...Not exactly what I thought my kids could potentially be saying on the playground. Vinyl. It's really kind of a weird word. Vinyl...Viiinylll. seriously. Who comes up with these names? I'd like to know. That would be a cool job.
But seriously. If you would have asked me 5 years ago what I would be doing in 5 years, I would probably have said that I would be pregnant with our second kid (ahhahaHAHAHAahaha, oh sorry, back to what I was saying), having just finished up my masters degree in counseling a few years before, and then probably planning on moving somewhere foreign and crazy to raise our children among the poor and needy. Heh. Isn't that so sweet?
Someone just today asked me if I wanted to hear their plan for their life. I laughed and said "YES! Tell me! Cause then I'm going to love to see what ACTUALLY happens!" =) Not that planning isn't good. And that plans don't come true. I just never never ever ever realized that life changes plans, and that plans don't necessarily change life. I didn't know then. I know now!
But I'm getting all sidetracked to what I really wanted to tell you about. When that whole "life" thing happened and we moved down to Utah, I learned about this really up-and-coming craft called vinyl lettering. It was EVERYwere down there. Everyone was doing it. And I wanted in. I knew people loved it, and it was a pretty simple concept, and I didn't like having to call someone to place an order (I'm kinda strong-headed like that. Bet that's news to you.). I wanted to do it myself, darn it!
So with a lot of research, and a lot of sweet talking to my daddy (enter eyelash batting here), I eventually was able to obtain a machine that opened up an entire new world of possibilities for me. I joined a forum ( a WHAT?) and asked questions. lots of them. and started learning about how my machine worked to turn huge sheets of thin colored sticky plastic into amazing works of sticky art. I've been in love ever since.
This is a world I never would have imagined for myself. But it has been great! I have been able to continue to stay at home with my babies, but I also have a fun, creative outlet that sometimes even brings in a little extra $$. I've learned crazy nerdy computer things that most people don't understand, like when I ask people if they have an .eps file or a vectorized image, or learning to node-edit, etc (unless you're one of those freaks who spends all of their time at the new apple store here in Spokane...which come to think of it, many of my friends are...)
My kids love it cause they always have the cool gift at a birthday party, or the perfect suck-up gift for their teachers, and their rooms can be whatever dream-land they want (actually, I told them that, but then neglected to actually finish it, cause well, I didn't do it yet! =P ) Alexis has already told me several times that she wants to help me do my vinyl business when she's older (as well as be a baby nurse and a the first 6ft-tall professional gymnast). And Kyrsta is always right under me while I'm doing my work "helping me" pick off pieces and holding my tools for me, and constantly telling me "Mommy, you good at vinyl!". The thing I like the most is that my kids are seeing me do something that I enjoy, that is positive, and rewarding for me. That their mom isn't "just" a stay-at-home mom. She's someone they look up to and inspire to be like. Gets me all goosebumpily (just created a word right there). So bottom line; vinyl = me as a better mommy. Thanks vinyl!
Do you have a "thing" in your life that wasn't apart of your original plan that you love? I'd love to know!
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