It is hard to believe we are at the end of 2009. I know.  Everyone says the same thing, but for Jessica and me, it has been one strange year. Last year at this time, I was laid up after having had knee surgery on the 29th. I was reflecting on having been off throughout the Holidays, thankful for a lot of things in my life including an extremely supportive boyfriend in addition to my 4 kids.  All we really knew of 2009 was that in a few weeks, I’d be heading back to work  driving a truck, we’d be going to New Orleans for vacation in the spring, and  Jessica would be getting married in June.

Flash Forward to Lunchtime at Taj Palace Thursday April 23rd… I had injured myself AGAIN earlier in the week and was meeting Jessica for lunch.  It all started so innocently.  ”Instead of  just sitting around for the next few months WE SHOULD…”  and so it began.  A simple lunch brainstorm of a discussion between slightly OCD/ADD mother and daughter and next you know we are looking for the future site of a little shop ultimately known as The HodgePodgery. From there you all have been able to follow our progress through our blogs and to this  final, albeit fairly quiet day of 2009.  At this point we have over 130 active consignors who have collectively sold over $28,000 worth of their creations in 5 short months. No one would have guessed that our whimsical little idea would have developed such a following and generated such a buzz in Central PA.  We want to express our love and thankfulness to those of you who had enough faith in us to hand over your handmade heart-filled wares to fill this shop with such amazingly fun things.  We also want to thank all of you who have walked through these doors, by design, by whim, by accident, on business, in support of friends, because you saw us on Twitter, Craigslist, FaceBook, heard of us at a craft show, art show, bar, saw us in a newspaper, on a website, TV, flyer in a restroom, read an article, blurb or business card, spoke with an old friend, received a unique gift, took a class and/or passed along some info and spread some gossip about an interesting little shop in Midtown Harrisburg. We love you and are eternally grateful for all you have given to our spirit of adventure and this, our spirited venture in 2009!

To everyone who has come across our path and to all that will be steered our way in the future…

MANY BLESSINGS IN THE NEW YEAR!!!