High fevers & business deals

I have been absolutely laid out with some horrid sickness thing since midday Tuesday. Thought it was a horrendous allergy attack at first because of how it came on but it morphed into a temp of almost 103 and a truly miserable inability to breathe thru my nose; the main symptom of this particular sickness is that it fills me with GOO. I'm grateful for Sudafed, Mucinex, and Advil. Enough said.

My son Toby came down with something last night, too; he was up at midnight with fever and chills so I've kept him home today. We've actually been hit hard this winter with bugs compared to years past; we usually skate thru winter fairly illness-free. Don't know what's changed but I'd be happy if it changed back to the way things were before!

The teddy-bear bummer in this is that I cut out two bears that I wanted to have finished by Sunday for auction and sale, and I'm now thinking I'm not gonna make that deadline. Will try to work thru the misery if I can.

Switching gears... On the "incredibly awesome news" front, I've got a business deal cooking that I am absolutely BURSTING to share about... but my lips must remain sealed for a while longer, still. It's very, VERY exciting and different and wonderful and hopefully will do good things for the teddy bear industry. Sorry to tease but I had to share something! I'll dole out the details just as soon as I've been given the go-ahead to do so ...