20 hours per week. My work load continued to increase, my benefits did not (no holiday pay for this girl). I've been putting in 52+ hours per week for months and months. At night; I'd try to design and work on the business. Do you know what that left over for me? Not much? I knew something had to give, so, I asked for benefits and I was shot down....after all, I was only part time. The final straw was when they told me that my job would be elimated in March (after my daughter returns from maternity leave). Now, I might not be a rocket scientist; but, WHY would you tell an employee that? Isn't that like saying we plan on using you until we are done with you? I realized that I can't get those 18 months back, but, I do know that from this day forward, I am going to take my life back! When I walked out the door for the final time, I knew that I was doing the right thing. The best revenge is to live my life, and do it well!!! Good bye corporate world; hello again my old friend...quilting. I am so blessed to have a supportive husband that believes in me. I sadly miss not working beside my wonderful daughter every day. She is a gem, but, we are still best friends and she supports my decision 110%. I miss the friends that I made, but, they will always be my friends.

So, here's to new beginnings..... I got the best Christmas present of all; it doesn't have a big bow or shiny paper.