03/11/2026
This year has been new for me. I'm adjusting to a lot of change and that has meant looking at Vanilla & Spruce through a new lens.... Asking myself some hard questions: What's working? What parts of the business do I actually like doing and have the bandwidth for? And what things are sucking energy that I no longer have...
My days look different.
They revolve around this guy, who for the last 8 months has pretty much been in my arms/ on my hip for most V&S tasks (he's quite sure he's doing it all himself lol). Aside from production & packaging, I cannot get through a day without using speech to text or typing 1-handed lol 🤓. Iykyk
I'm saying all of this now because I realize I haven't had many moments to pause in the last few months... and there's a lot I've been wanting to share with you all but just run out of minutes in the day (when my only moments of getting to really focus or use TWO hands is only when this guy sleeps 😅) Every day is basically a race to get what I couldn't get completed the prior day.
And all that doesn't get shard on here... naturally lol.
All this to say, it's been a fun & exhausting last few months... but ultimately I just want to say "HI (I've missed you &) thank you all!" I'm full of so much gratitude for getting to spend every single day at home with my baby, and for you all giving me the opportunity to serve you. As tired as I feel these days, it really is a joy! 🫶🏼💕
Some things will be changing in this year that you don't want to miss! I think you'll like it. At least, I hope you do 🫣.
((Hugs)) for now, friends 🫶🏼 + thanks for being here.
-Kate
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