It has been a few months since I updated everyone. Once again, so much has happened. My father-in-law became ill shortly after launching our Kickstarter campaign causing the family to put aside many projects in the works. My daughter’s wedding was moved up in the hopes that he could see her married before he passed. It was a flurry of wedding planning, obligatory activities, and dress-making. When we realized he may not make it to the wedding we moved the dress-making up in the hopes that he could actually see her in her wedding dress. Alas, it was not meant to be. While he did get to see her in the practice dress, he drifted off shortly after her actual dress was finished. In honor of him and others we wished could be present we reserved a pew at the front of the church in their memory.
After the wedding, we had more obligatory activities to do followed by the memorial. After the memorial, I had to quit my job for various reasons and went down hard health-wise. Since then I have been struggling to find work I can do from my home. The business… well, we haven’t given up on it but we also can not move forward without a location. We have tried to hold events, but have gotten no response, and rather than continue wasting resources and energy we are calling a halt to that.
The Kickstarter project was a failure. Due to the rapidly deteriorating health of my father-in-law and the massive scrambling, we all did to try and make his last days memorable we were unable to do the regular updates we had planned. This led to our project not being seen and thus became a failure. A word of caution to anyone considering a Kickstarter campaign; have a following already in place before launching, have a backup plan should life try to throw a wrench into the works, and be prepared for loads of spam. We received so many scam phone calls and emails that we wanted to pull our hair out.
So what are my plans now? That is a good question. I have some opportunities opening up. Thankfully they can be accomplished from my home. I am turning my attention and focus on my writing and herbalism studies while I wait for my daughter to graduate in three and a half months. Then with her ability to help more, we will see what we can do to move our business forward. Until then, I will go back to my dragons and seek solace there as I let their tales unfold at my fingertips.
Until next time, may your holiday season be full of enjoyable memories, good eats, sweet treats, and a host of house elves to help with the residual mess.
