The Escondido Street Fair

Well, today is Friday and the beginning of the weekend. Yeah!!! Tomorrow is Prom for my Son, who is a senior at San Marcos High School. Wow, it seems like yesterday that I was firmly telling him to hold my hand as we crossed the street. Where has all of the time gone? Its going to be a very hectic weekend, but one that I'm looking forward to. Saturday we will be spending the day making sure that our children have a memory to last a lifetime. With the dramas of today's teens, hopefully it will be a good memory. Then on to Sunday........Sunday we will be setting up a booth in beautiful Escondido for the Spring Escondido Street Fair. It is suppose to be huge! 60,000 people are suppose to be in attendence. I can't wait! I went to the Carlsbad one a couple of weeks ago and it was phenominal. We will be there from 10am to 6pm, or whenever it ends. I can't wait to start getting Gracie's Miracle out to the public. I've had so much positive feedback that I just know that everyone who gets the chance to use it will love it. I will be out there with Christi and Taylor from Pure Country Pet Boutique who have a clothes and collar line that are to die for, but definitely affordable. They have been such a tremendous support to me and my brand new company, and I'm so thankful to them for letting me be a part of them during these festivals and street fairs. So, if you all get a chance, head on down or up, depending on where you're coming from, to the Escondido Street Fair on Sunday May 16, 2010. We would love to see your there. Lots of booths with lots of goodys and lots of yummy bad for you food. What more could you ask for?

The Carlsbad Street Fair

So, today was another beautiful day in sunny Southern California. We started off our day going to church where we had a guest speaker whose name was Nazareth. He is a christian comedian and absolutely hilarious. He had the church rolling on the ground laughing from start to finish. What a perfect way to start the day.

After church, we went to brunch with Mom at IHOP and got in some much needed visiting time with her. I've been so busy lately that we haven't had much time to spend with each other. It was so beautiful today with perfect temperatures outside that we decided to head out to a street fair on the coast in Carlsbad. Just Mom, Me, Ben, and Spidey.


I was really wanting to go there because in a couple of weeks we will be vendors at the Escondido street fair and I was kind of wondering what it was going to be like. When we got there I was shocked to see the crowds. I was told that anywhere from 60,000 to 70,000 people would attend this street fair, and from what I could see, they were all there. So many booths with so many nifty things. I would say that it was almost better than the Del Mar Fair as far as the shopping part of it goes. I don't know what got into me, but lately I've gone into this phase of collecting long deep purses. The main reason is that I am able to shove Spidey in them and take him wherever I go. They really come in handy when I am doing a show because I can have him attached to me and not worry about whether or not he's going to get stepped on if he were on the ground. This street fair had a gagillion (don't think that's a word, but it's Devon speak) long deep purses (and before you say it or think it Christi, "that's what she said"). My Mom was in a spoiling mood today, and although I get frusterated with her spending anything on me, I do appreciate everything she does. She bought me a few purses that I fell in love with. One of them was a long and deep tan canvas one.

Another was a colorful reverseable one. And one was red with shiney pretties on it. I couldn't resist a soft little black and white fluffy blanket for Spidey to lay in while he was laying in the purse slung over my shoulder.

We were only there for not quite 2 hours, but my feet were killing me. We were rushing through to try to see all of the booths before it closed, so we did a lot of fast walking in that 1 3/4 hour. It seemed like everybody turned out with their family and there dogs. There were so many dogs out there, that it almost looked like a dog street fair. By the end of our time there I was thoroughly exhausted.

I so much enjoyed my day today, but I have to say, that the best part was spending time with my Mom. She is the most wonderful person anyone could ever meet and I really don't know why God felt that I deserved to have such a wonderful woman in my life.

Another Beautiful Day In Sunny California

So, today was the day that we did the Farmer's Market. My morning started off a little rough because other than having to wake up at 6am, Charlie Brown my 12 year old poodle, got a wild hair up his butt that he needed to go with me. As a matter of fact he was adament about it. He shot out of the house like a bat at of hell while I was dragging Tiana, one of my rescued chihuahuas, by her leash. Spidey, my little mischeif maker, decided to make a run for it when he saw his opportunity, because he too was intent on getting to the parking lot to catch his ride. This is all happening at 6:45 in the morning and I was trying desparately to not raise my voice and wake up the neighbors in the process. It turns out that today was the condo association's community garage sale, so the parking lot was like Grand Central Station, and I was terrified that one or both of my 2 hard headed 4-legged children were going to be smooshed by one of the many cars pulling in and out of our parking lot. As I was runnig up to the parking lot to catch my 2 wayward mutts I dropped the backpack I had on my back and spilled the cart carrying things I needed for the Farmer's Market, while tugging Tiana along the whole time. I'd be darned if I was going to let her leash go and have 3 dogs on the loose. I scurried out to the parking lot with my hands flying in the air to ward off the two approaching vehicles, and as I skidded to a hault with Tiana in tow, looking like a madwoman to the drivers of the cars, I scanned the lot to see my 2 little bad boys sitting on the grass watching the whole incident play out. I guess they were smarter than I thought. Needless to say, no longer was I tired because of waking up so early. As a matter of fact, it got the adrenaline pumping. I took Charlie Brown back down to the house telling him that he was not able to go because he was being punnished for being such a bad doggy and also being a bad role model for Spidey. Course, I really didn't plan on bringing him in the first place, but that's okay, he didn't need to know that.
After my little parking lot mishap, we headed to the Farmer's Market. I have to say that it was kind of cool actually setting up our booth. It was a little tough in the beginning because all of my letters for the Gracie's Miracle sign was all mixed up, but once I was able to separate the ones out that I needed, it seemed to go much smoother after that. As I said in my previous blog, this Farmer's Market was a way to get our toes wet in the vendor scene before taking on a big street festival of 60,000. I enjoyed the people at the Farmer's Market. Everyone from the other vendors to the lady who heads it all up to the people who came shopping at the Farmer's Market were really nice and made it an enjoyable experience. I can't say that it is the venue that we would be interested in doing again, because there is so much time and setup that goes into putting up the booth, but it did give us an idea of how it will play out for the booths that we will be puting up in the future. We got to bask in the sun with our little poochies, while meeting some incredibly nice people. All in all, it was a nice experience.
After the Farmer's Market I came home to finally relax and catch up with some housework that I had fallen behind in. Life has been so hectic with starting Gracie's Miracle that it's been tougher keeping up with my domestic duties. Oh well, a little clutter never killed anyone.
I have a new product that I can't wait to release and it's almost ready to go on the market. It's called Gracie's Miracle moisturizing paw pad spray. My Mom gave it a try today, and loved it. She said that it would be great for humans. My goal is to have all of my product safe and natural, yet appealing at the same time, for pets and humans. I know there have been many products that I have purchased for my pets that when I got them home to use, they either smelled horrible, or smelled like they tasted horrible and I thought at the time,"why would I make my poor pet suffer through something that I couldn't stomach."
So, another day has come to an end and I feel myself getting drowsy, but there is still so much going on in my head that I know needs to be done. I finally am excited for the next day to arrive, just so I can get back to working on this fantastic business that God has blessed us with.