Ooh good lord where do I start! we had the worst luck as it came to be for this past weekend in the New Mexico arts & craft fair, let me back pedal just a bit it started with a unplanned purchase of new tires to a hefty sum of dollars but I was to help ensure we had a safe trip to Albuquerque, we hitched up the trailer and was off, we left Cruces with no problems headed to Albuquerque and the trip was fun we talked laughed jammed out to music all was well…..as we pulled into Albuquerque and started to let the truck idle it would sputter and hiccup, we started to get concerned, maybe we got some bad gas? we made it to the show grounds and unloaded the truck and set up, got back in the truck and started it, the sputtering and hiccups were so bad it would barely stay running so we google mapped a Hyundai service center hoping that it was not clear cross town thankfully there was one bout 5 minutes from where we were, took it in and they ran a quick check on it computer stated it was a cylinder misfire so we had to leave it so they could start working on it in the morning, we are left without transportation now, their shuttle took us to our hotel and we called in a pizza cause what else could we do…time for bed.
The next morning one of our wonderful artist friends Goldie came to our rescue and got us back to the show. it is now Friday the start of the show….we go from 10am till 9 pm and not a single sale, on top of this the service center called and says they do not know what was wrong with the truck other than there is a cylinder misfire, we are stressing and worried, at around 7 or so we got another call from the service center, after rechecking their work they discovered a coil was the culprit to our problems, apparently it failed differently than what they are used to so that was why they overlooked it so now they had to call around to find the part cause they did not have one in stock, so another night without a truck. once again I have to say I love my artist friends Andrew a fellow artist took us back to the hotel as it was actually on his way home, so we are back in our room and beat….time for bed.
Our dear friend Goldie was by bright and early to get us back to the show, we started again at 10am by chance our aunt and uncle came into town for some R&R and offered help if needed so it was a relief to know we had a safety net if it got to that point, bout midday we got a call and out truck was fixed! quick trip to the service center and then back to the show driving our wonderful little truck! as for the show however……we are still deeply in the hole! we got to enjoy a talkative dinner with our friends Goldie and Sandra and then headed back to the hotel cause we still have one more day to go….time for bed
Sunday morning we grab some coffee and head to the show as we walk in and get to our booth I receive a phone call from a person that was at the show on Friday and wondered if I still had a particular piece available I said yes (as I have not yet sold anything) within an hour they show up and take one of my signature dolls! and better yet within that same time frame literally within 15 min a couple walked into the booth talked to me as I was finishing the sale of my doll, then up and bought an original painting! my heart was pounding cause now we could breathe! all in all I sold 6 carvings a number of prints and one original. never that I can remember have I been threw such a range of emotions in such a short amount of time. as the show closed we packed with a bit of a smile on our face cause all the extra cost we developed had been covered we bout broke even for the weekend so we finished packing headed back to the hotel then dinner and time for bed…….
Monday morning we took our time hit a few stores on our way out of town headed back to Cruces……we almost made it….. the tow truck got the Santa Fe. Mom and Dad got us.
I also know this weekend was a super moon......i don't know if i ever want to see a super moon again!
The next morning one of our wonderful artist friends Goldie came to our rescue and got us back to the show. it is now Friday the start of the show….we go from 10am till 9 pm and not a single sale, on top of this the service center called and says they do not know what was wrong with the truck other than there is a cylinder misfire, we are stressing and worried, at around 7 or so we got another call from the service center, after rechecking their work they discovered a coil was the culprit to our problems, apparently it failed differently than what they are used to so that was why they overlooked it so now they had to call around to find the part cause they did not have one in stock, so another night without a truck. once again I have to say I love my artist friends Andrew a fellow artist took us back to the hotel as it was actually on his way home, so we are back in our room and beat….time for bed.
Our dear friend Goldie was by bright and early to get us back to the show, we started again at 10am by chance our aunt and uncle came into town for some R&R and offered help if needed so it was a relief to know we had a safety net if it got to that point, bout midday we got a call and out truck was fixed! quick trip to the service center and then back to the show driving our wonderful little truck! as for the show however……we are still deeply in the hole! we got to enjoy a talkative dinner with our friends Goldie and Sandra and then headed back to the hotel cause we still have one more day to go….time for bed
Sunday morning we grab some coffee and head to the show as we walk in and get to our booth I receive a phone call from a person that was at the show on Friday and wondered if I still had a particular piece available I said yes (as I have not yet sold anything) within an hour they show up and take one of my signature dolls! and better yet within that same time frame literally within 15 min a couple walked into the booth talked to me as I was finishing the sale of my doll, then up and bought an original painting! my heart was pounding cause now we could breathe! all in all I sold 6 carvings a number of prints and one original. never that I can remember have I been threw such a range of emotions in such a short amount of time. as the show closed we packed with a bit of a smile on our face cause all the extra cost we developed had been covered we bout broke even for the weekend so we finished packing headed back to the hotel then dinner and time for bed…….
Monday morning we took our time hit a few stores on our way out of town headed back to Cruces……we almost made it….. the tow truck got the Santa Fe. Mom and Dad got us.
I also know this weekend was a super moon......i don't know if i ever want to see a super moon again!
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