Happy {Cyber} Monday!

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Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend!  On Wednesday, aka Thanksgiving Eve, I carelessly placed my laptop on top of a couple of books on my coffee table.  It slipped and crashed and started making loud scary beeping noises.  I shrieked, cried and panicked.  Luckily, all of my illustration work was backed up to another hard drive and for that I am grateful. I am also grateful that I live in walking distance to a 24-hour Apple Store which was opened on Turkey Day. (Did you know that any Apple employee who worked on Thanksgiving received double the pay-rate, was given dinner AND left with a free ipad Mini? How cool is that?!)  And I'm extremely grateful to have a best friend who is letting me borrow her Mac while my baby gets fixed - THANKS BETSY!

Being without my own computer has been a blessing in disguise. It has forced me to slow down and relax.  I've been running running running since September, balancing my illustration work from clients, completing holiday designs for my Etsy shop and oh yeah - blogging!  I had no idea how exhausted I've been until my head hit the pillow Thursday night.  We only have a couple of weeks left of this holiday season and before you know it will be gone. This week (and the following) let's encourage ourselves to not give into the Holiday Hype and go against the masses.   If you start to feel stressed out, stop, relax and be sure to take in all the happy pretty holiday things that surround you.

HAVE A GREAT WEEK! xo ~ n

 

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Comments

[katherine]

that's awful that your computer is out of commission! so hard. i'm lucky to have back up computers . i hope your computer gets fixed soon

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[Carrie Willink]

Those are always scary moments! Hope your 'baby' (laptop) get's fixed quickly for your own sanity:) Love the picture, so cute!