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Half way successful........

It's been a halfway successful day.  I did indeed go to the office and get a number of things done.  I didn't get out of there until late. 

I was starving when I left so I actually went a few blocks out of my way to visit El Pollo Loco.  The last two times I've driven past there, I've noticed they are advertising fish tacos.  But I was in the wrong lane and would have had to go out of my way to get there so I passed it up.  I first tasted fish tacos in Mexico and really liked them.  So, I decided to try the ones at El Pollo Loco.  They weren't anything to write home about, but I got two of them for $4.30 which, if you're going to buy lunch is pretty cheap and they were tasty enough.  I think I prefer their chicken........ 

By then it was mandatory that I stop and put some gasoline in the van.  I had wanted to go to Costco where it is less expensive, but with the indicator light on and the little dial on E, I didn't want to chance driving that far.  So I stopped and put $10 in the van.  That bought me about 2.5 gallons which will get me to work again tomorrow and home again.  I had to giggle.  When my daughter was about 6, I was driving a Honda Civic.  I was a single mom who never had any child support.  My gasoline budget was $10.50 a week.  I had a pretty good commute, but because I didn't go anywhere but to work and home, I managed to make it on that amount.  $10.50 wouldn't take me far now........

My last stop was the el cheapo food store.  I needed milk.  I also picked up some more canned clams.  Maybe now I can recreate that pasta with clam sauce and hopefully I won't burn it up this time.  I'm STILL trying to get that pot clean, LOL. 

My new running shoes finally came today.  They look great.  I've been avoiding trying them on because once they're on my feet I won't want to take them off til bedtime.  But, I am really looking forward to shoes with more shock absorption.  My old shoes were great when I bought them, but a full year of walking around in them and they're not so great any more.......... 

Well, the guts for one tax return arrived via e-mail and the stuff to do a different tax return arrived via snail mail.  So, I want to get on that before I give up for the night.  I've been ghastly tired the last few days.  I don't know for sure what that's all about, but I will not be up very late tonight.  Have a good 'un!

What's next?

So, it's 4AM and here I sit.  Trying to wake up and get ready for the day.  It's Thursday so I need to go to the office and do payroll.  The guys will be wanting pay checks tomorrow, I think......... 

Poor Max is sick.  I don't know what he got into, but he's been throwing up again.  I am really having to give that Little Bissell a workout. And even with the machine to do the bulk of the clean up work, I start to gag the minute I get ready to clean another spot........  Please pray for us.  This morning he didn't even want his ice cube treat.

I was depressed last night.  There was something about selling that car that got to me.  I know.  That's stupid.  I am quite sure God arranged that sale.  Therefore, it must be for my good.  And surely, it is better for me to have hundred dollar bills in my pocket than to have a 16 year old car in m driveway that needs repairs.  Yet, the fact that it is gone depresses me.  I think what really depresses me is that my life keeps changing.  I am really having a severe case of stop-the-world-I-want-to-get-off. 

And, I want tax season to end so I can handle what needs handled.  The extra demands are getting to me.  I am struggling with the fact that no matter how hard I try I can't seem to keep all the balls in the air.  I have never been good at running errands.  I hate doing that.  I have no clue why, I just don't want to do it.  But there are a zillion little things I need to tend to.  I've talked about it and planned for it, but, for example, I STILL have the license plate from the little car in the van, waiting to be dropped off at DMV.  I even called and found out that I just have to stand in the information line to turn it in.  I don't have to take a number and sit there for hours.  But, I still haven't made it there.

Now I have finally pulled together all the documents I need to file for Social Security.  That means I need to find an afternoon when I can do that.  But, all I really want to do is go to bed and stay there for a week or so.  Yet, it is important that this get done.......

Well, I'm out of time for this.  More later..........

Sold!

When I pray and ask for answers, I often find it necessary to remind Dad that he gave the Israelites a cloud and a rock and a cloud of fire to lead them and I need the same kind of treatment.  I know He is always answering, but I don't seem to hear all that well.  At least, I'd sure like to hear better. 

In the past two days I've had 4 people stop and inquire about buying the Mitsubishi.  I just sold it.  It seems someone here in the subdivision advertised a vehicle for sale on Craig's List.  And that car sold yesterday.  So, folks are driving past the house, seeing the car has no license on it and stopping to bang on my door and try to buy the car.  I figured all that door-banging and the convenient way my neighbor's advertisement has brought people here is my cloud of fire. 

I'm so grateful for the few hundred extra dollars.  It didn't bring much, but it's more than I had and I no longer have to worry about it.  I never did find the title.  I actually searched through three drawers while the guy went to DMV for a request for Duplicate Title form and a Bill of Sale Form.  No title.  I know it's here.  I remember Joe waving it at me at some point.  But where he filed it is just a total mystery.  Of course, if I'd known that was why the guy was going to DMV, I could just have printed out the documents here from their website, but I didn't realize until after he was gone. I did, however, find an official copy of my birth certificate for which I've searched so I can go apply for Social Security benefits. 

Besides the Craig's List ad and the 4 potential buyers, there was another miracle.  The car sat on the lot at Joe's employer's place of business for about 10 days til I could find the keys and get it home.  During that period of time, the battery went dead and we had to jump it to get it home.  That was around the middle of January.  Here it is 2.5 months later.  The guy wanted to know if he could drive the car.  I said sure but told him I seriously doubted it would start.  He got in, stuck the key in the ignition, and she started right up.  Amazing.......  Won't start after sitting idle for 10 days at the employer's lot, but here, with a potential buyer behind the wheel, it starts after 2.5 months!

The guy who bought her seems to think she will need a whole new clutch.  However, he thinks the a/c problem is just a broken belt.  Joe never really took the time to even look at it.  It was very close to the end of summer when the a/c quit; he just decided to tough it out a few more days and deal with it this spring when the warm weather rolled around.  Of course, he didn't make it to spring.  If the buyer is right, he'll get it fixed and on the road for about what blue book is and I'll have made more than I would have saved in taxes by donating it. 

So, now I'm going to the 7-11 down the street and make sure these $100 bills in my pocket aren't funny money before the guy comes back for the car.  I'm sure they're fine, but a small precaution......  It will be kind of hard to walk out and see her gone; she's been a member of the family for 13 years......  It's silly to be sentimental about an old clunker car, but I guess I'm just a silly woman.

Up and on track!

I actually got a full night's sleep last night.  I'm still short because of the night before, but definitely in better shape than yesterday. Don't let me kid you, though--I could go lie down and sleep 2-3 more hours with no effort at all!

Today, I will go to the office.  I am still working on the 3 days per week concept.  I do have some changes in another part of my life that I think are going to facilitate that.  Unfortunately, that won't happen til after tax season ends and until then I'll have to tough it out.  It's not a big deal; it's just a matter of how my life is organized--on Mondays we do this, on Tuesdays we do this, etc.  And it's part of the my head hurts syndrome and I can barely walk problems. 

I am a fruitcake.  For the better part of 2 days, I have been looking for my water bottle.  I've checked multiple times in the kitchen, in the bathroom, in the bedroom, in here.  I just looked to the far end of my desk and............there it sits!  I'm going to go fill it up this instant.  BRB.

So, let's see.  To the office early this AM.  To the post office on the way home.  One way or the other, to Costco for gasoline.  My back feels okay today so maybe I can pack and move a box or two.  I'm still working on laundry.  And, I could stand to dust the living room (again) and run the vacuum cleaner. 

Then it's on to design work.  I need to finish previewing my freebie for the upcoming blog train.  It looks pretty darned good considering I did it in the crazy hours of the early morning when I couldn't sleep.  I attribute that to a really good color scheme. I should have done this a week ago, but up until my crazy no-sleep night, I was seriously considering bailing out.  But, since I had all those hours where I couldn't sleep, I decided to see what I could get done.  I am pleased with what I accomplished.

"Everyone" is having March Madness sales in the scrap world.  I spent last night cruising the sales and, believe me, I could spend some money (just on stuff for design)!  I've got stuff staked out at 5 stores now.  When it's all said and done, I wonder if I'll buy anything.  There is one designer from whom I want to order a kit and all the extras.  I want to study how she puts a kit together, how she does a preview, etc.  I have learned not to HATE my previews, but hers appeal to me so much.  Far more than my own.  However, by the time I capture the WHOLE thing, even at a big % off, I'm looking at investing $10.  That's a lot of money for me right now.  Another designer has a series of "styles" for sale.  In photoshop, a "style" takes a flat object--say a cut out of a flower shape--and makes that flat object puffy and shiny or glittery, etc.  Generally, a package of styles is (in my opinion) only as good as the color scheme involved.  What good is a pastel purple glitter if you never use pastel purple?  But, I'm strongly considering these styles.  I've also found that several of my fave designers are selling paper-making designs.  I've been doing a LOT of my own these days, but while I continue to make kits, there is only so much time left for designing papers.  So, I buy stuff.  So the BIG SALES these designers are having appeal to me.  Anyway, when all that's said and done, it's questionable whether I'll buy anything.  If anything, maybe the kit and it's add ons for research.  I don't know.  I do know I can't possibly spend enough money to have it all...........

Well, I had a weird thing happen this week.  I had a customer overpay me by $275.  I did a corporate return and I did a personal return.  He paid me for the corporate return--and then he paid me again for the corporate return and his personal return.  Unfortunately, he used online banking for the transaction.  I have no idea how his bank does things, but with mine, if I use online bill pay, the money comes out of my account the day they send the check.  So, the big question is how do I get this money back to him.  Me just tearing up the check won't do it because the money has already come out of his account.........  I've e-mailed him and am waiting for his response.

'Nother weird thing.  One of my clients from yesterday inquired about buying the Mitsubishi.  Hey, I'd be thrilled if I could get some money out of her.  I know she needs a clutch plate although she's still driveable, and I know the a/c conked out at the very end of summer last year.  Other than that, I think she's good mechanically.  But, it's one of those situations where, if I pay to have those things fixed, I will have invested more than the car blue books for.  I'd never be able to sell it for what I just put in it.  On the other hand, she is Japanese built and she's probably good for another 100,000-150,000 miles.  She'd make a great transportation car for someone.  Then, while I was working on stuff for some other clients this afternoon, someone knocked on the door and inquired about buying the Mitsubishi!  Yes, someone completely different!  The client who inquired berated me for not having a for sale sign in the back window of the car.  Quite honestly, it never occurred to me, but when people start knocking on the door to ask about buying it, I guess a For Sale sign is in order, LOL....  And, maybe I'd better get busy ordering a duplicate title.  I know that darned thing is here--Joe waved it at me several times.  But, where he put it after he waved it at me is a mystery.  Honestly, looking for that title was part of what started the whole shredding project.  I got to digging around looking for the title and discovered the many many files of papers from ooooold year tax returns and back up for those returns.  Of course, I never did find that title.......

Once I get home from the office and the USPO, I want to work on filling in the blanks on my spreadsheet of in process kits.  I need to make sure I've not only done the design work but I've also gathered up all the little bits and pieces that have to go with each kit.  I don't enjoy this part of design work at all.  I tend to get all excited about working on the actual design of the kit but would prefer to run and hide when it comes to all this finishing up stuff.  And, yet, I despise the very thought of thinking I am ready to upload a kit to a store somewhere only to find some part of this work is not done.  I have to have a check sheet or I'll never get it all done.  So, I'd better get that check sheet fleshed out so I can see what I need to do next so that everything will be ready on time.

Alright, I need to get it in gear.  There's work to be done this morning both here and at the office and I can't do it in my nightgown.  Well, I COULD do it in my nightgown, but it would be embarrassing.  Anyway, I'm getting dressed now.  You have a good day!

 

 

 

Glad that's over!

The last client for the day is out the door.  I try so hard to be patient with her and I do like her until she starts spouting her limited knowledge of politics.  She is a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat from a working class family in Chicago.  After 5 or 6 slams against Republicans, I had to set her straight.  Her latest slam was that all Republicans are rich and pay no tax.  I finally informed her that I am a Republican, I am certainly not rich, and I DO pay tax.  She told me she thought only Republicans are rich.  I asked her if she would class Barbara Streisand and other wealthy liberal Democrats in Hollywood could be classed as rich.  That stopped her.  Thank God.  I couldn't have taken much more.

Her ex-husband drives her every year for her tax appointment and I do both their returns.  For years she had no withholding and then complained about the fact that she had to pay.  Today she proceeded to tell him how he always has more money than she does and he never has to pay as much.  Once again I stopped her.  The truth is that her taxable income is roughly double his!  So, I may not see her and her tax documents next year, and, to tell you the truth, I'm okay with that.........

I had a very tasty lunch.  I dug out some of that magnificent potato soup ala Olive Garden Zuppa Toscano.  It still tastes as good as when I first made it!  Good thing, too, cause I have lots more in the freezer. 

So, momentarily, I'm going to lie down for a while.  I'm still running on 3 hours of sleep and my batteries are pretty well run down.  Of course, that will probably mean another screwed up night, but I'm too tired now to care. 

Sure glad that's over!

Last night was one of those nights when sleep was just impossible.  I don't know WHY it was impossible, just that it was.  First, I went to bed late.  I have a lot of different demands on my time these days--the job, the decluttering project, design work, etc.  And I just recently added a new one I can't talk about.  But between everything, I got myself revved up something fierce about whether I'd be ready with new product design releases when I needed them.  I had an enviable number of kits in the pipeline as of December.  Joe was at work all the time and it was important that I get some kits ahead.  So, I sat here and designed for hours and hours and hours all day long and after he went to bed for weeks at a time.  Then Joe died.  And I went for weeks unable to create much of anything.  And, at the same time, I amped up my releases from 3 per month to 4 because I hoped for extra money.  And away went that magnificent stash of ready-to-go kits.  I have a total of 4 kits left from December........

And those kits were missing bits and pieces.  This one needed previews, that one needed alphas and previews, I needed just two more elements plus alphas and previews in this kit and 3 more elements plus alphas and previews in that one.  So, I couldn't exactly reach into my bag of tricks, grab one and shout "where do you want it?" 

By the time I finally got some of my design mojo back, it was tax season.  And I had this declutter project going because the guys are coming to do the floors.  And my time for design was significantly reduced even if I did finally have a desire and some inspiration. 

Now suddenly I need a BUNCH of kits for a special project right at the end of tax season!  So, I got myself all dithered up over that.  I know when that starts, the only way I'm going to settle down is to plan it all out so I know exactly what I need to do next.  So, I sat here from 9PM to 11PM, creating a plan in an Excel spreadsheet.  This kit goes here on this date and this kit goes there on that date, etc.  The upshot is that I need to put a lot more info into my spreadsheet, but I THINK I can make it to my special deadline with stuff ready to go.  Not sure what happens after that because of the floor project, but we shall see.  Anyway, I did the spreadsheet and then I put it in an e-mail to the CT for them to make suggestions, double check me, etc. 

Then, feeling somewhat more relaxed I headed to bed around 11PM.  I laid there til 1AM, praying the world around.  No matter where you are, if I know you, you were prayed for last night.  If you're in the military or in the ministry, you were prayed for whether or not I know you.  If you're part of a military family with someone on deployment, you were prayed for................and on and on and on.  I prayed over senators and congressmen and state legislators and judges and agency administrators.  I mean I really got my prayer bones workin.  But I was still wide awake. 

I came out here to the desk around 1AM.  Took my blood pressure and it was about a high as I've seen it in the past 7+ years.  Around 4AM it was down to something high but reasonable and I went to bed where I prayed a bit more til I finally went to sleep.  Up now at 7:42AM and actually glad it's not night anymore.  Unfortunately, I've got a fairly full day of tax appointments so I may not even be able to get a nap today, in spite of the fact that I got just a little over 3 hours of sleep.  Gonna need some supernatural help with THIS day (is there ever a day when I don't????)!!!!!!!!

So, I have just a little over 2 hours til the parade through my livingroom starts.  I need to bathe, wash my hair, dress, fix my hair, eat something, move laundry from the washer to the dryer and start another load, clean up some dog puke (If Parker would eat dog food instead of sticks and paper and whatever else I wouldn't have this problem)(thank God for the little Bissell), review a bunch of tax files, and pay a bunch of bills.  Then, if there's any time left, I did a sampler for this week's blog train while I was sitting here from 1AM to 4AM which needs previewed..........  Phew!

I guess today's wardrobe will be shorts and a long sleeved tee shirt.  The high is forecasted to be 75 degrees.  I hate to even say this but we have a couple of 90+ days in this week's forecast.  Woe is me, there goes the power bill!  Joe was way behind on the power bill.  I've been paying them extra each month, trying to catch them up, but once I make this month's payment, I'm still gonna be a month behind and now I'm going to need air conditioning!  I have the money; I just don't like the idea of dents in my stash........  Oh, well.  It's not as though I can change it by worrying about it, right? 

Apparently the State Treasurer's office is in a rush to give me that unclaimed money.  Yesterday they sent me a second set of claim forms.  Of course, I can't go anywhere with that til I get that photocopy of DD's social security card.  It sounded like she had it handy and ready to go over the weekend.  Considering maybe she needed to scan it at work, I thought I might get it in my e-mail yesterday, but that didn't happen.  So, I'm in wait mode on that.

Well, my Creative Team members are starting to post layouts with this week's kit.  I think it's time for some eye-candy and then it's time for me to begin the mad rush to get ready for the day.  Here is a layout by Karen:

That floral embellishment and "diamond" pin are from another kit of mine, Grasshopper Pie.  The doily is from A Grateful Heart (yet another kit of mine).  She also found that basket on the internet somewhere.  Everything else is from the kit Grandma's Quilt.  I love the blended heritage photo here and that little vignette she created in the corner.  Isn't this gorgeous?  Okay, if you're interested in Grandma's Quilt, it is linked to the store in the post above this one.  And be sure to send me a link so I can see what YOU did with it!

Gotta run.  Time to start the day.  Be blessed today!

 

Ready for it to be over!

It has been a LONG day, with me sitting here, butt glued to the chair doing previews and alphas and Terms of Use and product descriptions and assembling files and an odd element here and there.  Though I've accomplished a LOT, there's a seemingly endless list of things to do.  And, I am tired. 

Let's see.  What DID I actually do today?  I have a boy kit in the pipeline.  I created 3 additional elements for it, an alpha, 8 previews, Terms of Use, and Product Description.  I have a girly kit in process.  I created a slew of alphas for that one.  Still need previews, Terms of Use, etc.  I worked on another feminine kit.  I thought I had it all done--did 8 previews, and Terms of Use but forgot to write a product description.  Plus, of course, uploading the bits and pieces of Grandma's Quilt to the ACOT store and uploading the pieces of next week's kit for the CT.  Phew!  No wonder I'm tired, LOL.

I continued on with laundry and did some cleanup in the kitchen, but other than that, it's been design work all the way. 

So, tomorrow I really need to go into the office and I'm not sure I can find a hole big enough in the day to make it worthwhile.  I'm thinking that by the time I work my way through my appointments, make a post office run, and get gasoline in the van, I will just about have burned most of the daylight.  So, I'm asking myself if it's any better to go there very late in the afternoon tomorrow or if it will work just to go early Wednesday morning. 

I'll be so glad when tax season is over.  It is really complicating my life.  It just is not possible to foresee time demands when appointments are scheduled weeks in advance.  I'm also growing concerned because there are quite a number of clients from whom I have not heard.  I hope they don't string this out to the last second as I'm not up to the additional stress this year.  God bless those who file early or extend!

Well, that's all I have for today.  Not a very exciting day.  I'll be back tomorrow with some eye-candy!  Goodnight.

 

Where's the champagne bottle?

It's time to launch a new kit.  Isn't this the part where we break the champagne bottle over the prow?  Oh well, no champagne, and I have a hunch that only works with ships.  Anyway I just put a new kit in my ACOT store and I want to show it off to you!  Be sure and leave me comments telling me how great it is!  Even obsessive designers need positive feedback!

Isn't it pretty?  Softer colors than I usually like, but still beautiful in its own right.  On sale for 20% off during the introductory period.  Get it now while it's on special.  Click here to be taken to Grandma's Quilt.

Also, this is your early warning that RAWR! will no longer be 20% off next week this time.  Let me remind you about what RAWR! looks like:

So, if you want to save a buck, grab RAWR! from my ACOT store before the introductory price goes away.  You can find RAWR! here.

Real Life

So, today, in Nevada, it is supposed to be 75 degrees and sunny. 

For at least a few more weeks, I won't be going into the office on Mondays.  So, today is a design day.  It should be a design and packing day, but so far I've been working my little fingers to the bone on design.  Primarily I'm doing clean up work.  Lots of previews, lots and lots and lots of previews.  I've had a couple of kits that just needed a few specific elements added to them and that is now done.  I've made alphas.........and previewed alphas.  All in all, design wise, I've accomplished a lot today.  This is the kind of work I ordinarily don't enjoy, but I'm not minding it today.  Musta gotten up on the right side of the bed.

I'm in the process of spending some money on design stuff.  I'm having a banner and some blinkies made.  My faithful CT has never had blinkies.  Those are a badge of honor in the scrapbooking world; they announce to all who see your work that you are no ordinary scrapper--you're a member of a Creative Team.  I want my ladies to receive the acclaim they deserve.  They are a wonderful group of women.  Can't spend much, but for reasons I am keeping secret for now, it must be done!

The after effects of that horrendous muscle spasm have faded.  I can walk around without holding onto walls with confidence that my left leg won't buckle under me because of the pain.  Whew!  That's a relief.  I am going to lie down in a few minutes, though, because I've been sitting here working away in the same chair in the same position for about 9 hours.  Time to change positions! 

When I get up, I'll get back after that corner I had to give up on the other day when the muscle spasm hit.  Maybe I can even do some vacuuming.  I swore I wasn't going to do any more of that because I am having the floor redone, but it's still 3 weeks til that happens and I can't stand the dust and dirt any longer! I have laundry in the washer and a good two loads waiting.  That'll help keep me out of trouble!

The phone is still ringing and I am keeping the USPS busy, both incoming and outgoing.  I am grateful for the business. The "outgoing" part is a bit of a problem.  It used to be that as long as I propped myself up in this chair and produced completed tax returns, Joe took care of the mailing.  Now, that is another of my added duties........  I try to schedule Post Office runs after work, on the way home, to save on gasoline.  No special trips to anywhere these days.......  I actually saw $3.79 at a pump yesterday and nearly gagged.  When will it stop?  Only when the US stops being stupid and begins to tap into the oil in the shale fields and finishes off that 74 mile strip that will help bring more oil out of Alaska, I guess.

Well, there is the begining of an ache in my back.  I knew it was coming........  But, it will cut this blog post short by a few minutes.  Have a blessed day!

 

Can you spell m.i.s.e.r.a.b.l.e?

It started out with a headache which I attributed to stirring around in the dust and then going out in the blowing pollen.  I prayed about the headache and laid down.  When I woke up it was gone.  However, it was replaced with one of the worst muscle spasms I've ever had.  My left leg threatened to buckle under me 3 times just walking from the bedroom to the office.  I took half a Soma because I wanted to at least be able to keep working on design stuff.  It made absolutely NO difference.  So, I took a whole Soma.  And tried again to work on design stuff, only to find myself in tears here at the desk because of the pain.  Finally I decided to give in and go to bed and it hurt even worse.  I managed to get back out to the office and unplug the heating pad which was plugged in under the desk.  Now that took some maneuvering, let me tell you.  I went back to bed, took another Soma and wrapped that heating pad around my left hip.  Woke up this morning around 6 having slept like an OD'd log.  Came out to the office and slept in my chair for a while.  Finally went back to bed and slept the Soma off.  Woke up with a sinus headache.  Now what? 

Had a long talk with Dad along the way about how great it was that the first headache yielded to prayer.  However, the muscle spasm didn't and it seemed sort of self-defeating to pray myself out of a headache if it was going to be replaced by a real screamer of a muscle spasm.  Now that the muscle spasm has calmed down (still sore but not spasming at the moment), do I dare pray the second headache away or will the muscle spasm just get worse if I do?  I must tell you that this is NOT the way this is SUPPOSED to work!

Oh well, this too shall pass!

I finished up the masculine kit and pulled out a "princess" kit I shelved a while back.  I wanted a "princess" for my kit and I wanted a dragon.  I bought several "princesses" along the way and decided they were NOT what I wanted.  But just this week I found something that I like.  I also found the world's cutest dragon, so I can now finish this kit.  Unfortunately, in creating the princess, there are some steps that require reasoning ability.  Of course, there is no reasoning ability where there is enough SOMA.  So, now, I'm going to work on her again.  Now that my brain is semi-functional again, I should be able to finish up the princess and the dragon in short order.  Then it's alphas, previews, other miscellaneous stuff and I'm done!  Maybe tomorrow........

I keep looking around me in this office trying to figure out what I can accomplish in here.  For sure, there will be no pushing or pulling of the vacuum cleaner though the room REALLY needs it.  I could probably pack a couple of boxes, provided I was content to leave them in this room til my back is well enough to move them to the living room.  I certainly cannot bend down to continue working on the corner I was working on yesterday.  I could sit on the floor and work on the credenza if I had the trash can close enough.  My only question is whether I'd be able to get back up off the floor if I tried that.  There is probably one box of small lightweight books I could pack.  I'd have to let them sit, but that would still be progress.  Yeah, I think if I move VERY carefully, I can still make progress.  And, I have a little bit of filing I can do without a lot of bending and stretching so I will try to work on that.

Well, I wrote all that early in the day.  It's now 7:30PM and I'm winding down.  I've finished all but the product description, the Terms of Use, and the No Piracy notice on the princess kit.  Even did 3 alphas!  It's darned cute!  It's so cute I'm itching to put it in the store NOW, but I'm holding it for something special.  I think I have 3 kits that need those three things I mentioned above, so that will finish off my evening nicely, I think. 

I will get a load of laundry done and I will feed the dogs and that will just about take care of this day.  Being horizontal for some period of time is a good idea because the hip is still talking back to me.  Not like last night, though!  Anyway, I'm outta here.  Have a good night.

 

 

 

 

Ouch!

It started out to be a productive day.  I got a fair amount of sorting and packing and throwing away down in a corner near my desk.  Everything was horrendously dusty.  I think we've just been brushing/dropping dust down onto this stuff for a while.  Anyway, I fished out a lot of little things and decided what should happen with it.  Made good progress.

In the meantime, I did get the previews done for the new masculine kit and the extra alpha. 

A friend came and picked me up and treated me to lunch at Macaroni Grill.  I had the Seafood Linguine which was good but not as good as my pasta with clam sauce.  I guess if I can't shut up about/quit whining and pining over that pasta with clam sauce, I'm going to have to go buy some more clams and make some more!  I still haven't been able to get that pot clean! 

I laid down for a while.  I think the combination of the dust and the blowing pollen got me and I had a headache.  So I prayed over myself and laid down.  Hey, the sinuses and headache are much better now but I can barely walk...........  The back decided to act up..........  So, I will pray over that and try again tomorrow to finish in that corner.  Everything I need to work on requires bending or stretching or lifting.  We cannot stop for a backache now!  In the meantime, here I sit with the heating pad on my back.........

That's about it for now.  I think I will be in bed fairly soon.  G'night.